maybe...

So, heard from the real estate agent this morning that there are two potential buyers of our house. The "out west" guy apparently DID manage to se the place on Monday. He has a portfolio of rental properties and is looking to add to it, so there's one hopeful. The other is from interstate and has seen the photos etc on the Web. He's apparently quite interested and is looking into finance. Keep your fingers, toes and eyes crossed...
In other news, MotH has recently completed his Education degree and will be graduating in August. As a result of finishing, not only is he now a qualified and registered teacher, he got a nice big pay rise too. The school has been great, very supportive and encouraging of his studies and the occasional day off for study purposes, and this extra financial reward was very welcome. It wil certainly come in handy when we buy the house we have an offer on... ;-)

ramblings

It's very late and I really should be in bed, but instead am sitting at the pc browsing some of my favourite scrapping sites and listening to Russell Watson. Bloss is well and truly asleep, the slothiest dog IN THE WORLD is asleep in front of the heater and MotH is on his way home from orchestra rehearsal in a town some 130-odd km distant. I am spending money on scrapping goodies I really don't need right now and drinking my fourth cuppa of the evening...
The prospective buyer didn't make it on Monday - snowed in out west apparently - so hopefully he will reschedule soon. Checked the house listing on the Internet last night and it's had about 300 views, so don't know if that really means anything or not. We can only hope.
I need to find out how to upload images into this blog so I can put some of my scrapping layouts here for the world to see. Maybe tomorrow...

of hard work and echoes

Well, we have slaved away over the last week and during the weekend to get the house as ready as it can be for people to look at - and, with any luck, buy... MotH has taken about 4 loads of stuff to the tip - why do we do it to ourselves, let "stuff" accumulate until it's completely out of hand before doing something about it? - and has removed I don't know how much clutter to our spiffy storage unit. Some of the rooms in the house are now almost as empty as they were the day we moved in. They echo. It's scary how much stuff a family of three can accumulate without actually noticing until it has to be packed away...
Bloss is coping rather well with her braces - thank goodness for Bonjela and kids' Panadol, I say! She has managed the discomfort pretty much on her own, taking only 1 or 2 Panadol each day (usually just before bed) and is keeping up with the intensive-cleaning/plaque-tablets/mouth-wash routine without too much nagging on my part. First school day with the metal today, so we'll see how she goes. Being something of a drama queen (no snickering from the peanut gallery, thanks!) I think it was quite a disappointment to her when the first three people she saw at school didn't even notice ;-)

Brave Bloss

Bloss had her braces put on today. She acquitted herself very well in the chair, not making any kind of fuss, although it must have been quite uncomfortable for her. And it kept her quiet for a whole 45 minutes! She is managing quite well, although I know she is beginning to feel the discomfort rather strongly. The mysteries of dental wax and the efficacy of Bonjela in relieving some of the pain as the braces begin to hurt inside her cheeks, followed by a dose of Panadol, should see her right in a few days.
In other news, a fair amount of the paint MotH and I applied to the walls of the house was washed away by last night's rain, but enough remains so that we will only have to do one more coat. The plasterer is coming in the morning to quote on a couple of small repair jobs, which hopefully he will be able to do in the next week or so - hopeful, much... The real estate agent called today to say that he wants to bring a prospective buyer through on Monday, so we will have a busy weekend doing the rest of the de-cluttering - which, as anyone who knows us will be aware, is no small task... ;-) Wish us luck!

of painting

Hi Mandy!

Well, today being a nice clear day and not too cold, MotH and I are continuing the painting job we began yesterday, tarting up the outside of the house ready for people to see and hopefully like...hard work, as the walls we are working on are render-covered brick and very rough, requiring brushes as well as rollers. Still, nice to be out in the fresh air getting a bit of exercise.
Not much quilting or scrapping happening at the home of scrappychick at the mo, since much of the stuff required for these activities is packed away, but I am storing up inspiration as the days go by. Got great pics of Bloss and MotH yesterday while painting...
Bloss has gone to spend the day with a friend, and will be bemoaning the fact that tomorrow she must have braces installed (if that's the right word) on her teeth.
Anyway, having finished my restorative cuppa, must get back to it...more another time.

And in the beginning...

Not a very imaginative title, I suppose, but the best I could come up with...
Inspired by several friends who have recently been exploring the world of blogs and such, I thought I would have a go. It's easier than I thought...
Bloss and I will use this blog to share bits and pieces of the adventure that is our daily life with whoever wants to read along.
To begin with, we are currently trying to do a few jobs around the house so we can put it on the market - we've found a lovely place not too far from here and have fallen in love with it. It's just the kind of house the Man of the House (hereinafter referred to as MotH) has always wanted to live in, and Bloss and I quite like it too ;-) Keeping our fingers crossed for a quick sale...