Mooloo's New Home, New Year and New Start part 3

Savvy_sewing

Hotel Apartamento Balaia Atlântico, is where we are going to be staying in Portugal this year. Just showed DGD1 the pictures on the internet, so she is quite happy at the size of the swimming pool etc.
Now I just need to live off of a bit of thin air for the rest of the month so we have more spending money! Ha easier said then done.

Savvy_sewing

The man the Housing sent around had a quick look at the garden, I showed him some of the bits I found since leaving the Managing Director the box of goodies. He said that he would be reporting to them today, Tuesday, and hoped to get the go ahead to come here tomorrow, (Wednesday) at 9am and they would Dig over the garden, from the tree stumps to the area near to where we have put some patio lately.
This would hopefully clear up any left over glass, bits of metal etc and at last the garden will be safe for DGD to play in without me being on tender hooks.

Today I am going to be going up to my work room and getting some sewing done. although there is no sign of any bids on my ebay stuff, I still will need to make quite a few things if I am to supply things to the two shops, and I want to be able to have a table at a craft fair locally in September.
Also want to get the "Work ethic" back into my world and not drift so much.

My DS goes to Scotland today. For a week. His girlfriend moved up there a few weeks ago. (least it will keep him away from the family from hell!).
He is going to visit the area where I was born. He said that he would also go and take a look at the house that my grandparents used to live in. I told him not to get any hopes up as my parents had seen it many years ago and said that all the lovely rose beds etc had been dug up and carparked over.
But its interesting that he wants to go and take a look.

I have never been back since my grannies funeral. I wasnt even able to go to my grandads funeral as I was running the pub in London and had Biggest of Mooloo as a new baby.

Eager_Elephant

Mooloo wrote: »

The man the Housing sent around had a quick look at the garden, I showed him some of the bits I found since leaving the Managing Director the box of goodies. He said that he would be reporting to them today, Tuesday, and hoped to get the go ahead to come here tomorrow, (Wednesday) at 9am and they would Dig over the garden, from the tree stumps to the area near to where we have put some patio lately.
This would hopefully clear up any left over glass, bits of metal etc and at last the garden will be safe for DGD to play in without me being on tender hooks.

So it looks like he will be clearing a bigger area than the HA originally said :T:j:T

Savvy_sewing

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

So it looks like he will be clearing a bigger area than the HA originally said :T:j:T

Yes its a bit bigger then they were going to do. Lets just hope that they give him the go ahead. I am sure that they will, as they will not want the Managing Director getting another load of broken glass etc dumped on his desk!.

Savvy_sewing

The man from the Housing, or should I say the firm sent by the housing, is actually been given the go ahead to come and do the area where the greeenhouse used to be.THe best news is he is coming around about 2pm today and not tomorrow as originally expected!. YIPEE,!!!
Lets hope that the worst of the garden is tackled and it leaves me with a working area to carry on with.
I feel so excited that I may be able to let DGD out there to play without having to be on her back, or tentative about there being dangers lurking.

Savvy_sewing

Well the man came, one man. With a spade, a fork and a rake.
He worked really hard in the area around where the old Greenhouse must have been. And a bit further. He had thought he was going to remove the top soil, but alas in the end they told him to dig it over.
He removed 6 rubbish sacks of rubbish/glass/and more razor blades. The area is now flatter, hopefully clear of at least all the worst of the debris, and has been raked over. He said he cannot guarantee that its completely free, but he has all the big stuff at least.
He didnt come down as far as I thought they would but it is certainly a huge help to me.
I will take some photos when I get the opportunity.

Today I have been helping twin1 to clean up her bedroom! EEK is the only thing I can say. It took us 2 hours!. The amount of dirty washing is huge. I have brought it home to deal with. Will take me quite some time. My Bath is currently holding 4 pillow cases full, and a huge holdall! Plus a duvet and its cover. (There was no where else for me to put it.). I am actually doing my own washing at the moment, so hers will have to wait till tomorrow now.

I sewed for quite a few hours yesterday, and had hoped to, today. So I only have about 2 hours to go, so I better get my act together and get back on the sewing machine.

Eager_Elephant

I'm glad the man has cleared the majority of the garden, shame he could not do all you wanted.

I'm just wondering why it is your responsibility to do Twin1's washing, I'm sure you got them a washing machine to share. Surely by doing this time and time again the girls will not learn that it is there responsibility - is there anyway you can keep some of her clothes back so she only has enough clothes for a week and then she will have to do her washing more regularly and there would be less mess in her flat?

Please start using the word 'No' some more

EE

MatyMoo

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

Please start using the word 'No' some more

EE

:T:T:T:T:T:T :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry, didn't know whether to applaud or laugh so I did both

6 Bags of rubbish from the garden shows just how bad it was Glad it is done though and DGD has an area that is safe for her to play in

Sounds as though you have as much washing in as rubbish out though

Savvy_sewing

EE, on the whole I do agree.
It was my choice to get all of the place cleared up. I did indeed buy a washing machine for them to use, however at the moment its in Twin2's house, and she seems to be out of electric all the time! Twin1 has been taking her washing down, putting it in the machine, Twin2 has been saying she will take it out for her, but its either still smelly in the machine or has been taken out and dumped on the floor. Either way, it always needs washing again.
I decided to go through the clothes, and get Twin1 to throw out things that are beyond redemption. I have also decided to sort them out (MY CHOICE), so that she only has what she needs, and then pack her Winter things away. So she is not raking through everything all the time.). Her problem has been that when she was really depressed, it all ended up on the floor. The drawers were completely empty. The clean washing I gave her back last week, was still in a heap on the sofa!!
Not impressive at all.
I will do the washing, for my own sanity, and also to get her to try and improve her place. I know it will not last, but she did have a go at her Kitchen, bathroom and sitting room before I had arrived, so there was a small improvement, but she was so overwhelmed by the bedroom, she didnt know where to begin. So much so that she had been sleeping on the sofa or at her sisters.
Alas they are both at the opposite ends of the Town and so carrying the washing in mass, is not possible.
I am hoping by doing this, that she will not be swamped, and can take the smaller amounts down in a back pack. (It may well be wishful thinking but we will just have to see).
I do alot less for them then I did before, believe you me, the days of running them to sign on, to the shops etc etc, are long since stopped.
The transfering of funds has had to stop. I have said NO several times of late when they have siad they have run out of money. or electric.

I promise that I will still be saying NO, and it is getting more and more. I am slowly putting the squeeze on things.

Did I mention that I suggested that they share the house, rather then have two different ones?
I believe that TWin2 is going to need someone around when the boys has finally been dealt with. I also believe that if they shared, they would only have one house to keep, it would reduce the demand on me for helping. Only one TV licence, One Water Bill, One Electric Bill, and also just as, if not more importantly, it would reduce the demands on the Council Tax for housing benefit for one of the properties.
It will also free up a single persons home for someone else in need.
Right I am very tired,
I have no idea why, maybe its the heat. But I have enjoyed it, as I am not out and about in it much!.
Soon I will be out in the garden, and enjoying it. Just need to grass it, and keep on attacking all the weeds.!
Catch up soon.

Eager_Elephant

Oh Mooloo, you know I think you are doing a fantastic job and I have seen the previous comments you made about them asking for money and you not giving it!!

I just worry that your aches and pains will be in abundance if you keep overdoing things!

I'm not sure whether them sharing is a good or bad thing. On the one hand it sounds so simple to share bills and cut costs etc but on the other I can see them arguing over who will pay what bills and what if that Twin did not pay the bill would the other one be responsible so in effect still paying all the bills.

Also I thought there was an issue recently over friends, I think some of Twin 2's friends had upset Twin 1 but Twin 2 was not bothered/aware and was still friends with them. I understand that due to their learning difficulties they do not regard hurtful comments/actions in the same way we do but would the difference in friends affect anything.