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Glad that's over but we'll miss the walks along the awesome Dee Estuary shore and around the frenetic marine lake at West Kirby. We'll never forget the stunning play of light, sky and tides on the estuary.
    We 'celebrated' Christmas in a house that looked and felt like it had been selectively burgled: pictureless walls, bookshelves 70% empty and sinister groups of black bin-liners huddled conspiratorially. MMIL had her meals separate from us, the same ones she has everyday, at the same time, while we turned up like a mobile caterer bringing everything but the proverbial sink for three days of gluttony. (you need the walks along the beach!)
    The Elephant in the Room was THE MOVE! Unable to be precise about where the sale is up to and hoping it hasn't foundered, careful too not the offer fatalistic outcomes for fear MMIL would decide to stay put. To a constant background of BBC's everlasting news broadcast, we fiddled about with tape measures and floor plans to work out what would fit where all the time wondering whether the excise was academic on not; all the time worrying what Prince Phillip was up to. The the deeper we understood the consequences of the more, the more a 'stay put' began to look like a good idea!
    The serious sorting of personal files was too daunting, so we brought them with us in the car to sort down here rather than suffer the painful scrutiny applied by MMIL, not to mention the fastidious removal of name-and-address from each and every sheet of paper. I discovered MMIL has been keeping paper copies of every email received! (old people embracing new technology?)
    We didn't really achieve much......either by way of 'celebration' or progressing the move.
    We'll see what happens in the New Year....could be in for an interesting time.

If you've read this, thank you and Happy New Year to you and yours!