Finally movement on Mum's estate..

At long last we have some sort of movement regarding Mum's estate. I cannot believe it has been nearly 18mths and we are only just at the selling of Mum's house. But the good news is that the property has sold, obviously subject to contract. And it has gone for more than any of us even envisaged. The property above went for just under £40,000 more than myself or my stepbrother had guessed at..who would have believed it. I mean the house is falling down inside, and it also has major dry rot and damp. Hat's off to whoever has bought it as they are going to have to spend a good £20,000 on it, if not more.

Now onto finding out what happens next and that means I have to talk to the solicitor that is handling the estate - oh that should be fun NOT!! There is all Mum's furniture and belongings still to be disposed of, and I am not letting a total stranger near them. Mum would hate to think that a stranger is going through her personal bits.

Who knows by the time we get to the 2nd anniversary of Mum's death it might finally have all been sorted out..

The cat that has got the cream..

My darling geriatric cat, she's nearly 20, caught a mouse the other night. I couldn't believe it when I heard her outside doing that awful growling noise that cats do. I stood there in disbelief looking at her. Bless her though she did drop it at my feet, what on earth she thought I was going to do with it I have no idea. So I gave it a wee funeral, buried it in the garden and then stuck the birdbath on top of it. Well I didn't want the dogs digging it up.

And I will say that for two days I have wondered whether she got one of the harvest mice that are living in the compost heap. Although this morning I did see one of them eating the peanuts out the bird feeder, so one is alive. They just might only be a family of two now instead of three. :-(

I still can't believe that Baba caught it, I mean she is all bone and doesn't like going away from her warm radiator. Well it just goes to show she can show the younger ones in the household that she is still top cat..bless her.!!

And she has been walking around the house looking like she has got the cream, bless her!!

Ack I've been terribly remiss..

I can't believe it's been nearly a month since my last post - where has the time gone? Oh yep I know, I've been ill on and off. Maybe April will be a better month healthwise, it better be I have so much I need to do - housework, decorating (oh wait that's D's job!) and planting up my seeds for the garden.

I have been productive though. I have read Elizabeth Bunce's A Curse Dark As Gold. It arrived in the 9am post and I was still reading it at 2pm. I just couldn't put it down. I thought it was very well written and certainly had me gripped. It also helps that it is written by the lovely Greensleeves over at one of the stitching forums. Oooh I can say I know a real life author, even if it is through an online community forum :-) Hey it's better than nothing.

And if you haven't already read Curse, I sincerely suggest you get yourself over to Amazon and place an order for one.

March sunshine..

Oh how I love the spring. The weather outside is a glorious day - the sun is shining and the sky is as blue as can be. But boy is there a bite in the air..lol. I had to wear a scarf while I was doing various chores in town this morning. But it was lovely to see everyone's spirits were happy, it's almost as though the sorrows of winter had been wiped away from everyone in town today. I even found myself smiling to people and shock horrors I even got smiles returned, unheard of in this day and age in town..lol

I have freshly cut daffodils, from my garden, on the dining room table and washing blowing on the line in the garden. You couldn't ask for a more perfect day :-)

Cupcakes galore!!

I have been browsing the web the past few days and have found these wonderful pictures of cupcakes. Aren't they absolutely adorable? I didn't realise there were so many different variations - this is only a wee selection of cupcakes that I have found.

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I have promised D that I would make him some cupcakes this week, so with the ingredients indoors I have decided to do lemon and blueberry cupcakes and also cherry cupcakes. Now all I have to find is the cake cases as stupid me forgot to buy some while shopping on Saturday..doh!!