Grace is full of beans at the moment and is picking up lots of quirky habits that make us laugh. Currently there are a lot of things which are "Gracie's," – Gracie's room, Gracie's hole, Gracie's door, Gracie's keys – and it seems she has set her sights on inheriting our car seen as it is apparently "Gracie's car."

She has also discovered that she does not have to just say no, but can give it more flair with "No way." "Gracie, would you like some more food?" "No way!" And then if she were to start moaning, she does let you know by saying, "Moaning, moaning, moaning," over and over in a moan…just in case you didn't notice.

The building is all done! The new doors and window are in and the building work is finished. There is still some finishing to do – mainly painting – but we now have our home back to ourselves. Coat of paint and some security gates and we are pretty much there.

My desk has been standing in the lounge while the building has been going on and Spicy has always loved taking a rest on my chair. Grace thought this presented a perfect opportunity for some fun…