A round of drinks to celebrate the sale of our home. 

The hubs and I were at HDB in the afternoon to finalise the sale of our place and are so thankful that everything has proceeded on smoothly. We handover the keys of our matrimonial home in April.

The purchase of our new home is a different story altogether and is making me a little stress. The current owners/sellers keep asking us for an extension, which would mean we can only start renovation later and very possibly move out to some temporary accommodation. Zul told us yesterday not to give in as he has experienced times when it gets extended again upon extension. And because the extension is between the seller and buyer, HDB cannot step in after the official handover date.

As it is, we have yet to confirm the contractor that we are going to go with. Which means we have yet to choose any materials, all of which will take time for delivery and in the worst case scenario, stocks may not be available and we'll have to wait.

I just pray now that the sellers eventually move out as agreed, that is by next month and then we can proceed with another challenge of renovation. Having said that, we've decided not to hold any birthday party for K and instead just let her celebrate it in school with her friends. So it would be a cake and goody bags for her friends, whom she spends most of her time with. There's just too much going on now for another logistical nightmare.