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

SDG31000

Happy Christmas Mooloo xxxx

SuziQ

Happy Christmas Mooloo. I pray that 2012 will be a healthier, less complicated year for you! Bod bless you and your children, xxx

Savvy_sewing

Well I was relaxed, and didnt do much, it was a good day. No big dinners, no family arguements! Just a good day. I was in bed by 9.30. And not up again until about 20 minutes ago. Although I was not asleep all that time, just resting my neck and arm, and listening to the rest carrying on, they had a Wii for Christmas, and the Mario game, so we all had a go, I was terrible. But my arm didnt like it, so I retired gracefully, to rest and read. I have been reading this morning, and letting them all get on with it.
I have some lovely new clothes to wear this year, and a cuddly panda from China, (His visit), to add to my bedroom. Most of my cuddly toys have been nabbed by DGD1!.
Beautiful picture of DGD2 in her reindeer headdress on facebook!. Love it.
No plans for today, hope to catch up on the downton Abbey recorded last night.

Hope there arent too many hangovers in MSE land!.

Savvy_sewing

Hi Everyone, I really have been missing havent I? Sorry. I have been sitting and relaxing in Oxford until yesterday, then when I got back I had a mamoth wrapping session before DGD came back from her Grandad. BF stayed long enough to help me, and to watch a film, before he had to go back. Today he is off to visit his family, and DGD and I are at home, I am trying to get sorted out, and tidy up, and she is trying to play with as many toys as it is possible at once. And I am continuing to demand each is put away before another is out!! She is very clingy again, as is the way when she has been away over night. Which is normal.
Molly is unwell alas, so I havent seen her since my return, but her DD was here for a few hours and helping me with DGD so I am not alone all the time.
I am tired now, and it will be an early night I hope, but I have been lucky to have had a rest over the last few days so the arm is not so bad.
Tomorrow I am hoping to have a bit more of a tidy up, and get my self on the declutter mode!
I should be back to normal and able to post too. at least things are seeming to be sorted in a lot of ways, and thats a bonus.
I managed to pay off my rent arrears today. (I think so anyway). On Christmas eve I had another letter from the council about a change in my circumstances???? so I am getting more and more confused with it all. It seams that every time there is a payment made they are checking it?
This time its a discrepancy of about 55pence! With around 8 pages of text to get to the bottom of it, and the postage they are probably out of pocket to just let me know that one!.

grandma247

Mooloo wrote: »

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This time its a discrepancy of about 55pence! With around 8 pages of text to get to the bottom of it, and the postage they are probably out of pocket to just let me know that one!.

Oh Mooloo I could rant all day about this sort of thing. I found out a while ago why it is always wrong. I found an in house council magazine and there was an article about office staff having literacy and numeracy classes to help people fill in forms. I thought that they had to have gcse's to do the job in the first place!!!!

You have my sympathy, I hope we will not need help with council tax when dh retires.

Savvy_sewing

grandma247 wrote: »

Oh Mooloo I could rant all day about this sort of thing. I found out a while ago why it is always wrong. I found an in house council magazine and there was an article about office staff having literacy and numeracy classes to help people fill in forms. I thought that they had to have gcse's to do the job in the first place!!!!

You have my sympathy, I hope we will not need help with council tax when dh retires.

Alas I fear that We have a nation of people who cannot do the simplest of tasks, and of course the Office Skills of the end of the last century are no longer taught, and although people are computer literate? they are not up to the tasks without one!. But the computer sends out the letters and they really only should have a system where the letter goes out if the varience is over say £10! Or more, but thats a start!
Good luck for the future. I am wishing that I was able to earn money and not rely on the system to help me. I really hate that, but alas ill health means that I dont have a choice. (Not unless BF decided to win the lottery and sweep me off my feet!!! :rotfl::rotfl:) Which will never happen as he doesnt do the lottery!

MatyMoo

You sound like you have managed to have a good time and a great rest Mooloo :T

Hope Molly is better soon, sending healing hugs!

Savvy_sewing

MatyMoo wrote: »

You sound like you have managed to have a good time and a great rest Mooloo :T

Hope Molly is better soon, sending healing hugs!

Alas I think DGD missed me more than I did her! oops. But not in a bad way. Just the fact that I knew she was safe, and that I could relax. At BF's the most I did was make a couple of cups of tea. So it gave my arm a great rest, and it has helped. Although today already I feel the effects of plodding along, and on being back on the computer.!
I have managed to avoid buying anything tempting in the sales, and even my favoured Cath Kidston I have managed to steer clear of. Miracles of all miracles!.
I just caught myself looking at a fabric bundle on one of the material sites, and then looked up and thought? What on earth do I want any more material for? I have lots to play around with.! I am going to try to get a bit more of a work ethic back, and to make stuff that will use up what I have got, and to start creating on a daily basis again in the new year. When I start to sew, I get involved in it, and I enjoy it. Its time that I stopped playing around with my sewing and got it on to another level.
I know that what I do is saleable. I just need to have it ready in the season before its needed, and get to learn how to photograph it!.
Anyway, I resisted buying anything else.
Molly is fairing slightly better, and is hoping to be able to come over for a while tomorrow to catch up. I shall look forward to that.

I am going to see if I have the energy to reassess my diary and see if I can focus on the things I have fallen down on this year, and see if I can get back on the track of the frugal living etc etc.
I was about to say I dont have a debt anymore, after having paid the rent off finally. Except I remembered that I paid for the Argos stuff with the Homebase card, so it will need paying when it comes in for the next bill. Which is February ish.
But I have enough. Just.
I will resist the sales, keep focused on the bottom line, and I am sure next year will get a bit easier! (Here is wishful thinking again!!!).

I have a chicken casserole in the oven, but its not cooking as fast as I had wanted. Looks like dinner is going to be a bit late tonight.:o
Off to read the Frugal 2012 challenge to get me fired up again for the new year.:D

minimoneysaver

Sounds like Molly's daughter is a little shining star! I hope that Molly feels better soon and I'm glad to hear that you had a lovely relaxing Christmas. I did too! :-)

Savvy_sewing

Yes Molly's daughter is a star. She is my carer really, but she does so much more, and doesnt worry about what she is doing, and the times. Which the way my health goes is wonderful. I fear that soon she will be off to pastures new, and then the flexibility will be gone. I get an independant living allowance to pay her, which is managed by the local council. However I am free to employ who I want, (as long as its not someone living with me), and that helps me considerably. When I am unwell, then the care is split, but the independant living plan was to help me with DGD. To help me keep her at home with me. Something I would not have been able to have done if I didnt have help.
But the friendship that I have with her, and of course Molly has now taken things onto a more personal level. I hope that things will continue in this way for some time to come. I think it would be hard to find someone else to fit the bill.

I am reading the challenges again this year, and will try to get back on track, although I am pleased that there is still funds in the bank at the end of the year. (I have no intentions of going mad in the last 3 days of the year).