As I now have regular extra money I decided I'd better start sorting all the long list of jobs that need doing but I have no money rather than leaving them in the hopes they'll get sorted by elves. So I got the gas fires serviced and got details of how big a new cooker I could squeeze into the kitchen. Unfortunately I can't get a normal sized cooker I still need a little one, a real shame as there is technically space for a bigger cooker but new safety rules means I can't use all the space.
The other problem is that the gas heater in the kitchen is unsafe because the chimney is leaking and needs relining. Not worth the money so I am now trying to get a quote for a new electric fire...I do not fancy a winter without heating in the kitchen!! At least sorting the heaters in the summer gives me time to get everything working by winter when it will be freezing. Not that's its exactly warm at the moment.
I am also getting a quote for a new shower for the top bathroom. The shower has never worked well, it drains poorly and it only gives a trickle of water. I have been wanting to replace it for years and now seems like a good time to find out how much it will be. I am not sure when I will get the money together, even with extra cash coming in we still have more jobs needing cash than we have money! The list of jobs that need doing include-
- car MOT in the next month and all the work that invariably needs doing
- replace sofa in living room
- sort roof to try and stop water coming in...this is an on going problem and is endlessly annoying.
- replace the cooker
- sort an electric heater in the kitchen
- replace the shower in the top bathroom
Well it won't all be done anytime soon but its good to know I have some cash coming in regularly to help. Makes it possible to start on the list.
Another good thing this week is that I've not heard from my parents. I phoned them over a week ago and its been lovely and quiet ever since. I'm enjoying the rest. My brother was due to go over yesterday and see them and mum was expecting him to stay, not sure if that was part of his plans but fortunately its nothing to do with me either way. I will doubtless hear all about it from mum at some stage.
Update: well I got a phone call from my mum in the evening and my brother did stay over for one night which was good of him. It was a weirdly brief phone call, my mum has been known to dribble on for over an hour as standard on phone calls and this one lasted less than 5 minutes. I think the reason for the brevity was that I told her my news...about the gas fire and the chimney...that's not the purpose of phone calls I am supposed to ask after her health and then listen while she tells me boring twaddle about her life. I prefer the shorter phone calls, though even in the brief time she spoke she still managed to be snidey about how I deal with DS2 and blatantly uninterested in anything to do with my life. What it is to have such a supportive mother.
Update 2: well here I am updating this less than a year after I originally wrote my list of jobs I'd like done and I am overjoyed that every one of the jobs I really wanting sorting has been done! We have also got a stairlift for DD fitted and triple glazing in her bedroom to reduce the noise coming from the street. Its been a busy year and DD I have both been saving like mad but we have worked our way through everything on the list, even with such minor matters as a new washing machine being needed when the last one died and even a new tumble drier when that stopped working properly. We now need to save for DS1's deposit for a shared house in London for his 3rd year of Uni and afterwards. So no worries!! Good job we are used to saving hard!
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