*Weekend Chat 5/6th Sept ****Happy Birthday Snags and Pania

sallyx

SCaredy thank you for that link..I am going to phone up tomorrow and see if there is any space for this year and how much the cost is...think I might be able to get it free

SuzySu

Gosh.....I'm absolutely shattered. Only managed an hour's weeding this afternoon.

Night all.

Buffythedebtslayer

Ames wrote: »

Pap, I agree with the OU, they're great at support and pastoral stuff, but academically they leave a lot to be desired. It drives me mad that I can't do independent research if I'm interested in things, and the marking seems very slipshod - I got a good mark for an essay where I thought the painting was of Paris and it was somewhere else, and got bad marks for essays which I thought were great. Feedback's poor too. But it's my only option, I can't afford a part time degree at a bricks and mortar uni and can't manage full time. I'm just looking at it as a stepping stone to a masters, I've already checked that OU will be accepted for it. I just need to raise my grades somehow, get it into my head not to disagree with what the books say! (and not leaving them till the last minute will probably help too!)

I didnt like studying with the OU - feel exactly the same as you Ames, thought it was completely inconsistent.

I may do one course - a short one next year to look good on the CV or a little one to get a diploma/certificate thing just to say I actually finished some thing!

spud30

Well, me and DH pulled the carpet up, he got his chisel set, tidied the hole and measured what we needed. He then sent me to B&Q for summink to fill the hole while he finished off. It was the first time I've ever been to B&Q on my own :cool:

Anyway, ever the DFWer, I found an offcut for £1 and we fixed it

Over 4 years I've put up with that hole, and it took less than an hour to fix :rolleyes:

Mind, I did find a piece of the living room ceiling on the floor down here, brought down by the hammering

I told him this morning that I found watching him repair our house VERY SEXY (i didnt :rotfl:) so I can foresee Mr Spud volunteering for much more DIY in future

sallyx

Yay Spud, fantastic that you and DH have fixed the hole We all knew you could do it!

spud30

sallyx wrote: »

Yay Spud, fantastic that you and DH have fixed the hole We all knew you could do it!

I still step over it, even though it's fixed. I guess it will take time to get out of that habit

Ellidee

spud30 wrote: »

Well, me and DH pulled the carpet up, he got his chisel set, tidied the hole and measured what we needed. He then sent me to B&Q for summink to fill the hole while he finished off . TIt was the first time I've ever been to B&Q on my own :cool:

Anyway, ever the DFWer, I found an offcut for £1 and we fixed it

Over 4 years I've put up with that hole, and it took less than an hour to fix :rolleyes:

Mind, I did find a piece of the living room ceiling on the floor down here, brought down by the hammering

I told him this morning that I found watching him repair our house VERY SEXY (i didnt :rotfl:) so I can foresee Mr Spud volunteering for much more DIY in future

:T Yay - well done Mr & Mrs Spud :j - wait til Jacs reads this !! ! :rotfl:

scaredy_cat

sallyx wrote: »

SCaredy thank you for that link..I am going to phone up tomorrow and see if there is any space for this year and how much the cost is...think I might be able to get it free

my counselling Access course was about £1k for the fees, that was paid by the colleges Learner Fund, and i had to pay for the CRB check, admin fee and the residential weekend.

spud30

Ellidee wrote: »

:T Yay - well done Mr & Mrs Spud :j - wait til Jacs reads this !! ! :rotfl:

I thought about you both while we fixed it - even took a before picture so you can see it. I might put it on FB for a while :rotfl:

Ames

Oooh, very sneaky telling him that, I like it!