Discussing our respective days at the dinner table :

Me : I saw another deer when I was walking home this afternoon.
Bobby : Huh. I saw a cyclist with snot hanging off his nose.

There is just not much that one can say to that.

And while we're still feeling queasy - the pudding at school today was called Spotted Dick. I thought my co-workers were having me on, but no, that is actually what it's called. A sort of cake-y thing with raisins in it. Served with custard. Want a recipe? I did not eat any. Who could?

Today's piece of good news - the house chain appears to have an end, as the third link (the people whose house our seller is buying) have found a newly-built home (ie no chain involved there) to buy. Now we just have to hope that our seller, and her seller, have all their ducks in a row with regard to mortgages etc, so that we can actually start working towards a moving date!