Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

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HairyHandofDartmoor said:

We're home with DS3. We got him out just in time 😳. Christmas can begin for us 😁.

Just in time indeed.Enjoy.

Sun_Addict

Great news that he was rescued just in time. Have a fabulous Christmas 🥳🎄

Sunshine_girl2

Been thinking about you , so glad you went today and got him. Enjoy Christmas now , you must be shattered . 

elizabethhull

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

We're home with DS3. We got him out just in time 😳. Christmas can begin for us 😁.

I'm sorry about the people in Tier 4 though 😥.

It was a close-run thing ! How lovely to have him home, even though your food bills will go up even higher !!

Willowtree222

Glad you got him in time. I think they are putting it from midnight tonight. Hopefully everyone who needs to get home from uni can get there in time. 
Thinking of everyone who is in tier 4. x

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks everyone 🙂. We were very careful yesterday. I made sandwiches and hot drinks to take so we only had to go into a service station to use the toilet. When we got to DS3's house we stayed outside so we didn't encounter his housemates and he brought his belonging out and put them in our boot. Then we drove home. On the way home we only went into a service station to buy a takeaway meal and coffee and we ate it in the car. DS3 hasn't seen anyone but his housmates for a week and his lectures have been online all term. So we felt the risk was minimal. We got him out just in time as his area has gone into Tier 4 today  😳😱. He seemed very happy to be rescued 😁 but is worried that two of his housemates won't be able to get home for Christmas now.

I'm really sorry for those people that are in Level 4 today 😥. My dad and stepmum, two of my nephews, two of my cousins and all of DH's family are in Tier 4 now. I agree with trying to control the virus, but the government should have announced these changes in advance, before people had booked trains, etc, and made all their Christmas arrangements, it is too short notice and it's causing such disruption and sadness for people 😡. 

We saved Christmas for my cousin yesterday too 😃. They live in the South East and were going to come to Devon to spend Christmas with my aunt and uncle, so they'd had all the Christmas presents for them and their two children shipped to aunt and uncle's house. But with all the rumours circulating about restrictions tightening, aunt asked me if I would take all their presents with us when we went to collect DS3, as a precaution. So we met my cousin outside DS3's house and swopped the presents from our boot to his, had a quick socially distanced chat and then he left. My cousin said as all the toy shops are going to shut in the SE today and no time to order more, their two children wouldn't have had any presents to open on Christmas morning 😱. So he was very grateful and I'm pleased we were able to save Christmas for them 😃. Once we'd emptied our boot of cousin's presents, we filled it up with DS3's belongings and came straight home. So it was a two fold rescue mission yesterday that we undertook 🙂.

I feel completely exhausted today but happy to have DS3 home for Christmas 😁. 

Sunshine_girl2

What a day plus a long drive but all good in the end. I am ferrying presents about today for people who were meeting on Christmas Eve to exchange presents , just to help out. Have a restful day at home . 

Willowtree222

I agree about the notice too Hairy. I understand about protecting and the NHS and saving lives however, last week we all thought we could meet over Christmas and so like you said some plans have been made. It has sent a lot of people into a panic to get things where they need to be. I hope that people manage to sort things differently now. 
Thinking of everyone in tier 4. I hope you can rearrange and sort things and are all ok. x

HairyHandofDartmoor

Sunshine_girl2 said:

What a day plus a long drive but all good in the end. I am ferrying presents about today for people who were meeting on Christmas Eve to exchange presents , just to help out. Have a restful day at home . 

Thanks Sunshine I'll definitely be resting today . I'm glad you're able to help out with Christmas deliveries today. 

Nicnak said:

I agree about the notice too Hairy. I understand about protecting and the NHS and saving lives however, last week we all thought we could meet over Christmas and so like you said some plans have been made. It has sent a lot of people into a panic to get things where they need to be. I hope that people manage to sort things differently now. 
Thinking of everyone in tier 4. I hope you can rearrange and sort things and are all ok. x

Yes it's awful the way the government keep flip and flopping. I do understand that restrictions are needed but it's very stressful for people when it's all so last minute. My stepmum was crying all of yesterday evening but she's coming to terms with it now.

Willowtree222

Oh, I hope she is okay. I think it was the excitement and looking forward to what people thought that has caused a lot of upset. I know a number of people who haven't seen their family for most of the year and they were looking forward to it. It is better they all stay safe and they control the virus again but I can see a lot of distress around at the minute and everyone is helpless to it. x