West London June thread (one day early)

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Almost made it to the end of the month. Children are gone. I am free until Sunday lunch

Oxo - I think the children are mostly around 2yrs but she does the first one free so why don;t you try it. My mum loves it - she plays the guitar and piano not recorded music

Hi Grrls, lovely day innit?

Btw theWebmaster is me. (I clinked on a link on another threa for a threagdthat was deleted and have inherited another name and password).

CoV I don't understand how you inherited another name [confused technophobe]

MrsR, that's such a lovely offer. I may well take you up on it sometime. thanks so much.

QC, great advice. Thanks. I am loathe to move twice it's true. It's just staying in this house for an extra 5 months doesn't fit my timescales at all really.

Just had notification that I am eligible for Homebuy and got an appt with the IFA next Tuesday to assess my borrowing capability.

Of course all of this is dependent on my flat selling.

Assuming it takes 10 to 12 weeks that'd be Sept-ish. Then assuming my purchase takes another 8 weeks I'd be wanting to move out of here early Dec or Jan.

Either way I can't start looking till my place has completed I guess.....

H has no more money, he's in schtuck as much as me. There could be a bonus in the offing tho.

Am thinking of negotiating 4 month extension to lease rather than 5 months and just blardy hoping it all hangs together!

pc I know how hard it is to rent out and can't believe your lanlord wont be more flexible for you? He's looking at the place being vacant for at least 2 months imo.

Went to the aussie school today for a tour and they have armed giards patrolling the school (I saw at 6). They have huge knives and machine guns, and its because the Bali bombings were considered an attack on australia. Was also told that the school has the largest aussie population in all of asia. Am a being paranoid, they did say they have never had any threats but the guards really irked me!

quokka it is odd when you are not used to i grew up around the army and police with guns all the time, i realize times are more dangerous but i guess its is good they take security seriously.

KC will keep that in mind for Wednesday, is that a drop in?
and btw lost link for meet up at your place what shall i bring? cake?

paddle - that is sounding promising but perhaps not too wise not to have contingency in case sale is delays, and i speak from experience complete pain. some really good advice here i think.

DD has been full on tantrum toddler she likes puddle jumping which is fine but today decided to sit in one got soaked in muddy water so complete change of clothes by the railway bridge on way to playgroung

sfx sounds like shes been enjoying swimming rather than splashing lol. I was just very surpirsed to see them, maybe i'm just being paranoid!

Sunday 24th

Eleusis - note is a weekend if you can come and you're not teaching SUnday school.

have a horrible feeling that DS would love the idea of a schiool with men and guns. He's such a boy already.

well, also just heard that my buyer has been approved and average re-sale time is 6 months !!

i really don't think it will take more than 12 weeks tho as there's no chain etc.

have spoken briefly to H about all this. he thinks we should bull it out with landlord but the deal seems to be go end aug or sign up for another 5 months. landlord is nice and don't want to get into anything nasty with him and appreciate it's his wedding/honeymoon. actually think it's his fiance that's telling him to sort it before or after but not during. fair enough really i guess.

sfx, impressed you had a change of clothes with you!

quokka, sounds scary but hopefully is just preventative and could actually be safer for your ds?

pc call his bluff - I agree with H on this one renting property out is a bitch at the moment. You would not want to hear how much we dropped our rent

can you offer to sign a 5 month lease but if you find new tenants for him prior to that (which you will organise) that he will agree to have them take over in Dec/Jan?

I'm a bit confused though Paddle because five months from August is January... didn't you say that when you thought you would be ready to move out?

Ask a local estate agent how easy it would be to fin a "....add description of your place at the price youre paying" will give you an idea of how easy it will be for him to find new tenants.

don't want the hassle of finding tenents for him tbh. on his terms end of lease would be 21st Jan where I'd prefer early Dec or Jan if timescales go accordingly......

oh dear, CM just called and dd is under the weather so will have to do an early pick up.

on a conf call at the mo......

Paddle - impressed you can multi task by mumsnetting and confereince calling at the same time!

You can always stay with us is you get stuck you know. A bit chaotic and noisy (OK, very noisy) but a happy house.

Kew - I've a feeling DS1 would be impressed by guns too!

DS1's birthday today so the house is like a shrine to Dr Who and computer games

mwah ha ha CoV, it's MINE now

Who are you?

hi all
grand evening. shame i'm at my computer, oh well, better than the mad bath-time/haggling for snacks/squabbling/can i have a glass of water pleeeeaaaase/ arguing over which story to have hour. good job dh loves all that...

ah. foxie - happy birthday ds1 can't believe he's 7!

pc -so sorry you're feeling up againts it (ooh-er) you've got such a lot going on. thing is you're a coper and people tend to let copers get on with, er, coping, don't they?

have a lovely evening everyone
toodlepip

kew - have sent you an email.

lol at my-mum-has-cleaned-the-kitchen-rage!

evening all.....

well, dd is fine altho a bit cranky so i just think it's a teething thing. she was delighted to see Grandma, i could do with a quiet evening on my own LOL!

mentioned to CM about Tuesdays and she can actually do it so think i am seriously going to consider taking up the extra day at work to help make ends meet.

haven't spoken to landlord yet.

wanna sleep for a week now!

oh lord DS is going through a clingy phase (I know I've mentioend before) but it has evolved into getting upset when I leave him at CM. Not always so I know he's not unhappy there but this morning he wailed when I left . Such a shitty way to start the day.

well KC i am sure he is fine and a lot harder for the parents, he is clearly adjusting well it is not a bad sign when he goes through these normal phases{{}}

QC, it could just be a phase but when that happens to my DS, it's often that he's coming down with something so I would keep an eye on him. Hope he's alright.

QC, your ds and my dd seem to be sync'd on their behaviour.

she wailed when i left her at CM on Monday which is unheard of and she's not so keen on getting herself off to sleep anymore either.

she's also getting very stroppy during the day!

am hoping it's just developmental and teeth and she'll come thru it soon.

right, my laptop is going for an upgrade so see ya in about 6 hours all.

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