The smart money has shifted; there we were thinking it was going to be a long journey. It might yet be so, but........a flurry of activity at the old house has MMIL thinking her prayers are being answered.
There's an offer of the asking price 'on the table', and while a survey is being arranged, the interest is evident in the steady flow of viewings! One of the viewees, we learn, is sitting in a good position, (in the south-facing window with cup of tea and a chocolate eclaire, enjoying the lovely weather we're having) with no property dispose of since she's in rented accommodation. MMIL asked, 'What kind of person can consider paying hundreds of thousands of pounds for a house, when they live in rented accommodation!' Once agian we can see where MMIL's coming from!
For our part we're thinking we'd better get our skateson! Today we've been looking at bungalows in the villages. Mind you, a sunny day like today could make anything attractive.
MMIL thinks a brand new house would be nice! There's no stopping her now! How will her furniture look in a brand-spanking new house? NO, DON'T answer that! MMIL's been to the tip again!
Thursday 17 November 2011
Wednesday 16 November 2011
MMIL 2.
It's difficult to get through to MMIL that it's difficult, impossible even, to predict whether the clothes she wants to take with her to (cold, wet, dark) Tewkesbury will fit into the cupboards of the bungalow/house/apartment/rabbit hutch/ Georgian Mansion/static caravan, we have yet to identify. Oh, we can see how important it is for MMIL to know this; after-all while thinking about what-nots, kitchen roll and soft toys, she might as well sort out her clothes.
Please remember MMIL only decided to move 2 weeks ago! MMIL still believes it should be possible to sew up this property business in time for (this) Christmas!
We dread to think what MMIL has been taking to the local tip!
She tells us she prays every day (probably several times a day) that the process will be efficient and hassle-free. She believes in God, and Jesus. As her old age withers her mental capacity, MMIL is losing her faculties (still driving a car, heaven forbid, or should do!). She suggests Jesus must have been a pretty intelligent fellow; must have spoken several languages, including English. Why? Because all our prayers and hymns are in English!
You have to know that I love MMIL to bits!
Please remember MMIL only decided to move 2 weeks ago! MMIL still believes it should be possible to sew up this property business in time for (this) Christmas!
We dread to think what MMIL has been taking to the local tip!
She tells us she prays every day (probably several times a day) that the process will be efficient and hassle-free. She believes in God, and Jesus. As her old age withers her mental capacity, MMIL is losing her faculties (still driving a car, heaven forbid, or should do!). She suggests Jesus must have been a pretty intelligent fellow; must have spoken several languages, including English. Why? Because all our prayers and hymns are in English!
You have to know that I love MMIL to bits!
Tuesday 15 November 2011
MMIL1
MMIL is My Mother In Law
I'm no Les Dawson, a little more respectful than he!
Anyway MMIL's decided to move closer to us, from Cheshire (Wirral) to Gloucestershire (Tewkesbury), the soft underbelly of England. It's taken a while to persude MMIL that she no longer needs a seven (7) bedroom Victorian house close to amenities and the beach. (but where will everyone stay when they come to visit?) The truth is that no-one comes to visit any more!
So the house is suddenly on the market (when MMIL's made up her mind there's no stopping her.) The agents 'smarm' is still wet. before MMIL expects to begin packing. (Do you think I'll be able to move before Christmas?) It's November, 'mid the most uncertain time in living memory!
The agent (1.2 % commission) has promised to keep us in the picture (and they have, via email!) and deposited the check list of what's for sale and what's not. Of all the things MMIL should leave behind is the sadly discoloured cooker; a brown free-standing horror from the '80s with a temperamental floor level door that doesn't close properly....... because 'it's a fan oven'! MMIL is unaware that appliances have moved on in the 30 odd years since she got it as 'the latest thing'. You can imagine the conversations about what-nots and clothes horses.
This is going to be a LONG and difficult journey!
15/11/11
I'm no Les Dawson, a little more respectful than he!
Anyway MMIL's decided to move closer to us, from Cheshire (Wirral) to Gloucestershire (Tewkesbury), the soft underbelly of England. It's taken a while to persude MMIL that she no longer needs a seven (7) bedroom Victorian house close to amenities and the beach. (but where will everyone stay when they come to visit?) The truth is that no-one comes to visit any more!
So the house is suddenly on the market (when MMIL's made up her mind there's no stopping her.) The agents 'smarm' is still wet. before MMIL expects to begin packing. (Do you think I'll be able to move before Christmas?) It's November, 'mid the most uncertain time in living memory!
The agent (1.2 % commission) has promised to keep us in the picture (and they have, via email!) and deposited the check list of what's for sale and what's not. Of all the things MMIL should leave behind is the sadly discoloured cooker; a brown free-standing horror from the '80s with a temperamental floor level door that doesn't close properly....... because 'it's a fan oven'! MMIL is unaware that appliances have moved on in the 30 odd years since she got it as 'the latest thing'. You can imagine the conversations about what-nots and clothes horses.
This is going to be a LONG and difficult journey!
15/11/11
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