No Wonder this country has problems financially

Well we finally got confirmation that we can get the mortgage we need, with a few minor exceptions. They've managed to negotiate a good interest rate for us (6.25%) but there is one issue. As I have been silly enough in the past to actually manage my money so that I haven't needed a credit card I'm not allowed to have my name on the loan.......HUH......how does that work you ask. Don't ask me. All I know is that because I don't have at least three credit cards they are unable to give me a loan! So once again all I can say is no wonder this country is in such a mess financially! But thankfully Andy was able to show three lines of credit and so he is allowed to have a loan so I get my name on the deed for the property but not on the loan. I suppose that's not so bad! But on a brighter note our money has finally arrived from Australia. After chasing them up last night we got a call back only two hours later checking that the exchange rate that they were offering was OK etc and this morning the money has arrived in our US account so that is such a relief. it looks like we're finally in a position to actually close next Monday. But now for the fun stuff. I took Lexie to the WW1 memorial park on Friday cause we both needed a bit of a day out. Lexie had her first ride in a big swing, and thought is was so much fun.

We then spent some time feeding the animals. Lexie liked the horses and the Llamas.....

but was only willing to share her carrot with the goat...... We then found a little kids playground and Lexie had great fun filling her bucket with grains of sands..one grain at a time...