Update from Tes

tesuhoha

lynzpower wrote:

Hello treasure

Been thinking about how you are getting on. Glad to see you made it in one peice - finally Glad the place is safe for you. nothing worse than being scared is there?

Dont worry about your DD, loads of my mates have been to thailand, they were all fine ( once theyd stopped being conned into buying a million sarongs ) and they have all had a great time. Of course you will worry though, is she emailing you? Dont worry if she goes off track for a few days, Ive been places before that dont have one phone line in the whole village, and its perfectly safe.
Im sure youve caught up with me by now in any case. Loks like we are going to have to borrow a bit more, to sell this place. Never mind, Im borrowing off the parents they are fine with it, but Im going to be gutted updating my sig

Been reading your thread with interest Lynz. Sounds like youre better off without your lodger. I know the feeling about being gutted that you have to take out more debt but it is for the purpose of moving forward so its not so bad. You have made great progress anyway. Yes, DD is emailing me. Got an email this afternoon. She is in a coast resort called Ao Nang and having a great time. You are right about not being worried but it seems a long way off although it looks really beautiful. Have looked at photos on line. Have to go now, strange noises coming from kitchen. DS is up to something.

tesuhoha

QueenB. wrote:

We moved into our new home just over a year ago and it took us a whole weekend to move as we did it all ourselves and could only afford a tiny van so we had to make many, many trips. Like you i felt ill during it all as the stress just got the better of me. I still look back now and think, never again, although i know we will but next time i hope it goes a bit better:rolleyes:

We still have so much to do, the house is in a bit of a state and what with money being tight i sometimes feel disheartened, but when i think back to where we used to live and all the stress due to the area and neighbours i smile knowing that whatever the problems with this house we made the right choice.

All the best in your new home:beer:

Thanks that gives me some much needed inspiration.

tesuhoha

snoozer wrote:

Glad things are working out for yoy Tes.

Just wanted to say my daughter went to Thailand last year, I know just how you feel, worst moment was when she rang to say she'd left all her travellers cheques and tickets under a mattress in a beach hut 14 hours away. But she got through it and the Thai people were fantastic, she had a wonderful time and I'm sure your dd will too.

My dd didnt have to go as far as Thailand to lose all her money. She got it pinched in Spain last year and her mobile stolen in Scotland!

tesuhoha

scottishspendaholic wrote:

Hey Tes,

Brilliant to hear from you - sounds like its all working out for you. How are things with your DS?

Good luck with sorting everything out and I hope everything calms down for you soon.

scottishspendaholic x

DS is currently doing nothing.

gallygirl

Tes, missed this 1st time round. hope you're lurking and read it!

Glad you're sounding so much more positive than you did when you had your 'what have I done' panic. The area is all, as you've already found out, going home to somewhere you feel safe is so important.

And van breakdown made ME laugh too, sorry :rotfl:

Broken_hearted

So glad the new house is working out better than you thought.

tesuhoha

Thanks folks. I've had a really nasty bout of summer flu so have been feeling a bit down the last few days but things seem to be looking up now. OH has just taken a car load of rubbish to the tip and hes got to make several trips but it seems things are improving all the time. Am getting caught up with washing, ironing and sorting out utility bills. I posted on the mortgage site as £2000 seems to have gone adrift somewhere and its really bugging me but I suppose as somebody said, it will all come out in the wash. Am a bit spooked about DD as got a weird phone call yesterday, an American voice said I've got a call for this number and then the line went dead and they didnt phone back. She has not emailled me since wednesday and the last thing she said was that she was going swimming in the sea, which kind of worried me, undertow, Great white and all that. But I dont know who else it could have been because shes almost the only person Ive given our new number to, so I will feel mighty relieved when I hear from her. I am trying to sort out how much money we actually owe on the ccs but its difficult with this missing money. It seems a lot less efficient than years ago when you were sent a redemption statement after you moved and every penny was accounted for. I think my solicitor is useless and would never use her again ever.

tesuhoha

Hmm. From the information I've actually got to hand it seems that the credit card debt rests at £18,580.93, which is not as bad as expected although I did have an all out attack on the cards just before we moved. If we get the £2000 back I will pay it off the ccs rather than the mortgage. Seems like life is going to be a bit of a battle in future with OH straining at the leash to build the loft extension and do up the house. Think I'm going to have to be very crafty to maintain a steady rate of repayment. Oh well, Sainsburys 0% card here I come (I hope)

Mrs_A.

aw tes,
sorry to hear about all your troubles((((hugs)))) we have moved house about 9 times and always move ourselves but we have never ever had a disaterous move like yours. (hugs)
i'm sure that dd will be fine do you not know that children were only put on this earth to worry the life out of us.
hope everything goes well for you in the new place and that you hear from dd soon
regards
Mrs A

tesuhoha

Thanks Im not being very helpful to anyone else at the moment I know. Its because we're in such a mess and theres so much to think about. Hope I will be functioning better in the next few weeks.