Now the dissertation has gone the next bit of fun starts..... There is a lot of giddy excitement in the air in out household!!! College finishing up, the recent hand ins, new projects starting, and the icing on the cake is we are moving house... better then just moving we are actually buying a house. We have loved this little house we rent at the moment - its a very pleasant space to live in but the village is not what we had hoped it would be and we feel very isolated and quite frankly the neighbors are not what we are used to. Yes we were very spoiled when we lived in Northumberland - the community there embraced newcomers and was interesting to live with - we made lifelong friends, so moving here to a similar set up was disappointing to say the least and we have never really settled. So we have been looking at alternatives. That said this is still a bolt from the blue - an unexpected happening in our lives - Dr Fred and I have vaguely discussed this option as we want...