The update is just to say there isn't an update. The manager who I was going to talk to was off sick last week and it's Thanksgiving today. So tomorrow is the earliest we can start to rearrange the phone call. I was getting paranoid last week thinking it may all be falling through with the tumbling stock markets but the agents says they are still very interested.

Just when this is calming my nerves we get a letter from the council saying our next door neighbours have complained about our new decking. We are trying to sell the house and to make it more marketable we have added decking to the rear. They say it means we can overlook their garden and reduces their privacy. I suggest we raise the fence a bit but they say, "Don't you touch our fence!". It's actually on our land so is our fence. Well the planning officer came around today and said there is nothing wrong with the decking so yar boo sucks to the wicked bitch of the West. Still doesn't help with the house sale as any disputes have to be disclosed to prospective buyers. We may have to rent it out, I wonder if a drug rehab programme for serial offenders want to rent a 3 bed semi in Ware, that should please the neighbours!

I've had a few questions regarding my brother. He's out of ITU and HDU and is in an ordinary ward. He's making slow progress but is getting better. He'll be diabetic for the rest of his life with all that involves. He's getting out of bed on a regular basis now and can just about make it around his ward. He'll be in hospital for a few more months I expect.

Well updates later this week hopefully. Thanks for the support and advice, much appreciated.

SM