A proposal & a house
Matthew McInerney
Hello everyone
Thanks for all your texts and phonecalls in the middle of the night ;) Thursday was an incredible day, getting engaged and getting a house all in a couple of hours!
I'd picked up the keys to the house late afternoon but had to wait (patience is a virtue?!) until Andy got home from work. Then we rushed down, because we were late to meet a painter. So opened up the house and ran about deciding on what we wanted the painter to do before we move in (it is really, really magnolia all over so just want 1 room with some colour in it). Then he left and we wandered about redoing the bathrooms, painting the walls, fixing all the little bits that need fixing, landscaping the backyard (Bernie, is BMC international?) etc. Then we popped a bottle of champagne and Andy popped the question! I was so surprised I couldn't stop shaking, so happy. He'd bought a gorgeous ring and it fits perfectly (put me into the shade with my housewarming present to him - a tape dispenser for doing the packing boxes!). Such an amazing evening.
So it seems the first decision is where to get married, not sure yet. Any ideas?
The house is lovely, nice and roomy, and doesn't need a whole lot doing to it. But it'll be good to do things like the bathrooms and the backyard. If you had of asked me last week I would have said that it didn't really need painting but with the furniture out it seems completely different, so we'll paint gradually. We got someone to do the first bit before we move in but we'll do the rest. We move next Wednesday and for the 1st time are using a removalist to do the lifting and shifting. Then we have another couple of days off to unpack and settle in to the new house and tidy up the old house ready for inspection on Monday.
We've got Solomon this weekend and there is much excitement about the boxes and packing and things. We are just going to go down to the new house to show Solomon around (he is packing his toys to take with us) and measure up for curtains and curtain poles (they took the curtain poles - unbelievable).
We went to Romsey show yesterday - where the town meets the country. Its a great day out and the weather was fantastic. It has been fantastic for 4 days in a row, I'm optimistic that we are having the summer they promised ;)
lots of love
Claire & Andy
Lovely news all round Claire. Not sure why this didn't send an automatic email to everyone. Look forward to seeing some photos of the house
Hi I think the email updates are now working.