MSE Parents Club Part 10

Dontknowanymore

Ok i'm on a housing mission!
I think the local council here are trying to save their stock and are giving alot of false information to women in refuge.
I'm on a crusade to get into housing band A as a priority as I'm legaly homeless and was forced to give up a secure tennancy which is really peeing me off, I dont see why I should be made to go into private renting, I know I should be lucky to have a roof over my head, but I do not feel this gives LA's the right to knowingly mislead people.
Apparently they are putting refuge residents in band B or c! thats rediculous, especially seeing as this particualr one has a maximum stay of 6 months, they expect us to sit here for 4 months beore making a homeless application! then reckon they can find us accomodation in 6 weeks, so basically in my eyes they are dong this so we are being forced to go into the private sector as you cant possibly bid on a 2 week bidding cycle and be successful within 4 to 6 weeks!

boogellyboo

All this lasagne talk has got me double checking whats coming on the tesco delivery tonight, I've got lasagne craving now! I don't put baked beans in but at school we used to get bean and pasta bake which was lovely. Eeek! It must be nearly 14 years since I had it though!

SS hope you manage to get the refund.

searching_me

go for it dkam .. fight .. dont let them take the mick x

Dontknowanymore

I'm doing quorn bolognozzle tonight, havent tried quorn yet but it's 'free' on slimmingworld.

searching_me

boo in our house baked beans is thrown in just about everything .. usually for philip and zoe (im not a huge fan but i do like them every now and again) but we go through about 15 cans every 4 weeks x

Dontknowanymore

searching_me wrote: »

go for it dkam .. fight .. dont let them take the mick x

Hehe, I'm not goin daaaaan without a fight :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Dontknowanymore

Right I'm off to look at cars on Auto trader, will look up the councils banding policy tonight and get on the case
Have a good day all x

Mazcabs

Welcome nikkit and congrats:j

My_Fathers_Daughter

SugarSpun wrote: »

You can gate-check it in the travel bag and it should be fine, it only has to travel down the stairs

I'm going to get the travel bag because we always gate check the pushchair (whatever chair) so it avoids the scary check in to plane trip.

By gate check do you mean leave it at the bottom of the stairs (cheapy flight)? They chuck them around like they are bales of straw.

Do a quick google and you will read lots of horror stories of Stokkes being damaged on flights....

I have considered getting a padded bag made for it.


DKAM - Benjamin loves quorn. I think it tastes like nothing!! Cook it in a good stock so it soaks up some flavour.

nikkit72

Hi , and thanks for the welcomes

i am doing fine after giving birth i was home by 9pm 4 hour turn around which was great, I had no rips, grazes , was lovely , Thomas got stuck for 45 mins at the bend for my pelvis but after one final push before they were going to use cap or forceps he made it and was great to feel that movement .

last night was the first night with only about 3 hours sleep, not sure what was up with Thomas , but hes sleeping like a little angel now


Last Wednesday day before being induced , our boiler got condemed by the gas safe man , ( we are in rented accom) so we told our LL straight away , who got a quote of the guy who condemed the boiler , on Thursday evening we had a call from LL saying this guy was way to expensive and would be getting someone ion on friday fo another qoute , we believe our LL was trying to cut corners , and to cut a long story short has now had 4 blokes in all telling him the samething , this is our 7th day now with no heating or hot water , yesterday my OH called the LL and told him if he didnt ddo anyhing by 12 pm yesterday we would go to environmental health and council etc, within 30 mins he called to say he had a guy coming this morning who is going to do all the work which was originally told him by the first guy last wednesday. well 9am the guy turned up , we checked all hes cards etc, he is doing everything what was told last wed , but today he is connecting new tank emersion heater so for today we get hot water , and the rest of week will be fixing the heating.
Its really getting me down , i broke down on sunday evening , as i am sleeping on the sofa ever since giving birth as our living room has a gas fire and is only room with heating ,

Luckily my mum lives 5 mins from us so have been able to go round and have a bath round there