Erieversible

Real Cadbury’s chocolate decorations for the tree.  Paxo stuffing.  Rowntree’s fruit pastilles to add to the kids’ stockings.  Plus maybe an extra roll as my commission.  Soreen malt loaf.  Branston.  Multiple jars!  

Okay, so the Christmas we are planning is not strictly an American one, but while we were in the UK we always tried to introduce US elements of Christmas to the overall family experience.  So it is only fair that Christmas in the US should have British elements.

Back to Buffalo tomorrow to look at a couple of houses that we liked on Monday.  The second visit will be a much more thorough examination.

Meanwhile, a gentleman from the removals firm dropped round today to carry out a survey of the stuff to be moved.  I did warn him beforehand, and it did indeed take a lot less time than he was planning.  The new house, whichever one it turns out to be, is going to feel very empty until we go on a furniture buying spree.

Busy, busy!

I hang my head in remorse and admit that today I took on a mailbox in the Ford Explorer and, predictably, the mailbox lost.  We were looking round houses today and while reversing out of the driveway of one of them I slightly adjusted the angle at which their mailbox was positioned.  Just slightly.  Or maybe a little more than slightly.  We didn’t cut and run but owned up, and our Agent will inform the seller’s agent and make sure things are sorted - I have offered to pay the bill to sort it out, all fair and square.

(See Differences: Housing: Mailboxes)

So, you other drivers out there have nothing to fear from me as long as you are moving.  Park, or just obey a stop sign, and you could be next!  :-)

What a day!  Six houses viewed today, and it was hard work.  Add in the three we saw on Sunday and probably 4 out of those 9 are possible candidates.  We need to go through all the paperwork and notes we took this evening to reach agreement on each of the 9 houses, but I think we are in general agreement just from the chats while traveling from house to house.  The kids’ opinions seem to be based solely on the color and size of the bedrooms - if only life really was that simple.

We got our money back from PictureMe for the rejected passport photos.  They were very nice about it.  Well done PictureMe!  And the money will be useful for the mailbox bill….