Old Style Diary Archive - FEB 06

moggins

Morning all, just a quick post as I'm off to the hospital with DS in a little while.

Hugs to all that need them

Yaaaayyy to Spuds 2nd tooth

This morning we have nearly £500 more in the bank than on a normal payday. (Lots of overtime and a backdated payrise) I just have to persuade DH to let me direct it towards the debts instead of him going on a spending spree

Penny-Pincher!!

Good Luck VickyA's dad. Hope it all goes well.

Queenie-DFD has been put back a month as I forgot we have the MOT and car Insurance in April:eek: never mind!

PP
xx

froggergirl

A white out day today here so DD very excited, DS (1) never really experienced snow before so sledging here we come. We're lucky enough to be on a really quiet road with a nice gentle slope - perfect for the wee ones!

B - Porridge
L - Kids - HM fishcakes with beans, DH - Mix of leftovers from fridge
D - Kids, HM chicken nuggets and HM chips with veg, Adults, HM chicken curry and chips and rice

DW about to go on, TD just finished, WM about to go on - ironing pile now in severe danger of taking over the whole dining room so people might think theyve actually walked into a laundry - will try and get it sorted today but if not never mind

cha97michelle

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Prudent-DD is suppose to be having free school dinners but they were totally awful and never the choices there that should have been. She is in year 6, so were last to get lunch and some days were only being offered a bread roll and a pudding:eek: at least I know shes eating well now.

I am hoping that when she attends secondary (this sept) that there will be more choice in the cafeteria and she will be able to get free dinners. Out of interest, does anyone know how much they contribute daily towards the free school meals and what the prices are in the cafs at secondary?

Thanks

PP
xx

the way our school does it, the kids on free school meals are given a token to the value of the set meal. Last time i had one i think it was about £1.60/1.70, but this was probably 6 months ago. Kids can then choose the set meal, or other items from the cafe up to the value of the token, or select more and pay the difference.

I've seen some interesting meals i tell you. bowl of custard for lunch anyone?

Our school displays all prices on a noticeboard outside the cafe, so that kids can work out what they want before they go in. I am always a bit disappointed though that it is cheaper to buy crap than to buy a yoghurt or piece of fruit, and we are supposed to be a healthy school.


i'm sending good vibes for vickya's dad.

Pooky

Morning all

No snow here today - dark grey skies and really cold and windy though.. The snow is forecast for this area on Friday - typically that's the day that my parents are supposed to be arriving to take DD's off for the weekend....I'd love the snow for them to play in but I think I'd love a weekend off a little bit more.

Just done some online banking - much easier that having to get the bus into town and sorting it - I've been keeping a list of everything going in and out since the end of November and being very religious about overpaying as much as possible - combine that with re-jigging DH's loan earlier this month and we've managed to clear £6200 off our debts since November 28th..... :j I'm so pleased, we were only saying last night how much we've enjoyed being more OS and can't wait to get on with out next project, the veggi patch. I've already got my seeds and I've managed to stick £50 away to use for a new spade/fork and to hire a rotivator for a day to get the ground ready, DH has booked 4 days off work to do it as well.....I will be eating my own veg this year! It's amazing how much our lives have turned round since coming here.

No little ones today, WM on, DW empty, Hoovering done, bathroom clean, beds aired and made. Going to have a surf for a bit before attacking the ironing pile and watching a film.

Have a good one all.

Brekkie - toast
Lunch - left over quiche/sandwiches
Dinner - Toad in the hole with roast veg (no one fancied it last night)

anguk

cha97michelle wrote:

the way our school does it, the kids on free school meals are given a token to the value of the set meal. Last time i had one i think it was about £1.60/1.70, but this was probably 6 months ago. Kids can then choose the set meal, or other items from the cafe up to the value of the token, or select more and pay the difference.

My DD's school does something similar. All pupils are issued with a "smartcard", the children who pay charge their card up with money on Mondays and the free meals kids have (I think) £1.70 automatically added each day. The smartcard is an excellent system because it means the kids aren't wandering around with money and no-one can tell who has free meals, the cards are all the same. The school has cafe style meals so the kids can choose what they want up to the value of £1.70, if it comes to more they pay the difference. I normally give my DD an extra 50p a day to cover any extra or a drink depending on what she chooses for her lunch.

thriftmonster

Hi everyone. Hugs to all who need them - and it includes me. Woke up at 4.45am and just made it to the bathroom in time for some projectile vomiting. I even managed to hit the vertical blinds. So at 5.10 I was cleaning the whole bathroom and dismantling the vertical blinds to soak them in a sink full of bleach! They're in the WM now. I'm going to reassemble them damp and hope the weights will pull any creases out.

It is snowy here this morning but all the roads are open - much to the kids disgust. Made the first batch of pancakes for them for brekkie, then will make more at teatime and then - guess what - off to Beavers to make more with them and get them to toss them. We're usually pretty successful so fingers crossed for me.

Am getting large Tesco delivery this morning - most of the basics for the month so I think I will have to do major freezer reorganisation later. Off now to tidy and clean the kitchen before the Tesco man sees it!!!

taplady

Morning all! :hello:

Day off for me as I worked 31 hours over the weekend :eek:

Had a lovely afternoon at work yesterday, took a service user to the snoozelen and we had a relaxing time on the heated water bed, with calming music and beautiful light effects and a foot massage(its a hard life! :rolleyes: )

just started snowing here in Worcestershire!

B - muesli
L - beans on toast
D - cod with a crunchy topping in cheese sauce, new pots and veg

Nice to see you posting again Queenie not the same without you, also I like the idea about turning the ironing pile into a coffee table! :laugh:

Am off out shortly to the library then coffee with mum at the WI.

Catch up with you all later! :wave: :wave: :wave:

melancholly

morning - have only skimmed the thread so far since i should be working! so hope vickyA's dad's operation is fine - i guess it's well underway by now, and thiftmonster - hope you feel better soon..... sounds very nasty!!

all very clear and sunny in manchester (and very cold!!). going to have a HM pizza experiment later.... still nto sure whether i should buy the pizza base mix or use the BM.... i guess it depends on what time i get to the supermarket tonight. was meant to go last night but things just didn't happen... one of those evenings.

have a good day everyone!

youngmum_2

Well, just back from taking DS1 to nursery and DS2 having a nap so that means I can relax on here for a little while and catch up with some posts whilst having my breakfast

Nowt done on the housework front as yet but did do a quick session on the treadmill before taking wee one to school and DH did do dishes before leaving for work . So, WM will go on and soup to be made for tea tonight. House generally still tidy but do need to tackle DS1's bedroom and sort out all those toys of his! Plus our wardrobe could do with a bit of a tidy out too.

Tonight I really need to shop for new car insurance for DH and I. That ought to be fun :rolleyes:

Have a good one everyone :wave: