Mixed feelings!

Well.......we did it, much earlier than expected!  The house sold to the first people who saw it! We'd like to think that they felt the love we've put into it and the happiness we've felt here.

Now it's all systems go as we make ready to move out before Xmas. Luckily, we have some amazing friends who are rallying round to give a hand.  Russell, John and Pete finished lining out the extension - they've done an amazing job.  It would have been nice to see it painted and finished completely, but the purchasers have kindly let us off with doing anymore.  It still looks fantastic.

We are starting to detach ourselves as we go through the inevitable rubbish and stuff that we've managed to accumulate over the years.  This will be our biggest clear out yet! The new owners are buying some of our furniture and shed stuff so I keep telling myself it's not as bad as it seems. Paul has been great, helping Alan to load trailers and taking him to the tip as,of course, he is not able to drive. It has helped enormously, as I couldn't reverse a trailer to save my life!! And it's freed me up to do the more domestic things like wrapping ornaments!

Nikki, Colleen and Brian gave us a full day yesterday and we almost got the shed into some semblance of order. Alan starts his next lot of chemo this morning so we are having a day off but they will be back tomorrow to continue.  We are so grateful. I knew all those pizza days and dinners would pay off!!

Everything is falling into place and we look forward to spending Xmas and New Year with our family before going on to a new chapter in our lives, God willing.

The main thing is that Alan is still doing well so we hope it continues to be so.

Love to all who read this blog.