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MSE Parents Club Part 9

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  • Tigsteroonie
    Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I miss seeing my Heighland Coos every morning! And I kinda miss hearing the accent too ... Oh well, there are other benefits to having moved back to England ;)

    Morning All :hello: Positively balmy here today, only -4, and it was only -1 when I fed Andrew in the middle of the night! I'm wondering how Manchester Council is going to decrease the amount of salt/grit it uses by 25%, as you can't actually reduce ZERO.

    I see people are getting organised - I'm a paperwork fiend, just love having lists and filing stuff away, organising budgets etc (I love working in admin!) Bought another filecase last Monday just to get Andrew's stuff organised. Annoyed that we can't claim CWP because we don't claim IS/JSA, due to the MA. I'm impressed by some of your pensions, I'm not contributing (and I'm ancient!) but I've got about 20yrs civil service pension built up. Minimal life cover, so nothing had better happen to me in the short term.
    :heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls

    MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote

    :) Proud Parents to an Aut-some son :)
  • csh_2
    csh_2 Posts: 3,294 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Tigs is CWP- Cold Weather Payment?
  • csh_2
    csh_2 Posts: 3,294 Forumite
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    On the life cover: Think I'm worth about 450k dead!! I've got a thing about it because my Dad died young and never left much. I've got a pension through work but at the mo don't pay in.
  • SugarSpun
    SugarSpun Posts: 8,559 Forumite
    Benjamin has his first girlfriend, and she is an older woman!!!

    *melts* that's lovely :)

    Weezlie that's a hell of a list, good luck!

    Tara how are your littlies and DD? Apparently swine flu can really linger. I hop eeryone's ok.

    MM how's your bum?

    Ladybird I'd love a giant beanbag, v v jealous of yours.

    Welcome back Squishy - is Elena treating you well?

    A coo? You're all weird up there in Scotland :)
    Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
    Three gifts left to buy
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    I'm not contributing (and I'm ancient!) but I've got about 20yrs civil service pension built up. Minimal life cover, so nothing had better happen to me in the short term.

    which type of civil service pension tigs?

    classic

    classic plus

    nuvos

    partnership

    premium

    some of them look like they'd pay a good lump sum and an ongoing pension to Harley/andrew...

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • csh_2
    csh_2 Posts: 3,294 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Sorry Weezl, I'm sure Harley would be delighted to get Tigs' pension but I think Marley might be a bit miffed!!!
  • Squishy
    Squishy Posts: 721 Forumite
    Thanks for asking after Elena :) She's doing well: not yet sleeping through the night, but if I'm lucky I'll have a 4/5 hour stint then she'll be back on her usual 2 hour feeds - during the day she can do anything between wanting to feed every 2 hours to lasting 6 hours if we're in the car! She really is a good baby though, so can't complain: has recently really found her voice so is chittering away and laughing properly :D

    A scottish meet sounds fun - where is it to be? I'm a bit further up north!
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    csh wrote: »
    On the life cover: Think I'm worth about 450k dead!!


    *Hopes CSH's DD isn't reading this with a glint in her eye.... :o:p*

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • csh_2
    csh_2 Posts: 3,294 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    *Hopes CSH's DD isn't reading this with a glint in her eye.... :o:p*

    Don't know about DD but I've seen OH looking at me funny:eek:
  • Morning all :hello:

    Weezl, just looking at your list makes me feel tired!

    Button, I second Ladybirds idea of a bean bag settee - we have a beanbag chair and it is mega comfy!

    Hi Squishy :hello:

    Searching, best to safe than sorry with your driving lesson

    MM, hope your bum feels better! :o

    We had our best ever sleep last night :T David went to sleep at 10, woke up at 4 and fed til 5.30 and then back to sleep until gone 8.30 :T
    The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents ;):o:D
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