I'm taking time today to catch up with all the little things that needed doing, and yes, that includes a quick blog post to let you know that I haven't actually vanished.
We've been very busy this week, emptying Mum's bungalow and sorting through some of the paperwork ... there is a LOT!! Getting one kitchen design and quote, organising an appointment for this coming week to have another design and quote done. Getting three independent valuations on the bungalow in case we need to sell it in order to continue funding Mum's care home costs. It's all go and involves lots of things that are new to me, Alan and my brother.
Now that the LPA is in place we are notifying all the organisations that need notifying so that my brother can take up the reins of all Mum's financial matters ... he works for the Inland Revenue so he's the finance guy. While me and Alan concentrate on the physical side of getting the bungalow ready for sale ... we've moved home and bought and sold so many times, so we are the property people.
Somehow we are managing to muddle through and get things done. We have been up and down the motorway so many times that we are sure that the car could actually take us there all by itself. Mavis now knows what to expect when we tell her we are going to 'Grannies Old House' or 'Grannies New House' and as long as she gets a chew on arrival she is happy to go to either.
With my brain ticking over on so many fronts it's not surprising that I have made a few little mistakes over the course of the last week. The funniest of which was when I was chatting to my son on the phone while I was making my breakfast the other day. I reached into the cupboard to grab a tin of peaches to go on top of my yoghurt and accidently picked up and opened a tin of beans.
It was only when I dipped into the tin with my fingers to pull out a peach slice that I realised the mistake. It gave my son a laugh as I said yuk and had to explain what I had done. 😄
Oh well, the beans were used for two lunches, so nothing was wasted.
Sue xx
Beans and yogurt....hmm, no thanks ;-) I understand how you feel about your brain ticking over with so many things. I've likened my brain in the past to a bowl full of post-it notes with jobs and things to remember....but each time I add another note or reach in to take one out, it causes the bowl to overflow and some of the notes fall out, unnoticed and never to be seen again! I think you're all doing really well under difficult circumstances. I hope you take time out to chill and do something nice for yourself now and then. xx
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