It's STILL tough and not getting better - so how are we coping?

RAS

milliemonster wrote: »

I am about to give up work (in 3 weeks, handed my notice in last week) and will be going from being a fairly affluent family to a skint one for the next few months, I am a nurse but have been out of nursing for a few years and will be starting uni in sept to get my registration up to date, as it's a full time 3 month course, I have had to leave my job to do it, no bursary or anything so will go from a great monthly wage to zilch until after christmas when hopefully I will be able to get a nursing job again.

I know you cannot work as a nurse at the mo, but could you get some bank at a lower level for the few months, jsy so you have a little bit of second income?

milliemonster

RAS wrote: »

I know you cannot work as a nurse at the mo, but could you get some bank at a lower level for the few months, jsy so you have a little bit of second income?

Hi Ras

Yes I am trying but finding even that difficult as I haven't any recent experience! but will keep trying tho

Hippeechiq

JOANNESAPHINE wrote: »

Well done to your son Taplady, you must be really proud and pleased for him.
It's finally hit home that I'm unemployed as today I've received my last pay cheque. I would have been on holiday anyway with working in a school but now I'm thinking in 2 weeks daughter is back at school 8hours a day and husband at work 10 hours a day so some long days on my own. There are just no jobs about to apply for, shops not hiring and with schools budgets being slashed I'm not holding out any hope for doing teaching assistant work again. Have been feeling quite keen to save money and cook from scratch but now I suddenly feel quite low

It's perfectly natural. I didn't really realise it at the time but when I lost my job in January, I kind of shut down mentally for a few weeks, just didn't feel able to cope with the "reality" of the situation.

Then, as ginny quite rightly says, you'll see something on here that sparks your interest, see that there are many worse off than you are, become inspired by the human spirit and of the support offered on here to anyone and everyone who happens to pop in, no matter what their circumstances.

Then you make new friends (who cares if they're virtual ones?!) learn new skills and feel like you're part of something. And a whole new world opens up.

You will find yourself a new routine - it just takes a little time to adjust, so hang in there. It does get better :grouphug:

Hippeechiq

purpleheather2810 wrote: »

To Gailey, and all other Mummies who feel bad about all that stuff they "should" be doing.

A Recipe for all Mothers by Joanne Green

Today I left some dishes dirty;
The bed I made at 3.30
The nappies soaked a little longer,
The odour grew a little stronger.
The crumbs I spilt the day before
Are staring at me from the floor.
The fingerprints, there on the wall
Will likely still be there next fall.
The dirty streaks on the window panes
Will still be there next time it rains.
"Shame on you lazy-bones" I say
"And just what have you done, today?"

I nursed a baby til he slept,
I held a toddler while he wept.
I played a game of hide and seek
I squeezed a toy, so it would squeak.
I pulled a wagon, sang a song,
Taught a child right from wrong.
What did I do this whole day through?
Not much that shows, I guess it's true...
Unless you think that what I've done
Might be important to someone
With bright blue eyes and soft blonde hair
If that is true, I've done my share.

xx

Gawd - I'm such a sop!!

That instantly gave me misty eyes and brought a lump to my throat :rotfl:

Lovely though

catznine

Just popping in with some good news! I've managed to get a shift doing some light cleaning for a friend, just once a week but it will help and then dh (who has been threatened with redundancy in his present post) has just been offered a new job which is better paid as well!:j I really hope that some of our good luck can now rub off onto anyone else who needs it.

Garden is getting so much rain atm that our courgettes are quickly becoming marrows so will be making chutney again!

Hippeechiq

That's brilliant news hun :T

milliemonster

catznine - do you have a courgette chutney recipe? I am inundated with courgettes at the moment and I'd love to have a go at this for xmas

notjustlaura

catznine wrote: »

Just popping in with some good news! I've managed to get a shift doing some light cleaning for a friend, just once a week but it will help and then dh (who has been threatened with redundancy in his present post) has just been offered a new job which is better paid as well!:j I really hope that some of our good luck can now rub off onto anyone else who needs it.

Congratulations on both counts, catznine

catznine

This one from Aussielass is good

Aussies courgette relish recipe

1 + 1/2 kg courgettes, 500g onions, 500g cooking apples. Dice courgette, onion & apple fairly small. Boil until soft. Add 1 pint apple cider vinegar, 1 1/2 lbs sugar, 1 tbsp salt, 1 tsp tumeric, 1 tbsp curry powder, pepper, 1 tbsp brown mustard sees. Boil for 5 minutes. Thicken with 1 tbsp cornflour & a little vinegar. Boil another 5 mins. Makes 6 big jars.
P.S. my last batch I needed more cornflour to thicken.

I also use another recipe that takes 3lb of any fruit or veg, so useful one to have and works well, off to find it now!

tiptoes

Hi everyone, do you mind if I join in your thread?
Ive popped in and out over time but due to juggling long working hours andthe demands of family I find it difficult to make time to catch up with threads.
Though I really do need a boost to get me OS at the moment as living with OH has started me on the road to bad habit, such as too may take aways, which mean that our shopping buget is totally blown
We need to start tighting our belts finacially as both of us work for the local authority and what with the pay freeze and very really threat of redundancy we could do with being more aware of where the pennies are going.