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MSE Parents Club Part 9

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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    I stuck with the Classic when I had the chance, zero contribution level. I'm kinda hoping the government doesn't change the PCSPS (scheme) to stop it being a final salary one!

    I think there's a good chance it'd pay out even with deferred benefits and you've a long service history... :)

    PS Meh! Harley, Marley, Schmarley! :rotfl:

    hugs for SS. I know what you mean. ATM whenever we put fergie's clothes away for being too little I get a pang, but then try to imagine Kester in them....

    :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
  • harley1
    harley1 Posts: 1,350 Forumite
    Squishy wrote: »
    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!

    See, told you you were missed. Glad you have yourself a good little girl, Kezia is chattering too but only had 2 laughs out of her so far and I wasn't responsible for either of them :(
    weezl74 wrote: »
    OOps!:o:o:o:o Unless Harley and tigs have any news they'd like to share about their special friendship:rotfl:

    SSSHHHHH!!!! It was a secret;)

    xxxx
    Cross Stitch Challenge member 11 - May challenge well under way

    Very proud mummy to Gorgeous baby girl - 29/09/09 :j

    Thanks to all who directed me to Quidco - £289.30 since Nov 09 :beer:
  • aless02
    aless02 Posts: 5,119 Forumite
    no dunelm remotely close down here, thanks though weezl.

    fitz - thanks, I'm sure he is excited! he's not the picky sort so I'm not overly bothered about futon being okay :p

    ss - awww but try and remember all the cool things she'll be able to do soon - like talk to you and draw you cute pictures and stuff.

    jillie - will PM, ta!
    top 2013 wins: iPad, £50 dental care, £50 sportswear, £50 Nectar GC, £300 B&Q GC; jewellery, Bumbo, 12xPringles, 2xDiesel EDT, £25 Morrisons, £50 Loch Fyne

    would like to win a holiday, please!!
    :xmassmile Mummy to Finn - 12/09; Micah - 08/12! :j
  • Fitzio
    Fitzio Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    Aww SS. Don't get too down. Every day she grows, you have something new to look forward to. Anyway, you might have another wee one along next year, and then you will be glad when Molly is out of nappies and going to school!!

    Are you doing anything today? I think I will spend today cleaning and tidying and organising. Like Buttons, I would like to paint my bathrooms and do stuff to the house, but better tidying it first and finding a place for things!
  • SugarSpun
    SugarSpun Posts: 8,559 Forumite
    :rotfl: Molly just swiped the notepad off my desk and ripped out my to do list. I've loads to do but can't read what it is!
    Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
    Three gifts left to buy
  • aless02
    aless02 Posts: 5,119 Forumite
    Well bookcase is now moved out of spare room. Now only to remove miscellaneous baby things, but that also involves magically finding someplace else to put it all! think will wait til don't have a Finn attached to me to finish sorting...:p
    top 2013 wins: iPad, £50 dental care, £50 sportswear, £50 Nectar GC, £300 B&Q GC; jewellery, Bumbo, 12xPringles, 2xDiesel EDT, £25 Morrisons, £50 Loch Fyne

    would like to win a holiday, please!!
    :xmassmile Mummy to Finn - 12/09; Micah - 08/12! :j
  • emlou2009
    emlou2009 Posts: 4,016 Forumite
    Only read back over a couple of pages, hope everyone is well!

    I am worth nothing dead :( unless you count -£19k debt!! But as myself and OH are only children, we are due a few houses and assets when our parents and grandparents die, now theres a morbid thought!

    Am debating whether to try and use my car or not. I parked it right at the start of the blizzard on Tuesday night, so theres snow under it which will likely be ice, and the tyres will be iced too, but I'm worried about the battery going flat if I dont use it, if it isnt flat already!

    Big news here - Seth slept through last night for the first time ever!!!!! :T 8pm-7am!!!!
    Mummy however, did not, as daddy had left the slightly dodgy and ancient halogen heater on in his room to turn off when we went to bed, and had forgotten to turn the monitor on too, so we had to sleep with our door open so we could hear if Seth woke , with the cats pesting in and out all night. Fluffy Scruffy was ok, as he just dug his way under the duvet and stayed there all snug, but [STRIKE]S[/STRIKE]crappy was a PITA, he has the loudest purr in the world and kept jumping over me, grr! Then at about 4am paranoia set in that Seth wasnt OK in there so I couldnt get back to sleep, am shattered! We actually woke him this morning checking on him, so he may have slept longer for all we know!
    Mummy to
    DS (born March 2009)

    DD (born January 2012)
  • Fitz- I just had to log on to the laptop to see your new avvy 'cos it's too small to make out on the iPod. Holly is gorgeous! Your weight loss numbers are very similar to mine! I'm a bridesmaid at a wedding in June so need to have made good in-roads by then!

    SS- big hugs for you. It is so scary how quickly they grow. I look at the pics of Henry when he was born and can't believe how big he is now and he's only 7 weeks!

    Aless- glad you like your sling. OH won't let me use mine while it's so icy as I am a little accident prone....

    Quick question- has anyone got a nice 'memory box' to keep sentimental baby things in? I'd like one that's at least A4 type size to put cards, first babygrow etc in but can't find one I like. I don't want to spend a fortune, but wondered if anyone on here had found nice one anywhere? TIA.

    Posty made it through to us today so I have my Body Shop order- yippee! Such good bargains, I am very happy :D.
    :DYummy mummy, runner, baker and procrastinator :p
  • Fitzio
    Fitzio Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    Ha ha, Molly obviously wants you to scrap the to do list for the day and just play with her instead.

    SB - Poor Poppy. I hope her cough gets better soon. Are you still going to the party?
  • aless02
    aless02 Posts: 5,119 Forumite
    emlou2009 wrote: »
    Big news here - Seth slept through last night for the first time ever!!!!! :T 8pm-7am!!!!

    yay!! :T :j

    I should also put weight loss in my sig to keep accountable...not that I've even started thinking about it :rolleyes: (just weighed myself this morning - 3 stone would be lovely; I also have a wedding in the summer to be in!)
    top 2013 wins: iPad, £50 dental care, £50 sportswear, £50 Nectar GC, £300 B&Q GC; jewellery, Bumbo, 12xPringles, 2xDiesel EDT, £25 Morrisons, £50 Loch Fyne

    would like to win a holiday, please!!
    :xmassmile Mummy to Finn - 12/09; Micah - 08/12! :j
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