Thank you for comments since Saturday and Apologies for not replying - my mind is as blank as my days and in a way I'm regretting packing so many boxes several weeks ago as now I've nothing to do except wait, in a home that doesn't feel like mine anymore.......it's very unsettling.
Consequently more TV has been watched than ever before and my latest virtual journey with the police has been to Italy.....mainly Turin..... with "Thou Shalt Not Kill". I wonder why the police in all these dramas always have "issues". They are never happily married or settled and so many of them seem quite unstable! I suppose like soaps.....a normal life would be boring. I've also watched the first two in a short series "22 Kids and Counting"... are they mad? - Well they certainly don't seem to be and Sue Radford, the Mum, doesn't look like someone who's had 22 children. 22! Heck!
The owner of the holiday let asked if I wanted to go and look at what things of my own I might want to take as I'm going to be there for a few weeks. She has had to pare down the kitchen equipment due to covid and having to clean every single thing in the house between guests. I'm taking my breadmaker and will need a few other things - including (as Sue in Lancs. suggested) my own Big mugs.. I'm also taking my own bedding as normally she would come in and change sheets each week. The holiday let has a washer/dryer and no washing line which I'm not used to - I prefer to hang stuff outside whenever I can.
The 6 mile circular bike ride on Sunday was in lovely blue sky and sunshine.....and no wind.
Despite good intentions I'd left it several weeks between cycle rides so six miles was plenty. One of the things about living in a relatively flat area is that it's easy to see the weather coming over the horizon. All the way round I was watching clouds that seemed to be building up in all directions.
But thankfully the sun stayed shining for most of the day. It would have enticed me into the greenhouse for early sowing if I wasn't about to go off and live in limbo for a month!
Take a linen line with you and string it across somewhere outside.
ReplyDeleteI had a spare linen line - it's gone off in a box to BiL.Daren't ask him to find it for me - he'll moan!
DeleteMorrisons have them for two or three quid.
DeleteLimbo is a horrible place to be isn't it? Can't move on, can't really relax and feel at home where you are. For me it is the feeling of a lack of something truly 'constructive' (as my mother would say) to do. (Sorry if you get this twice - technical hitch.)
ReplyDeleteI think I shall feel unsettled until I actually get into my new proper home.
DeleteWe're renting for 6 months. It feels a bit like being on holiday to be honest. I am missing seed sowing and pottering in the garden. But when we had some leaky pipes it was great to think, not my problem, and just phone the landlord to sort it. And no repair bill!
DeleteAll I can say is, we were packing up to the last moment, despite starting early so take a bow to be so organized! We've been immersed in A Discovery of Witches, which has been really enjoyable. I'm reading a new series of murder and mayhem type books provided by my good friend G. Anna-Marie Morgan - currently reading "You Will Die" set in my neck of the woods! but fortunately it is Vicars being given the chop.
ReplyDeleteI am on a mission to add colour to the low-maintenance garden here (SO few flowers - just a few bulbs and a bed of Lavender and the rest is shrubs) and went mad yesterday when I braved Morrisons.
A low maintenance garden will be different to your old home, you will have more time to enjoy it.
DeleteI still have last minute things to pack - hopefully won't take long.
Better to be ready Sue - moving is a difficult game at the best of times and you have to be ready like a Scout for any eventuality!
ReplyDeleteBe Prepared is always useful and Don't Panic is good too. Hope I shall manage both!
DeleteLimbo is a strange place to be. I used to say I was a 'homeless person' because I never really belonged to any place. Its wonderful when things sort out and finally you get to have a place to call HOME again. Wishing you all the best :) xx
ReplyDeleteI think I will feel a bit homeless too. Hopefully a new proper home before too long
DeleteIt is weird living surrounded by boxes. My SIL is in a similar position too. And I don't envy you having the temporary stay in the holiday let - been there, done that. And I keep thinking "if I can manage without those packed items, did I really need them in the first place?" I would miss a place to hang out washing (and surprised that there isn't already a line provided for the holiday tenants) I hope there is somewhere safe to keep your bike. (one member of my family uses the bathroom!) You are right, TV policemen rarely have happy families (apart from inspector We Ford, and Lewis)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean as I've been living with so many things packed away for weeks and weeks - do I need them?
DeleteOh and Barnaby in Midsomer!
ReplyDeleteYes he's a family man
DeleteI recently remarked on the unhappy lives of TV detectives to my husband. We had been watching Wallander and Hinterland.
ReplyDeleteMidsomer Murders is the only one I can think of where the main character has a happy marriage!
I don't know Hinterland - I shall investigate
DeleteIt's not ideal, is it, but at least you have somewhere to go to tide you over. Do you have a small drying rack in place of a drying line outside?
ReplyDeleteYour temporary landlady sounds very pleasant and accommodating.
Twenty two children????? Crumbs!
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3 children was plenty for me!
DeleteThe holiday home owner lives in the "big" house next door so I shall have to behave myself!
We have begun the process of packing things away even though we are nowhere near a moving date.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a foldable clothes horse? I put my washing on these to dry outside instead of using a line.
I'll just use the washer/dryer - as it's not my electric bill!
DeleteUgh. The thought of drying clothes in a dryer makes me think of laundrette days 50 years ago when I had nowhere else to dry them.
Delete22?! OK, the youngest players would be a bit young but they could have their own family football matches.
ReplyDeleteThey even have 11 boys and 11 girls! A nice family but totally mad
DeleteInteresting what you say about living in flat land lets you see the weather coming Sue. I live in a hilly area and always think the same about that.
ReplyDeleteThat's odd as I thought the clouds in hilly country would be hidden behind the hills. I know when we stayed in the Lake District the rain seemed to creep up on us.
DeleteAre you taking your bike? You could spend some time exploring different lanes and roads. Nice of her to allow you to bring extras, and yes I think I would be buying a cheap line for hanging out some washing. Gosh how upset you going to be if the sun is shining and you have to tumble dry your sheets.
ReplyDeleteWe are both realising how much we like living with everything gone, I see me being even more minimal in my new place although I think Alan will have things creeping back in a lot faster in his. We have rented a little lock up storage place up the road for a couple of months until we get the new places decorated so will be living with what I have in the flat for a couple of months and the rest boxed up and out of sight.
Yes I'll have my bike, but no new areas to explore as it's just another village between here and sons house and somewhere I've known all my life. One plus....there's in Chinese Takeaway in holiday let village!
DeleteYour cycle ride sounds lovely. And smart to take certain things with you that will make your living easier. I can imagine it would be hard for an owner of a holiday let with the Covid rules. I hadn't thought about the flat land and weather, but I guess that's how I feel when I'm at the lake -- we face west and we can see the weather change and come in. It's especially dramatic when it rains.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how uncomfortable it could get living with most of your belongings packed in boxes around you! I would probably always be needing something that was packed away. Maybe you can treat your time in the holiday let as a vacation and even treat yourself to a few special things!
ReplyDeleteAs Bonnie says, try to imagine you're on holiday and just enjoy the change! Hopefully it won't be for too long. I watch 22 Kids as well and am amazed at their energy! xx
ReplyDeleteThe Radfords have a series on Youtube and I liked watching the ones with the husband cooking frugally. Haven't really watched the others. I made the potato and broccoli casserole and it was really nice - only I used cooking bacon and not a bacon joint. If you are cooking for over 20 mouths at one tine, then I expect you would have to make some trade-offs between money and time.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. Glad the let was sorted.
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