Much brighter today - but unfortunately I'm office bound and then it's the dentist for a check up so I won't be able to enjoy it. Hoping to get outside from Wednesday when it should be milder.
Clari - it's a big 'NO' from me too. How long have you been with them - 2 weeks or something - ridiculous of them to even ask you IMO.
Wait until you've been there at least 3 months and you understand the dynamics of the group so you have an idea of what's involved. Much, much easier to take on more in a few weeks than to try and offload it later.
I thought you were still sort of job hunting as well. A new job will take more time as you settle in. And there's the house - and the garden - and the dog....
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Catch up time today after a week of neglect in the house
Clari, Do you really want to add more pressure to your life? Record keeping, organising,carrying out risk assessment visits, getting parental consent forms, fund raising etc etc
"risk assessment visits, getting parental consent forms, " are all well and good, but you know fine well who the lovely parents will come down on like a ton of bricks if their little precious is hurt in any way ?? YOU!!
I was chatting with No1 daughter last week and she was saying how much time she'd had to book off work for friends' weddings. I told her she's at an age when all her friends are getting married, I'm at an age when all my friends are becoming grandparents.
Pain much reduced today, but weather dire, so chores I think.
Need to go to the bank, which can be a major job, remembering which branches are now closed and then which days various branches are shut.
Clari, I am with the rest on this one. IF in 6 to 12 months you feel differently, then you could look at it.
Don't have my own kids, so I tend to love other peoples, but I can always give them back, if they annoy me.
Don't know whether I have ever mentioned the problems I am having trying to persuade my Mum that she cannot live by herself any more and how she always ignores me.
Well she phoned last night and asked how I felt about her putting the house up for sale and putting her name down for a flat, with caring facilities available. RESULT!
She is 90 this week, so party at the weekend.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
God for Mum, punkdoc, right decision. But it is hard to leave the home you are familiar with.
Howling gale is still here. Veranda is full of leaves and there are twigs and bits of branches all over the place. Horses were standing in a huddle in the middle of the paddock. They don't like wind, nor do I. There was a power cut in the middle of the night, so said the water heater.
It's a bit of a nuisance when good tenants leave your flat. Will it be easy to find new ones, Hosta? OH has an investment flat so help his pension go further, I have a small share it it, but the tenants left in the autumn. We had it all decorated and re-carpeted then the bathroom in the flat above sprang a leak. OH says it's too much bother when he's more in France than England so he put it on the market, got a buyer in 3 days! That's why he has been going off to England a lot recently.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
BL, the trouble with our flat is that it's over our garage. Not everyone's cup of tea. It's also a funny layout with Kitchen, dining room and shower room downstairs and a big Bed / sitting room over.
Hopefully it'll go to someone / people who are quiet and tidy like the current tenants, or am I wishing for too much? Hope not.
Hosta - have you thought of changing it to a holiday let? I know they can be a bit of hassle but if you use a good management company and specialist holiday let cleaners there'd be virtually nothing for you to do, and the financial rewards can be high ... and if any of the 'visitors' are PITAs, then at least they're only there for a week so you don't have the trouble of getting rid of troublesome tenants.
We hardly ever see the owners of the cottages we stay in, even if they live next door!
P'doc - good for your Mum - I bet she enjoys her new home when she gets used to it - her social life may well pick up quite amazingly! Hope she has a really lovely birthday
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Very true Wonky! And doesn't she have a job that seems to eat into her personal time too???!!!
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Much brighter today - but unfortunately I'm office bound and then it's the dentist for a check up so I won't be able to enjoy it. Hoping to get outside from Wednesday when it should be milder.
Clari - it's a big 'NO' from me too. How long have you been with them - 2 weeks or something - ridiculous of them to even ask you IMO.
Wait until you've been there at least 3 months and you understand the dynamics of the group so you have an idea of what's involved. Much, much easier to take on more in a few weeks than to try and offload it later.
I thought you were still sort of job hunting as well. A new job will take more time as you settle in. And there's the house - and the garden - and the dog....
Morning all
Catch up time today after a week of neglect in the house
Clari, Do you really want to add more pressure to your life? Record keeping, organising,carrying out risk assessment visits, getting parental consent forms, fund raising etc etc
"risk assessment visits, getting parental consent forms, " are all well and good, but you know fine well who the lovely parents will come down on like a ton of bricks if their little precious is hurt in any way ?? YOU!!
I was chatting with No1 daughter last week and she was saying how much time she'd had to book off work for friends' weddings. I told her she's at an age when all her friends are getting married, I'm at an age when all my friends are becoming grandparents.
" oh good god. no thanks" was her reply.
"CORRECT ANSWER, WELL DONE YOU."
Our tenants gave notice to leave the flat yesterday.
She's pregnant and doesn't drive and feels she might be too remote if anything goes wrong and she needs to get to a doctor etc.
We totally understand , but they've been the best tenants imaginable.
Hi all.
Pain much reduced today, but weather dire, so chores I think.
Need to go to the bank, which can be a major job, remembering which branches are now closed and then which days various branches are shut.
Clari, I am with the rest on this one. IF in 6 to 12 months you feel differently, then you could look at it.
Don't have my own kids, so I tend to love other peoples, but I can always give them back, if they annoy me.
Don't know whether I have ever mentioned the problems I am having trying to persuade my Mum that she cannot live by herself any more and how she always ignores me.
Well she phoned last night and asked how I felt about her putting the house up for sale and putting her name down for a flat, with caring facilities available. RESULT!
She is 90 this week, so party at the weekend.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Morning all.
God for Mum, punkdoc, right decision. But it is hard to leave the home you are familiar with.
Howling gale is still here. Veranda is full of leaves and there are twigs and bits of branches all over the place. Horses were standing in a huddle in the middle of the paddock. They don't like wind, nor do I. There was a power cut in the middle of the night, so said the water heater.
It's a bit of a nuisance when good tenants leave your flat. Will it be easy to find new ones, Hosta? OH has an investment flat so help his pension go further, I have a small share it it, but the tenants left in the autumn. We had it all decorated and re-carpeted then the bathroom in the flat above sprang a leak. OH says it's too much bother when he's more in France than England so he put it on the market, got a buyer in 3 days! That's why he has been going off to England a lot recently.
Good luck with Mum Punkdoc.
BL, the trouble with our flat is that it's over our garage. Not everyone's cup of tea. It's also a funny layout with Kitchen, dining room and shower room downstairs and a big Bed / sitting room over.
Hopefully it'll go to someone / people who are quiet and tidy like the current tenants, or am I wishing for too much? Hope not.
Hosta - have you thought of changing it to a holiday let? I know they can be a bit of hassle but if you use a good management company and specialist holiday let cleaners there'd be virtually nothing for you to do, and the financial rewards can be high ... and if any of the 'visitors' are PITAs, then at least they're only there for a week so you don't have the trouble of getting rid of troublesome tenants.
We hardly ever see the owners of the cottages we stay in, even if they live next door!
P'doc - good for your Mum - I bet she enjoys her new home when she gets used to it - her social life may well pick up quite amazingly! Hope she has a really lovely birthday
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