MSE Parents Club Part 12

My_Fathers_Daughter

Can you effing believe it. Big day, big meeting, big effing bomb scare at our office!!! We all got evacuated to the car park!!!

Tried to continue meeting in local hotel but it is tough talking numbers at the best of times. They have asked us to put our proposals on paper and they will 'do their best' to come to a decision by the end of the week

My life is a big joke.

Becles

SusanC wrote: »

It really annoys me that WTC disqualifies you because it means they are penalising you for actually earning your money. It works out that people with a higher income than us could qualify as long as they weren't actually working for their money. (I disagree with a lot of the way the system works but this one seems particularly strange.)

That annoyed me too. When I was a single mother, I had just under £10K coming in from wages and tax credits. I wasn't entitled to housing benefit as I was in the marital home, and I had to pay all the mortgage costs as he refused to pay it. I didn't claim council tax benefit as I didn't know about it.

Things like free school dinners would have really helped me out, but I didn't get any help like that simply because I was working and claiming WTC.

It would be much fairer to have a fixed level and anyone with a household income under that gets help, regardless of if their income is benefits, wages or a mix of both.

Good luck MFD - hope you get something sorted.

Beenie - pleased Susan is going to be with you tomorrow. She's lovely

Love the picture of Harvey in a t-shirt! I might try that as Jack is really not keen on his collar, and I've got bruised legs now as he keeps banging it off them :rotfl:He's back to his normal self now and the wound looks nice and clean and the swelling has gone down a lot.

Susan - hope Alice feels better soon. Coughs have got to be one of the most irritating things to catch.

searching_me

im sure you'd be fine caz ... ((hugs)) mfd x

Krystaltips

No Mfd, they're the joke. You're lovely!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Sorry - please don't start with another round of what idiots they are. All your concern is lovely but I hate it taking over the thread just thanking my post is enough for me to know that you care.

I take it as read that you all agree with Krystal thank her post instead of commenting

Buttonmoons

SM - Yep I'm going to the big arms meet in Manchester on the 31st I think maybe tigs is going too it?

My_Fathers_Daughter

Evansangel wrote: »

Lily used to sleep reall well, but now she's turned into the lightest sleeper ever. Any small noise will wake her up.

We have the windows closed and the kids across the road in the school are shouting, it keeps making her jump and waking her up.

She isn't sleeping well at night either

Her poor eyes look so tired, but there has to be complete silence for her to actually manage sleep and its not possible when our house is right on a main road.

Cant wait to move

Errr, i keep biting my lip and its bleeding. I hate the taste of blood, its making me sick

Sorry EA but the solution to this problem is not to make it quieter for Lily, it is to make it noisier so she gets used to it. If you constantly tiptoe around her whilst she sleeps then she gets used to the quiet, if she is used to a noiser environment it will be easier all round....especially if you are looking to have another.

Background noise is good because it means that sudden noises don't wake them.

My opinion only.

Glamazon

MFD - [STRIKE]huge hugs hun [/STRIKE] Hello :wave:

Mel - I was thinking, what about getting DS1 to pay £20 towards it? That way he'll learr his lesson but will still havesome of his money left

Caz - If it was me, I'd drive simply cos I hate public transport!

3onitsway

MFD I just popped in to see if you'd been back before I go for a walk. What a fARSE!

ETA: I just saw you told us not to post, but I don't care because i'd already typed it.

Becles wrote: »

That annoyed me too. When I was a single mother, I had just under £10K coming in from wages and tax credits. I wasn't entitled to housing benefit as I was in the marital home, and I had to pay all the mortgage costs as he refused to pay it. I didn't claim council tax benefit as I didn't know about it.

Becles, that sounds exactly the same as I was. Same wages, I had to pay the mortgage on my own as Ex was (and still is) an !!!!, and I earned too much for CT benefit!

It's a strange situation, being skint, but not skint enough for help!


Right, i'm off out for a walk now that the rain has stopped and the summer has returned.

ETA again, EA I think MFD is right - get her used to sleeping with some noise. I remember the time when I had to hoover to get V to nap (or just leave the hoover on while I sat down with a cuppa and cake).

searching_me

bm i was going to go because dkam is going but im going london then x