Prosperous soul, mortgage neutrality & creativity Year 2

beanielou

Hope viewing goes well today. 

doingitanyway

Excited to hear how the viewing went 

KajiKita

Checking in and looking forward to hearing about how the viewing went 😊

With the thing about seeing something in a book hitting home harder than advice or intended comfort from friends / family, I think we always tend to think that family / friends are biased in our favour so things that they say that would release us from things like guilt if we were to take them onboard, we don’t because “it’s just my mum / dad / best mate being kind to me and trying to make me feel better, but I know I am an idiot / to blame / etc”, whereas when we read it or hear it coming from a more objective setting, especially when that setting is not emotionally charged about us (it’s focused on the characters and their story not ours), our defences are down and that ‘truth’ lands in a completely different way.

Sorry, that was a very convoluted sentence, I hope you get what I mean 😊

KK

savingholmes

Thanks Seaweed, Jwil, KK and Beanie

The viewing appeared to go well. They were my favourite couple so far and so impressed with the space. I think they are living in a much smaller new build so they couldn't get over the space, the size of the garden, the greenery etc. I wasn't clear and forgot to ask if they had a house to sell, whether it was on the market etc. They told me roughly where they lived. They are getting married in a couple of months so probably a full on time for them. They loved my artwork too.

DD drove her car for 90 mins yesterday. Result! Ex had come over to take her out which was just as well as - as I had predicted the battery had gone flat from lack of use. He had to jump start her car. She's booked 2 driving lessons a week now and 1 with her Dad and preferably 1 with me - so I hope that will boost her chances of passing next time.

I did around 3 hours work yesterday - and broke the back of a doc that had been hanging over me for a while. Ironically one of the reasons I worked then was so I wasn't interrupted - and messages came in from someone else also working. Ah well - it was less than a handful. Naturally one of the links I needed to do some other work didn't work but I'm further on than I was.

I slept really badly last night. I could really imagine that couple in this house - and it made it more real that I am potentially moving on. I enquired about a house at the weekend that's an hour away, somewhere really pretty with a view of hills. It's on an estate - with a potential lack of parking - but they'd dropped the price £20K to £260K and the views from the rear looked great. I drove past the other week and the surrounding area is beautiful. It's slightly nearer work and my sister than my fave (off the market) house.

savingholmes

KK on your point - yes that's a good description - "it landed". Perhaps the wound did need opening up a little to allow that to happen.

mark55man

good luck with the house (both buying and selling) - its all getting closer and more real, hence the challenging sleep

well done - now you have made a start on the work the rest will go easier

WelshmansDaughter

Maybe the off the market house is the one that opened the door to moving?

Love nora roberts, the cello scene in Birthright still makes me laugh. She is straight talking in real life too, I saw her in a documentary and she said something along the lines of get off Facebook and get your a$$ in the chair which has stuck with me.

jwil

Glad the viewing went well and hope you get a positive response.

Well done on catching up with work.

Hope your viewing goes well.  Sounds lovely, though the lack of parking would concern me.

Merlin's_Beard

Sounds positive on the viewing - nice to see your hard work in the garden is paying off in their reaction.

savingholmes

Thanks Mark and WD

Yesterday's viewers said they liked the house, price, location and condition but there was too much work. I think the basic problem was their current new build has skylights in the kitchen and this doesn't... Not something I'd have ever considered a requirement but there we go. Next houses will be rejected for not having bifold doors! Feeling a bit deflated. Luckily I have another viewing arranged for Wednesday.

Just had a nice meal out at Nd0s - nice to have company - the chicken was a little dry. We came back here for desert and coffee - nipped to MnS on the way for lemon cheesecake and cherries courtesy of my friend. She toured the house again - she'd last seek it a week or so before the photos and really liked the extra little touches I'd made. She's now going to look at chair covers too as they hugely improve the flow and feeling of continuity across the house (6 for £20 on Am****). She loved the £15 bed frame - we both prefer it to the kids beds so I've a feeling that one may survive and one of the others may not when I eventually move.

I got a Mr A delivery so I'm all stocked up again. Totally over-spending on food - but am hoping to underspend on fuel this month so swings and roundabouts.

WD - Nora is such a prolific writer. She is so good at injecting warmth into stories too. I need to get back to writing... Work is full on at the moment though. I've recently swapped my physical copies of the Dance upon series for audio. Looking forward to that... 

Also been playing with the cat which has been really enjoying one of those sticks with noisy dangly things on it. He keeps trying to take his prey to a corner to enjoy it in private - but that's hard with the stick attached so I keep laughing at him.