MF by Christmas 2024 - let's do this!

Watty1

Another one who dreams of a gardener, my garden is too big to manage although my dog helps by digging up what I plant

LadyWithAPlan

Sounds like everything is moving forward well. The advisor sounds terrible though at the job centre! Has your OH thought of upskilling in project mgt with maybe some data anaysis courses etc? Udemy has some v cheap good ones

diggingdude

A very interesting read. I wish you the best. 

Coxy11

News!! We have finally exchanged contracts and have a completion date of 18 November. I am still working my notice period of 8 weeks and have a leaving date of 22 Nov. Boss has said take a laptop and WFH the last week, which is good in principle but I don't know if I'll have wifi - he said to do my best.....

Removals firm are coming on 15 Nov to take all garden/shed/garage/loft stuff in a big van to their secure depot. They will then come on 18 Nov with another big van for all the other bits. I have some items of furniture on FBMP - someone coming tomorrow about a bed frame but no takers on the kitchen bar stools yet.

We have a few boxes but need to source some either from the removal firm (£2/box + VAT) or from a storage facility nearby, whichever is cheaper. I'm going to research that today. We have two weekends before we go and have nothing planned but packing, plus DH is obviously here during the day to crack on with stuff.

I'm not sleeping too well - meno hot flushes aren't helping along with house move anxiety (sorry if TMI). We still need to tell our NDN that we are moving, might pop round today and let him know. 

Our budgets are looking okay for this month. Food and diesel pots still on target - may even be a bit under on food if we're lucky. I've been running down the cupboards and freezer in preparation for the move. Freezer will need defrosting (it's built-in) before we go - another job to add to the list!

Suffolk_lass

Oh wow, congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 Lots of lists used to help me get the stay awake things out of my head. Unfortunately turning the light on to record them was a lead balloon moment for DH so my pad and paper were in the bathroom. I blame this for my early rising. 04.22 wake-up, every morning (05.22 in BST) - unless I am drunk or drugged (not illegally!)

beanielou

That’s good news at last. 

South_coast

Suffolk_lass said:

Unfortunately turning the light on to record them was a lead balloon moment for DH so my pad and paper were in the bathroom.

Writing in the dark is your friend 😀 It's surprising how my writing looks no worse when I can't see what I'm doing as opposed to when I can (coming from a fairly low baseline). Did mean I once scrawled all over the laundry list in a hotel though, which I thought had been a blank sheet of A4 🤣! 

Congratulations on the exchange, Coxy. You'll be done with the move and work in no time!

Coxy11

Hi all,

Thank you for the congrats. It’s a bit overwhelming but I know it’s the right thing for us to do. More excited and a bit less anxious now which is good!

We’ve had an estimated completion statement from our solicitor. Estimated because we will make another mortgage payment prior to completion. All looks good and on plan.

We collected 60 boxes from the removals firm on Wednesday. They are ‘used once’ and perfectly fine and were only £1 each with all proceeds going to charity - win win. DH managed to pack 7 boxes yesterday and I did 2 after work. Tonight I’m going to tackle the spare room and get that packed up. We will need more boxes but couldn’t fit any more in the car, so DH will go and collect more next week and combine it with a CS drop off.

The FBMP bed purchaser let us down on Wednesday, so someone else is allegedly coming tomorrow late morning. DH has dismantled it in readiness and as he’s already beaten us down to £80 I’m not taking a penny less! A lady is coming around about now for a hallway stand, so that’s another £15 in the kitty.

I am packing the spare room tonight. It’s mainly my craft stuff, handbags(!) and some Ebay items that I’m listing in aid of my charity fundraising. Most things are in two chest of drawers, so once they are clear they will go to the CS.

Tomorrow we will finish off in the loft. We’ve sorted about 60% of items into Keep/CS/Tip, so just need to finish this off. Then it’ll be a case of boxing it all up and bringing downstairs into the spare room which will act as a store room until we go.

DH is nervous about packing our ‘good’ china and glasses, some of which were wedding gifts, so I’ll do those tomorrow whilst watching SCD! Our bedroom is fairly easy with just two bedside units and the bathrooms won’t take long. DS2 is back from uni this week and has sorted his room, so just needs to pack it up. DD will do hers this weekend too.

Have started taking Black Cokosh supplements for my hot flushes. Some small improvements but still waking up a few times. Will see how I feel after the 30 day course.

Suffolk_lass

What about garden and other outside stuff?

Coxy11

Garden furniture, BBQ, and pots need sorting tomorrow. There are a couple of items to take to the tip and some plants to lift now they’re finished. Will bring everything up to the patio for first collection on Friday. 

We’ve run out of boxes already and still the good china, kitchen and DD’s room to do aaaargh. Takeaway for dinner as been packing all day and we are pooped!