Countdown to Christmas 2020 (Thread 10): the one with the Very Important Participants!

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Here we go!

I've got a busy day tomorrow, so I'm starting this now, ready for when it's needed.

No like hell Boot 😂

If you Google 'supported / sheltered housing in XXX' it'll give you your options. You may find there are private places which run with some council funding where you don't need points. I spent hours and hours down a wormhole sorting it out / viewing properties. Only for my parents to not move. Sigh.

Will DD1 buy too? Does she work? I've no idea what she does, only DD2!

Thank you Fluffy why on earth didn't they move?

That's interesting I always assumed you'd have to go on a waiting list or something like the housing association houses.

I really fancy some sausages but don't have anything to have with them. Would it be weird to just eat a plate of sausages? 🤔

Dd1 is a carer, she is saving up like mad to buy. She's on about doing live in care for the elderly, apparently it's excellent pay. 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. So l don't know what will transpire. I said to her she could live with Granny and Bob 😂😂😂 but surprisingly she doesn't want to 😂😂😂

Um yeah l think it's a bit weird unless you are pregnant? 😂😂😂 Have you got something to tell us Wreck 😄

Definitely not! I could add some bacon

Now you are talking 😋😋😋

Mrs Live-in care sounds good, but I agree - not for her Gran.😂

Definitely not for family! You need a few degrees of separation.

Wreck, we're a retirement town, so we have MANY options. My experience may be different due to that (it's just clicked with me about our demographics!).

There is a list for the ones we looked at, but we were offered quite quickly.

Mrs, mum had a mental health downturn. And wanted a 2 bed, but as far as I know she hasn't got the letter she needs to support it, which I haven't got time to sort.

Wreck - if you add ketchup, then it's not just sausages

MrsM I think we all get to the stage where we need to move out of our mum's, even if we're back there as often as we're in our new house. Part of growing up - and you never know, she might be finding her feet before thinking babies in a couple of years

I'm glad MumBob are considering assisted living. My Nana lived in a retirement village where they had 2 types of housing - 1 or 2-bed bungalows with emergency cord pulls linked to the warden (that were easily mistaken for the light switch in the dark ), but other than that you lived completely independently, and then a building where the residents lived in flats and had more adaptations and in-house assistance (this may have been the sheltered accommodation - it had a large communal area and kitchen, so not like a block of flats, and was always rather grandly referred to as 'The Manor'). It was a lovely complex, they had a 'pop-in' with bingo/dominos/knit and natter sessions, and frequently arranged bus trips to markets/seaside towns hence my vast knowledge of ww2 era bawdy tunes 🤣

Fire that sounds perfect 😁
Fluffy that's a pity re your parents, sorry about your Mum 💐
I know Boot l wouldn't wish Mum on my worst enemy! 😄

Off the shop now have a lovely day everyone 😀

School realised they were wrong to allow ds to stay yesterday and just called me to collect him 🤯

Oh god, Wreck. Did you post the test off?

Yes I did it yesterday. I'm still fuming that school have relied on a forehead strip thermometer. I'm going to say something when the result comes back as negative.

Wreck 🤦🏻‍♀️

Late checking in today. I've had the same headache for almost 4 days and decided to check my bp today. It's sky high which probably explains it. I feel rubbish so taking it easy (ie working from my sofa).

MrsMad I agree with others about a home / supported accommodation for your mum. My grandad had a warden controlled bungalow for years before he passed away and he loved it - he was friends with every one of his neighbours.
I was Young when he moved in but I'm pretty sure it coincided with a hospital visit after a fall so was probably done via SS.

Also, for your DD, is she buying everything new or open to charity shop finds / hand me downs?
When DH and I moved in together (well, it was his flat as I was in uni), I remember sitting on bean bags for weeks. We had 2 bedside cabinets, a bed, beanbags and a wardrobe. Everything else was given to us over a few weeks - mismatched but we were so grateful.

Wreck can you ask the school for a copy of their Covid policy? I know a few parents of DHs class have, just so they know what to expect.

Crazy I've seen their risk assessment so assume that's the same thing? I know they're doing their best and if the thermometer was accurate I would be 100% behind them but if they keep relying on a strop then they're going to have a lot of issues over winter.

Crazy Is it the warm weather that might have done it, or have you been overdoing it with work? I know it sounds daft, but I think you're on meds - DH was once given a 2.5mg of one drug instead of 10mg. Just check them to make sure - the pharmacists are having to do so much more now. 💐
Mrs some pre-owned stuff would be fine for DD - just look at "Fluffy-three-freezers" 😉😂😂

Afternoon.

Had to take ds to get his hearing tested this morning. He was supposed to get it done in March but it was obviously cancelled.

Mrs dh's grandparents lived together in a home. They were on a ward and had 2 rooms and a sort of sitting room between them. His DGF died during lockdown so I don't know what the situation is now.

Sun is splitting the stones today.

Strip thermometers aren't adequate, I agree. Not when the consequences for getting it wrong mean a whole family trapped indoors for a fortnight.

It's suddenly gone boiling here, which wasn't how I anticipated it going first thing!

My lunch break was spent cleaning and sorting the fridge, putting the shopping away (delivered early, so not in my lunch break 🙄🙈) and steam mopping the bathroom, utility, kitchen, hall and porch. All rather warm!

Crazy, make sure you look after yourself. High blood pressure isn't good.

Wreck I'm not sure. I know the policy in DHs school spells out what checks they're doing, what symptoms will have you turned away from school, what temp is the limit for being acceptable, how long children have to be at home for with symptoms / if tested as well as their policy for maintaining class bubbles during break times etc.

puss I think it's a mix of hormones and weather tbh. And I'm diligent with meds now after I was given a medication I had been on to start with but that didn't work for me by mistake. I took them for 3 weeks and only found out when my bp went sky high, I got headaches, dizzy spells and nosebleeds daily 😳

I'm considering eating something now. I've felt so sick I haven't managed anything so far today.
My heated airer has been delivered too, not that I need it with how bloody hot it is here 🥵 Ddog doesn't seem to mind though, he's snoring his head off in the garden.

Hope you are taking it easy, Crazy!

We moved into our house from fully furnished rented. The previous owner left the oven, the fridge, built-in wardrobes in two of the bedrooms and the curtains (all in decent condition - we still have some of the curtains up as they're fully lined and pretty neutral and have had their obligatory lockdown launder). We brought an art Deco chest of drawers and a drop leaf table DH had bought from the charity shop while at uni, our TV and chest freezer, and his computer desk (obviously ). My nana passed away just before we moved in, so we were given her leather suite and kitchen stuff, and DM gave us her old washing machine. We slept on a mattress on the floor to start with (then bought a wooden four-poster princess bed ). Seems crazy now, the amount of furniture we have!

I have photos of DParents sat in the living room on deck chairs, watching the TV set which is sat on the floor, while DH and have a picnic on a blanket because there is no other furniture in there!