Oh dear. I'm not very good at keeping in touch with anyone who might be out there reading my blog. There's been so much going on here. Well, the kitchen extension is almost finished apart from a few little things on our snagging list. Then we'll be getting the electrician in. When we've saved some more, then we'll get the plasterer in and so on. Hopefully be posting some piccies soon of how things progressed. My hubby just said to me "we bit off more than we could chew with this house and that it's like a millstone" around his neck. It may be true that we did underestimate who much there would be to do and how much it would all cost. But it's our home and so much of our personality, blood, sweat and tears have gone in to it so far. And it's exciting watching it evolve into just how I pictured it from when it was a filthy, unloved nightmare when we bought it. I hope he comes out of the doldrums soon as it makes me sad.