Good News

Well done , that will boost her confidence no end .

I was rubbish at Maths.

Well done to your granddaughter! Hopefully this will boost her confidence in her maths ?

After 5 months and a lot of pfaffing by solicitors my mother exchanged on her house sale/purchase on Friday. She is moving to a lovely independent living apartment.
I was more stressed for her house move than mine, last year.

Our good news is that having viewed and offered on his first house last April, our resident son finally received his keys last week and hopefully will be moving out of ours fairly soon ?

Great news V3ra - it's the start of a whole new life for him - and for you!

It's been a long time coming varian, he moved back "for about six months" but that was over ten years ago now ?

Parents' evening for very very brainy GS who is at a excellent school on a scholarship and is top in everything .... DD tells me that all the teachers kept saying how kind he was to everyone. We knew they would say he was academically on the ball, but this meant more than anything.

I did not want him to be a self-absorbed academic geek! So proud they said this.

Last week I saw my grandchildren for the first time in two years. It was as if we had never been apart. They are now 9 and 13.

How lovely to actually see them and be able to hug them Grandma70s

Nice thread. Boasting is good!

After a hard 8 months' slog, I am finally reaping the rewards of a gruelling puppy training programme. Not just "sit" and "down", but coming back on the beach when called and keeping paws off the worktop. Small stuff, but keeps me happy!

It wasn’t from today, but this always gives me a ? sort of lift:

I hated maths. Well done to your GD, varian!

This time last week we were all in a tizzy due to 3 year old GD being in hospital with a chest infection.

She was only in for 2 nights but it felt like months.

Today she's totally back to her mischievous self and it's as if last week never happened.

What a relief Zoejory. I hope she's fine from now on.

Grandma70s - well that certainly is good news - how wonderful!

Zoejory - what a relief.

After two years searching my son has found a bungalow and he gets the keys next Friday, I am absolutely thrilled for him… but he had to put a quarter of the value of the house down as a deposit ?‍♀️?

So pleased for your Grandaughter.

Well done young lady.

Well done Shinamae's son.
I hope you'll get an invite round for dinner.

sharon103

Well done Shinamae's son.
I hope you'll get an invite round for dinner.

Thank you, it’s such a relief with the way prices are still rocketing… he had to put a huge deposit of a quarter of the value of the house to get the mortgage, luckily he has sold her house a couple of years ago and by maxing out its credit card was able to do it

I feel so sorry for the youngsters today I have my youngest son and his girlfriend living with me because they cannot afford anywhere of their own. I gave up my bedroom upstairs and they use that as their bedroom and therefore my bedroom as a lounge and I have my bedroom in my former dining room and that’s fine for me …

HIS house?‍♀️?‍♀️

I've still got two sons living with me Shinamae. No way they could afford a mortgage.
Gone are the days of a 100% mortgage.
I really don't know how they manage what with the bills and cost of living.
I hope your son will be happy in his new home.
You'll perhaps have to take your own dinner round then

Had wonderful news yesterday that son 1 is coming north to visit next weekend. Haven't seen him in the flesh for a long time but he does call me regularly. He announced his arrival by casually telling me of the local football match (near here) he was going to attend for his birthday (yes, that too!). As he's football crazy, it took me a minute for the penny to drop but, boy am I one happy bunny and not too long to wait. Oh, and I'm going to the football too! To be with him, I can live with that. Yippee! Quite true that we never know what a day will bring and rightly so.

My gd has been picked and got through the preliminaries for TVs Junior Bake Off.
We await final confirmation but getting as far as she has is exciting enough, particularly as I am no baker myself. It has really cheered me in these difficult days.
It is secret so not able to tell anyone yet, but as I am anonymous, I can tell you all.

S48?. Your secret's safe with me. Brill!