A good weekend for all.  Anne and I went to a charity ball.  A bit sedate and a lot to pay for a sedate evening but pleasant enough and it was good to get out and meet some people.  I wore my kilt which was a hit.  Always attracts attention and a good conversation starter. 

Spring has arrived, finally, and it has been lovely to get out more.  We have taken the kids to the local playground the last 3-4 days and there has almost always been other kids for both of them to play with.  Astonishing, though, how many kids there are with some sort of learning issue, or something on the autism spectrum. 

The new house we hope to buy has been appraised and at roughly the price we are paying, so that is looking good.  We are still hopeful that the long-drawn out saga with Izzy's adoption will come to an end  shortly and have allowed ourselves to start dreaming of what we might do over the summer.  Fingers crossed.  The future of the Bioeconomy Institute is not looking great - the interested companies are simply not committing themselves to supporting with cash.  But I am putting in some good groundwork with the North American Power project, 

So, all is well in the Juleff household in Hopewell.