Sunday 25 October 2009

Weekend update

Well it's Sunday morning so I'm sat by the side of the pool. Bex is trying to explain the finer points of butterfly to Jake!
We're off to Nanny and Grandad's for lunch later, and then over to Haig to collect the few remaining things we have there. We've invited Rew and Frances to come over so that they can have a final look at the finished article. Fingers crossed we will finally be exchanging this week and then either completing this week or next.
Had a trip to Bluey yesterday. I think it may well be our last weekend trip this side of Christmas - it certainly was busy. We went in to JL and we've discovered the joys of buying stuff and then collecting it at the end of the day. Saved us trogging around with a kitchen bin and new coffee-maker!
We met up with the Fairs family at the Apple store so that we could check out the new iMacs. The key decision for me is whether to have the 21.5" or 27" screen. I am favouring the smaller one at the moment, partly on price grounds but also that the 27" does seem alarmingly large for a computer monitor, and just too big for where we are thinking of keeping it in the kitchen. Besides, maybe I can put the price difference towards some other Apple store goodies!
Then it was off to the cinema to see Fantastic Mr Fox (sweet story and fun animation but not a patch on Disney at their best), tea at TGIs and then back to Carolyn & Chris's to watch X Factor.
At home the garage sort out is coming on well - another tip trip yesterday, and Nicky's been doing a great job this week of finding new homes for things via Freecycle. Hopefully the old patio doors may go next week. Really looking forward to seeing the transformation of garage into games room. (Jake's room is also coming on well - more Billy installed this week.)