Katie has moved!

[Janice]

Well finally, Katie and Ian have moved into their new flat.

She is so excited, I popped to see her yesterday with some shopping as Ian had gone to work and forgot to leave the keys - and she was happily <b>CLEANING THE WINDOWS!</b> Wonders will never cease LOL. Today she is getting another key cut

We now have an empty room where I can at last start emptying the loft into so that I can start sifting through the mountain of stuff we seem to have accumulated over the years into:

Must keep, could not possibly live without (even though 'it' might not have seen the light of day for years)!

Should get rid of's (who can I give this to without offending?)

Recycle Shops (Oxfam, Barnardo's and the like - we have hundreds of them here on Canvey)

Lone Rangers (to the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump - as sang to the Lone Ranger theme tune - and yes you need to be of a certain age to appreciate this!) LOL

So.......I am going to be busy.

Oh - and she has only been gone since Saturday, they popped over Sunday for Lunch, I took her to Chelmsford Monday for a Store Approval (she is doing some promotional work for a new Perfume Launch), took her to the Dentist Tuesday, Shopping yesterday..........havent seen her yet today, but there is still time! LOL

I miss her so much already.

 

[SpottyDog]

Oh, Jan! Bet yer don't know whether to laugh or cry?

Happy but sad.
Proud but sad.
Glad to get the room back but sad.

Okay, so we'll just sit here a cry awhile!

Don't start goin thorugh the attic mind! That'll just start us off again.

 

[Hilary]

Doesn't the old saying go something like:
"You haven't so much lost a daughter as gained a bathroom"?

Sounds as though you'll be gaining an attic as well , and somehow, I have a sneaky suspicion you'll be getting frequent visitors for Sunday lunch........

 

[WDWfan uk]

..... I do NOT envy you the loft job! We moved three years ago and I could not believe the amount of stuff up there. DH is such a hoarder The trips to charity shops & the dump plus box packing seemed never ending. ( Plus having to persuade DH that some of the toot had to go! (..... and NOT to the new house!)
I have an idea ! Perhaps you'd be best to go to WDW and let the others get on with it ! Then perhaps they could unpack whilst you go to the SW DIS meet ............. just an idea

Very best wishes and good luck in her new home to Katie

 

[kazzie]

Janice,

None of mine have left home yet,but it must be so mixed feelings about your off-spring being so independant.
You must be very proud you have bought up such a lovely,clever,funny girl.But a bit sad as she makes her own home now.

When I moved in to a flat of my own I actually saw more of my Mum than I did when I lived at home.It wasn't until then I realsed how much she'd done for me

 

[Fantasia Sam]

Yeahhhh for Katie and Ian

Oh god Janice I've got do my loft when I get back from hols as Steve and I have to go through all the stuff that's up there and split it. Most of it has been up there for 6 years and I haven't wanted any of it in that time so I'm thinking just get rid of it......apart from all the old love letters, school reports etc......I couldn't possible get rid of them.

 

[UKDEB]

I can't wait for the day my two leave home - what's all this about seeing more of them after they leave?!

Seriously, I'm always thinking to myself that I'll be glad when they leave (when I hoover the stairs for the thousandth time in a day, when I find foundation on the towel that's only been in the bathroom for 45 minutes, when I find pasta sauce all over the lid of the bin - you know the sort of thing), and then have to immediately chastise myself because I know I'll hate it when they're gone.

The other day after I'd cleaned the bathroom, I found a load of post-it notes over everything:

<b>This IS a flannel - use it to get yourselves clean</b> (on the hand towel)
<b>VERY exensive shampoo - to be shared by all the family</b> (on my designer shampoo)
<b>After 'borrowing' make-up leave it in a dreadful mess</b> (on my make-up bag)
<b>Leave foundation finger-prints here</b> (on the back of the door)
<b>After using, leave residue</b> (on the bath).

<i>Do you think I've been nagging too much?</i>

Pleased to hear that Katie's enjoying it, Jan. I remember the excitement of moving into my first house. The window-cleaning novelty doesn't last long though, does it?