January 2012 Chit Chat

Thankyou Sparkling i suppose mine will get use to no cards when they get a bit older, its just when they are younger it seems to mean more, also we are not a big family so she only had 4 cards on wednesday so she noticed  it more, never mind she'l have a few more tonight.Hope everyone is ok and keeping warm catch up later xx

Oh my Goodness, had a busy week. I was working on Thursday and Friday( today until 7pm).Met a NetMum on Wednesday so have made a new friend too.

I have to two ladies who did the Paul McKenna thing coming to stay for the weekend, and looking forward to that.

I have been reading your thread Bella, and have been wishing you well and thinking of you.

Hope your Daughter has a great Party tying hard.

Sorry to hear that you need an op hazeleyes...thinking of you.

Hope you have a nice break Louise, enjoy some relaxing time too.

Hope you are ok LRH...

Are you ok too Anna and sparkling?

That sounds brilliant Mich

Hello everyone, hope you're all okay. Anna, I'm loving the new emotions

Not had a very eventful day, though I did get the hoover out, oh and I defrosted freezer. Can't see the dust if I sit in the dark, hehe. Had good day at work yesterday.

Wonder if Louise was on the beach today? She must be barmy lol. It's absolutely freezing indoors, let alone at the seaside, bbrrrrr!

What's everyone's plans for the rest of the weekend?

Busy weekend Anna.

Well done Hazeleyes on doing the freezer.  My luxury is a frost free fridge freezer, but I do have a chest freezer which does have to be done.  I also find that so long as the dust isn't disturbed no one would ever know either.

Been cleaning the hut today.  Three leaders, plus one spouse, three parents, one grandparent and a few children.

There are about 50 children in the group...

It looks so much better.

Anna, I absolutely love them, don't get rid!!! The freezer tip? Well, I ordered from a shopping channel a steam cleaner, well actually it looks a bit like a jug. Originally I got it for lime scale, which this cleaner is supposed to work magic on (doesn't by the way), and then I saw it defrosted freezers, and yes it works. In fact from beginning to end, it took just 20 mins. Absolute godsend. Also means of course that nothing has time to defrost, food wise. I think altogether it cost £26 something, that included the £6.99 p&p. The channel is called price drop, and you can get it on line too.

Yes it is very cold, and I'm sure Wales is due for snow, (sorry Sparkling)

Had a cleaning day today, sorted the kitchen, C's bedroom, furniture had to be moved around (aarrgghhh) ironing done, although it wasn't much to be honest, dinner done and dusted. C is in the bath now, and I'll follow once he's out and had his hair washed. Work tomorrow, so an early night for me, though I did have one last night, but didn't sleep too well. Come tomorrow I won't want to get up.

Teacher is having an observation day on Wednesday, with me also being observed, and I'm not looking forward to it one bit. I think it is the head of literacy as well as the headmaster. Teacher will go through it with me tomorrow. Remembered earlier today that I have to send off two wage slips (copies) to DWP, as they wrote saying that I had been receiving In Work Credits for a while now (since November) they have to have proof that I'm working. If no proof, then they stop the IWC! Good job I remembered eh! Also tried to set up standing order for loan I have to pay back. Was going great guns too, until I was stopped in tracks, because they don't have the right phone numbers for me, they have really old ones. Anyhow, can't set anything up until next Sunday! Oh well.

I hope everyone is okay and keeping warm. Have you all had a good weekend? Very quiet in here, so maybe everyone is partying, unless you've all gone with Louise, without telling Anna and myself, hehe. Sounds like you've had a busy weekend Anna. Lovely to see you here by the way.

Enjoy your week everyone. Take care.

I had a frost free freezer too, but it conked out if you remember. Now I do it myself, and the freezer is a lot quieter too I find.

Any help here would be great please. C has (since before Christmas time I think) been twirling his hair, knotting it, and then pulling it out! At first the knots would be played with, not pulled or anything, but now he does. It is so bad now, that he has a bald spot at the back, and it is so so so noticeable. I thought it was to do with nerves maybe, but I've spoken to him, and he says not, still saying he just likes the feel of it! Tonight, after washing his hair, I took some pics and showed him exactly what it looks like. I am mortified. To give him an incentive to stop, I have told him that I will put some money into his account every month, on the condition I see an improvement. He is very much money orientated, so thought this might work. Any other suggestions would be gratefully received. He thought a bit of string might do the trick, but I'm not convinced on that one.

Hi hazeleyes

This sounds really similar to my friends daughter, who at 13 pulled all her beautiful hair out. It started about a year after a really stressful period in their family life and lasted about 9 months, I think the visual effect was worse than the physcological impact on my friends daughter although we were all devastated. 

Have a look at this website Trichotillomania Support online, there is lots of interesting information there, looking at why people do it, ranging from anxiety to boredom. They suggest that some types of foods can trigger it too.

hazeleyes I am not doctor though, so it would be wise to visit yours before you take anything too far.

Will C talk about it? Also sparkling, who is Christmas Robin??

Hi to everyone, too tired to go through names lol. Thanks for link on that Anna, shall have a flick through maybe tomorrow afternoon, when C is not around. Sparkling, don't think the Robin will work, maybe nearer Christmas for that one! He told me that today he twiddled with it, knotted it, but didn't pull the hair out. I gave him 50p for telling me the truth, and just hoping that he is telling the truth! Anna, I thought of the boredom thing, as someone at school said her daughter had a tic in her eye, she is way above her years too, and boredom was suggested on that. I'm checking his pillowcases too (for evidence). I need to chat to the GP also, such a bad mum for not doing it sooner, but I honestly thought he would stop after a few weeks. I've tried ignoring, had his hair cut short, but still he managed it! Thankyou all anyway.

Good day at work. Observation on Wednesday, and totally dreading it, lord knows why when it's really for the teacher and how he uses me in the classroom. Don't want to let him down, and need to chat about it tomorrow. Hospital appointment came through (not sure if I posted it). It's for 5th March, which I hate the date anyway, as it was my Dad's funeral on that day, and I remember when my gall bladder came around, they gave me that date, and I cancelled, thinking it would be a bad omen. This time I shall keep the date, hoping it will bring good luck, rather than bad. Very superstitious me!!!

Have a good evening everyone. xx

Thankyou lrh, shall google that now. Hope you're okay. I know you were feeling low for a while. How's it going? x

Shattered this end.

Thank you Anna for hazeleyes' link, as I couldn't remember the name...

Long day at work, and then home for 10 minutes before going off to a housing association meeting.

Bed for me.

Really do hope everyone's ok.