Anne dropped a bombshell on me yesterday.  After I had managed to really get attached to this wee town, Hopewell, had managed to invest myself emotionally in it, had started to meet folk and feel like we could be part of the community, she tells me that we might have to move out.

There are reasons, and good ones.  Mainly, there are very few houses to buy in Hopewell and none that we have seen that real match what we want.  Pennington, on the other hand, where Joey goes to school does have some really nice houses which would seem to fit our needs.  And the kids would be able to walk/cycle to school which a) is good for them and b) saves us a lot of wasted time doing the school run.  Particularly important if I go back to working.  And it seems to be a nice town as well. So Anne is right to look at that option.

But I was sooooo getting to like Hopewell!