There goes the neighbourhood.

Which neighbourhood have we disrupted? both Mugdock and now Strathblane.
The former obviously through the building work the latter through the Granthams love of spending time outdoors in the sun, preferably laying back in the sun with a cool beer or a glass of fizz in the garden, and Majas desire to be in a paddling pool, problem being little to no garden space, and the fact that we are now spilling onto the street, beer and pink supersoaker gun in hand.
I think our need for private space has not only been spurred on by the good weather, but also due to the fact that we have been down in Mugdock on a number of occasions in the last few weeks and have seen just how well the builders are doing, to my unqualified eyes we are on the home straight, which makes me more impatient, when it looked like something from hurricane Louise I was fine, but now I'm bugging Richie for a date of entry, he conceded last week and told us that yes they were ahead of plan, and yes we should be in by August. No promises.
I have also had some visitors to the house, my mum and a neighbour had the guided tour and were very positive, mum was just amazed at how much had changed. As was my friend Anne, she found it a bit strange that there was absolutely no familiarity from the original house at all.
We arrived on site with all the kids in tow, after an attempt at skiing in 25 degree heat with long sleeved tops, gloves and trousers, they were exhausted, Maja was the first to crumple, shortly followed by the rest so we abandoned our mission and took them up to the house instead, where they happily played in the builders sand.
Jo also came over, which was interesting, as she had never been in the house prior to that, straight away she pointed out that the kitchen is North facing and despite having a 21/2 meter window and french doors, its relatively dark so really should go for light reflecting surfaces, relief, finally the decision on cabinets had been made.
for many of you who have gone through my constant change of heart between dark wood and white gloss on an hourly basis, you'll understand the joy I'm feeling at ticking that room off. Done deal, phew.
School holidays are almost here, the chances of us getting in before the kids go back are good, here's hoping, send kids round with paint brushes towards end of July. I'll feed them.