The good, the bad and the unmentionable June 26, 2008

Its been six months since we moved home and moved (temporarily) in with my Mum.  It looks like its going to be at least another 6 months before we will be able to move into our own home.  Currently we are waiting for the plans to be finalised and then they need to be approved by our Council before building can even start.

Mostly living with Mum has been fine (although the Adman may have a differing opinion)  but there have been times when I have been tempted to start looking at rental properties – if it wasn’t for the fact that we are managing to save a whole heap of moohlah I am not sure if we would be able keep it up. 

But of course there are some benefits to staying with Mum including….

• She pretty much does all the washing (which is the bane of my life)
• If I need to work late she is able to pick up the young man and start getting his dinner etc sorted
• She does the dishes every night after dinner
• Adman and I are able to go out in the weekend and we have a built in babysitter
• When Adman is away for work Mum steps in and helps out with the Young man – Adman has been away for over 50% of the time for the last two months so it has been much appreciated

But then again there are some pretty annoying/bad things about staying here…

• Her constant nagging about the fact that we don’t make our bed
• she is obsessed with having a nicely mown lawn – which means Adman pretty much has to mow her lawn most weekends
• She constantly tries to keep the lounge tidy whereas Adman and I see no point in doing a tidy until the Young man goes to bed
• She is so noisy when she gets up in the morning to go for a walk that most days the Young Man gets woken by her door slamming

And of course there is the unmentionable…. well I don’t really need to go into too much detail but lets just say that a squeaky bed always seems louder than it really is!