Stepping into 2014- walking in My Shoes with Mooloo

Eager_Elephant

Forgot to say - sorry you are feeling so blurrgghh!!

Hope you perk up later today. Well done for resting and taking it easy!

Savvy_sewing

Eager_Elephant wrote: »

Forgot to say - sorry you are feeling so blurrgghh!!

Hope you perk up later today. Well done for resting and taking it easy!

The week has been all about resting up, still feel !!!!.
Trying to do some sewing, but I really am having too many problems with my embroidery Machine. Two aprons ruined today. Because the embroidery keeps playing up. I have tried all the different options. The next is to find someone to service it again I suppose, before I take on any more jobs.
But as I haven't earned any money this week, it will have to wait until I get back from holiday, and that's cutting it fine on the order.
Hand Embroidery? Possibly pay someone else to do the embroidery for me?

Twin 2 is still not home. Really worried about her.
The stress is not helping me.

minimoneysaver

Eeek can't believe you had a fire! My daughter is so scared of fire. I don't know why. We had a tiny toaster fire about six months ago, but nothing else. She even worries when the oven or microwave are on.

candlelight_2013

Mooloo, I don't comment often on here, but you seem to be very stressed and poorly at the moment.

I am worried about your concern for Twin 2. Have you heard from her at all, and do you actually know where she is? Is she with friends you know nothing about? I know she is an adult, but she is very vulnerable and does she have any concept of how much you worry?

I do hope she comes home soon

Love
Candlelightx

Savvy_sewing

candlelight_2013 wrote: »

Mooloo, I don't comment often on here, but you seem to be very stressed and poorly at the moment.

I am worried about your concern for Twin 2. Have you heard from her at all, and do you actually know where she is? Is she with friends you know nothing about? I know she is an adult, but she is very vulnerable and does she have any concept of how much you worry?

I do hope she comes home soon

Love
Candlelightx

I am very stressed at the moment that is true.
She has occasionally answered her phone, but it's off more than its on. She has no credit on it, and no money. I only know that she said she was on a farm in Cambridge. But have no idea who she is with, how she met them or how she got there from Cornwall.
She has not signed on, which means her money has stopped. Also it will mean her housing benefit will also have been stopped and I presume if/when she gets home, she will find the Housing Association re initiating a repossession order on her.
I do not have any spare money to help her out of that situation if she does find herself in it. I already pay her council tax, telephone, broadband and the bedroom tax. I'm stretched to the limit.
I have been too ill to earn any money this week, and only have two days work, 12 hours, next week before our trip to France. I used all my savings (except my emergency fund £500). Left.to get €230 for our spends.
I shall be taking my food with us, to eek the budget out.
Fuel etc will have to be BFs department as I paid for the rest of it all.
Mind you going away not knowing what twin2 is doing will not be easy.

Savvy_sewing

Just as I posted the last entry I got a text message from unknown number to ring Twin2. Can I go to Cambridge to get her. So need to collect dGD2 from nursery at 1pm and drive there and back, google says 2 hours 5 mins. Each way. and get back home for DGD1 and Wedding dress customer coming at 6.30.
Relieved she wants to come home. Not happy have to do all that driving the way I feel, and the expense of the fuel. Just as well I haven't used the car all week.

Savvy_sewing

Morning, as usual my days don't quite follow on the plans, but luck was on my side and Biggest of Mooloos partner was able to collect DGD 2 for me, so I was able to go straight to Cambridge. Found Twin2 in the most disgustingly dirty farm house. But she's home now. Had a young man with her, not thrilled but ended up bringing him back with her. At least he got paid for some casual work so they had money for food.
But it took up all the rest of my day, and I only just got back I time for DGD.
BF was on hand to get her if I hadn't been.
Diner was late as we had to wait for the dress fitting to be done first.
Let's hope today goes more quietly.

geminilady

Mooloo,I don't post much on here but just want to say what a strong lady you are ,you have so many problems but manage to get through them by hook or by crook.I have had problems with benefits because of my sons stopping,starting work ect and worry about getting behind with my rent and bills but they pale into insignificance when I read what you go through.Hope you have a really nice holiday and recharge your batteries.

Savvy_sewing

geminilady wrote: »

Mooloo,I don't post much on here but just want to say what a strong lady you are ,you have so many problems but manage to get through them by hook or by crook.I have had problems with benefits because of my sons stopping,starting work ect and worry about getting behind with my rent and bills but they pale into insignificance when I read what you go through.Hope you have a really nice holiday and recharge your batteries.

Thanks Geminilady, funnily I had a visitor on Friday, just before I left to get Twin2, also a follower from here. Brought me some bits and bobs to recycle. He said much the same thing. He has followed my world for quite some time now.
I rarely feel that I am strong, but then occasionally someone will point out certain problems, and accomplishments and then I think well perhaps I am.
Yesterday was a lovely day. But was woken by twin2 asking me to take the lad to MK bus station to get a bus back to Cornwall. Apparently his little girl has been taken into hospital. So yet again I had to shuffle the morning, but she did surprise me with a lovely little watch for Mother's Day, which is from her and her twin.
After dropping her back home I went on to have Sunday Lunch with Biggest of Mooloo, her partner, and my Parents. It was a pleasant day, and made a nice change.
On Saturday I finally started to feel a bit better and BF actually came here for the weekend, and we went out for the afternoon and went to Waddesden Manor. National Trust place, so we used our membership for the first time. DGD was fascinated by it all, and I would have loved to have had longer to look at the tapestries and the artwork, furnishings etc. But it was lovely anyway.
Today I am going back to work at the Recycle Centre, and need to get the garage to check up on the car suspension as a strange bang/boing kind of noise happened on Friday and I think a spring or coil has gone! And no, I don't need extra expense at the moment.
We go to France on Sunday, luckily in BFs car and not mine!
I have a packed sewing tasks, for the week, never mind the packing, menu planning and shopping.
Oh well, no peace for the wicked!

Savvy_sewing

The car set me back £150!
Just as I expected the coil spring had gone. Also had to replace a tyre!
That's not good news with the holiday at the weekend.
Was expecting a customer to come round with some curtains to do, but they have had to postpone. Have warned her I am going away so if I done have them before Thursday then I won't be able to do them before I go away. Could do with the money, but if it's one less thing to fit in then that's probably just as well.
My first day back at work and I am very very tired.
DGD is full of the joys of spring now, and just had to stop her from trying to skip in the living room. The light was swaying somewhat!
Done my Aldi shop, came in just under £40 which is good. As some of it will be coming with us on holiday.
The car also needed fuel £63. So today has been a very expensive day.