Pamela, that is good that you and DB have sorted things out.

Moving house can be a hard decision.

I have lived in this one for about 35 years. In the next month or so I will hire a carpenter and electrician to do some maintenance. My garden is just bush - I plant native ferns in it and get rid of the invasive introduced plants.

For me the most important thing is the neighbourhood. I live in a cul-de-sac and we all keep an eye on each other without interfering. For example, today my next-door neighbour came round to say that he was off on holiday for a few weeks. I offered to deal with his postal junk mail. He thanked me and said that his son's girlfriend would come round to do that and feed his bird (a cockatiel).

Just my thoughts...