I’m really enjoying this thread, but am doing very poorly on the action front! @rowlandscastle444, make very sure that the removers know that the bundled up parcel is, in fact, your television! I’m sure they have a procedure to make sure it will arrive at your new home in one piece and in good working order. At least by Wednesday night, you won’t have to do any packing for a good while. Will be thinking of you.
No we're staying . Neighbours ok . Can still get up the stairs. I'm more about laissez faire growing plants out of interest than a grand design so if nature decided to offer a helping hand when I'm unable to manage -so be it. I'm ploughing through paperwork from as far back as the 90s. But the light at the end of the tunnel no longer looks like a train.
I know that I have packed things in boxes, where it's impossible to write everything on the box, so we will get surprises, as well as frustrated. But, we will find everything eventually.
We vowed, when we moved, that the loft was going to be out of bounds for putting stuff in for a rainy day. Apart from some large plastic storage boxes we bought ( to pack items away when moving) the loft remains empty.....nearly five years later.
Most of the neighbours around here are good. It just happens that the ones next door are not. I'm very disappointed with them. But, we were going to need to move at some point. Better to go before I have more major falls down the stairs.
I've just had an email from one of my sisters saying she's moving, quite out of the blue. It seems they were contemplating looking round in the New Year but browsing brought up the 'perfect bungalow'. They're 83 & 74 with a 3 storey, 4 bed house. It surprised me (the abruptness) cos it took ages to prise him out of his old house when they got together.
I took three more carrier bags to the charity shop this morning. Couldn't work out whether the expression on their faces when they saw me was ' oh goody, more stuff' or 'oh no, it's her again'!
I do feel very virtuous.
Moral dilemma, a friend of mine, who's quite well off, mentioned she needed a 'blingy' (her words) evening dress as a wedding guest next year. I had mentioned that I was taking several of mine to the charity shop so I dug out my blingiest and the most expensive dress (£150) so she could take it home to try on and show it to the bride. Met her today, she likes the dress, the bride approves but she then asked if I wanted anything for it. It's in very good condition and has been dry cleaned. I was a bit taken aback but suggested a charity donation but how much do you think should I suggest? £10, £20 or £30?
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Does this mean that you are also on the move? Or have I missed it, having been so caught up in mine? If I have, I apologise for the oversight!!🤐
@rowlandscastle444, make very sure that the removers know that the bundled up parcel is, in fact, your television! I’m sure they have a procedure to make sure it will arrive at your new home in one piece and in good working order.
At least by Wednesday night, you won’t have to do any packing for a good while. Will be thinking of you.
I'm ploughing through paperwork from as far back as the 90s. But the light at the end of the tunnel no longer looks like a train.
But, we were going to need to move at some point. Better to go before I have more major falls down the stairs.
It seems they were contemplating looking round in the New Year but browsing brought up the 'perfect bungalow'. They're 83 & 74 with a 3 storey, 4 bed house. It surprised me (the abruptness) cos it took ages to prise him out of his old house when they got together.
I took three more carrier bags to the charity shop this morning. Couldn't work out whether the expression on their faces when they saw me was ' oh goody, more stuff' or
'oh no, it's her again'!
I do feel very virtuous.
Moral dilemma, a friend of mine, who's quite well off, mentioned she needed a 'blingy' (her words) evening dress as a wedding guest next year. I had mentioned that I was taking several of mine to the charity shop so I dug out my blingiest and the most expensive dress (£150) so she could take it home to try on and show it to the bride. Met her today, she likes the dress, the bride approves but she then asked if I wanted anything for it. It's in very good condition and has been dry cleaned. I was a bit taken aback but suggested a charity donation but how much do you think should I suggest? £10, £20 or £30?