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It is tough NOW. So how are we coping
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Cornishpixie wrote: »My DS1 is 11 today and wants a family party tea. (taking a few friends to the pics at weekend). Anyhoo baked most of the stuff myself and his cake yesterday. Then last night he insists on baking 30+ cornflake cake things for his class. Did it all by himself he took the last £3 out of my purse to get chocolate and the kitchen was like a bomb site. :eek: Could have cried stress of baking all day, as well as everything else.Can't really tighten any further, without starving the kids. Having little money does get to you. I flipped last week at some insurance co. because they took money out of my account.I was quite insistant on getting it back.:D
Well....I sympathise there. The way you put it - it sounds like he just helped himself from your purse....:eek: Gawd...I wouldnt have dreamed of doing that as a kid. I guess you tell him off in no uncertain terms for having taken an "unauthorised loan" and that you will be paying yourself back from his pocketmoney.?
Crikey - even at my age...if I'm in my parents place visiting for a meal - I have to ask if I want something else.0 -
Cornishpixie wrote: »My DS1 is 11 today and wants a family party tea. (taking a few friends to the pics at weekend). Anyhoo baked most of the stuff myself and his cake yesterday. Then last night he insists on baking 30+ cornflake cake things for his class. Did it all by himself he took the last £3 out of my purse to get chocolate and the kitchen was like a bomb site. :eek: Could have cried stress of baking all day, as well as everything else.Can't really tighten any further, without starving the kids. Having little money does get to you. I flipped last week at some insurance co. because they took money out of my account.I was quite insistant on getting it back.:D
You know Cornishpixie, I think that most kids have got used to a level of 'I want - I'm going to have!' I think Ceridwen is right in saying he should pay you back.
You are right that having little money gets to you - at the moment there is an illusion that a lot of people have more money and that you don't have much and you are left behind. In reality if everyone lived within their means there would be a good many more people feeling like you do.0 -
We have loads of buzzards just now, and the kestrels are coming back thank goodness, I love kessies.0
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Just a quickie as I'm watching a disaster on SciFi.
Just watched Credit Crash Britain and featured was a - very brief - item about a pensioner who had spent £1800 insulating and installing a wood burning stove in her small bungalow. Her gas bill was about £50 a year!
Her wood was free, she spent weekends collecting it. It would have been interesting to get more info. Well worth getting the programme up on iplayer to see it.0 -
i watched that too - i was amazed! it was great - wish they'd gone into it more though!0
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Cornishpixie wrote: »My DS1 is 11 today and wants a family party tea. (taking a few friends to the pics at weekend). Anyhoo baked most of the stuff myself and his cake yesterday. Then last night he insists on baking 30+ cornflake cake things for his class. Did it all by himself he took the last £3 out of my purse to get chocolate and the kitchen was like a bomb site. :eek: Could have cried stress of baking all day, as well as everything else.Can't really tighten any further, without starving the kids. Having little money does get to you. I flipped last week at some insurance co. because they took money out of my account.I was quite insistant on getting it back.:D
Well done on all that baking. :T
Maybe I'm the one who's reading it wrong but it doesn't look to me like your son nicked your last £3. It looks like he used his initiative and decided to "help" by doing the buns himself. I know how stressful it is baking with kids in the kitchen though. I'm a bit anal when it comes to my kitchen and it's hard to let the girls wreck it. It's always worth it though.
Hope things pick up for you soon.
Ceridwen....I do realise that things are tough and we should be realistic about when it will turn around but surely a positive, optimistic attitude will serve us better than being too "doom and gloom" about how long this will all drag on for.
I think a positive attitude is more likely to help people cope in the long run. 
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DH knows someone who has an open fire and never has to buy wood. They get it from all over the place. The stove is much better because you can burn stuff that would otherwise spit - I think!
I was impressed by the woman's wood storage area. I recorded it so will watch it again. I loved her house as well.
What I would really like is a fireplace like my great aunty. It had a narrow, deep burning area, an oven by the side and a tank which could be filled with hot water. I don't know if it had a back boiler.
My aunty had a fireplace with oven, a ledge along the front which pans stood on and pan stands that could swing out and back over the fire. It had a back boiler for hot water. This kind of fireplace was common in the 50's. The idea that you used the fire for more than one purpose.
I remember my mum cooking something over the fire singing 'Oh play to me gypsy' - lol!0 -
Ho hum, looks like I'm in the "potential redundancy" corner. We had "the email" today.
Not sure if I'll be safe or not and the meetings are to take place in January. They are though talking about redeploying people to different parts of the business and offering flexible working - I could probably afford to drop a day if it meant keeping a job but who knows....
I finally got to transfer my Icesave money back yesterday so that will be in my account in four days or so....it's not a vast amount and it's to pay off a tax bill come January but at least it's on its way back.
The really good news is that my Dad had his hip replacement replaced yesterday and he's doing really well so that is fantastically good news.
<<<hugs>>> to all that need them.Piglet
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One of my friends was made redundant yesterday, is now panicking about mortgage, Christmas, and just about everything else ! (((((((Big hugs))))))) to all affected by this - as said before - at least we have each other on this site - and you have all been a great help to me :beer:.
Have decided Remoska was one of the things on the wants list, don't really need one - maybe if they come down drastically in sale - otherwise it will be staying in the shop!
Would anyone mind if I joined the nonymouses, although I am not sure how to??? It is a brilliant idea - sometimes just knowing that others are thinking of you when you are really down is a great help. :AWhen you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on :eek:
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Hi Pagangirl
Here is the link to the nonny mouse site..and of course you can join... the more the merrier :j
http://nonnymouse.forumotion.net/forum.htm-6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.50
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