MOOLOO'S Muddling on into 2013

Savvy_sewing

Spent yesterday with Twin 2. I know that I said I would not help her while she was with The family from hell but she was at her home and said that the food had all gone off. I took a small bag of storecupboard stuff over and investigsted. Sure enough all that eas left were 4 tins of mushy peas and a tub of margarine. I used my Tesco vouchers to take her around and buy cheap things to make her meals. I didnt give her cash, dispite she asked for £10 as I was leaving. I reminded her thae fact that she has to take more responsible actions, stop borrowing and budget again. I nearly put gas on for her, but decided that she could wait until her benefits to do that. We will see what she has to say about it today. I cleaned the bathroom and tried to unblock the loo. Not sure it was totally successful as water still rose quite high, but it was better then when I arrived.The girl from said family was there, so I had to just grit my teeth and be civil really. She was all sweetness and light. Ahem. But she did seem to want to know about budgetting and menu planning. I ran through the stuff wI had got for twin2 and showed them briefly how ro make the food last etc, and said that I would do them a rough menu plan to follow.
I did ask where her daughter was, and she said with the father and his family. Seems the child is there more than at home these days.
I was no good for the rest of the day, I got DS to cook the dinner. My arm is still not very good today. The pain level is high alas, so call on my sewing will have to wait a bit longer. Council eere supposed to have come iut to inspect the damp and mould problems yesterday but nobody turned up, so I rang to ask why yesterday afternoon. They just got back to me now. They will send some body on Thursday now. Said the guy was off sick. Told him it would have been common curtousy to have let us know as someone's had to wait in all day for nothing. I am afraid little things lije that really get up my nose!

Savvy_sewing

TIRED. Have had a busy day. Twin 1 didnt come to see her daughter again stating that she was unwell again. She also said twin2 hadnt paid her back and was already out of money. £82 gone then? Conveniently she has dropped out of communication again today. The police have been back on the phone saying thst twin1 is letting youngsters back in her flat again, and there have been complaining from her neighbour's. So much for her promises and all the work we just did with her and the social recently.
Twin2 was not in when he called to hers but noticed the tidying up had been started. Wanted to know who was there when I arrived yesterday etc etc. Concerned about them loosing thier homes still under anti social grounds. The kids turning up, sleepovers, staying away for days at a time. Nothing new there then, cos thats what i worry about all the time.

Savvy_sewing

Argh, just started to update and the computer has "lost" it all.
I am typing from a brand new laptop, with the help of good old Dad. The battery on the other one would no longer hold a charge. To replace it was £75.99 plus the cost of postage. As the power lead had not long gone, and had to be replaced. The keyboard was a blank, as I had worn out the keys with all my typing. (so nobody could type unless they knew where the majority of the letters where), it was decided that we would put the money towards a new one. So I have now got to master Windows 8, and upload all my previous work etc onto a USB stick, and transfer it to this machine.
I have put Microsoft Office, 2007 back on here, as we have the disc for that. But I don't have my Microsoft money programme anymore.
So I will need to think of another way of doing my budget. I am not brilliant at keeping up with it all anyway, and Cheryl's spread sheet is only as good as I am keeping it up to date!.

I was updating to say that the twins are still causing the same old same old. Twin2 disappeared back to the fold of the family from hell on Tuesday the day that she was due to be paid. When I saw her walking the baby, she said she would pay the pub back, but yesterday I had reason to go in there, and she hadn't. When I rang her she shouted at me and hung up. (always so antagonistic when she is in the wrong of course). She also left her sister short of money, after running up that phone bill, so I dug deep and paid her sister the money. She has been doing so well, it was unfair of her to be left without food, or electric because of her sister.
I have enough. I get more money on Monday, so I could do it. We haven't been out and about spending much, and we have not used all the clothing budget so far this year.
I can make what we need if we do, I have some material which will make DGD her school trousers, or a skirt if she out grows the ones that we had bought. Which were actually in with the food shopping at ASDA so we haven't actually missed it.
DS has extra work last night, and is working during the day today instead of tonight. The money is going towards the cost of his travel to the blacksmiths, his meals this weekend, and some more tools at the smiths. He has his own special lump hammer, and made the tongs, and rake that he needs. He is to save for an anvil of his own, then its a vice.
See if I can search on line for a second hand one of those while I have a go at playing with this computer. Then he can see how much he needs to save, and how long it will take.
He is still doing his computer work, but its a bit slower, which is a pity as the two would do him good for the future.
DGD is going out for the day tomorrow with Molly's daughter to see the Dinosaurs. She is so excited, she is driving me nuts today already.
Oh well to be so young and excited about things.

minimoneysaver

Pleased to hear that you have yourself a new computer, just hope that your son doesn't run off with it and leave you with only your Kindle again.

Have you had anymore thoughts on your sewing company? Are you going to focus on a particular thing, or just bits & bobs?

Hope you and your DGD get to enjoy the last few days of the Easter Holidays, the next term is a long one :-(

Savvy_sewing

Taken me several hours to get my emails on the new laptop. Argh, passwords were all stored on the last one, and remembering them has taken me an age. Then working blind with Windows8 has been another stress to add to my day.
Neck is quite bad, so struggling already.
Need to go across to the doctors and get my prescription as have run out of my Hormone patches. The last lot wouldn't stay stuck, and I am getting menopause symptoms, now.
DGD is bored, and is driving me to distractions, a long term back at school is exactly what I look forward too!

I wanted to do more of the crafting side of working, but to be practical I will have to take in other work. Alterations and the like I suppose.
But I do not want to take on making clothes from scratch for other people, as I hate having to make something I don't like! (sad I know).
But it is a real chore sometimes.
I had been given information about a market stall availability, but when I thought about it, analysed it etc, it wouldn't work for me. I would need DS to look after DGD on a Friday morning and get her to school, and if he was like last night, working in town, he wouldn't have been here to help early mornings. Then as I have still got to work around my bladder irritibilites, I would need another person to man the stall, to help load, set up, and unload etc etc. or to do the stall if either I, or DGD were ill.
Not practical really is it?
I wish that I could afford premises, to go to, and to run a sewing workshop etc from. Selling patterns, books, and maybe even fabrics, would be a good one. But that will be a long way off in the future.
I will continue to keep on researching, trying and making the odd things when I can, and get feedback etc on what I do, and then maybe I will have to just focus on one thing. Which ever works out to be the most cost effective I suppose?
Fear it will become rather boring but needs must, and I must!

~Chameleon~

Hmmmmmm :think:

Surfbabe

my thoughts as well ..............

minimoneysaver

Huh? What's going on?

thorsoak

Mmmmmmm...........something fishy going on .........:(

I've read the other posts by this poster .....

thorsoak

platanincau1981 wrote: »

Morning. The engineer . is coming today to see if we can get a signal on the TV upstairs. This afternoon we have a dentist appointment which I knew was coming up but I hadnt realised that it was today until I got a text message a few minutes ago from the dentist. It means that I NEED petrol as the red light cAme on in the car coming home yesterday. I had hoped to not use the car for the rest of the week. Annoying. Time to get us dressed and ready to let the engineer in.

Who are you and what are you doing on Mooloo's thread??

Mooloo's alter ego???????:eek: