OS Diary Archive July 06

chickadee

Morning all!

This thread gets going amazingly quickly. There must be something about OS that makes us early risers. Me, I'm an evening person. There is only one 5 o'clock in a day!

DS packed off to school with his stuff for the weekend. Dad is picking him up and then he is staying there until Sunday so I'm off to sunny Wales in a bit, once I can motivate myself to pack. Worst job in the world. It brings me out in a cold sweat. Still, OH said bring something nice to wear, he must be taking me out somewhere. He wouldn't give me any details though. I'll fill you in next week.

I have been a very good girl this week. Apart from grocery shopping and essential medication (ahem!) the only thing I have spent money on has been a haircut and colour, which was really desperate, with about an inch of roots showing through. I have been making the most of the gym, have been eating at home and have managed not to actually buy anything. Amazing. If I had been working I'd have been wandering round the shops at lunchtime and would have definitely come home with something this week. DS has really enjoyed being picked up from school early (i.e. before 6pm!) and even his headteacher congratulated me on having the courage to take some 'me time'!

The thing is, I haven't been bored once and the house is still like a bombsite. I expect I'll get round to it sometime....

Have a good day everyone.

chickadee
x

rchddap1

Usually I'm the one miss reading things and getting my knickers in a twist. OH read that pregnant ladies brains shrink.....so that's his excuse when I get up to something 'bizarre'

Bargain_Rzl

By the way, Snowy ... meant to say ... it might be worth investigating (with an employment union) the legality of your company's sickness policy. I'm on a reasonable sick pay deal with my contract, but another arm of my company (the one my best friend works for) was until recently on a similar (worse than yours!) deal. Every time you were off sick you got no pay for the first THREE DAYS!!!! They recently changed this - as I think they found it to be illegal! (On the other hand, whereas my branch of the company is on a decent sick pay deal, the other one gets paid overtime - so now that branch gets paid overtime AND decent sick pay :rolleyes:)

Pooky

Morning all

Overcast and breezy here today - we had a really thick fog last night which made sleeping lovely and cool.

We're off on our freebie to Pontins later today - both DH and I are working until 5.30pm so we'll have something quick for dinner and get going a.s.a.p - will only take us around 45mins to get there though. I've got a few more bits to pack and the food to put in the cool bag just before we leave. Had a belated birthday card from a relative with money in too - can treat ourselves to fish and chips tomorrow night :j

Just one little one here today - he's currently crashing cars together whilst I have a quick coffee, then we're off out for a walk to see the nearby horses and the new hairy head cows that have appeared in the next field.....I've no idea what breed they are but they're so cute.

Went to a friends last night, she's started buying wholesale clothes and gave us first pickings at silly prices. Got DD's jeans,trousers,tops, undies and belts and DH a couple of tops, all for £11 - they were all either TU (sainsburys) or Florence and Fred (Tesco) Next or Mothercare end of line items. We then had to pop to sainsburys for some milk and they were just pricing up their summer sale stuff...got DDs a denim skirt each for £1.20 - they can wear them in the winter with chunky tights.

Going to make some muffins later to take away with us for breakfasts, might make some cookies too.

Hope you all have a great day.

poppycracker

Good morning all

(((HUGS))) to Moggins and anyone else who needs one. I did read all the posts but as usual, all the bits have gone clean out of my head!

Well, I'm having a relaxing morning on the computer drying off from my shower. It's my weekend off so I've got no alarm phone and no reason to go out of the door til Tuesday morning...... :j :j :j :j :j

Going down into the town later on to have a nose round the charity shops and to go to M&S with some vouchers I got for Christmas then lost at the back of my knicker drawer. OH wants some more of the prawns he got there yesterday (swears they were 2 for £2 and they ARE whoppers).

Then this afternoon when the sun has gone off a bit, it's back into the garden because someone rang my boss the other day and said that the gardens weren't getting done properly....why is there always one who's not happy?????? And why don't they say it to my face???????

Nelski

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

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PP
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Well you learn something new everyday ---- since when did bags have gussets I ask you, and these ones ----well are they being brazen by not having a gusset I wonder?:D

Hi all

Having a bit a mad week w**k wise which was not the plan but somehow has worked out like that. Today I have to meet a very god like figure in one of the big banks who will deem to decide if I am good enough to do some work for them ( may leave the conversation on bank charges and rip off policies till another day:rolleyes:) so its off with the grungy shorts and vest top Ive been living in for a few days and on with the posh suit and cuffed shirt and there we go transformed into "miss exec":cool:

Right best get the transformation started then (its a long trek:D !!)

Hope you all have a lovely day and big big hugs to Moggins

Kazonline

Ooo, Nelski - be carefull that you don't have an MSE sticker in your car if you have to park in their carpark Hope it goes well for you,
Kaz x

Teresita_2

Hi there folks

Glad to hear we are all a bit better with the cooler weather. It's really dull here at the min and keeps spitting so can't let DS1 out to play. He is being a terror at the min. Terrible 2's!!

Got all my paperwork filled yesterday, so just have to clean up downstairs today. Will get upstairs tomorrow and that only leaves a general tidy sunday before we go to Pontins Monday.

Breakfast was the normal teacake and coffee, no idea what to do for luch and we will have Chicken Pasanda with nan and popodums for dinner, yum!

Well off for now to takle the kitchen

T





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jayarr_2

just to say, i worked somewhere with what sounds like a very similar sickess policy, a big high street retailer..one year i had a miscarriage which was suspected as ectopic at one point so i was ruched into hospital a few weeks after the actual event-which meant 2 lots of sickness-with sicknotes and also my grandmother died and i had the allowed time off-think it was 3 days..then i had another 1 day off for some sickness cant remember now what it was, and was hauled over the coals, as i was told it wasnt relevent that i had sicknotes, that the 'company' wasnt sisputing that i was ill, but it was policy that on 3rd sickness in 12 months that the staff member would get a warning..great!

Shez

Ticklemouse wrote:

LOL It's nature's way of preparing you for the sleepless nights to come....seriously.

oh how true that is TM! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Teresita - I'm at terrible twos with DD, getting stroppy, doesnt want to go to bed.