WELL THAT WAS QUICK!

House SOLD after ONE house open! Although subject to sale of another property...but it is an apartment in a good area and reasonably priced...should be no problem!  It is good to know that my gut instincts are on target and my choice of agent was spot on.  The contract has included the 48hour clause where my house can still be opened for inspection and promoted...I can still accept a cash buyer just giving this buyer 2 business days to come up with the money...pretty much a win win situation.  Although a little back to front, it is now time to proceed full steam ahead with the residency application....I feel confident it will all fall into place!

Because I like lots of pics in the blog here are a few random shots I have taken recently just outside my front door.

 

 An Ibis on my neighbours roof...I often see them on my walks.

 Mating moths on my front wall

 Moody skies 1

  Moody skies 2

  Moody skies 3

 My other flowering cactus....this one always flowers later for some reason...6 weeks to be precise...although they are both hanging from the front porch.  You can see the other one here.

I am not giving up!!!

Well my bid for the property in Iceland has been rejected...it has not been sold...all bids apparently were too low, rumour has it that I was the highest bidder...not sure what the next step is...but I am not giving up!  Will keep you all informed...the wheels however move slowly in Iceland!

Found a few last pics of Iceland on my camera taken through the car window on our 3 hour drive to Reykjavik.  Basically I am putting these up for me as I am missing the place so much!  Some areas were covered by snow and others not.

 Icelanders vote in a referendum on Saturday on Icesave although no agreement with the UK and Dutch governments have been reached, latest polls expect that 74% of Icelanders will vote no.
Although this article is old for those of you interested it is a great read about Iceland and the initial collapse http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5329762.ece 
and these links highlight some of the issues surrounding Icesave http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd0831a4-fafa-11de-94d8-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1 and http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/09/icesave-iceland-britain-investors

 Now for more mundane things I have been working on titivating my house to put on the market...I will continue on with that, fixing up all those things that you just put up with until you need to sell the place.  This week has been scraping flaky paint off the laundry and bathroom ceiling....today I am painting them and tomorrow I paint the used to be white picket fence that has turned a nice orange bore water stain colour!  Thankfully the weather has cooled down a tad to 28 today.

Lastly a couple snaps of my flowering cactus... flowers only open in the evening and are gone by daylight.