It seems a lifetime ago that we were in the hotel, when its realistically its been days.
We have nice neighbours, one who came from the hotel with us and the other who lived quite close to our old house! they all have children so my worries about bothering the neighbours with noise is unfounded.
One set of neighbours keeps feeding us, they could sell their food its fantastic, we will be lost when eid arrives!
The simple things in life are the best.. its been a long time since we have been able to wash and hang it out, our son has done and amazing job at hand washing his uniform while in the hotel, but we are grateful we now have a machine to take over!
We have had friends over and it feels very much like our home. We have a cat that sits on the doorstep, waiting for food. hes lovely and makes us realise how much we miss our pets, they are such a huge part of our lives and to have had to re-home or rely on friends to pet sit is horrid, but hopefully it wont be for long.
While we were in the hotel the lady who kindly sorted our the re-homing of our cats got intouch, shes kept poppy the old cat for a while.. so sent us this pic
She looks so settled! We are incredibly grateful for so many people helping us.
We asked on facebook for living room furniture and we had offers of so much.. people have bought me to tears with their kindness! So we have a furnished living room.
And we are blessed with kids that like each other!
The learning continues..
reading is everywhere...
even poker is a game of numbers!
back to baking.. we really have missed being able to cook
dominoes
pairs of pears...
and the obvious butterfly feeding
This week we had three birthdays, a 21st, a 17th and hubby, so its been a busy week.
we also made a trip to the storage
lucy the elf has been keeping an eye on the toys for us apparently, its the little things that reassure the kids. they loved receiving the picture through the printer,
(we have a wireless printer, so we can be sitting quietly when suddenly pictures come out, its very magical for 7 and nearly 4 year olds)
There was also the horrific fire in London, it was awful to see and bought back memories of a house fire when i was small, (not my house) the smells and sounds stay with you forever, i pray everyone involved get the help they need.
we also had a call from the council, we were walking down the street at the time so found it hard to hear but all the information was to be in the e-mail, the e-mail stated we had been shortlisted for a new build house, as position 1!!! we drove down to look...
we have an exited weekend telling friends and family about our new forever home, we look at allotments close, bus routes, community centres etc.. this is the break we need!
then while trying to work out how long we will have to wait to view, (it doesn't matter if its a week, a month, or a year, when you live with someone who suffers from anxiety you learn that they need time to process situations so this is important), some one says in their paper work we are position two, i then spend days writing e-mails, to try and find out what information is correct.
After no response, I call them twice, (to double check the information given) the letter is correct and we are position 1..
Then a call from the allocations team, they made a mistake with the letter... we are position two, and another letter has been sent.
This is an awful situation to put anyone through especially someone with mental health problems through, its a tough few days.
So we've gone from a definite house to not even being able to bid until the person in 1st position accepts the house, knowing this is a new build house we are aware this can take months. A chat with the person who made the mistake with the letter and its suggested we may be released from the house so we can bid. this is ongoing and we haven't yet had our bidding reinstated so will update at a later date..
But onwards and upwards........ the weather is lovely!
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