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Welcome to December 2011 Chit Chat 
May all your discussions continue here!
So continuing on from the discussion in the Day to Day Chat room.....
bella, it is so nice to have a friend over for tea and see our children enjoying themselves with their friends.
well done for cleaning the bathroom littleredhen! Although it is a chore, it still feels nice (for a couple of days anyway!)
hazeleyes, I was wondering if C's stomach was bothering him because of stress too and wondering if anything has happened between him and 'the bully', especially as 'mum' has made some sort of complaint, would it be possible to speak to C's teacher and just lightly ask how he is doing? Do you think C would tell you if he was still getting grief or if he had dealt with grief??
sparklinglime, you have a busy week ahead! I guess that comes from having 4 teens! 
Make sure you do get your lie in on Monday though, you will need it!
Hi hopeful, hope your day is good too!
May everyone have a great day, whatever you are up to!
He's been, and brought undercoat, gloss and two paint brushes.
Hoping he can now arrange for the front door to be taken off next Thrusday to bring in the settee and armchair.
I figure that gives time to get carpet sorted. It seems to be drying out ok... Fingers crossed.
Hi guys,
Well, phoned a plummer as I can't even get the pressure up in the boiler now using the filling loop tap...hopefully he will be round tonight...
Also phoned the fence people, and explained they had spoken to my H before he left me...they are using a different technique now, but the fence was bad because it is the only one that has broken...he didn't seem to think anything would be wrong ( I hate it when they think that just because you are on your own they can talk you down)...anyway, I said he will need to see it, and we must come to an agreement about it( he's busy until after Xmas though)...
Went out to meet my single Mum friend, who had informed me her parents are now coming to her for Xmas day...so now they've dropped off like flies, and just my friend coming over but my daughter not happy...I'm in a right position because my other friend who has twin girls my daughter's age invited me to her parents for Xmas day( and I wanted to go, but felt obliged as I had what I thought was lots of people coming over to mine)...now all the plans are scuppered but I don't feel I can put my other friend off, so in a right pickle....
How's everyone else?
Oh, Xmas does cause so much argy bargy, Mich, but you can only do what you can do.
I am SOOOO heartened by so many people not sending cards. I think I will do the charity thing next year. I will "announce" it to people throughout the year 
Sparkling you are very busy whizzing around with Scout things as well as thing with friends. Hopefully by next Monday it will be "Silent Night, Holy night"
Hazeleyes how has your day been? How's C's tum? Forgot to tell you, my day off wasn't very exciting as I had counselling anyway (three people, one of whom finished this week after working with me for ten months!) and before that the gasman came round to check the boiler, he said "I have looked in your loft and everything is Ok" I said "If I had known you were going up there, you could have got my Xmas crackers out!"
Hello Hopeful, elle and Bella and trying hard. Little red hen hope you will be here regularly.We have done the monthly chat room as we are hoping the site will then load quicker for us all. I will start a new thread on January 1st and then the December one will be "read only" so you can look back and see the posts but not reply on there, OK?
It has thrown it down all day here. I had to drive back from next town about ten miles, but every time a lorry came past I could not see out the windscreen because it was throwing up so much surface spray. I was thinking of you, Bella. Glad to be home now tho got to take son to night class after tea 
Thanks louise, wel...I phoned my friend and told her about what had happened, and she phoned back saying it was alright for all of us( me, my daughter and OAP friend to go to them for the day), so that's lovely...
Just dropped my daughter and her friends off at a Gig in town...and now waiting for the Plumber to come round at some point this evening...
I'm quite tired now actually....
I felt down this morning( I think it's the dark mornings)...but nothing that felt too overwhelming so that was good...and then went into Town to meet my friends...
Mich, that's lovely.
I'm shattered. Just been buying stuff for daughter for the ball. Gawd, honestly, she's awful.
Got her to agree to a rather pretty top, chunky necklace and bracelet.
Then she's wearing it with flaming skinny jeans so "forced" to get a half decent ankle boots.
All paid for by her EMA.
I'm flaming shattered. And need to go back that way for flaming scouts.
Tomorrow I'm doing my essay!
Mich I thought you were referring to me then when I read your post about OAP, hehe. I'm feeling dreadfully old lately, dreadfully tired, and dreadfully peed off! This is the first time I've sat down all day (or as C says, you sat in the bath)!!
Anna, the bullying thing. It mildly kicked off in September (as usual, after summer break), but I nipped it in the bud. Last week, there was an incident where the boy kept annoying C in playground, nothing serious at all. Today however, C was kicked in the side by this boy, there were witnesses, so even though he denied it, the others spoke up, and he was told off. C tells me each and everytime any happens.
Louise, your day off wasn't too exciting then, and to top it all, the fella could have gotten stuff down from your loft, hehe. C's tum is the same. The pains do seem to have increased since he was seen by the consultant, so I am going to have him checked out, as well as for the pains in upper chest. I don't want to give meds before I've seen GP.
Sparkling, you've been busy. Had to laugh over your daughter and shopping trip. Not a girly girl at all is she, lol.
Have now got teachers presents in, C and I got them wrapped tonight. Rang council earlier as no one has informed me what sort of rent I need to pay. Well, they've only had the fax for 3 weeks is it, and the hand delivered letter for 2 weeks!!!! I was shocked as they've said it is £57! Need to look into that, or read some e.mails at the very least. Rang social fund too to get the ball rolling with that. They gave me another number to call, as then I would be given forms for a standing order. This I did, only to be told, I don't exist to them (uhmmm, a bit like the school, hehe). Apparantely they've not been informed yet that I'm no longer on benefits, said they were long winded, but I had a choice, I could either ring the social fund again, or wait until the New Year. If I haven't heard anything, then to ring them. The fella was nice, and said payments wouldn't be backdated or anything, so nothing to worry about there.
I wonder if the pains in the chest and tummy are related, Hazeleyes? they will hopefully do a thorough investigation. I know what you mean about the feeling old thing, when I have a busy day I think I am 103!
Mich, hope you get the plumbing sorted, it is NOT the time of year for it to be happening. It is only one week to the shortest day and then the days start getting longer YEY!!!!!!
Sparkling, she has done well to save up her EMA, sounds like you had to be a bit of a Gok Wan there.....
Have a nice evening, everyone (well, when you get back from Scouts, sparkling)
Thanks guys....That's cheered me up Louise...
Well Plumber came and now i'm £40 lighter...at least he mended the radiator that was leaking, and so the boiler pressure should stay up longer than a few days now...
* Sigh*
Please beakable electrical and household things,
STOP PACKING UP NOW!!!
Thanks xx
evening everyone - just had a row with my 13 y/o - she wants to go out with friends on fri afternoon and i told her this morning the three of us were going into to town to pictures - she wants £5 for ice skating and to go off with her friends and i said no as i gave her £10 twice for 2 secret santas and she has done nothing to pay me back in chores - she told me she doesn't want to see the film with us and i refuse to leave her at home as i don't know how long we will be - why do we always have to row!
Because she's a teenager, and that's how it goes...xx
I think "teenagers" should be declared a swear word 
Shattered.
Hazeleyes, that doesn't sound good. Coincidence that this lad? Glad the others saw it. I do hope you enjoyed your bath.
littleredhen, when I wanted my lot to go out together, if one refused to go then we all stayed home. They'd no who it was who refused to go and they'd make their life rather difficult with being cross and snapping at them. Sibling power seemed to work quite well. I never got cross about it as it would save me money not going (I'm so mean), and the children knew that too...
We still have an all or not at all thing here, but they actually seem to get on better now they're older.
Sparkling, that is what i'm thinking, coincidence or what with regard to this lad.
I've had a b...... horrid day, and despite speaking to a friend earlier, I don't really right now, want to write on here about it. I'm tired, not looking forward to tomorrow, even though it is the last day, thankgod. Just want to wrap C and I up in a cacoon, and forget the world.
Hehe, we never have rows in my hows. I always shout and I always nag and I always moan. They always do what I want. Just ask them!
:-)
Have put my yesterday's goings ons on my thread - it's long and I didn't want to hog here!
Hope everything is sorted before you break up for Christmas Hazeleyes.
My girl is too girly, sparkling, she loves pink and purple and glitter and hairbands and and and. Nightmare for me! Shall we swap, just for shopping?
Wishing everyone a great evening! xxx
Louise, thanks for thinking of me re the spray from the roads/trucks etc. my little baby car needs a wash after every shift but sometimes it ten pm and then im working early so i just remove some of the ice!
Almost got side swiped today by an elderly male driver. He was with an elderly woman in a big car. he just pulled out from a junction and VERY ALMOST into my drivers door. I slammed on the brakes and just sat there in shock. he stared at me then eventually he slowly raised a hand slightly to wave to me. No "sorry" gesture, or anything. I drove onto my next job a bit shaken.
Teenagers- ive had them! thankfully they are no longer that age. Ive only got one left to go through that stage. I hate complaining about teens. However its a hard time and we all know we will get through it and think back (eventually) at how we acted.
Went to see a house for rent today. OMG, it was utterly ugly and filthy and cold and teeniest tiny. the door opened onto the path, one baby step from the main road!! No where for a fridge in the kitchen. one "big" room downstairs and a pokey bathroom. no garden just a wall to the roadside. They want £425 pcm for this! He should have worn a stripey jumper and carried a swag bag!!
Im waiting for wageslip day. then i will know for definate how little im getting. At the moment im working for nothing. I need them to fire me but cant see that happening.
Oh ive got my first (and only?) xmas card from work. i was very touched by it.
(picked up a dress for myself in charity shop £1.50.will look good with boots and leggings/thick tights). Shouldnt really have spent the money as was saving for when Johnny Depp rings and asks me out. Oh i can always say im washing my hair and hope he rings back, which im SURE he will.
Dress sounds good
I went to bed at 2.30am. However - CHRISTMAS CARDS WRITTEN, STAMPED and posted by a child on the way to school 
And all second class as I'm not too late for a change. And I hope I've measured the cards as four needed large stamps (although one has gone with two second class stamps as I only had three large - what a palava that is).
Icy here - with hail. The front looks deadly (all slabs).
A year ago we had about 6" of snow... The day we didn't make it to Cumbria.
Aye aye Captain Jack Sparrow at your service ma'am: that's what he will say, Bella I love charity shop bargains! That was shocking about the house and rentals can be very steep. The dirt....well at least you could clean it up but the space thing, hmm that might end up being par for the course.
Hazeleyes only today to go and then THE HOLS, and you can have some cocoon time. Sadly, most jobs of work can at times feel very much as you describe and I know I have done some right jobs in my time, cleaning at 5am, travelling ridiculous distances and working for dreadful individuals...it does get easier as children get older and you can be more flexible 
Hi Hopeful hope today is better for you. Do you have to work this weekend?
Sparkling are you managing with your hectic programme? Don't get too tired otherwise you will nod off when you sit down. When that happens to me, I call it a nanna nap
Hope everyone is Ok and glad it's Friday!
Ah Bella, but you need the dress when Johnny Depp rings, don't you! And he can afford to wine and dine you and so you don't need to worry about the money! Unfortunately, he's going to ring me first though.... (I hope) If not, I'll settle fro Robert Downey Jr...
Wow Sparkling! I have written 2 Christmas cards so far. My excuse is that where I come from we don't write cards..... Your weather sounds horrendous. So I won't complain about the snow here in Kent - I was going to though...
I have a list of stuff to do today, so tonight you can all ask me how much I got done and I'd better be able to give some good answers!
Have a good day everyone, despite hail, snow, people making you angry (actually, don't let them!) and all! xxxxx
Morning all...well was a bit down this morning( not sure why, but it wasn't too bad and has passed)....working until 8pm tonight...but as it's the last school day too, my daughter and I will have a nice lie in tomorrow ( I hope)...
Sparkling you have been good with your cards...I have posted most..but don't you find there are always a couple you haven't done?
Hopeful,at least you've written 2 cards LOL!
Louise and Anna, have you got things planned for the weekend?
littleredhen, how's your 13 year old now?
hazeleyes, how're you feeling today? Are things any better?
Anyway, thinking od Shaz today....
Right so we have Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Junior lined up. Any more requests anyone? The Christmas fairy is going to be very busy at this rate!
How has everyone's days been? Hazeleyes have you got Friday friend tonight? Mich hope your 8pm finish is not too tiring. And dare I ask you how far down your list you are, Hopeful? How are you Bella? Elle81 hope you are Ok and you too, trying hard. Are things a bit calmer in your house little red hen? Sparkling did you get much snow? Well done on the cards, wow can't believe that awful day was a YEAR ago.
Not much planned here over the weekend. The traffic was horrendous today, there was a bad accident on the A1 so i think some of the traffic was diverted through town but also just busy for Xmas. Took son to work and THREE separate pedestrians stepped out in front of my car, I began to think I must be invisible!
hi everyone - had a huge row with ex - my sister warned me not to get sucked in to things but i just couldn't leave one problem alone - he then more or less said he would no longer see the kids if i thought he was a bad father - i spent the morning at work (finish at 12 on Fridays) and cried all afternoon - talked with my sister - i did eventually speak to him but i think he is being unfair with the stuff he is landing on me - i have taken a bold decision tonight that instead of telling him when i think things are unfair i will write them down - then i will be able to see for myself how he is and i will be able to wake up and smell the coffee. turned things around with dd 13 - we went to rent a dvd and i made biscuits with my youngest as a treat for having to stay in because older one was refusing to come out with us - again thanks to my sister for the calm voice of reason. snowed here and school doesn't finish till next friday! hope you all have a nice evening - mich hopes work passes quickly for you
Good morning everyone - after a horrible day yesterday i have picked myself up and am starting again today. the kids are spending all day with him today - while they are out i am going to get the last few presents for them - get the decorations out and put up the tree - it is their job to decorate it - each year i buy them a new decoration to put on it and i love listening to them remember things about the decorations that i have long since forgotten. i feel my ex is being very manipulative and i had a thought this morning that during our marriage i probably would never have challenged him about the stuff i did yesterday - he can't take criticism in any form - he sees it as a personal attack and comes out fighting (not literally). well i don't need the backlash so its not worth it - it would be different if it was the girls in tears telling me he had upset them. i read lots of the articles on here last night - so when he arrives for contact i will send them off with a cheery smile and welcome them back ready to listen to their stories - deep breaths - wish me luck! hope everyone else has a great day
Hello littleredhen
Glad you have your sister! The writing down sounds a good idea to me. I know that rowing with your ex feels like an instincitve thing to do but if you re-read your post above you will see that the one who has been most affected and upset by the row is YOU. Therefore keeping conflict out of it would be a good plan.
You did well to diffuse the situation with the 13 year old. Wow, that is late for them to finish school, that is the day before Christmas Eve!
oooh, I see our posts crossed!! The articles on site are really helpful and a mine of information.Glad you are Ok today and got some Christmassy plans
Good morning one and all
Hope everyone is OK. I have got meatballs simmering in the slow cooker, after waking up very early due to a bizarre dream in my which my next door neighbour installed a giant radiator on the outside of her home and had put a full week's washing on an enormous rack which took up the whole of the side of the house. Oh dear.
What's everyone up to today?
wow Louise that was some dream! will check in later to see what everyone else is doing - i feel like you are all my new family now (can't seem to add smiley faces for some reason) :-)
I always have very strange dreams littleredhen. Glad you are feeling so at home here, we do try to help each other along
STOP PRESS everyone: remember that mix up of the times for the Alfie Boe concert? Well I did a Victor (ie wrote a complaint letter like Victor Meldrew) and have now got two free cinema tickets!!!
Well done you Louise, via Victor of course!
Plans for today have gone through the window. Not feeling well at all, nose is streaming, throat is bad, so really glad it's the hols. C is desperate for me to take him Christmas shopping for my presents from him, so is disappointed that I cannot do it today. Have loads still to do for me, so I'm disappointed too. Neighbour rang, told her I was feeling rough, and she wants me to pick some things up for her today!!! Have to say I'm cross with her, as I've already told her that I won't be going out, and she's still asking. Even when I say NO, no one takes much ruddy notice of me. I've had a bath, thinking that would make me feel better, but it hasn't. Taken some more tablets, and am now plonked on the settee with a hot water bottle.
Hope you're all okay, keeping warm etc, and shopping merrilly hehe.
Hi all,
didn't get enough done yesterday, but hey. There never seems to be an end anyway. Have been signing (not singing) carols outside the cathedral today - that was good, albeit cold - we did have a nice brand coffee after to warm us up.
Tonight I'm seeing some friends for a games night - haven't done that in ages.
Well done littleredhen for your attitude - don't let him spoil your mood!
Mich, I don't think I'll write anymore cards now though - well, maybe one for an ancient neighbour - he gave us three last year, bless him.
Hazel & Sparkling, I hope you're not literally snowed in!
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Louise, what was that horrid post I reported? I see it's gone (hurrah!), but yikes?
hope you are feeling a bit better hazeleyes
enjoy your games night hopeful
i was pleased with myself this morning - sent them off with a cheery "have fun" and locked up the house and walked off into the sunrise!
got some great stock fillers for girls - came home put up tree ready for them to decorate when they get home - rang my lovely sister and told her i was having a good day - waiting for them to come home and will give ex a cheery wave goodbye!!
wishing everyone a peaceful evening - just one more week of school then we can chill
I don't get the reports Hopeful, they go to Bristol but any suspect posts are also weeded out by me (or Anna/Sally) and the person is blocked
Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly Hazeleyes, hope your day has gone Ok. At least you can stay at home. Stick to your guns re the neighbour, you will have to say to them that if they need help at home and they can't wait till you are available they can be assessed by the Local Authority and care provided up to the budget allowed. You are working now, don't turn yourself inside out.
A successful day all round, little red hen!
Hope everyone will have a nice evening, my Internet was off for a while here as there was a fire at a local substation, but back on now (obviously 
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Ah... Must stop putting kisses on the end of reports then!!!!!!!! 
There was me thinking you and Anna were getting them.
Must go and hide under the quilt with embarrasment.
I've had a migraine today. Probably down to two very late nights (picked son and his friend up from a night club at 2.15am - his Christmas present).
Fifteen year old is decorating. I know he's ok with the house now. Carpet being fitted on Monday.
Just he's putting them up where we've not painted yet... I can see the painting may have to wait. I'm relieved he's ok. This palava hasn't been easy for him.
Hi all.
Schools have broken up here. just trying to juggle childcare now as i only have two days off,25 + 26th followed by work on 27th so cant even relax and have a drink. I am going to daughters (on 26th) for meal with her inlaws (whom ive never met!) then driving back ready for work in the early morn. Only have xmas day to rest-whilst cooking lunch, opening a gift (i hope!), and ironing uniforms. (i always had a pact to never do washing on 25 and 26 dec. it was a family time. now its just another day.
Blooming job-pay sucks and time away from family sucks too. need better paid one with better hours. I DO believe the small male wandering around the house, is my son! must introduce myself to him one-a-these days!
Still waiting for J Depp. the bus driver yesterday was very chatty. however im off men for ever now. Sadly even if mr right came along im giving off such awful "men hating" vibes that i wouldnt know he was ideal for me. Hey ho.
Ive still got cards to write but they wont get done now, i found some from last year still waiting to be sent! could recycle them but the say "have a good 2011" on them. haha.
Good morning all. Bella, your Christmas doesn't sound very restful at all, in fact it isn't it? Have just been reading your thread, sorry you're having a rough time of it at the moment. I still haven't received my contract, and as far as I know (the hole in the wall was out of action yesterday) I still haven't been paid!!
littleredhen, really pleased we're like your new family now. It does feel like that on here doesn't it? When do your schools break up? Very late aren't they?
Louise, Sparkling, Hopeful, trying hard, elle (hope I've not missed anyone), hope you're all doing okay.
Am feeling as rough as houses again this morning. Felt so poorly yesterday, but I did take C out to get my present. Wasn't out long, and I didn't bother with neighbour's stuff. I did however forget to put electric on key, so will have to pop out at some point today, and get some potatoes too, but that is it. I even cried last night, silly I know, but felt so unwell. Cannot get in spirit for Christmas yet, and it's hard when you have a youngster isn't it, especially singing and playing the carols!!!
Enjoy your day everyone.
You're worn out, Hazeleyes, as well as ill, that's why you had a weep. And Bella with your hectic schedule and sparkling with a migraine......and all of you have major things going on with the "M" word, MONEY. No wonder it is hard to feel Christmassy! Not helped by sentimental ads on the TV where all the mums have immaculate hair and make-up and cook their Xmas dinners in palatial kitchens bigger than my actual house 
BLEURGH! (that was a pre-Christmas moan)
However (and you knew there was a however, didn't you?) I remember very clearly the same spirit descending on everyone at exactly the same time last year. We could analyse it and say it is the weather, it is exhaustion....and yes it is...but there is something about us secretly hoping that at Christmas the whole world will become magical, like when we were children, but it doesn't and then we feel obscurely disappointed. Yes there are jobs and responsibilities and money worries BUT the joy of this time of year is to be found in being with our children, hopefully having a special meal, and congratulating ourselves that we are doing a sterling job. HOORAY FOR US!!!!!
Cannot quite muster that HORRAY FOR US cheer Louise, but in a few days I will (promise). My sister just rang, and I'm left feeling like C and I don't really matter. My other sister that lives a distance away, came last weekend and the weekend before, she stays at her daughters, and stays here when the daughter goes out, and the ex has the children, which means basically that I'm used for a bed for a night! Anyhow, C asked her the other week if we could go there for Christmas this year. Without thinking of how C would feel, she told him she had her own family. (Hello, what are we?). C said just that too. Bottom line is, we're not going there. A day later, I spoke to local sister, and told her it would be lovely if C and I could go to hers for Christmas afternoon, and didn't get a nice response there either. Again, she said she had her children and grandchildren. All I would like is for C to experience the sort of christmas that I used to have. Fun and games with other children, the magic of it all. One day of the year is all I'm asking for, and each year, I'm turned away (a bit like Mary at the inn, hehe). Friends are with their partners and families etc. My sister (local), I was there for her, helping clean her house etc, when she was going through cancer, and the other one, am always there for her, and I'm kicked in the teeth.
Louise, you're right, this time last year, we were all saying the same thing about Christmas spirit etc. My sisters obviously don't like spreading any that's for sure!!! If it wasn't for One Space, I'd definately be off my rocker by now.
Hi louise hope you are well,i have got a question for you,i really dont like my adviser at the job centre,i dont find her very encouraging and she says one thing and does another,do you think im within my rights ask for another adviser?,your advice would be appreciated as i am going in again on thurs.
I think Christmas is going to be difficult for all of us here this year for different reasons - i would like to start a thread on the just for fun or general board - i would like it to be things we are going to do for ourselves and our kids to make Christmas good - its so hard to focus on the positive when we feel so down and alone but i am going to try and raise our spirits - i won't be alone on Christmas day but its is going to be hard still so maybe i wish it was just me and the kids - hope you will all feel able to join me on a positive thread - feel free to ignore or tell me to go away ;-)
Oh Hazeleyes, im with you on the support we get from this site. I dont have any friends to speak of really. One very close friend has got a new life and so im surplus now, i was ok when she needed someone. Now im in need she has gone awol. I have a distant pal but we only text, never meet as she busy with family.
Im dreading xmas to be truthful but as ive only got one day to do it and then go visiting, i wont have much time to get upset as im back at blooming work after the meal.
Louise-sparkling, hazel and i are very busy and i think that if we are not careful we could be ill (i know hazeleyes is poorly at the mo) and taking a long time to recover. its the cashflow problem, working and trying to keep home life and childcare settled. HOWEVER it MUST get better and we will look back and wonder how we did it but be able to pass on support to others.
Today ive managed to clean kitchen, iron uniforms, do my sewing pile and write letters, all with carols on tv. Very tired. Hoping son will finish tree decs tonight. Bless he has been saving his earnings-from pot washing, car cleaning, vaccing etc and bought small gifts for family. The first xmas he has been independent. Im making a wonderful little man who will show respect and good manners as an adult.
Maybe we should all make a pact to have a little think of each other on christmas day at a certain time, that way we are kind-of together with good friends?
littleredhen. Wouldn't dream of telling you to go away, or ignore the thread either.
elle, I'm sure that you're within your rights to request another adviser. You can only ask, or perhaps ring them beforehand maybe?
Hi belle. I'm always on here Christmas Day anyway. I come on here as much as for me, as for others too, that might have just joined or something, and feeling particularly down. At least writing back lets someone know they're not completely on their own. Lovely idea of making a time to think of each other though.
Hi everyone felt like ive not been on for ages every time i went on the com last week i was applying for jobs ect and its been getting on my nerves i feel like everything i do involves looking for a job,its a job looking for a job! i was at the job centre twice last week,and i am going to mention changing advisers as i cant put up with her anymore,i hate that woman!
God im feeling all christmassy and am a bit excited aswell.more for R and seeing his face.
Hi hazel eyes i hope you and c are both well and things at work are ok too,im sorry to hear you have had that kind of response from your sisters,i wouldnt say no to a friend let alone family,i think there being really unkind towards you and c,you are family like you said,and i dont mean to be disrespectful towards them but you and c deserve more than that.
Hello to everyone else i hope you are all well today,its snowed here a little bit only a bit thank god lol.
RIGHT!!!!
It is lovely to see so many posts here, elle81 a big hello. I agree with Hazeleyes, best to phone beforehand if you want to change your adviser (probably less embarrassing than saying it to the woman's face) BUT I think you don't have "a right" to a new adviser, you can only put in "a request". If you are asked for a reason then you could say something like the present one is very similar-looking to someone who bullied you at school and so you feel intimidated even though it is not this woman's fault that she reminds you of this other person. Yes I know that it's not being truthful but sometimes we need to achieve a result by telling a white lie.
Hazeleyes, no hooray from you? Last year sparkling had just come home from a failed trip to Centerparcs and we were knee deep in snow and C was really ill and you kept writing and re-writing your budget. So it is a seasonal thing, a sort of pre-Yule low. I do think that it is sad that neither of your sisters can be generous enough to include you in their celebrations though, pity you don't drive cos you could have just gone round for an hour.
Little redhen, great idea for the thread and I have already added something (I also added Christmas to the title )
Bella, excellent thought to have a time we all have a "One Space" toast (maybe only a lemonade ) and think of each other and feel glad that we have each others' support. What do you think would be a good time? (please dont say 6am lol)
Oh Hazeleyes, if I wasn't going to see my mum on the other side of the water, I would invite you down here for Christmas!!! We'd all shuffle up a bit to make room!
Am still struggling with more essays today, - big sigh...
And No1 son - who was supposed to bring his luggage which I will be taking for him because Ryanair want an extra sixty Pound - has just thrown all my carefully planned week. He's too old to do that!!!!!!
Not feeling terribly Christmassy, but getting there....
what a great idea to think of each other on Christmas Day - i will be online at some point but will be thinking of all my new friends anyway.
i heard Dina Carrolls Perfect Year in the shops yesterday and nearly cried and then stopped myself and said next year will be the Perfect Year because i will make it so - i remembered i can't change others but i can change myself :-)
Thank you for the advice louise and hazel eyes never hurts to tell a white lie louise lol i was speaking to my mums lodger about it and he said tell them at the front desk and get a complaints form thats what he did and he got a new adviser so fingers crossed!
Hi mich hope you get your essays sorted and it dosent take up to much of your sunday.
Hi little red hen thats a good attitude to have and i agree with you im going to try and make sure next years a much better year,i hope yours will be too.
Well, my essay is more or less there (brag, brag). Figure I'm just going to print it out now (once daughter has done the header and footer clever bit for me).
Yes, this time last year we had 6" of snow.
And yes, I'll be here on Christmas day too, as I have no family to go to. BUT I might have an arm chair to sit in to watch Doctor Who! Having not had an arm chair since May, that is going to be quite a highlight.
At the end of the day, it's 'just' another day to get through. My children are older now but still enjoy the magic of the tree and tinsel.
Next year will bring a whole new batch of challenges to get through, so it will be a case of day by day here. Which has got me this far And at least I can face day by day while being a clean banana.
louise can i put my request in for colin firth please lol
Oh heck, how I will I fit Colin Firth, Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jnr on my magic sleigh?
At least sparkling won't want Nick Knowles this time (he wanted to give the sleigh a 60 minute makeover last year!)
Don't worry Louise, I won't be putting any requests in. No man in my eyes is worth a trip on your magic sleigh I'm more than happy with my little man of 9 . Think I shall be heading off to bed soon to watch tv. Have been on the settee all afternoon, all cosy and warm. All I've done today is bluetack some cards around, just to get them out of the way. Have the boiler being checked tomorrow, so shall be in again. Am in no fit state to go out anyway. Not felt this poorly in a long time, temperature etc. Once I'm on the mend, I shall join in with the rest of you and your Christmas Spirit.
Hope you're all having a good restful Sunday evening.
Send to friend
Excellent idea.
Had a lovely hot chocolate with my friend, but really anxious for her as the trip out to be with her husband for Christmas is not going smoothly. Have a Plan B where if it doesn't work out, daughter and twelve year old will have to work hard to cheer up her son!
Rushed back though as HA chappy wanted to call between 12.30 and 1pm. Been back since 12.10pm, so I guess there's still time