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Sep 18, 2018 02:52AM
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I think it might be time for an Autumn picture, Gordon ;o>
Leaf him alone Suzy.
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "At last! - a very good reason for still staying Single - YAYYY!!! ;o>"I agree :) being single does have a lot of advantages."
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Leaf him alone Suzy."
I have the whole house to myself!! I do miss having someone to blame for misplaced things, like glasses or car keys.
What Month does every Tree dread? ... Sept-timmmberrrrrrr! ;o>
What do Trees say when they get their Leaves back in Spring? ...What a re-leaf! ;o>
Why did the Tree worry that he would never get his Leaves back after Autumn?He didn’t be-leaf in himself! ;o>
You can’t help but enjoy this time of year – it’s an Autumn-matic response! ;o>
You're all....conkers! :)
Don't forget to squirrel away some nuts for winter fuel🌰🌰🌰🐌!!
I'm posting this up around the Forum in the hope that everyone gets to see it ;o>I came across this eBay Cashback Offer today on 'hotukdeals' ...
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/10-c...
I haven't been sent an Email by PayPal about this but clicking on the hotukdeals Link took me straight into PayPal to register my Account to opt-in and so I've done so. If it works out then it's going to be a very nice bonus indeed ;o>
Now, using the Link to the Offer in the absence of receiving and using an Email Link may not work? - but I think that as you get to register your Details on the Page then there is every hope that it might. If you often buy off eBay or are planning to buy 5 to 10 Items off eBay within the next month anyway - then there is no harm done in trying to see if this fab Cashback Offer will also work for you too?
And amazingly there's no minimum spend on each Transaction with this Offer to get £10 or £15 Cashback?!! I've just clocked up two Transactions now in buying one of our Neighbours a couple of really cute Christmas Sugarcraft Cutters for just 30p each!!! ;o>
I do most of my non grocery shopping on Ebay...so 5 to 10 items a month..is a drop in the ocean for me......so...….why haven't Paypal sent me my opt in email then? Not happy! I do a hell of a lot business vis Paypal..'bout time they gave me something back for my years of loyal custom with them! :)
I'll try your method and see if that works..off I go...
Edit: Well, that didn't last long...Paypal have stopped taking new registrations...what a BEEP...BEEPING load of BEEP....con that BEEP was! FFS!
Aaaaannnndd breathe! :)
Ohhh, it must have been a limited Offer, Poppet? - what a shame ;o<I'm not surprised though as it is almost too good to be true and it's not often that you get an Offer that is as good as this one.
nocheese wrote: "Happy Birthday to Us!"Seconded!
I think we should order a medal for Gordon (not from ‘zon).
🙌 😃
x x x ... ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE ! ! ! ... x x xWith special thanks and lots of love to Gordon for making all of this possible ;o>
It was my own birthday on tuesday, so I'm double celebrating!Yeah - All Hail Gordon, our glorious Leader!
x x x ! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY GINGERLILY ! x x x
Oooohhh! That looks scrumptious! Thanks Suzy xxxxOk, everyone help yourself to my yummy birthday cake :)
Heppi berzdei droogi (excuse my Latvian/Belorussian/Drumballykillya accent).
I'm a dub so don't understand culchie accents ;)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Ohhh, it must have been a limited Offer, Poppet? - what a shame ;o<I'm not surprised though as it is almost too good to be true and it's not often that you get an Offer that is as good as this one."
Probably cos PP realised everyone that took advantage of it, bought the cheapest things they could find on Ebay...just to maximize their 'reward' out of the deal. Bit daft stating a no minimum spend limit on it....one could buy 5 items at pennies each, and get a £10 back for practically nowt!
I'll post you a Twin Peaks Bar next week to make up for it ;o>
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Oooohhh! That looks scrumptious! Thanks Suzy xxxxOk, everyone help yourself to my yummy birthday cake :)"
Not sure if I wanna have a slice..it's had a lotta fingers on it! :-D
Anyhoo, Happy 1st Birthday to Amazon Exiles! :)Who's got the bolly then?
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I'll post you a Twin Peaks Bar next week to make up for it ;o>"Ah ya a sweety Suzy! Nice gesture..but I better decline it..i'm still trying to lose weight. I've lost 5 pounds so far....from since July! It's slow going..but it is going in the right direction at least! :)
Anyhoo...Black Friday is not far off..i wonder what crap deals will be available this year?!
I never bothered with Black Friday myself - but I do remember the Jelly Bean guy turning up on the Deals Forum every year hoping for a great deal on his favourite sweeties ;o>
Here's something sobering to mull on...At breakfast time, Mum began a conversation about the family's future, as apparently my brother has started enquiring about our future plans it seems, which is odd, cos he's usually working all hours of the day and night, and is forever so busy with his hectic life..i'm amazed he has 4 seconds to consider anything that doesn't revolve around him. But, it's a sobering and somewhat morbid thing to discuss with one's parent, a reminder that we only all here for a short time...and the inevitable will one day happen. So, she's now asking about what my plans are when she does eventually 'pass on', and to be honest..I haven't got a clue..yet. Unlike some..i never had any grand plan for my life...nor much in the way of any ambitions....which has and still does, bother me....I've bnever truly known what I want out of life...having not followed the typical paths most take.
Anyway, Mum is 76 now...and the early signs of old age are beginning to show, in terms of the recent health issues she had these last few years. At the moment, she suffering from Sciatica, quite badly too, a complete bolt out of the blue. She was supposed to going to USA this month, but that's been cancelled.
Funny thing is..I had it my head that she'd probably outlive me, so to start talking about what to do after she 'passes beyond the veil', as it were...well that's never going to be an easy topic to approach. Even more morbid..is perhaps how short a time she may have left too, the female line on my mother's side, had nearly all passed on in their late 70s to early 80's, my Mum's mother having had the longest life span to date, passing away at 82 in 1995.
But like it not, we're all getting older...and i'm slowly getting deafer and blinder with each passing year. Truth is..i haven't got a clue....i'm so used to sharing a house with mum, I no longer think about wanting to set myself up in a place on my own..not that i'm in any position to afford one. Hard to think, how things will be, when one doesn't know what vision or hearing one will have in 5 to 10 years time.
Mum could surpass that...i'd always thought she could make it well into her 90s..but life doesn't always play out the way one wishes!
It's not something I enjoy talking about..but needs must...as where I live now, isn't suitable for me, as I can no longer drive...and mum doesn't know how much longer she'll want to continue doing so....solooks like things will be changing sometime soon....but what and how...that's what i'd like to know...cos the idea of living completely alone in some 1 bedroomed council property....that I never figured could happen. Not that there's anything wrong with council properties..it's just I always though i'd eventually own my own home someday.
I only mention all this..cos I wonder how other folks deal with this awkward topic with their parents?
theDuke wrote: "... i'm still trying to lose weight. I've lost 5 pounds so far....from since July! It's slow going..but it is going in the right direction at least! :)"Almost 6lbs in 3 months? ... that's nearly 2lbs a month, Duke! - 1lb a fortnight! ...
WELL DONE!!! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I never bothered with Black Friday myself - but I do remember the Jelly Bean guy turning up on the Deals Forum every year hoping for a great deal on his favourite sweeties ;o>"I remember the little cute three eyed green glow in the dark alien from 2011's BF week. It kept reappearing everyday...and few bought the poor wee thing...and it was the very last item avaliable on the final day......the forumers all felt sorry for it, so they ended up buying the damned thing in the end!
That little alien was a reoccurring topic on successive BF weeks thereafter....but only ever came up for sale that one year.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "... i'm still trying to lose weight. I've lost 5 pounds so far....from since July! It's slow going..but it is going in the right direction at least! :)"Almost 6lbs in 3 months? ....."
Yeah..thanks..dunno how I lost 'em….guess it cutting on sweets, I 'spose.
theDuke wrote: "Here something sobering to mull on...At breakfast time, Mum began a conversation about the family's future, as apparently my brother has started enquiring about our future's plans, it seems, whic..."
My parents wanted to sort out their Wills after my Dad had his big Stroke back in 2013 and asked me to consider getting a similar one to theirs at the same time - which I was happy to do. We all wanted to ensure that our little hairy woofers would be rehomed should anything happen to us all - and M&D also wanted for me to know that I would be okay and provided for if they went before me.
I was planning on moving out and in sharing a House with someone who was very special in my life at the time and so I naturally chose to make adequate provision for him in my Will as well. Very sadly though he turned out to be little more than a reckless and compulsive Gambler who enjoys nothing better than going on wild and totally self-indulgent spending sprees and getting into serious debts as a result - and so the shared House plans all died a death then, and I have recently had to go and have my Will rewritten accordingly ;o<
It can be a very sad thing to have to think about but I think that it is far better to sit down and calmly talk through such things in a practical way than to risk the possibility of ending up in a terrible mess or unexpectedly part of a heartbreakingly awful family dispute over Inheritances later on.
As to my own future? - well, I've had to be practical and start looking into Care Facilities and Nursing Homes since I became disabled - and facing up to the reality that I may well be in one before my M&D pass on and that they might be living in Care Homes elsewhere ;o<In five years I'll actually qualify for going on the Waiting List for a Sheltered Housing Scheme - which is just such a very shocking and sobering thought! - and I always thought that I'd eventually end up living in a lovely Home of my own surrounded by my own family too ... but such is Life, hey? - and it doesn't always turn out how we expect, work towards, or hope that it will, does it? ;o<
suzysunshine7 wrote: "theDuke wrote: "Here something sobering to mull on...At breakfast time, Mum began a conversation about the family's future, as apparently my brother has started enquiring about our future's plans..."
We had made some basic arrangements some years ago...like Mum had already arranged & paid her funereal, apparently she doesn't want a big thing made of it, so she opted for a straight trough cremation, & no service, it seems. It'll be up to me and my siblings if we wish to hold a wake.....that I cannot factor at all!
And I think she's done her will...also some 10 years ago, she arranged with her solicitor, for all 3 of us kids to have Power of Attorney over her estate. I also have a joint bank account with mum, as well as my own personal one.
But that's as far as we've got to date. I don't have a will, and I don't think my Bro & sister have either. Not that's much of an issue with me..i don't have much material wealth, bar my record collection.
But one thing for sure...managing our house and ground is getting a tad too much for her....and I'm doing more of it now these days....I think it'll not be too long, before we start to think about moving somewhere else.....so, the question remains...where..when...and what to?!
A disabled-friendly Bungalow much closer to a Town Centre and everything you might need to still live independently together for longer?It's not an easy subject to raise - but 10 years is rather a long time ago now. Is your Mum's Will still relevant in light of any recent family changes - marriages since then, Grand-children that she might want to leave something to, and will your Joint Bank Account still be yours or will it automatically become a part of her Estate on her Death?
I think your Mum has the right idea in thinking all this through now.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "As to my own future? - well, I've had to be practical and start looking into Care Facilities and Nursing Homes since I became disabled - and facing up to the reality that I may well be in one befor..."I may well end up in a home too, Suzy..all depends on what vision i'll have left to 'play' with, in the years to come. That I think, is just too damned sobering to contemplate! I may not be used to the idea of living on my own, but I certainly would favour independence over some special home for the blind!
As for having a family of my own...well once..long ago..i thought that might happen..but I know..i'll be a loner..and i'm okay with that...i'm far too old to think about having kids now!
As for work...well...having worked from the age of 16, till I had to stop 6 years ago.....I never thought i'd be reliant on benefits that's for sure. Of course..i may be able to find a new line of work'..in time...but can't think what atm.
We shall just have to club together and buy ourselves a Mobile Home to share, Poppet ... open-plan, disabled friendly, with lots of easy access! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "A disabled-friendly Bungalow much closer to a Town Centre and everything you might need to still live independently together for longer?It's not an easy subject to raise - but 10 years is rather ..."
Not sure, will have to raise that issue with her soon. I know she has changed it several time over the last 15-20 years as circumstances changed...so I think it's up to date. The joint account is in both my name and hers, so as long as i'm alive (or her), the account can be used to, pay off any outstanding bills, and such. But of course, her pensions will be frozen apon her death, so it's just a short term arrangement, to use whatever remaining funds are left in it, for bills.and outstanding costs etc.
As for housing arrangements..well..we could move in together in something more manageable..but perhaps now is the time to focus on what I need to do...as it'll be better to do it sooner rather than have the headache of sorting something out, after her passing. I now I definitely cannot manage the financial commitments on our current property...mum unfortunately, does have rather a substantial number of mortgages tied to it, something she is trying to reduce as much as she can, while she can.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "We shall just have to club together and buy ourselves a Mobile Home to share, Poppet ... open-plan, disabled friendly, with lots of easy access! ;o>"Funnily enough....there's loads of quality built challets and private caravans that one can buy in my area, i had often figured i'd might end up in one of those in time. Some of the challets near me, are quite nicely built & attractive...all timber built, fully insulated & fairly spacious...and can be bought for a reasonably small amount of money, compared to the relatively high property prices in Pembrokeshire. The average property prices here are around £180K or more.
We have a few places here too - they can be bought onsite ready built or can be individually customised to order and can come fully equipped to a very high standard. It's another option that I've been exploring as it would appear to be so easy to customise one to my needs ;o>
It will surely all be okay in the end, Poppet ... x ... you and your Mum will hopefully come up with something somehow between the both of you. It is just rather stressful and distressing in the meantime in having to make such plans and provisions for an even more disabled future - a future that is very much an ongoing challenge for us now and a future that no-one ever wants to have to contemplate and to envisage for themselves.Right, I shall have to go and wind myself down ready for Bed ...
Nighty-Night x Sleepy-Tight x and very Sweet Dreams x ;o>
Aye, I guess so...one can only wait and 'see'!Night night precious..have a lovely slumber sweety! xxxx :)
Do you get on well with the rest of your family, Duke? If so, perhaps they can help with ideas.
As well as most families are. Lez! I guess there'll come a time in the not distant future, where we'll all have to sit down and discuss what to do & when. My sister's situation isn't exactly ideal atm either, much less mine...and bro & S-I-L's house is currently a building site!The usual on going probs..and now this too. I think we're gonna need to about moving house within the next few years.
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