Consultations and that

The weather continues to remind us how lovely it can be here. We’ve had morning coffees, lunch and afternoon teas on the sporran, sat in t shirts and generally enjoyed this lovely reminder that spring is indeed on it’s way and it doesn’t rain *all* the time.

Abby came up for tea and chats on Sunday, we’ve had Vikki and Sean the Rat up for dinner and I had a good evening at the shop yesterday. Osborne Drive has been photographed and measured and sort of valued in a cagey ‘what were you hoping it was worth?’ manner, the upshot of which is it will go on the market for just under £240K with us hoping to get £230K. We’re researching other temporary housing with a view to having a plan for this winter if the house doesn’t sell or we simply run out of time this year. I want to make sure when we do build a house is our dream rather than a quick fix and I’d rather speculate more money on another, more suited to the climate temporary option for this winter which could recoup it’s cost as holiday let accommodation / WWOOFers space / somewhere for family and friends to stay when they visit which will pay for itself long term than rush through our forever home.

The school job saga rumbles on. I’m very bored of the whole business and as I said to someone yesterday if I was not feeling bad that the nursery assistant Coryla, Fliss and Ali as parents of school children here will all be put out if I tell the council to stick their job I’d be saying just that because I don’t actually really want the job anyway. Grr.

Davies and Scarlett have had a really good few days, out with the dog, playing down by the river, wandering down to the village and generally making the most of the weather and where we live. I feel the fog of winter lifting more every day and like so many other times now we are coming out the other side I realise how tough it actually was while we were in the middle of it.