Roll on January!!

 Every time we go over to the new place, I love it a little bit more, I can hardly wait to move in now.  Betty was SO excited, she was charging around with her nose to the floor, running in and out of all the rooms numerous times.  We let her out into the back garden, she did the same out there (and christened it several times).  I think she'll be fine there.  I only just noticed yesterday morning that there's a nice rural hill view from the front of the bungalow - not far reaching field views front and rear like we have here, but still a nice countryside view.  I didn't take any photos as yet, because it was cloudy all day - I will do though, as soon as the weather is bright enough.

Husband met a couple of the neighbours yesterday when he took Betty out for a walk - he said they seem nice and friendly, although he couldn't remember their names of course.  I was busy emptying boxes and putting things away indoors, I expect I'll get to meet the neighbours soon enough.  Husband finished laying the hall carpet, I put up some curtains.  

We popped into Minehead to a carpet showroom there and have chosen a carpet remnant for the lounge - perfect size and colour and a lovely feel to the pile.  We're having it delivered next Monday.  Husband had said initially he would lay it himself - with my help.....I had a few misgivings about it, not because I think husband wouldn't do a good job, but because of our age and health problems.  Whilst the lounge is more or less a plain almost square room with no awkward bits, the carpet will be extremely heavy and difficult to move.  Overnight husband has changed his mind and said he'll get the carpet people to fit it, which I think is definitely best.  The carpet itself and having it fitted is costing a bit more than we really wanted to pay, but what we've paid on that we've saved in other areas, such as the curtains and rugs.  We may now have to wait a while (early next year I expect) to get carpets for the two bedrooms, but we have several rugs so we'll be fine.  

Today will be a day of dismantling furniture here, as the 2nd hand furniture shop man is coming to collect our excess furniture tomorrow.  That will leave big gaps here - which means plenty of space to put boxes as we pack them.  The next time we go over to the new place will be Friday, we'll be taking Betty again, the more often we take her, the more she'll become familiar with it and feel comfortable there.

Think I've put a bit of weight back on, I've taken my eye off the ball with the diet lately and carbs have crept back in.  Lunches have generally been sandwiches or something on toast (quick and easy in other words), dinners something veggie and home cooked out of the freezer but served with pasta, rice or a jacket spud.  I'm too busy to be concentrating on cooking low carb healthy meals, so that will have to take a back seat for now.  We're already thinking that January will be a month to rest and recuperate, we won't be doing anything much except pottering around in our new home, probably moving some things around to suit ourselves better, and I'll get back into making us nice healthy food then.

Moving house when you're older is certainly much harder work - we've moved house a few times during our marriage (not as many as Sue from A Smaller and Simpler Life though!).  It's always been fairly stressful, but at our ages and state of health it's definitely a lot harder, both physically and mentally, we're both feeling the strain.  Hopefully this will be our last ever move though, and we're focusing on the fact that we've been offered such a lovely place which ticks nearly all our boxes for the future.

Oh, and when we got to the new place yesterday, we were greeted with our first two New Home cards lying on the doormat, from family.  How lovely!