15months to debt free - I hope

badmemory

The problem with them is that every time they contact the solicitor it adds to the bill & hopefully it comes out of their share.

ladyholly

Unfortunately it somes out of the entire estate so I pay a proportion of it as well. I try to keep communication at a minimum because I dont want to put more money in the solicitors pocketthan I have to. I also have the land developers writing to him as well although they have gone quiet which is slightly worrying as the contracts (except mine which would be different because I cant go ahead yet) should have been signed by the end of October. I am just sitting ight and waiting.

ladyholly

Evening all

A miserable day weather wise. Very damp and no sun so felt quite chilly. Listed some of the books. Not expecting much from them but worth a try.

3 loads of washing done which was probably a mistake as I have to hang washing in the bedroom and having just looked the window is steaming up nicely. I have opened the window a bit but not sure it will help.

I was sitting having my mid morning cuppa when I got a photo from dd. She has face planted at the back of her work place in the dark. She thinks she tripped over a pallet on the ground. She is not blaming work as they were actually in the middle of clearing everything. Her husband was there (they work in the same place)  as well well as a couple of other staff members so she felt really stupid. Her dh told her if she had a black eye she wasnt to go to work as everyone would think he had hit her. I pointed out to her when I had one from falling her dad told everyone he had hit me but apparently he is a bit sensitive that way so I will refrain from teasing him.

A friend called for coffee and a good chat just after lunch then out with Bear where he and his little friend shared som treates.

We have fireworks tonight but Bear is coping ok at the moment. A bit of pacing but we largely ignore him as paying too uch attention can make dogs think there is something to worry about whereas if we are calm he doesnt like them but doesnt get too stressed. I am hoping there are none about when we go out later but if there are we will come straight home.

Off to finish stuff on here and then watch some rubbish TV. Have a good evening.

dawnybabes

I had 40kg of fluff on my knee all night and I know it will be bad again tomorrow, then Tuesday then next Saturday ! 

ladyholly

I hope your 40kg of fluff is coping with th fireworks ok. Bear isnt doing too bad but there havent been that many yet.

ladyholly

Evening all

4 parcels posted this morning, 1 to post tomorrow and 1 appears to be a non payer which will be cancelled as soon as I can. I havent had a non payer for a while but any is irritating as it stops other people from buying stuff.

Out to the farm shop this afternoon to buy bacon and black pudding. Hopefully I have got enough for two weeks. I did look at their meat but the thiiiiiiings I wanted looked very small and very thin cut so didnt bother. Weekly shop will be done tomorrow.

Last week I had a letter from the cc company telling me that they would cancel my card if I dont use it so have decided to use it for food shopping and transfer the money into a seperate pot so I can keep a much closer eye on what I am spending. Tonight I found a problem in that I cant remember any log in details and they dont have my current phone number so cannot get any codes from them to restore my account.will have to ring them in the morning to try to sort it out.

Nothing more from the estate agent so looks as though the viewings on the books will be as already booked.

I have just put the recycling out ready for the morning and couldnt hear any fireworks so hope that will continue. There havent been too many so far so will kep my finger crossed.

The washing from Saturday is finally dry and put away except a couple of items that need ironing. These will wait until I have enough to make it worth while plugging in the ironing.

My latest book is one by David Sedaris. If anyone had seen me in bed last night they would have thought I was nuts as I was aactually laughing out loud. I have listened to him on the radio but never read any of his books before but I found this at my bil. It was probabaly my sisters as I know she like his humour.

I am now off to watch tv. Have a good evening.

Sun_Addict

It’s quiet here too on the fireworks front. May well be a different story tomorrow though. 

Blackcats

I think Diwali is coinciding with Bonfire Night this year so hopefully all the fireworks are happening at once and are then over and done with until New Year's Eve.
I hope the house sale runs smoothly for you.  

It will probably feel a bit strange when it's finally all done - the end of an era and the associated memories of your sister and brother in law.

ladyholly

Evening all

I spok to soon re the fireworks. Ther have been a lot so far including our neighbour who has never had firworks before and her children are now teenagers but she appears to have a new man so that might explain it and they do appear to be the quiet ones. Bear is pacing and barking at them but he could be a lot worse.

PO office trip and did some shopping in the sm. I will get the rest tomorrow but I couldnt face the chaos at Tesco this week especially as it has to be in the afternoon as Mr LH doesnt "do" mornings to take me whereas if I use the alternative near us i can go early while i have the energy to do it. As I have no sales today it will only be shopping so dont need to wait until after 9am when the PO opens.

Bear was excellent on his walk today despite being near 3 large dogs playing.

I have spent some time shuffling mmomey around. I am looking at savings accounts as my high interest one is ending this month but I just want to be able to put it in an acount which I can withdraw from if needed as my fanances will change a lot when bils estate is settled but I might need the money before then. I will have a look on the relevant boards here to see if there is anything suitable. 

The estate agent wants the grass cutting at my bil before the viewing day so that will be another £120 I have to part with as he reckons just to make it look moderately reasonable it will be about 5 hours work. It is a big garden and as bil wouldnt get any help with it much of it has been neglected for a number of years. He did well to keep the bottom lawn near the house cut at 92 years old.

I received a dental appointment for him today so that as been cancelled.

Several little economies carried out - gravy made with veg water, last night teabag made two more cups of tea this morning (I do like it very weak with only a little milk), curtains closed and tucked up on the window sill as the radiator is under the window the warm air shoots up behand the curtains. By tucking it onto the window sill it stops this. I have also shut all the curtains and blinds in the rest of the house. Mr LH has put the heating  on which I wouldnt have done but he does feel the cold so I cant complain.

Have a good and safe evening.

 

badmemory

I've had a couple of my radiators moved on to the next wall because I really hated having to see curtains tucked up on the window ledge.  One where that couldn't be done, the curtains now drape & I have black out curtains inside the window enclosure.  As it worked out even better than I thought I now need to replace the shower curtain rail they are on with a proper curtain, although, whilst I have had comments on it being a good idea, so far no-one appears to have noticed that it is only a shower rail at a fraction the cost too.