Logging on briefly on the computer in the girl's room. We've managed to get the shelves and most of their toys upstairs and so far so good. We're hoping that with the toy clutter upstairs it will save the time and energy we expend running around after the wee ones tidying up. The plan is to only bring down a few toys each day so at least they should appreciate their toys more. Cara has already shown her appreciation for the new order by spending half an hour playing in her bedroom with a Pony toy set which had been under her bed but is now in tubs on the bottom shelves. She even tidied it all away beautifully! Makes it all worth the effort!
Work today was good fun. I had been hesitating over touching the window displays but as most of the properties had been sold long before I joined I grew tired of it and decided to take that over too. When Barry called I buoyantly told him I'd changed everything around because I was tired of looking at a picture of a house with a snowman in front of it! He laughed which was good. We chatted briefly and he confided in me that he's fed up at the moment and that he sympathises with Barbara for the grief she is getting from the woman who trained us. I was glad that he felt he could confide in me. I'm not confiding in him! Barry is harmless enough and I do feel sorry for him with the workload he has but I don't want to share in return because I enjoy sharpening him up from a healthy distance. Barbara on the other hand I trust completely. She's fantastic fun and I thoroughly enjoy our chats. Today I called and she treated me to a batch of anecdotes about the properties she is selling at the moment. Barbara is of course the woman who began working on Sundays with me and has moved to a three day week. Recently though she has been upset by the demands on her time and has often had to work six-day weeks.
"How is it going?"
"Well we've got two offers on the House at Pooh Corner."
"Pooh Corner?"
"Well it should be wee corner really, we've got a house that stinks of urine and it even has an order on it by the health and safety people. It's infested with mice and stinks."
"Ewww. It must be embarassing showing people around that?!"
"Well we do warn them that it smells. When we get back in the car afterwards it's on our clothes."
"It's had two offers?"
"Yes, near the asking price."
"How much is it on for?"
"Two hundred and twenty thousand."
"Ex-Council?! In that state? Someone offered how much?"
"Two offered two-fifteen. When Jim put it on for two-twenty I told him he was mad and I was really upset that he got those offers so he was proved right. He was going on about leafy cul-de-sacs and quiet locations but the house will need another thirty-grand spending on it to make it liveable. The vendors are even trying to get the applicants to clear it out!"
"Hardly a dream home and hardly a bargain!"
Right, that anecdote will have to do for the day.
The other news of the day is that poor Zadie has the beginnings of chicken pox and it's all over her, poor love. She's had fevers the last couple of days. The spots have finally arrived. It could be an interesting week or two. The babies are now asleep so I'd better run down to get the girls ready for bed.
Oh, and it's Dan's birthday and I completely forgot to send a card. I'll try to fish out his addy for an ecard and hope he forgives me for being as useless as ever!
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