Confessions of a Dibberous Mind

Short but sweet tonight - salient points ONLY!! I saw the mortgage guy (Wayne) this morning and within minutes I had an agreement in principal. I was honest and open and told him that I was going to dropping bonus-wise but that it should change the mortgage outcome. It turns out I was correct!! I just need to find proof of existence and I'm ready to apply in full. I went into town to do some shopping but as I have no idea howmuch I'll be around this weekend I wasn't sure what to buy. I bought myself a couple of congratulatory pressies but nothing of any worth and then went home to watch them. My parents got here unexpectedly early (errr, yesterday to be precise) so I spent the evening at my brother's house with them. I had a great chat with someone in America when I got home and she is sending me some of my precious Grape Jelly making me a happy bunny. I also mailed the same person with all my contact details - could be dangerous but somehow I think I'l...

Excellent news - I'm back in that same mood again and Merkin is around!!! It's been another mind-numbing day in the world of the Dibbie but then it's another work night so I didn't expect anything else!! I spent most of this morning looking for things to prove my existence - not an easy task. As you already know I don't drive so I only have an old provisional licence with my parent's address on it. I haven't been abroad since I was in my early teens so I don't have a passport - this is getting tricky!! I've decided that I'll use a phone bill in connection with my provvy licence and my work ID and that should do it. Now all I need to worry about is my proof of income - that could be trickier. I'm notoriously bad at keeping bits of paper so if it isn't e-mailed to me I wouldn't have a clue where it is. The proof of income that I need is the last 3 month's wage slips = DILEMMA I think I'll be OK with a covering lett...

Ppfsssshh It's no good - I've been in a playing mood today but no-one really took the bait - no Merkin today and Che only played for a short while. I got in touch with my mortgage advisor as soon as I got home from work and we have a meeting setup for Friday morning. I think it's looking good even with the pay cut so I'm quietly confident this house will be mine. I also got a call from the vendor saying that they were expecting another couple to view in the afternoon but if I am commited they would put it off and take the house of the market. The house is now in a SSTC state. I'm feeling good. The only problem I can see from here is physical cash up front. The deposit is covered so I'm not worried about that but I now have to consider things like legal fees, surveyor fees and furniture costs!! It's going to be tight but I think I'll be ok - the house doesn't need any work so at least that's something I don't need to worry about. ...

Today I grew up... but not much. As mentioned yesterday I went to view a house. I'm not new to this, I've viewed a few already and even gone so far as to put an offer on a couple of them but today was different. I saw the house and felt errr comfortable . I think that's the only way to describe it. I took a good long look around making sure that I took it all in. I made plans but nothing that would tear out my heart if the deal fell through. It's beautiful and I have to admit I fell in love with it a bit. The view from the front room is breath-taking you can see right out across the hills as far as the eye can see and the view from upstairs is even better. You can't quite see the bay from the house but you can from the street and that's good enough for me. Having seen as much as I could take in in a morning I put in an offer straight away and, because I was dealing with the vendor directly, I got an instant acceptence! Go me! So why hasn't it been sna...

Right 2 days worth of shiznit to spill so here goes: First off Che says I haven't mentioned her yet so - Hi Che!! Che was one of the first people who spoke to me after joining the forums and has been a good friend ever since. Last night I shaved off half of my beard because Che doesn't like them and Merkin does (it now turns out that Che likes it). There is some evidence right here . I was just going to photoshop something but Che and Merkin were talking on IRC and they thought that's what I'd do that!! It's not all bad though - I got a phone call from Che this morning as a result so who can complain? The call was really nice - it was a little strange though because we seemed to know each other really well without ever having spoken before. It's all part and parcel of being open and frank whilst on the forums I suppose. Tonight is my last night off for another 3 days so I've dedicated myself to doing nothing - my favourite hobby. I was even thin...

No blog today - I wrote it and lost it!! I would start all over again but I'll leave it 'til tomorrow - sorry Today's Word: ALTRUISM Today's Mood (until a moment ago): Self -Satisfied (I'll explain tomorrow)

First day off and boy do I need it. merkin sent me a photo yesterday featuring a fake tattoo with my name on it - awwww. I told her that I had it as my desktop but I forgot to mention that I didn't really. Not that I wouldn't put it up but that would be a little too creepy even for me and I have a picture of my nephew on there anyway. Merkin reckons she looks better if you can't see her face but I just think she's being silly - no-one likes the way they look and if they do they have bigger things to worry about. I'm not going to turn this into a "Merkin says" blog though - she's got her own to do that in This may sound a little odd, heartless even but I wasn't sure which one of my friends had ended his life. I know a couple people with similar names and I got on better with one than the other. It's never easy when dealing with suicide but it was the one I didn't get on with as well. It doesn't make a vast amount of difference to...