Preparedness for when

cornishchick

Hi all, quick post, have been reading along, and saw this and thought of you
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/new-intestacy-rules--how-to-write-a-will-without-a-solicitor-161845272.html?cmp=ukfb new rules re dying with out a will and what happens, who gets what.
XCc

ginnyknit

Cc thank you for the information, we desperatly need to write our wills so am going to have a look at the Saga site and Age concern. We dont have pots of money or property I just want things made easier with a will.

OH keeps saying I have to stop drilling holes in all our buckets to use for plants so I bought 2 of the water carriers that fold flat from £1 land/world. I have few bottles of water stashed but definately need more so will attend to that this week.

I cannot get ahead with Oh's meds as the morphine patches are controlled drugs and strictly regulated. In fact they are the bane of my life trying to make sure they are ordered at the right time - not too early for the Gp to allow them and not too late so we risk running out :mad:

siegemode

OH just read me this whilst checking the current situation out.

http://stopwar.org.uk/news/obama-and-cameron-clear-up-any-confusion-about-why-they-are-bombing-iraq-and-syria

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we finalised our wills last year, two days after dh was told he had heart failure and his heart was pumping at low capacity, that plus his mild copd and you would never have known it. He cycles 150 miles a week and is slim and looks healthy. It is a right flipping shock and takes a couple of days to sink in, that we are not immortal and we have a lifespan, which is getting shorter and shorter now I have reached 67

Anyway, I never notice housework these days but I do make sure that we eat very well and organically when possible. We both relax and lead pretty stress-free lives now and have learnt to say no to people. I spent some savings on kitting out the garage as a workshop and boy does he love his hobbies of wood carving and intarsia and wow he is good. Meantime I do what I do, allotment, spinning, crochet, knitting, sewing but whatever I feel like and when I like. I never get out of bed having made plans, the day just evolves, I believe it is called `living in the moment`

Re planning ahead, yes many wise voices on this thread. Just putting drought resistant easy care plants into our lovely stone pots for example, little semper viviums. Hardly any future maintenance required. Lottie is mainly 8 x 4 raised beds, easily manageable

I am another one who heard of people passing. one male suddenly at 55 and another suddenly at 51. This week I have heard of 3 people with cancer, two with rare dangerous cancers. Doesn`t half focus the mind

I should stop cluttering but it is all crafting stuff, I cannot resist fluff for spinning and I cannot stop making wine, well not yet

Margaret54

Hi all such wisdom Lyn as ever x You are always so calming in a troubled world x I have been very busy recently so not been appearing on here as much as I used to. I am helping out in our local Mums and Toddlers group in my church for two hours a week. I was so happy to be asked as it makes me feel useful now our children have all flown the nest. It is so lovely to see the children play with each other and see the Mums chatting and having the company of others. I am still going to my craft group at church too so knitting as well and am doing a course through FutureLearn, and I am enjoying it so much and learning all the time. It is a free course and my second one with them. I have also signed up for a 3rd one then I will leave off studying for a month or two and give my wee head a break It has been very good to be able to do these things, and it is all helping me. Hope you are all having a peaceful weekend. Margaret xx

Margaret54

Hi Kittie nice to read your post My dh and I made our wills a few years ago through the credit union. They arrange a solicitor and you meet up with him at the local office and he brings a witness too so all sorted. I think it cost us £80 (memory not great at times), but we feel glad it is sorted now.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

I fear that the next family gathering is more likely to be a funeral than a wedding.

Been there (twice), in less than 6 years.

jk0

Did I tell you guys that my uncle made us laugh at my other uncle's funeral. He said that as you go through life attending funerals, you get closer & closer to the front. Then at your last funeral, you are in the box.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Been there (twice), in less than 6 years.

I'm sorry to hear that, Bob. Bereavements tend to group themselves within families, I notice. I think we will lose both Nan and Uncle within the next few months.

Nothing to be done about that, except visit and care whilst they're still here, and accept that the inevitable will come as it comes.:(

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I may not have explained myself properly.

When I said "Been there (twice), in less than 6 years", I didn't mean in the last 6 years.

I meant there was less than six years, between my mother and father dying.

My father died nearly six years ago.