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Spick and span and ready to go.

Today I am awesome because I only had one piece of chocolate brownie not two, because I walked all the way to work and because I cleared a large heap of books before lunch. Oh, and last night I hoovered the flat and wiped down most of the skirting boards. I'm on a bit of a cleaning kick right now, that I'm hoping will turn into habit. Reading The Cleaning Bible is definitely inspirational, and the one piece of advice that I've decided to adopt is "if it takes longer than 5 minutes, you're not doing it often enough." Now, it takes longer than 5 minutes to hoover the whole flat, but it does only take 15 if I do it twice a week. Ditto wiping down the skirting boards, dusting things and cleaning the bath round. I'm not a naturally tidy person, but I'm finding keeping the place clean and tidy enormously good for my peace of mind and hugely satisfying. It's going to be interesting to see how long this lasts - usually my 'new habits' fizzle out after 6 weeks, so I shall keep reporting back.

( Good grief, I think about these things too much... )

I also had a lovely coffee/lunch with knitting friends, and my little stained-glass window cross-stitch is coming on nicely. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy making things, and while I can't knit or crochet, just doing something with my hands is good for my brain.

Anyway, that's me today. What about you, flist? How are you awesome today?

o.O

Dear Estate Agent,

House hunting is hard. Being first time buyers is hard. Trawling through property websites and estate agents' lists for something suitable is boring and hard.

You are not helping.

No love,

Me

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The reason for this letter? I was doing one of my regular hunts for property websites that aren't Rightmove and stumbled across some interesting things. There were the usual houses in terrible areas, and terrible houses in good areas. All fine and dandy, you might think.

Under the cut is what one agent is selling for £120,000 as a bungalow.

( Go on, see if you can guess what's behind here )