Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

troglodyte

Loving all the positive thoughts and fantastic suggestions on here! I'm struggling to keep up too but finding it all so inspiring, have decided to set my own challenge and if I manage to get a viable business going by the end of the year I will reward myself next year with some chickens! ('Cos I will be working at home so will be around to keep an eye on them - haven't got any so far due to long days away from home) So thanks everyone, hope we can keep egging each other on (no pun intended) to greater things, and overcome all obstacles on the way!

crickett1234

Memory_Girl wrote: »

If this is stresing you too much crickett - could one of us pretend to be your pa and phone your past employers and get them to do the sign-off.

that way, its not a favour its professional courtesy iyswim

mg

MG, that is a really good idea, but I think I shall hold that in reserve. First I shall write them a nice letter and ask them to send me the signed document back. Next will be an email and third will be PA-pretending!! If that doesn't work then I send all evidence of me trying to get people to sign my work off as part of my portfolio and my professional body can draw their own conclusions as to why I left these peoples employ!! :rotfl:Thanks for thinking of me, MG.

I hope your brakes get sorted soon.

I have really rattled on today. I have got all my mind maps done for the parts I need to write up, I have my working file organised, I have got all the addresses for my former employers and I am working on some names for the gaps I currently have! I would not have even started this without the nudge (okay bloody great shove ) from this thread. And I would still be making excuses about too much work to do in my day job.

Incidentally, this is an unintended corrolary of this thread... my work to do list is clear for the first time in recorded history. In fact it is so clear that the jobs I dreamed up for myself to avoid doing my portfolio have all been done as well.:D And the best bit? My bosses boss came up to me this morning and told me some bad news about one of my courses and I said "Yes, I knew about that already and here, I have done the calculations about the year end impact. I have also started some calculations about where we could make up the money." You should have seen the look on her face. Somewhere between awe and exasperation! :rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Hey there popping in to say HI!

I'm a part-time fifer - OH lives there - we do randomly during holidays etc will be tying the knot early next year in woodland near your neck of the woods - generally though, I'm way further up north than you but waving through the rain we've got here at the moment.

I just wanted to send good vibes re car and also say hi - keeping up with your diary since I've subscribed - nice to see alot of familiar faces on here wishing you all the positive vibes the universe has to offer! Our pancake recipe is the same - although I'm fae o'er the wat'r fae you; fife pancakes would seem to be the same as dundonian ones.

Tootles off to do some more stuff at home - Troglodyte lovely to hear about potential chickens , KK nearly spluttered out the coffee with the honest guv statement!!!!

ps - just thought, I can't remember if I posted a hello on here before ( I did search and maybe not...) - lol - given your name MG - I hang my pigtailed head in shame, I blame the drugs - or lack of them!!

troglodyte

Forgot to say, Claire I managed to get to your jewellery page by clicking through from your profile, I'm no techie but I think you could make this a one click jump from here by making it your homepage (I don't know how but I'm sure others on here will - as MG has with the challenge) - and then pehaps more people will see your stuff, pass it on to friends etc

Memory_Girl

Kittikins wrote: »

Could the joiner help fix the car? He seems an amenable chap......you could pay him in kind for jacking the car up

(I'm thinking cakes and baked goodies everyone, honest guv'nor!)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: naughty kittikins:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

MG

Memory_Girl

crickett1234 wrote: »

I have really rattled on today. I have got all my mind maps done for the parts I need to write up, I have my working file organised, I have got all the addresses for my former employers and I am working on some names for the gaps I currently have! I would not have even started this without the nudge (okay bloody great shove ) from this thread. And I would still be making excuses about too much work to do in my day job.

Incidentally, this is an unintended corrolary of this thread... my work to do list is clear for the first time in recorded history. In fact it is so clear that the jobs I dreamed up for myself to avoid doing my portfolio have all been done as well.:D And the best bit? My bosses boss came up to me this morning and told me some bad news about one of my courses and I said "Yes, I knew about that already and here, I have done the calculations about the year end impact. I have also started some calculations about where we could make up the money." You should have seen the look on her face. Somewhere between awe and exasperation! :rotfl:

priceless crickett - but if we'd known you were going to get all grown up and organised on us we wouldn't have invited you to come out to play :rotfl::rotfl:

i bet her face was a picture - of course if you'd only let her know there was a mr big in your life now, her face would have been even funnier:p

getting rolling seems to be the hardest part - keeping momentum feels a little easier for me.

MG

crickett1234

Memory_Girl wrote: »

getting rolling seems to be the hardest part - keeping momentum feels a little easier for me.

MG

Oh, and how. *nods very quickly in agreement* (and gets a little bit of whiplash!) :rotfl:

I have done so well with getting myself organised at work... now if I could only do it at home and with the diet and exercise side of life I would be laughing. Baby steps I guess.

Memory_Girl

haud the bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


just checked my online banking - and theres too much belly money in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in fact, hang on, grabs calculator ...........................

YES YES YES YES:j:j:j

it exactly works out at 5 missing ctc payments!!!!!!

trouble is - it only says Bank Credit, shouldn't it say dwp???? and didn't they tell me because they considered the issue my fault that they wouldn't give me a lump sum, they would add it onto the payments for the rest of the year??? - so surely it can't be a lump sum payment can it?

give me twenty, im gonna throw the baby in the buggy and run around to the bank and see if they can tell me where it came from.


omg omg omg - vitual tea and hob nobs could be on me this afternoon:T:T:T

mG

Kittikins

It might say Bank Credit today but tomorrow when it's fully gone through the system it could/should change to the right thing? I'm with the Halifax and my account sometimes does that.

Yay, here's hoping it's right!!

jc2703

Memory_Girl wrote: »

£100 - they can take it in tomorrow morning, so school bus is going to detour round to drop ds1 off tonight and student teacher is going to take ds1 in tomorrow morning.

the joiner offered to collect me to do the school run btw -sweet really but first solution is easier.

tears are over -scare mostly - now i just need to focus on my money mantra.

"moneys flows easily towards me"

mG

onwards - and well i will settle for onwards today :rotfl:

Memory_Girl wrote: »

haud the bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


just checked my online banking - and theres too much belly money in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in fact, hang on, grabs calculator ...........................

YES YES YES YES:j:j:j

it exactly works out at 5 missing ctc payments!!!!!!

trouble is - it only says Bank Credit, shouldn't it say dwp???? and didn't they tell me because they considered the issue my fault that they wouldn't give me a lump sum, they would add it onto the payments for the rest of the year??? - so surely it can't be a lump sum payment can it?

give me twenty, im gonna throw the baby in the buggy and run around to the bank and see if they can tell me where it came from.


omg omg omg - vitual tea and hob nobs could be on me this afternoon:T:T:T

mG

Blimey!! That mantra works quickly in your house!!!