MSE Parents Club Part 9

Becles

Morning

It's cold here again. -3.5°C outside and I've got to pop out and do an audit for work this morning. We've had another couple of inches overnight. Must be up to about 9" deep now.

My poor puppy Jack is struggling in places as he's still just little. He was playing in a snow drift on the field yesterday and just sort of slithering and bouncing over the top like a seal :rotfl:Garden has been thick of snow and ice since not long after we got him. I wonder if he'll get a shock when he sees the grass when it thaws!

Got a tight budget here and I can account for every penny. I think it helps as you realise how much things cost and where you can make savings. I shop around before I buy things, and always think if I really need something or just want it.

Planning decorating here this year. The main bathroom has just a single line of tiles around the top of the bath and the rest is wallpapered. Have already had a shower fitted in there, and have managed to convert enough Tesco points to buy tiles at Topps Tiles. Going to get the window replaced as it's a wooden one and it's rottern (scared to open it as the frame is warped!), and replace the bathroom suite too. It should look all posh when it's finished :cool:

BrunoM

Morning all
Not a bad night's sleep at all so why do I feel like death warmed over this morning?? There is no justice.

elle_gee wrote: »

OH always looks at his payslip and moans about how much he's paying into his pension and how he could spend the money if it was in his bank, but I won't let him cancel it We pay 4% and work pay 6.3% (I think! I really should know that, working in HR! ) and if we stop paying, so do work so it's a lot missing from the pension fund.

MDW, we have the free will service through the union - that's the only reason why I'm thinking of doing it, because it's the only way we could afford it! In fact, I'm not entirely sure I'm still paying union contributions at the minute (I don't think the DD was transferred to my new account) but I know OH is. His is done through payroll because he's a union rep, but my membership is a secret cos everyone else in the HR Dept is anti union!

Yes - I pay 6% pension and work pay 9%, the number of times I've looked at cutting that to use the money here and now... :rolleyes: but it's so important. Especially as I am sole provider and was comparatively old when I first started paying into a pension at all (32). I keep forcing myself to keep it but it burns.

Lol at your anti-anti-union rebelling Elle What do they do for you that makes it appealing? Why are your colleagues against it? No union or funereal cover here but I also get the 4x salary on death thing which given OH would almost certainly move back to California would leave her very well covered indeed. Nothing on OH though, so if we both exploded without Elijah I am not too sure what would happen with him something this thread has discussed a few times. I am sure I should think about it.

In fact every time I start trying to make a list of administrative and domestic things I should do, either paperwork or around the house, etc, I get really depressed and overwhelmed and stop sigh. I am both impressed but also reminded of my own inadequacy by the lists you lot are posting.

Thinking of your bottom this morning, MM! :rolleyes: Here's hoping sleep was a great healer!

We're all off to meet friends and their 3+1 year olds in a bit, at
http://www.kidspaceadventures.com/croydon/home

looks very interesting! A lot aimed at kids older than E but I think some bits will appeal at least.

ladybirdintheuk

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

When I picked Benjamin up from his CM this afternoon he was giving her eldest (3, nearly 4) loads of kisses. The CM was telling me how they are the best of friends and play together and kiss all the time - she says she has had to separate them at mealtimes because the pair of them sit holding hands and laughing at each other instead of eating their meals!!!

Benjamin has his first girlfriend, and she is an older woman!!!

Oh, that is adorable

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Maybe OH's mum will get us a sofa.....though I am reluctant to even bother getting one, because the cat will scratch her flippin claws on it, so maybe just look out for a 2nd hand one on Freecycle, ditto with the mirror and vanity table, though will buy if nothing crops up.

Would a giant beanbag be an option? We got one on ebay for about £100. Mind you, there is NO dignified way to get out of a beanbag unless you have all the stomach muscles in the world.

Squishy

Good morning all,

I hope you don't mind me (finally!) trying to join in? Not had much of a chance really up to now: this baby does not like daytime sleeps However, this morning she was insistant that she wanted up, then fell asleep on her beanbag about 20 minutes later when I've woken up too much to go back to sleep myself :rolleyes:

For those of you who do not know or remember me, I had my baby Elena 13 weeks ago. She is doing really well - is now 15lbs 10 ounces, so putting on an average of about 1/2lb per week! I can't believe she's growing so fast

weezl74 wrote: »

Two and a coo? Enlighten me about this lovely scots phrase?

I am guessing this is two sugars and some milk

BrunoM

Meh, now friends cancelled, they live in a village in Sussex and they can't get their (4x4!) car up the sloping drive that leads into their cul-de-sac... I think we're gonna go alone anyway so as to have something to do!

Welcome Squishy

Two and a moo would've made sense to me, but a coo? Do scottish cows coo? Do scottish pigeons give milk?

Squishy

BrunoM wrote: »

Welcome Squishy

Two and a moo would've made sense to me, but a coo? Do scottish cows coo? Do scottish pigeons give milk?

Try saying it in a scottish (or Irish!) accent - a cow is a coo! (and I'm Irish and hubby is Scottish so we've both heard this one) :rotfl:

(of course, it is more than likely that I'm worng and it means something completely different)

searching_me

weezl good luck on the list ... mm hope your bum is better .. on the subject of money i cant save for anything properly til i shift this debt as i always feel it hanging over me ..

my driving lesson got cancelled again til thursday theres just too much snow with it snowing again last night .. better save then sorry ... jaydens been winding up philip since 5am was his turn for feed but once mister had finished his bottle philip laid him in his cot and everytime philip tried going sleep he shouted his head off so i got up and took him off his had for an hour .. poor daddy ... i need to take zoe to get some new glasses but dont know if its wise in this weather give it an hour ... hope my boots order comes :undecided x

:hello: squishy x

weezl74

Squishy wrote: »

Try saying it in a scottish (or Irish!) accent - a cow is a coo! (and I'm Irish and hubby is Scottish so we've both heard this one) :rotfl:

(of course, it is more than likely that I'm worng and it means something completely different)

Ah! a coo (cow) Aim with ye noo lassies oop in bonnie scatland! (CSH it must be more like a latte if you require a whole coo!)

And back to debating with OH about how many square metres of cladding we require.... xxx

csh_2

Squishy wrote: »

Try saying it in a scottish (or Irish!) accent - a cow is a coo! (and I'm Irish and hubby is Scottish so we've both heard this one) :rotfl:

(of course, it is more than likely that I'm worng and it means something completely different)

No, you are right! Coo=Cow=Milk!!!

Look what I've started :rotfl:

Hi Squishy! How are you getting on? Is Elena being kind to you and eating and sleeping well?

Fitzio

Morning all! Welcome back Squishy! I was wondering about you the other day. A Scottish meet up is going to be organised sometime so wondered if you were around. Is Elena sleeping at night?

Csh - have you broken FB already? I can't get on!