Yes, it's been ages again but enough about that ( Read more... )

Ever since I started the process of buying the flat the news has been babbling about how wrong the housing market is going, topping it off with the news today saying 'The housing ladder is currently a snake, don't touch it with a bargepole'. Bloody typical. On the good side, I got my mortgage offer just before the good deals finished and my ( Read more... )

... no. [something] in an occasional series:
When about to buy your first property, Do not, no matter how much you think you ought to be informed about such things, watch a Dispatches report about how the world lending systems are fubared and the banks are going to start foreclosing on mortgages etc ( Read more... )

Busy having a bit of a tidy of the flat at the moment in preparation to start showing it to estate agents in an attempt to get it valued, and I've finally managed to put my PC on the computer desk I inherited from my parents a couple of months ago- it's a really nice change- I can finally sit in a proper chair and type, rather than the my old ( Read more... )

One of the things I had to promise Bob and Tree when I moved into their flat was that I was going to dig out their Christmas box and decorate the flat for Christmas. We were planning on doing this last weekend, but Bertie (Tree's car) was grumbly about starting because he'd been left pretty much alone for nearly a month and he was feeling a bit wet ( Read more... )

Lots of stuff I should write about properly, but (for reasons which will soon be obvious) I can't at the moment. The brief rundown is:
1) Bob and Tree's wedding last Saturday, most excellent. Enormous food (10-course Chinese wedding banquets FTW!), lots to drink, Dad danced for the first time in recorded history. A few pics here if you're ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday Chris (my boss and the owner of the house I'm currently living in) wandered past my desk and mentioned that there might be someone moving into the house soon. Last Thursday, I got an email from somone saying 'I'm moving in on Saturday, what's the best way to get hold of keys?'. One of the things I'm really looking forward to when I ( Read more... )

... it must be update night ( Read more... )

Probably one of those rambling updates, so coming up with a title seems too much effort ( Read more... )

I think I've finally got time to actually write something properly, for once ( Read more... )