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

Molly41

Thank you for the good wishes. We have arrived safe and sound although some of us are very tired. Namely my DD who didnt get to bed until 3.30 this morning x We were remembering DGD and the fishies at Sherwood and it made us smile. Hope you have a good week and hope you get some bags sold xx

peppa-pig

mooloo how much are the childrens aprons and what sizes are they?

Jo4

Happy birthday Molly and I hope you enjoy your holidays!

Keeping_Motivated

Happy Birthday Molly, hope you feel well on your break away.

ifonlyitwaseasier

morning mooloo,

just to say thank you my package arrived this morning and is lovely!!

Savvy_sewing

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

morning mooloo,

just to say thank you my package arrived this morning and is lovely!!

Your welcome.
I have put a few that didnt sell on ebay into the shop. but I must get sorted out how to get a proper clientelle.

The council now are asking for my paperwork all over again, and have stopped my benefit claim as the governement has given them my tax credit details. Now I have to go all over again, the fostering etc and why i get the tax credits,etc . Meanwhile I am now in arrears of over £1,000 as they say I have to pay back the difference to April and my account is suspended until they get my information. Just what I need when my money is seriously low!.:eek:

Oh well thats the way my life seems to go.
Up and down, up and down.:o

Molly41

Hi Mooloo,
Really sorry to hear about your tax credits and council tax. How are you a 1000 pounds in arrears? I dont understand? Honestly the bureaucracy!!

We are having a nice time and weather is good today. Hope it stays xx

Savvy_sewing

Molly41 wrote: »

Hi Mooloo,
Really sorry to hear about your tax credits and council tax. How are you a 1000 pounds in arrears? I dont understand? Honestly the bureaucracy!!

We are having a nice time and weather is good today. Hope it stays xx

Glad the weather is good for you.
The Tax Credits apparantly informed the council that my Tax Credits had been stopped in April, so they adjusted my bill accordingly. There was already arrears to pay back, from when DS left college, etc now they are taking the tax credit into account they want to know when my ESA stopped, when I started to work, and my contract of employment.
Obviously thats not possible. I dont have a contract of employment, I am registered as self employed as a foster carer, as thats the advice I was given. I had claimed Tax Credits since last year. Its annoying as I told them, and even highlighted it on my bank statements when I saw them earlier in the year.
Anyway I will have to put it all in writing and take it to them, so they will hopefully lift the suspension. Then the back date funds will have to be added on to the payments, but as its computer generated, they are demanding all the other money at the moment back immediately.
So frustrating.

On a good note, my next door neighbours asked me if I wanted the kitchen table, and 3 chairs. (I chair broke), as they were going to take it to the tip if not. I have said yes please, and he brought it round.
Its really nice table. So I have had a shuffle around. However it will not fit into my kitchen, dispite having the same original kitchen, mine has been refitted differently. But I have put the drop leaf table into the kitchen, and put the kitchen one in my sitting room.
DGD and her Mum had thier tea at it this evening. I havent eaten yet, I had gone for a lie down as my neck and arm hurt after having a good hold etc of DGD2 this morning.

Savvy_sewing

Morning, I had a bad night. My arm was really bad. So I didnt get to do any sewing. Which was frustrating as I really was in the mood mentally. I must have agravated it by holding the baby yesterday, and patting her to sleep.
Will I ever learn my lessons?
I also had a disturbed night, with bad dreams. So I do not feel very refreshed this morning.
DGD is having a paddy already. She had terrible ones yesterday. No idea whats triggering her off today.

Time to move, luckily she will be in nursery for a few hours today. £14 a session, but both of us need a couple a week to keep her amused and give me some time to myself. Although Monday was spent filling the forms in for Atos!.

Savvy_sewing

Well when I had finally finished dealing with paperwork, I managed to get to the sewing machine for a couple of hours and made a purse and a small tote bag. Then it was time to collect DGD again.
After that we were in and out of the kitchen/garden etc.
Next door gave us a few plums. I will have to see if they have more going spare, they were lovely.

In the evening, I traced out a dress pattern, and cut it out of an old duvet cover I got from the charity.
Was able to, or felt up to, sitting at the sewing machine, and before I knew it it was 10pm and I had nearly finished it. So this morning, bar a few button holes and a sash, DGD has a new dress for her holiday. She asked where the matching hat was! So I will have to see about making her another hat to go with it.! Lucky it was a duvet cover, leaving me plenty of fabric left over for other things.
I had some buttons that were the exact colour of one of the flowers on it, which was from my stash of buttons, with thanks to a few people on here, who kindly sent me buttons earlier in the year, and last year. Not sure whos buttons they were, as they are all in the same tin.! But I would not have found a closer match if I had searched the shops for them!.

Time to go to the post office. Letter to the council about the benefits and a parcel to post.

My back is slightly stiff, but not bad, as I went to sleep with a heat pad and also used one when i first got up this morning.