MOOLOO'S Muddling on into 2013

Savvy_sewing

Had a busy few days fitting in sewing around playing happy families with BF. he did the guttering, so several trips to the DIy store. Found a hobby craft shop and blew £24 on some material ( didn't have access to all my stash of course). So will need to factor extra costs into my makes this time.
DGD is adapting well enough and sharing the responsibility is a great help.
Twin2 text yesterday about a lift back home from Silverstone so she got there in the end. But I didn't see the text till bedtime and by then her sister had found her a lift. So I don't need to go galavanting off to get her. Phew. Will need to talk to her though as her ESA has gone down again, only £80.46 for the Two weeks. Will need to find out why and the likely hood of her ever getting the medical.! And the increased funds.
Biggest of Mooloo is still off work with her back. She has an MRI scan in a few days. Worried her money will be reduced to just sick pay soon.
We will see what happens I suppose.

Savvy_sewing

Biggest is already on SSP so some ingenious MSE tips winging in her direction. Hopefully she will be OK. Will keep an eye on her and make sure she's ok. But think that her BF would help her even if they are not living together. I told her to contact Tax Credits to see if they can be changed and the council benefits to re assess her. See if things can be tweaked now before she gets into a mess. Fingers crossed.
DS had work experience with the new blacksmith but no money for working last week. He has not gone back to the job centre to sign on as they never paid him the last time we tried. So he is alas ignoring his debts and living at home on what ever I had shopped for and I am having to sub him his bus fare to get to the one shift he has at the pub as I am not there to take him.
Twin1 had DGD overnight on Tuesday and during the day yesterday while I worked, but she has changed her plans and is going back to visit her BF in Kent on Tuesday so she has let me down for work on Wednesday for the rest of the summer holidays and a weekend sleepover when I was going to a wedding with BF next weekend. Frustrated but resigned to fact that she is not ever going to be reliable.
Twin2 seems to be ok but still hasn't got rid of the hangers on, and I fear housing will still react badly. I am reluctant to shop for anymore food with them in the place. They are not giving her any rent etc. I am putting on the gas and electric every week.
This weekend I have a tabletop sale at DS's pub. So the next two days I have a few things I still want to make to go on the stall. That will depend on how DGD is playing on her own, and the promise of a trip to the park in the afternoons.

Savvy_sewing

I have been sewing today ready for my table top at the weekend. Mostly appliqu! tops. Pictures on my mooloo61.blogspot as don't know how to get photos from the mobile on to here.

Savvy_sewing

Table top wasn't very busy for anyone there, but it got a few people interested in my work and some requests to make clothes for a local gypsy family, for the children. I have never seen a babies dummy encrusted gold and diamonte before! I have now!
Could have sold some shorts if they had been the right size for the woman and ditto the t shirts. Did sell one t shirt of the birds, and a few other things. Financially probably not worth it but getting my name and products out there hopefully it will be. Eventually.
Lot of driving this weekend as went back both Sat and Sunday. yesterday DGD had a birthday party to go to. I popped home and had an hour at home. DS is at one of his sisters at the moment.
Twin 2 did some marshalling on Sunday so once again I had dropped her at the circuit. She told me that she had seen her boys at the super bikes. DGS1 spotted her and ran up to her calling Mummy Mummy and even Dgs2 called her Mummy and hugged her. What an amazing day for her. So she has seen them and the adoptive parents now! This has actually helped her and she seemed happier as she thought she would never see them again.
Wish I had been there to give a hug! But happy she feels good about it and could see the boys happy and well.
Biggest is still off work, she had an MRI scan on Friday. Wish I had gone with her now as she had a panic attack in there and had to get out and start again. Bless her.
DGD lost both front teeth this weekend, so tooth fairy has been busy two days in a row!
Today is potter and housework day. Start thinking about our clothes etc needed for the holiday on the 22nd.

Savvy_sewing

Well it's Tuesday already and that means time to go home, get DGD to Molly's daughter and off to work in Northampton. Slightly concerned as they didn't pay me the previous invoice. So £150 outstanding which is a lot for me. Questions will be asked when I get there.
Last night I have ordered a hot fixing tool for adding diamonte to clothing etc. Hopefully it will be worth while in the long run.
Think I will need to get some warmer clothes out to bring back here with me tomorrow. The temperatures are dropping and shorts and t shirts are not the order of the day anymore. We have had a good few weeks of great weather so we have been lucky.
DGD is getting better on her bike now. After the holidays hopefully her swimming will be as well.
Personally I am quite well, apart from interrupted sleep and irritable bowel. Which has flaired up the last few days. Hopefully it will settle in a few days and life will be good.
I managed to insure the car without touching my savings pot! Yippee
I still need to pay the credit card bill so that may dip me into overdraft if work don't cough up today. But at least I have the facility on my account.
Onwards and hopefully upwards.

Savvy_sewing

If Grandma247 didn't do a thanks for my posts I would have probably decided that I was only writing for myself these days. Maybe I am. Seems a bit 'lonely' here these days, with very limited responses now. Maybe that's a good thing as my world must be on a more even keel.
I've gone into overdraft today with the credit card payment going out, but tomorrow my tax credits will go in and just about cover it without my touching the savings pot. Although the car MOT is due the day I get back off of holiday, so I may try to get it done before I go. Give me time if it needs lots of work.

carolan78

I still bob on now and then to catch up with how things are going. I'm not sure if things are more on an even keel for you as you say or if your no longer bearing all on here as you once did (which is your choice).

I really do hope things are on a more even keel for you though and your no longer burning yourself out trying to do and be everything to everyone

MatyMoo

I still read every few days Mooloo and long for your life to be more 'normal', whatever that is .

I think people have run out of ideas to help

On a positive note you do sound more upbeat and there do seem to be a few less drama's.

How lovely that Twin 2 got to see her boys, wonderful that the eldest knew exactly who she was too

Hope you got your invoice paid.

whiteguineapig

i am still reading too mooloo
you seem to be coping ok nowadays, i bet you can't wait for your holiday

karen310

Mooloo wrote: »

Well it's Tuesday already and that means time to go home, get DGD to Molly's daughter and off to work in Northampton. Slightly concerned as they didn't pay me the previous invoice. So £150 outstanding which is a lot for me. Questions will be asked when I get there.
Last night I have ordered a hot fixing tool for adding diamonte to clothing etc. Hopefully it will be worth while in the long run.
Think I will need to get some warmer clothes out to bring back here with me tomorrow. The temperatures are dropping and shorts and t shirts are not the order of the day anymore. We have had a good few weeks of great weather so we have been lucky.
DGD is getting better on her bike now. After the holidays hopefully her swimming will be as well.
Personally I am quite well, apart from interrupted sleep and irritable bowel. Which has flaired up the last few days. Hopefully it will settle in a few days and life will be good.
I managed to insure the car without touching my savings pot! Yippee
I still need to pay the credit card bill so that may dip me into overdraft if work don't cough up today. But at least I have the facility on my account.
Onwards and hopefully upwards.

I always lookout for your posts too x