Countdown to Christmas 2022: it's s bit warm to be considering Christmas, but I'm doing it anyway! (Thread 3.)

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Evening!

Here we go...unless we talk more, this will do us til the big day! 🎅🏻 🎄

I woke up at 4:30 😴 very annoying. We’ve had some rain, looks like it’ll be on and off today.

Morning all, hugs to the early wakers! Just as I was drifting off last night the fire alarm battery started beeping and DH was away so I was stumbling around in the dark with a head torch and a chair sorting it out.

Morning. Also woke around 4. I think I've a kidney infection.

I'm jealous of all you 3 freezers

I also have freezer envy!

Chilly here today. I volunteer at a Foodbank and it was a bit worrying how busy we were today- it's increasing week on week- feeling very grateful today.

How do you feel now, Neros?

It's currently chucking it down after it thundered for about an hour at 3.30. The kids got soaked coming home from school.

Hope you’re ok Neros

We’ve had some heavy rain today and more forecast tomorrow. I made minestrone soup for dinner and ds had three bowls

We didn’t get the house. So disappointing, there were 15 available but only one below £1000pcm.

Went to chemist this morning, got the test done and the pharmacist prescribed me some abx.

Sorry to hear you didn't get it wreck. Is there anymore coming up in the foreseeable?

They come on every two weeks. There’s been about 8 we’ve been able to apply for in over two years so not many available.

glad you got some abx

That's really annoying, Wreck. Though would be a massive jump in rent, IIRC? Surely you must be near the top now. Surely!

Well, we were the top in November last year but people with greater needs than us will always be ahead of us even if they only went on the list a week ago, understandably. We pay £550 a month at the moment. I just had a look on rightmove and the cheapest three bed within 10 miles of DD’s school is a flat for £1500 a month.

Hi folks, as I am on annual leave I went over for a mooch in Stamford which is a lovely place if anyone lives reasonably close enough for a visit. The weather was glorious.

Christ, Wreck. This 3 bed is £1,350 here!

The prices have just gone insane. I don’t know how anyone affords it.

We’ve got another storm

That's probably our storm from earlier, Wreck!

We couldn't afford £1,350. £850 is about right for a bog standard 3 bed.

According to Rightmove £1350 would get you a detached 4 bed here - with futility room and en suite.

Yeah, it would here too. That one's fancy and there are no 4 beds available right now!

Sounds like everyone had a disturbed night!
I was doing well - slept from 10pm until 5am but ddog woke me up and that was me up for the day.

I was in the office today which was busy, then went out for tea with a friend who's having a tough time and needed a vent.

Sorry about the house Wreck. Slim pickings at the moment!
I've just had a look and £1100 gets you this 3 bed semi here and I think that's just crazy!

Renting is crazy prices, it's no wonder people can't get on the housing ladder when they're paying that sort of money!

We've had some lovely storms here tonight as well.

DS had me check the weather forecast this morning and it wasn't even forecast to rain, so he's now lost all faith in my weather forecasting abilities 😂

New job went okay, just doing induction and training at the moment so a bit dull. Looking forward to getting into a new routine, and having Thursdays with DD.

Our induction is properly long winded, so I feel your pain. I've been in this job 2 years next month. It's flown!

Morning. I just checked and there isn’t a single property to rent at any price within 10 miles. Within 20 miles there is and the highest priced is £1250.

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Morning!

We don't have much rental stock here, but that's a bit mad, Dreaming!

It's looking bright here for now. We were forecast more storms later though. Hopefully it's wrong as I'm done now!

We’ve had rain all night and it’s forecast most of the day. I finish at 1:30 today and not back until Monday. Our storm last night came from France fluffy 😅

Bloody French (/jk)!

Our rain is pushed back to 10pm, so at least the washing should dry!

Morning.

Had a look at places to rent here. If you don't want student accommodation or to be in the sticks, there's nothing.

We have storms forecast throughout the day, starting at 7am. Although it's dark and grey here, I am yet to see a single drop of rain

I am feeling a mix of tired and festive so I'm watching an old Christmas cooking show while I work I'm being an mn dinner and watching JO