Yummy biscuit
Messy!
A summer eveningAfter being hospitalised for 3 weeks Terry has gone back to do his normal 7 hours a day at work, which means he comes back home 4pm again these days. Also, the day is getting longer as summer approaching, now it gets dark around 10pm, we now have time to enjoy our evening meal in the garden with Daniel sitting on the grass with cushions surrounding him. We actually had afternoon tea in the garden as well this afternoon. Daniel started to develop this very English habit. he was munching on a rusk while Terry and me were enjoying our tea and scorns at the table. Though I was a bit apprehensive about feeding him biscuit in the fear of ruining his teeth, but Terry insisted. Terry said Daniel hasn't got teeth yet and this will teach him how to feed himself. It looks Daniel is very keen on finger foods already. He sucked on the rusk with great enthusiasm and made mess all over his face and hands. He doesn't normally like to drink the diluted baby juice but with biscuit the water-downed drink has gone down well...
Today we sold our second home, a terraced house which was intended as our pension after we moved to current house. In the hindsight, I think we shouldn't bother estate agency next time when we come to sell house again. What the estate agency did does not justify what they charged. We got a full asking price long before we went on holiday in China, we thought the sale would go through when we come back, much to our disappointment, we found that nothing happened during our one month absence. The estate agency didn't chase up the sale. One thing lead another, the sale was delayed until we finally exchanged contract yesterday. Threatening us pulling out the last minute, the purchaser knocked down couple hundred pounds on price agreed before for some insurance policy covering planning permission for the extension of the house. We sold the house to improve our cash flow and enable me to stay home longer with Daniel.
Today we sold our second home, a terraced house which was intended as our pension after we moved to current house. In the hindsight, I think we shouldn't bother estate agency next time when we come to sell house again. What the estate agency did does not justify what they charged. We got a full asking price long before we went on holiday in China, we thought the sale would go through when we come back, much to our disappointment, we found that nothing happened during our one month absence. The estate agency didn't chase up the sale. One thing lead another, the sale was delayed until we finally exchanged contract yesterday. Threatening us pulling out the last minute, the purchaser knocked down couple hundred pounds on price agreed before for some insurance policy covering planning permission for the extension of the house. We sold the house to improve our cash flow and enable me to stay home longer with Daniel.
4 comments:
Look at that dinner of two! Sooooo romantic and healthy! Who would believe you guys have a little baby. It's great to remain this romantic.
Already sold the second house? You have done very well!
It said that the mid-age ganeration in this country, if you asked them what are they youthful regrets, it unlikely to be a love affair unsaved, it would more likely to be something like this 'If you hadn't insisted we sell that bloody house in 1998(?) before the housing boom we wouldn't need to work until we are 70' or 'if we had picked up that grotty seafront flat a few years ago, we would such such... better off by now'...
The property market here is still booming, If we had have the alternatives, e.g.family support near us for the help of childcare, we would rather keep the house for the capital appreciation.
Such is life. There are many things we want/should/would like to do, but we just have to set the priorities.
When I was younger and often heard people saying "there are many things money can't buy", I couldn't convince myself to agree. But now, I do understand that there are lots of important things that money couldn't buy, such as the time I spend with my kids, my babies first smile, first step, how they develop, how they change...
Let's just be 阿Q... It's only a house/job/a few hundreds of grams lost... being with our children is priceless. :)
At least I tell myself this often to stay positive and happy.
Absolutely
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