One more sleep!

Well, a new day brings new news!! We decided this morning that we are quite comfortable with the extra outgoings each month. We have also found that we no longer talk of "if we get Ambassador" but "we can do this or that". Ideas and situations grow and develop and get easier to accept. When Marcus was first made redundant, I'd wake up in a cold sweat sometimes panicking about how we would cope with the bills; we just got on with the job and made the money.

Barclaycard won't transfer my credit limits form one card to another- it was worth asking but no matter as we still have the credit limit in place, albeit at a slightly higher rate.

Latterly, we have been spending silly amounts of money on eating out and "extras"- we spent a lot on decorating the house......we can really live without all that if it means we buy a boat- some amazing space that is just ours and our little hub away from the hustle & bustle of life.

It must be happening as I've already chosen the sofa bed for James xx

Yesssss!! Ambassador 1 step closer!

Wonderful news! We have secured £10,000 from the HSBC. With the space on the credit cards, a bit of hard work over the next few months and an accepted offer of less than the asking price, we should be well on or way to owning Ambassador. I called the marina and arranged a visit for Friday. The owners want to sell, but are sad to see their boat go; they want someone to love it and appreciate its character the way they do- I can assure you Ambassador owners, we will love her and create a whole new load of family memories and then pass them on to James, so he can then enjoy the boat with his family when he is older.

Really looking forward to Friday now. Not telling James as it's not fair to get his hopes up- he's only small and it's hard enough for me to remain philosophical about it all.

It's been a week since we got back.....

And it's done nothing to dampen out enthusiasm for Ambassador. In fact, we got the virtual tour to work and were able to see every nook & cranny of her in glorious 22 inch colour! We budgeted £15,000 for spring 2015 and now we are faced with the dream 12 months early at £5,000 over budget.

We know that the trailer & motorhome must go- we can't run 2 businesses, when one takes up a lot of time and the other require a lot of preparation and a lot of time away (save that time for boating!!) We just got to work out a way to get everything synchronised.

We went for a wonder along the Grantham Canal today and saw the new locks that have been installed- it would certainly be a fabulous trip if it was ever opened. Checked again that Ambassador was still for sale and that no one had snuck in over the bank holidays!