The next chapter ....

benbenandme

I'll definitely stay in the same area, there is about a 3 mile radius that I'd consider so am quite limited - we have the sea that takes up quite a chunk of the nearby area too I don't want to bee near the river (floods regularly), I want to be near bus routes for ds as he gets older, still near the beach, not fussy much am I?

Ds has gone train spotting again, I've been to B&Q to change the door handle and popped into Mums for a quick coffee. Home now and I plan to spend the day pottering, musing more moving thoughts, writing a very thorough list of things to do before the flat can go on the market and cooking a roast dinner

benbenandme

Survived my first day back, although I have a thumping headache, looking forward to my new glasses tomorrow hoping they'll help. I have sold a BIN item on ebay, so another £6 to chuck into the savings pot today

Ds is cooking dinner tonight as my head hurts and I want to just lay on the sofa for a while, we're having pasta and meatballs

Florence_J

Oh dear, i hope you feel better soon.

benbenandme

Picked up my new glasses today and I can see a lot better now Also had lovely news that a very poorly friend of mine has got engaged today :T :T

A girl I've been working with at school has finally got an urgent and much needed appointment with the mental health services, so that has absolutely made it a great day today

Going to pop round and see Mum for a bit then bathtime and pj's

beanielou

Great news for both of your friends

benbenandme

Thanks Beanie, the second one is a student rather than a friend, but you don't go home and stop worrying about them Hoping she will finally get the help she needs now x

benbenandme

A fairly normal day at work today, went to the cash & carry after work to get tea / coffee etc for a pta event tomorrow after school. Home now, chicken is in the oven ready to have with wraps & salad later on.

Tonight will be a straight forward dinner, bath and early night kinda evening. No money in or out today, another day nearer payday

benbenandme

My next tax credits payment has gone in today, so I am moving £500 across to my savings I'm telling Mr S tonight about my moving plans, I don't think he'll be too happy as he saw that as part of the reason we would never work (I wouldn't sell the flat). I have explained to him before that it wasn't that and also that if I did sell it its my money rather than ours. Hey ho, we'll see how it goes.

At least its friday, another weekend is almost here :T

benbenandme

Evening all, I went for a curry last night with Mr S which was lovely, today I have been to see my poorly friend for lunch. The sat nav decided to play games half way there and randomly told me to turn around when possible when I was tootling along a dual carriageway (had been for mile so hadn't missed any instructions), it then took me on a silly circular route for about ten miles then told me I'd arrived at my destination when in fact I still had about an hour to go On the way home it was going fine then it started messing again and then as I approached a particularly confusing few miles full of roundabouts and junctions the sound on it decided to cut out. Eventually I got home but I reckon in total the sat nav added about an hour and a half to my driving today :mad:

I've just done my tesco order to be delivered tomorrow, I need to do the end of the month banking tomorrow too as well as all the washing and ironing, housework and take Mum to look at convservatories

benbenandme

Morning all, second load of washing about to go in, dishwasher is nearly done, kitchen is tidy, lounge is tidy, bathroom is tidy, all just need a clean and hoover through.

Collecting Mum at 11, here is my to do list for the flat before it can go on the market:

• Replace carpets
  [*]Paint my bedroom
• Paint all doors
  
• Repaint surrounds of velux windows
• Fix front door
• Fix bottom oven
• Scrub marks off heater in my bedroom
  
• Swap ds bed for a single from Mums
• Kitchen cupboard door needs fixing
• Scrub stairs outside / repaint

Other than that it's just the general decluttering / deep cleaning etc. I'm aiming for putting it on the market at the end of the Easter holidays, so that gives me about a month / 6 weeks. The carpets / oven / front door / kitchen cupboard door will all need to be done in the holidays as I will need to arrange for people to do them, so the rest of the list (the red bits) are the bits I need to work on, hopefully get them done before then.