Where did 4 weeks go?

I don't seem to have stopped recently. Taking a pause for breathe right now I realise I haven't been here for a while and I haven't really done that much else unless you count having to cope with feeling like death warmed up for most of the time. I think we survived the swine flu outbreak round here but we both definitely had 'something'.

We have a new grandchild due any moment and it looks like next week we may be toddler sitting for a few days. Or rather WH will be, owing to his far superior skills in that department.

In other news I think I have sold the other house. Having kicked out the tenants due to them completely ruining all the decorations in just 7 months and the whole place looking permanently like a rubbish tip, I was told that my estate agent had 'lots of people just waiting for a house like that'. Of course he lied and a painful 4 months later I have agreed a sale although the purchaser (of course because it is me they are dealing with) is now acting at a snail's pace and 6 weeks down the line we seem no nearer to exchanging contracts. My solicitors are baffled that things can proceed sooooo slowly but in these days of such financial uncertainty at least it is a sale and this purchaser does on the face of it seem unlikely to chuck at the last minute.

On the building front we now have a porch and shortly I might be able to get the front driveway done and see and end to the red sand and mud which is all pervasive and driving me nuts.

We were due to go to Denmark next week to see Ms A but sadly for all sorts of family reasons we're going to have to give it a miss. My £1 flights will go to waste. Greece in September looks doubtful too although I will move heaven and earth to get some sun before the winter sets in. We also have some properties lined up to view over there, another reason for getting over there if we can.

Anyway it's back to the kitchen for me in a minute as I dish up Mother in Law's dinners for another couple of days. I've been doing a mini meals-on-wheels service now for the best part of 4 months so cooking 2 main meals every other day at 7am no longer seems abnormal. I have 40 odd old fashioned puddings in the freezer too, making them in batches of single portions. Trouble is I want to eat them too and have hard time resisting and I probably need to buy another freezer to keep all this stuff in. Sods law, I gave my old freezer away at the beginning of the year.

'Sod's law' seems to sum up my life just now anyway. I'll let you know when it changes!