I just wanted to pop in and update you all.
I'll be very quiet in these next few weeks/month as we are moving house!
We are downsizing to a tiny little cottage/bungalow, that I have already fallen in love with despite its smallness and faults (yucky coloured bathroom suite, no central heating, mole ridden garden!)
I cannot wait to start our new life in it.
Life will still be challenging and things will still be hard financially for us, but this move has alleviated a lot of bills and financial stress.
Since it is so much smaller we have been selling lots of possessions, which has been so very liberating and rewarding!
We had a yard sale last weekend, and raised £94 ($147/ R1208/ 120euro) and that was just from back garden junk!!
So this weekend we are having another one selling our furniture etc.
We took unwanted clothes to a recycle centre where they pay you per kilo, and we got £40 for about 5 bags.
Hubby and I have been selling bits on Ebay and some items have sold so quickly our mobile phones informed us of the sell as the pc hadn't refreshed the page yet!!
I sold a Cath Kidston duvet cover, that as much as I love it, I need to get rid of covers and I hoped that because that one was branded it would sell...I didn't think immediately though!!!
Our new home is just 5 miles away from our current village, and is much closer to the shops and amenities, work etc, and my boys qualify for school transport, so I don't have to move them to a different school, so that's worked out well.
Its been a crazy few weeks, and just a week ago we had got the bungalow! and we'd only decided to move at the beginning of this month!!
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| our back garden |
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| back of the cottage from the garden |
So its all been very fast.
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| view of fields from side of cottage |
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| view down the lane from our drive |
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| living room/lounge |
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| trees surrounding our new home |
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| the dog won 1st prize. I believe it was also just a card saying 1st, and no actual prize or trophy! |
Anyway, I'd better got on with packing! arrgghh!
Have a lovely weekend,
and I'll be back in a month or so
Take Care Xx
3 comments:
The cottage and garden look cozy. Congrats on your sales! Good luck moving! I know it's exciting!
Angela
Hi Em
I did not see your post at all! I subsribe to your blog feed in my igoogle and for some reason it wasn't showing, I actually thought to visit your blog today cos I was missing you! and saw this post! I see I am VERY late in commenting and you probably thought it was so rude of me! Sorry my friend.
I know you are in your little house now and what a sweet little house it is, even more so once you make it yours and pretty it up! Which I know you will.
I am so proud of you for doing so well in your Etsy shop (I told you that you would!) and the little prize is so cute!!
I still want that little owl, was most bummed when it sold! PLEASE make me one!! ¬¬¬ hee hee.
Miss you lots and look forward to you being back in blog land, PC land too!
arrrgg! Just spent ages typing a comment and it dissapeard! Just wanted to say this post never showed up on my igoogle for some reason, I just happened to come and check out your blog and saw this post! So sorry my friend!
By now you are settled in your little house and I know will make it homely and lovely like you do.
I always said your things would sell well on Etsy and I am so glad you have had success! I am just bummed that little owl sold as I really wanted him, you will have to please make me one!! ¬¬
I can't wait until you are back in blog land and PC land-miss you lots.
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