We have bought a house!

Well, all is moving along nicely. As of this morning the sign on our front lawn now has "Sold" in large red letters across it, and yesterday afternoon we signed the contract to buy our new house. We feel confident now that we can call it 'our' house. It's a great feeling. The woman buying this house gave us a few anxious moments in the past week, but all seems to be now sorted out.

So.....in just under two months we will be moving from a city of 5 million people to a town of just under 50,000, and a slower pace of life with less traffic and less big city stress. I am looking forward to meeting new friends, and perhaps renewing an acquaintance or two.

I realised this week that the house we are buying is on land that was used during World War II as an army camp. My father was one of the interstate soldiers stationed in that camp and my mother was a local girl.....so that's how I came to be. And now I will be living on the same land. The wheel has turned full circle. Isn't it a funny world?

The MRI scan of my shoulder this week showed that the tendon tear is not deep enough for surgery, so yesterday it was given a cortisone injection. It is feeling a little better today, and doesn't feel as though there is a little demon continually stabbing my shoulder with a sharp needle. If it is still sore in a month then it will have a double-dose cortisone injection to reduce the inflammation, and perhaps a bit of physio to help it along. Did you know that a tear in a tendon will never close again unless it is surgically fixed? I will take this little hole in my shoulder to my grave.

Meanwhile the making of Liz' bag is proceeding along. The background is all pieced and, if I do say so myself, is a true work of genius. Next step is to trace the applique onto fusible stuff and choose lovely bright colours for the flowers, including perhaps a little purple.

"The rule on which a host and hostess should act is to make their guests as much at ease as possible; that on which a visitor should act is to interfere as little as possible with the ordinary routine of the house."

Enjoy your weekend!

Jennifer