Its tough, it will get better and guess what its freezing brrrrr!

Kitcaboodle

Annie56 - Good luck! New guy sounds fabulous and old guy sounds like you'll be well rid, hope you can put the bad times behind you soon!

I can't believe people expect others to spend so much on their day. We made it clear on our invites that "your presence is more important than your presents"! We had a wedding list for those who wanted to give something, with plenty of smaller items on it & we also had an alternative gift list so people could give charitable donations in our name instead if they wanted. We managed to raise £250 for charity that way and I was absolutely thrilled!

It's sad that we seem to live in such a me-me/greed culture these days. The cost of weddings and now of hen/stag nights is just spiraling totally out of control!

Hippeechiq

Fingers crossed for you on the job front AnnieG - hope you get the one you want When will they let you know by?

purpleheather2810

Woww, not been on here for a bit... Been very busy with my new business venture - being a candle lady I am loving it and also hoping the extra money will help us out over the next few months...
Annie56, I love your posts - the new bloke sounds lovely!

AnnieG

Hippeechiq wrote: »

Fingers crossed for you on the job front AnnieG - hope you get the one you want When will they let you know by?

I'll hopefully have some news tomorrow... I have EVERYTHING crossed!!!!

greengoblin

Got to spend my day today with 2 very excellent friends walking round a NT property grounds and a country park. We all chipped in and got stuff for bacon rolls etc. and I brought out my Trangia. Nothing more awesome than hot bacon rolls on a hill with friends.
One of them works for a circus so I don't see her very often but because she has a day or so free she stayed over. She seemed thoroughly delighted about a cooked dinner and that she was allowed free use of the hot water for a bath! Makes you remember what the important stuff is.
She was after some shot glasses and me being a young type I have loads so I gave her a handful, and in return she said did I want a sheepskin rug as it didn't fit in her van (she lives in a converted transit van atm!). We were both delighted. Hurrah for this cashless economy idea.

Well-done everyone with jobs, interviews and Monty Don look-a-likes. Is it me or is everyone generally having an ontop of the world start to the week?

Hippeechiq

AnnieG wrote: »

I'll hopefully have some news tomorrow... I have EVERYTHING crossed!!!!

I'll bet you do!

Best Of Luck!

katholicos

Annie56 wrote: »

After a ham and his homemade chutney sarnie I went home after 5mins smoozing on the doorstep...

Oh.....my...........golly gosh........the man MAKES Chutney!!! He's a keeper Annie

Nargleblast

Just caught up with the thread, what a lot going on!

Annie 56 - good luck for tomorrow, bringing one chapter of your life to a close and with the promise of a brand new chapter full of good things....what a change from a couple of months ago, hey?

Youngmummy - you are indeed young! However, stick with the folks on this thread - all ages, all walks of life, all situations but all lovely people. They'll see you right.

Shelley - re kittens and Christmas trees....make sure you put your baubles on the higher branches just out of reach of the little boogers! Either that or have your camera ready - I have never seen a cat yet that doesn't go for a Christmas tree bauble!

Re benefit fraud etc - I read an article in one of those grotty celebrity mags last night. Single woman, five kids by 4 different blokes, never done a day's work in her life, lives on benefits (housing benefit, child benefit, child tax credit, income support) amounting to something like £29,000 a year - sees nothing wrong with paying for foreign holidays, games consoles and cosmetic surgery with money bludged from the taxpayer. Has the cheek to say she should get more and has no intention of working. Many people get far less than that working fulltime in very busy, stressful jobs trying to pay the bills and have a decent quality of life for themselves and their families. Others fall on hard times and struggle to get even the basic amount of State benefit. Why do the honest struggle to survive whilst the pondlife seem to get away with everything?
Oh well, no good ranting about it. Hopefully the Spending review will target the cheats and scroungers instead of Honest Joe Public for a change.

bluebag

AnnieG wrote: »

I'll hopefully have some news tomorrow... I have EVERYTHING crossed!!!!

Careful, you can do yourself a mischief doing that. Good luck though!

NualaBuala

fiftyeighter wrote: »

Hi NualaBuala, Thanks for that. Yes your right everyone does seem so lovely. I missed that program too. I also love all that sort of thing. Mind you I was born in 1950 and one of 15 children:eek: so things were very hard then. But sometimes i do think as hard as it is i'm lucky compared to my poor mum.( bless)i still miss her very much. I absoloutly adore all these threads, they are so helpfull, funny and sometimes sad. but everyone seems to genually care.
God thats a bit of a rant isn't it. once again thankyou.

Not a rant at all! Wow, I bet your Mum could have taught us a thing or two about coping in tough times. So could mine, come to that.