Travelling On

rtandon27

Oh KC - so sorry to hear that the dishwasher is causing woes! A compact one may indeed be the way to go.

Try this link for good info on compact ones...

Our's is up and running again with the new hose intact, but I did find some more water damage - to our new(ish) fake welsh dresser :mad: - mdf furniture might be cheaper than real wood but it soaks up water like a sponge! Not worth claiming from insurance, and also not worth buying a new one so we will live with it for now. Also still running & emptying the dehumidifier 3 times a day - over a week later!!! Better to dry out the kitchen now, than discover mold later in the year!:eek:

Karmacat

Thanks RT I don't really *want* a compact one, but the counter is an inch too low to take a normal one - thats why I need to speak to a professional somebody or other That review site is interesting, I'll check on there before I speak to anyone. Sorry to hear your woes with your own are continuing it's tricky, isn't it.

I've just spent ages trying to figure out the fares to London tomorrow to go see the Rodin exhibition (free, as my sister was gifted a membership-with-guest of the British Museum ). They make it tough these days, to figure out the difference between the return being super offpeak, or just boring offpeak. I've done it now, but really, it shouldn't be that difficult!

beanielou

It should not :eek:

Karmacat

We just sold my mum's stairlift. Absolute peanuts, but its out of the house, frees up space and makes it more saleable.
:j:j:j


And Pavers have agreed to the full refund :j:j:j

rtandon27

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Peanuts is better than naught!

If I remember correctly we had to pay someone to take to take the one out of OH's parents house!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Hooray to full refund from P@vers!

beanielou

Great news on both fronts :j :j :j

Karmacat

Definitely we'd have given it to the buyers, if it avoided "selling" it back to the manufacturer, who lied constantly. In contrast, Pavers go to the top of my "trustworthy companies" list

MFW work: just been digging up perennial weeds, loooooong grass, and two year old garlic thats where I'm putting my 3 chive plants, rooted from a single supermarket pot

earthgirl

Great news on the refunds/ sales.
I have just decluttered masses and made peanuts - but so glad it's out of the house!

Karmacat

Thanks earthgirl! I have a stack of books that will be no good in the local charity shop, I'm wondering about selling those on Amazon, or just on webuybooks. A decision for next week, I think.

Another mfw achievement last night, thanks to greent: I joined ICE for my mastercard, in the last few hours of the offer, so I'll get the tenner that Martin blagged for mse members, plus ongoing points. Hurray!

Talking of refunds, also had the refunds from the cruise: because of the changes in the itinerary due to the storm, we had four cancellations of day trips, plus I cancelled another one from sheer tiredness. We rebooked the four, though (on my sister's card) so there's lots of money-swaps to be done with my sister once she gets invoiced for the ones we ended up taking. I was impressed that the company never even charged a nominal £5 for cancellation and rebooking.

In the post yesterday, a few finance things: a couple will help me update my net worth, and there's only two French mortgage payments left, plus a third payment thats about a quarter of the normal, to pay off the remaining capital. Since the rental payments *to* me will continue, I need to find some kind of investment account in France thats going to help, mortgage interest won't be claimable any more!

Off to play in London today, going to the Rodin exhibition, I lurve Rodin. I hope everyone has a good day.

beanielou

Good news on only 2 more French mortgage payments left :j :j