Escape to the country & living off savings

jwil

Hopefully you can have a relaxing time with your friend and get some time out from all the admin.

Tresinia511

Sya, there's such a lot to do isn't there.  Keeping busy helps i think at these times.  Have a good day x

Skint_yet_Again

Turned the news on this morning then promptly turned it off again. Too much real life 😢 Just going to get on with stuff to keep occupied 

Shopping
milk
bread
cheese
ham
decaf tea bags
peach squash
Fruit 
carrots 
2 x box tissues 
shampoo
weet bics

I have tinned soup from dads plus I’m eating the meat from his freezer. I have veg from the allotment in my freezer plus tinned tuna so should have plenty for this week. 

KajiKita

I am having a total moratorium on the news atm - it's just so draining. I flick through the headlines on the BBC app on my tablet and leave it that mostly.

Enjoy your time with your friend

KK

doingitanyway

Lunch and a cheeky cocktail with a friend sounds a perfect counterbalance with overwhelm from admin.
I hope you enjoy it

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks KK and dia. 😘

Very busy day started at 9.30am photocopying in the library. We are in the middle of 3 different councils and our nearest one does photocopying for free. Then went to aldee. Shopping was £28.49. Unpacked groceries while in a phone queue for council tax. Estate agent came round & will only sell as 2 bed without planning/ building regs 😕 Spoke to both depts and email to one to check records and emailed to book archive for other. Going back to the 70’s 😉 Dads car sold on mway so multiple emails to upload V5C and various other documents and set preferences for collection date. Hopefully in next few days 🤞

Felt exhausted this evening so had a nap. Now just feel tired. 😆 Popped up to dads to close curtains before lights came on with the timer. I’ve had to move it another 15 minutes earlier. Nights are drawing in. Off to bed soon 

SuzeQStan

Well done on all you have achieved and selling the car too - m@torway can be in the habit of lowering the price they offer at the last hurdle they did it to me.  Hopefully they won’t try it on with you.  

Also hope you get good news re the planning - I know less than nothing but would it pay to get retrospective permission if it isn’t in place?  

Skint_yet_Again

Thanks Suze. I’m not sure it would meet current requirements. It’s a proper room with dormer window and proper staircase. Will see what the archive shows first. 

I have heard of some dealers knocking down the price so am very anxious but will just hope for the best 🤞

Skint_yet_Again

doingitanyway said:

…. At the end, love is all there is.

Have been reading back over the last 2 months this morning as I seem to have lost time. Feeling very detached like it’s happened to someone else, not me, not my lovely dad 😢 The above made me shed a little tear ❤️ and triggered nice memories of dad and the fun things we did. 


Have money shuffled interest into my current account £9.36 from this years money pot leaves £5000 remaining (£833 x 6 =£4,998.00 ). Regular saver £22.81 leaves £5k which was 6% now 5.35% gross / 5.48% AER. ISA interest £2.30 so diy/emergency pot stands at £1882.30

Credit card currently £1171.71 which is executor expenses apart from £330 donation to the british legion from dad’s funeral collection (I have the cash to pay into my account this morning in town) and £7.14 amaxon birthday cards. Hopefully once my credit card paper statement arrives I can claim most of that from dad’s local bank account who don’t need probate (funeral expenses/ wake / death certificates) and the rest will be covered by diy pot for now & claimed back eventually after probate. (Postage / stationery). The funeral bill arrived yesterday £1785.48. The rest was covered by his funeral plan. If we pay by bacs before 11 Sept we get £100 discount so I will be taking that to his bank to see if they can pay it before then. 

It’s chilly this morning. Thermostat says 19.5 degrees. I have put a throw over my summer quilt, for now that is warm enough. 

jwil

Thinking of you,  it was all so sudden xx