Monday 17 September 2018

Unending Saga

When will the trail of caseworkers ever end in our lives..lol ..Nice son has got his very own caseworker to help him with housing needs , it would seem he may well be housed by the council , much to our surprise. I did think it would be a case of finding a private rental for him , so was working on funding that somehow .  Because his homelessness will be caused by  bereavement  and he has got a formal notice to quit from the solicitors he would be fast tracked into the same hostel that Young Baldrick  was in .  Because he has no problems with drink or drugs it would just be for a few weeks to assess him for independent living , which he wouldnt have any problems with , he does need a bit of help with form filling etc as he has a slight learning difficulty which is why he gets a caseworker . It does mean that i somehow have to accomodate all his furniture and goods into storage here until he gets somewhere to live . What fun that will be...lol ..His scooters and car are arriving today , he has a car but he cant drive yet, Grandad became very poorly just at the point he started his driving lessons.
Otherwise Harvest Chores are eating huge chunks of time , apples though small are in their hundreds , not good keepers they are being eaten and apple sauced in the slowcooker daily the mountain of pears next on the list  , still hunting for that cheap large upright freezer with my name on it at the auctions , the van being off the road for a few more weeks is hampering my plans .  My car that had been off the road since i finished work has gone to live with Uncle Kevin till it dies , it started first go after nine months on the drive !! and that has left a gap for sons car.
 Im frantically trying to get rid of stuff to make room for sons stuff , biggest annoyance was that i filled the cars boot with loads of toys and books then could find no charity shop that would take them , apparently they dont take many toys on health and safety grounds , they wont take action man because it promotes war ,but they will willingly take slutty Bratz dolls that promote what? ...go figure . Only unused sealed toys are welcome . six shops later , the local hospice took them .

I found a file with dozens of my knitting patterns !!

5 comments:

  1. I'm knee deep in marrow, apples and elderberries here.
    I love that knitting pattern.

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    1. dont mention marrows , ive lost my recipe for marrow turkish delight and im just debating spicy marrow fritters

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  2. I hope he gets sorted out with somewhere soon Kate.
    Hugs-x-

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  3. Narrow Turkish delight, my brain can't comprehend 😂. Glad things are getting sorted for son.

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  4. Well it sounds like that son may have a positive experience of social workers/service! I did wonder why toys were not so visible in charity shops lately - its a shame as often are good buys! There was a girl in Bristol I think it was)in the big indoor market) who made quite a good living selling patterns like that to the vintage crowd.

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