First of all I must say Hello and Welcome to the people who've clicked the follower button recently.
It's now 4 years and 4 days since we came to this cottage at the end of a Suffolk lane, hopeful that Colin was going to stay well. Sadly he didn't and passed away just 14 months later and now in 3 days I'll be leaving for my temporary home until the purchase of the bungalow is sorted.....exciting but with a touch of sadness as I've loved living here...... but life goes on and I'll be glad to pass on all the potential expenses and work involved with an old house and an acre of land to a much younger family (and if only the Chancellor of the Exchequer had announced the extension to the stamp duty holiday a few weeks earlier I needn't have done all the faffing about with holiday let!)
Youngest Daughter arranged a friend to come and collect a pine bed frame and chest of drawers for her ex partner and my final trip to the Household Recycling site didn't take long just a couple of old crates and some things from the greenhouse that I no longer need . Now everything is as tidy and empty as I can make it and all ready for the new owners.
I keep hearing good news about things starting again, the swimming pool I've already mentioned and then this week I found the first car-boot sales are due on the 18th April, mobile libraries are also starting after the 12th April. My small Suffolk world is gradually re-opening and I hardly dare believe it will happen!
This week I've been grateful for
- Finally clearing the last things from the workshop and garage
- Losing myself /filling time with a Very long Italian crime series on TV (36 x 45 minute episodes!)
Thanks to everyone for comments yesterday. If I'd been in the right frame of mind I'd planned to find out and write more about Ash trees but waiting to move has upset all my good intentions!
Back Monday - Briefly.
Sue
Everything sounds like it's moving in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to swimming again too. X
I really need to exercise more but swimming is the only thing I really enjoy - hope my costume still fits!
DeleteI thought of you when Rishi Sunak announced the stamp duty holiday extension. Oh well, look on the time in the holiday let as a little holiday and enjoy the sunshine. I hope everything goes smoothly on moving day. xx
ReplyDeleteMoving twice,renting and storage is going to cost me £3,000 so I'm very annoyed with that man!
DeleteOoh! That's an expensive "holiday". I didn't think it would cost that much! xx
DeleteBrave you for moving on, enjoy your 'holiday' and then settle into your new home.
ReplyDeleteIt will be odd to be in a village again but sensible I think
DeleteThinking of you - I imagine the next few days will be a roller-coaster of emotions. But good things are round the corner...
ReplyDeleteHopefully before the end of March
DeleteYou have done all the hard work and will have a few weeks of respite before you have to 'sort out' your new home. Take Care.
ReplyDeleteIt will be very strange to have nothing much to do for a month - I shall try and relax
DeleteYou have certainty of date of sale completion which must be good. You will see what further things you no longer need when you live as a minimalist for a month which will be a positive for the future.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to the reopening of the library although the Covid library is nothing like the library used to be. The staff seem to hang around like spare parts not knowing what to do.
I'm looking forward to seeing what else I can manage without when I unpack everything in a few weeks time- it will be liberating I reckon - as long as there's room for my books!
DeleteGood luck with your move, I'm sure you are sad to leave. Had a few weeks of peace before your new home.
ReplyDeleteI would have stayed longer but silly to wait until forced out by old age!
DeleteGood luck Sue. I hope the temporary home move goes smoothly and it is lovely it's coinciding with a time you can get out and about more. xx
ReplyDeleteI hope the bed in the holiday let is comfortable!
DeleteI wish you well with your move, heading for the next chapter.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joan
DeleteWishing you all the best for your move(s). Before you know it, you'll be unpacking all those boxes in your new home. Hopefully it won't feel too long.
ReplyDeleteThank you - hope the final move is not too many weeks away
DeleteThinking of you it is hard to leave the place you love but I know you will just get on with life in your new abode and enjoy it too. Good luck x
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to not having to drive for everything
DeleteAll the hard stuff is behind you now. It will soon be time to relax and take things easy.
ReplyDeleteHopefully not too long before I get settled properly
DeleteWell done for being so ready. It gives you just a bit of time to summarise memories and just say 'goodbye' properly.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the actual move and I'm so looking forward to photos of your temporary abode as well as your new home. xx
The temporary holiday let is a small bungalow jammed in the end of a small close of similar small bungalows - not very exciting!
DeleteHopefully it will all soon be behind you Sue and you will be able to settle down into your new accomodation.
ReplyDeleteI shall look forward to getting a greenhouse and gardening again
DeleteI'm sorry you have to go into temporary holiday accommodation, moving is stressful enough without having to do it twice in a short space of time - and in a pandemic! Hope all goes smoothly.
ReplyDeleteNot the best of ways to move but needs must - hope it doesn't rain on Tuesday
DeleteGood luck
ReplyDeleteI am moving in four days
1000 miles
It has been a month since my second injection but am still isolating
I am moving after three years near family here and now to Florida near other family
My son purchased a small condo as I want to remain independent instead of the in law suite I stay in when I visit although gorgeous...I will rent as to my independence...he is driving up and rent a haul to take my things..my daughter and I will drive my car if all things go as expected...this is a difficult move...leaving family here...this is the first time I have lived within 7 hours of family and has been good three years despite COVID...the girls are old enough to fly alone but the little boys are not...time to go be Nana elsewhere...we are concerned about my kids’ dad who is in the hospital in WV...we live in Indy...daughter may need to go there...it has been one year of isolation...March 13 was the last time I was in a sore etc...haven’t seen family here since summer when we could be outside...even though I am now fully vaccinated we have to mask and distance....I will say goodbye to them outside as weather is clearing...good luck with your move...I love your blog.
Thank you Brenda - Hope all goes well with your move. The people who own the bungalow I'm moving to are also moving to be nearer a different part of their family after being here near their son for 7 years.
DeleteBittersweet...I love love hearing about you and your husband and your life journey.
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ReplyDeleteGood luck with your move. We have been in our bungalow for two and a half years now and I really don't miss having stairs!
ReplyDeleteSome people really don't like living in bungalows but this is my 3rd and I don't mind it at all - no stairs to keep clean is a bonus
DeleteIt must be a relief to have things cleared out and sorted. I do hope your purchase of the bungalow goes well and you don't have to rent for too long. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteI hope things will be sorted before Easter or I will be homeless!
DeleteI have enjoyed reading your blog from its current location, I'm sure it must be hard leaving with the all of the memories from it. I wanted to wish you well in your new home (when you get there) and look forward to hearing about it, what it is like, about your garden, the community you are in and your reading. Sending you good wishes for happiness in the next step of your life.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jean - such a lovely comment. I hope to be able to join in with things once I'm properly in a village and settled
DeleteI hope things begin to open and that people are careful when they do so things don't backslide. I know I'll be wearing my masks probably forever, or at least for a very long time when in public. But it will be nice to be a bit more relaxed.
ReplyDeleteI think it's hard to leave one's home. Exciting for someplace new, but still bittersweet. I look forward to the next chapter.
I'm looking forward to getting out and about but quite expect and dread yet another lockdown next autumn
DeleteDear Sue,
ReplyDeleteWell, finally, it is about to happen. It will be a difficult moment, but it is good to be making this move a positive one for which you are in control rather than having a move forced upon you. We are sure that you will enjoy your new environment which will be less stressful in terms of maintenance, time and energy.
All new things tend to be a mixture of excitement for what is to come and sadness at what has been left behind. But, the future beckons, a new chapter awaits being written and all will be well.
Wishing you every joy and happiness in your new home.
I'm looking forward to being able to walk to things that at present I have to drive to
DeleteBest of luck with your move. Sounds like you have done all of the hard work and now it is just a matter of time until you are settled again. Everything will work out!
ReplyDeleteNot much left to pack now - hopeful it works out before Easter
DeleteGosh, that hasn't taken long (to my mind)but I expect it feels like forever to you! I am sure that the new owners are SO excited right now. Like you, I was very relieved to befree of the worries and maintenance at our old home - it was FAR too big for us, too expensive to run and maintain and the garden was too much too. Planting here will be slow and steady as the entire garden is on top of rubble from a house demolition (looks like the 17th C mansion was right on this site!)
ReplyDeleteHoping you will be comfy in your temporary home and have enough books to see you through.
It was November when it sold and I got accepted on the bungalow so hopeful for a conclusion soon.
DeleteShould be OK for books as I can pick up my reservations from Debenham library until the mobile starts again
Sue, best of luck to you with your move and your new home when you get there. I admire your ability to move forward. I still own the home where I grew up and at times it is too much for me but I can’t let it go at least yet.
ReplyDeleteI’m optimistic about Spring and Summer because here in Florida I’ve already had both my Covid jabs. I’m still wearing my mask (to protect others) but I feel so much more confident going places.
I've never hesitated when deciding to move - I quiet like a new start - except for the expense
DeleteOn with new...off with old...love it
DeleteI'm sure you have some mixed feelings but overall this will make life easier for you. You have worked so hard and been so organized in the preparation for this move. You have every reason to be proud of yourself for all you have accomplished! I hope you can take your time in the temporary home as a holiday and rest, enjoy and treat yourself. I know you will have plenty to do when you move into your new home. I look forward to seeing all the new coming into your life! Sending many well wishes to you for the coming days and weeks!
ReplyDeleteThe new home will be much easier to look after and somewhere where I can walk to things instead of having to drive.
DeleteI'm going to take my time moving in and unpack slowly!
Were you watching "Detective Montalbano"? It's a good one, isn't it? I'm waiting for the next few episodes from the library.
ReplyDeleteNo I've been watching something called Thou Shalt Not Kill - set in Turin
DeleteOh wow. It really doesn't seem that long since you moved from near Mum (in Ipswich) to out there. And now it's time to move on again. I wish you well in the coming days, Sue and hope things work out.
ReplyDeleteThat year in Ipswich was so useful for being near the hospital when Colin was in and out and I liked living near the fruit and veg shop in Meredith road!
DeleteIt's bound to be a time of mixed emotions. Once done though, you know you will be settled in an easier place to manage.
ReplyDeleteHopefully I won't want to move again for a long time!
DeleteI'm so pleased things are moving forward. I know its tinged with sadness but I believe moving nearer people and having a property that is easier to maintain is a win win for you. If lockdown has taught us anything we have to live and enjoy our selves while we can. Good luck. X
ReplyDeleteIt's a sensible move so hope I like it and can stay there a while
DeleteGood luck and fingers crossed for the move - I hope the new family will be very happy in your old home xx
ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased a young family are going to live here - it needs their energy
DeleteI am happy that things are moving along. You will be in your new home before you realize it.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely that you will be able to get back to swimming again.
God bless.
I hope the new home happens without any hold ups or I'll be homeless at Easter!
DeleteHope everything goes well with your move. It is a wrench to move on, but once you settle down again I am sure you will enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI always used to do a last wander around a place just before we left, sort of like thanking it for being in our lives. And then I do my best never to return to that place again as I hate seeing how new people have changed it!
Look after yourself, Mxx
It will be so much easier to move from a temporary rented property than it would have been having to move out on the same day that your buyers move in to your house, and all the stress of waiting for funds to transfer. So that £3,000, although seeming like a heck of a lot of money, might just be the saviour of your sanity!!
ReplyDeleteI do hope it all goes well for you and you like the 'holiday' period in your temporary home.