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Regenbogen:
My mom's birthday was great. We had the cake, which was too much. Then we went to the restaurant and after that her neighbours came to visit her and we stayed a while because they are fun people. My mom doesn't like to make a fuss out of her birthday, so she just prepared some bread and dips to go with the sparkling wine.

We already knew our new neighbours, because she is our other neighbours' daughter and we've known her as a child. Especially because we've already been friends with her parents even before we became neighbours, lol. They were the reason we got this house.
When the previous owner died, he had no family of his own, and his siblings needed to sell the house. None of them lived nearby anymore and none of them could afford to pay all the others off.
At first they offered it online and they wanted to have a family with kids in there, because of sentimental reasons. They said, they had a wonderful childhood in this house and they wanted some other kids to enjoy this as well. Very adorable.
At first they had an interested family, but there was a sudden problem with the bank and the family could not buy the house, so they decided to put the advert offline and think about a lesser price.
Then our neighbours told them that we were nice and looking for a house in the area. We wanted to live somewhere closer to family with a train station, a bakery and a kindergarten nearby and had been looking for a while now but nothing affordable would come up. So they invited us and liked us and decided to sell the house to us for the lesser price.

We had a lot of luck with this.
By the way: the other family also got their house: they managed to build one into her father's plot.

This was all shortly before the prices went so ridiculously high. Nowadays it would be at least three times as high as when we bought it.

Dina:
That was so amazing and I am so glad it worked for your family.

And great about your mom's birthday! I think a nice visit of some neighbours with not too much fuss is a perfectly fine way to celebrate (after the family meal, of course).

Regenbogen:
And now I am transforming Micro's childrens' room into a teenager's room. To say I am almost done would be exaggerated, but one can definitely see progress. Maybe the little neighbour girl would like some toys and books, too. I plan to keep the special stuff for future grandchildren, lol. Like the best books, all the Lego, and some dolls. And of course the matchbox cars. I loved my matchbox cars and my husband loved his. Now we get them back.

I also have some beetles of different colours (two of them blue), but they have always been in the living room, lol. The kids were allowed to play with them under the condition that they are returned to their place on the shelf when they are done.
There is also a scull on this shelf.

Dina:
Ah, I hope Micro enjoys her new room! And that she appreciates your hard work.
So interesting about the beetles, that is original.

Today has been a sunny, not really cold day, but the night is really chilly. Thank God for the heaters.

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