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Karonher

rufusd!!!2 wrote: »

Morning all

Early post to say I have a new baby Grandson, 7lbs 8oz, they havent got a name for him yet. I will be back on later on xx

Congratulations - a lovely early Christmas present.

cornish.chick

Rufus - congratulations! :j
Michelle - Hope the jab went ok

Chow went up about £4 yesterday upto £26, still waiting for the £7 bonus then I should be on track for my target. I think this bonus is just what we needed to give us a boot up the backside on the last push till christmas! :T I don't think I would of done much reviewing without it.

Had a nice stroll along the beach this morning, with DD determind to go in the sea! Its so nice being able to just get in the car and go, this time last month I would of had to catch 2 buses and a have a little walk to the nearest beach :eek:

Savvybunny2009

Congratulations Rufus, lovely name too

My first car was a ford fiesta, back when boxy shaped cars were the 'in' thing lol.

I'm with Legend, the cold has taken all my motivation out of me, haven't done any money making since the end of November. Have managed to chase up a couple of refunds and they are being taken care of so that's something however I have no confidence in Royal mail so probably wont see my tesco gift card as a few weeks ago Royal Mail delivered a special delivery parcel for me to the wrong address, and refuse to investigate as it has a signature of some bloke that doesn't live here so I am out of pocket due to their incompetence and an Amazon order that should have been here two weeks ago has 'gone missing' in the Royal mail system, I am so sick and tired of it. Try to complain and they don't want to know

To top it off today, after speaking to the company who is making the fingerprint charm for dd assured me the impressions were fine and I would recieve the charm by the end of this week, well I received the envelope today and excitedly opened it to find a note saying that in fact they weren't ok and to do them again, they wont be ready for my Birthday, maybe Christmas at a push. I have been in tears, they had them for three weeks and I asked several times and only now they say it's not ok. Not my day it seems, something tells me it's going to be a carp month. Not feeling Christmassy at all anymore.

Hope everyone else feels better, laptops and computers are behaving better, children sleeping through the night and clumsy staffs are resting

sparkleychel

elysia i found this on hduk
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-local-1805-personalised-a3-map-worth-15-95-from-telegraph-just-2-99-p-p-1061355?page=21

about the map things
seems we aren't the only ones not impressed
thought you might be interersted ,if you want to complain

dunno whether i can be bothered lol

laptop being ok at the mo fingers crossed
although its not helping me save or make money
all i've done today is buy

elysia2003

Awwww Savvy - sending you big christmassy hugs and hoping the Christmassy spirit gets passed on and I hope you feel better soon.

My OH has bought me a fingerprint necklace, with two hearts and fingerprints of both of my girls on. I'm waiting for the stuff for the impressions too (have been waiting a fortnight) so I doubt I'll get mine for Christmas either

Michelle - I hope DS is OK.

Cornish - how lovely to pop to the beach whenever you want. I'm well jell. LOL.

Sparkley - You can get a fan for that. Look at Amazon. You can even get a rest to sit the lappie on, and it lets the air circulate. I'm not an expert (no way) but I wouldn't think that would cost a lot to repair either. I hope you get it sorted soon.

Legend - Well done on getting ds refered. Things will start to happen now. He definitely needs something done, it's not good for him or you. Hope you feel better soon.

sparkleychel

aww savvy what a shame you have had problems with the fingerprint thing

sparkleychel

elyisa thanks for that i'll have a look on amazon

the laptop is nearly 2 or is it 3 years old lol i can't remember
and needs a new battery just want to last till jan really
as was planning on getting a new one

rufusdog52

Afternoon everyone

Thank you for all the good wishes xx

We have been out most of the day, had to have some bits done to the car this morning so had a stroll around the town while waiting. Didnt really get much, then this afternoon we went to the shopping centre and bought a little outfit for Peter Edwin and a card. Probably going to see him tomorrow.

emmad5689

Well today didn't go quite as planned, did my shopping Morrisons had 20% off with a staff card and my grandma has given me her spare so £70 of shopping for £56 thank you very much. Been to my appt as planned but as for reviewing surveying etc I have copied 2 over from dy and that is as far as i've got!! Had to go and have a puncture repair done and done most my housework but still have to sort kids teas and bath them so still won't get much done over the next couple of hours either.

Good news is that I complained to work when I rang for my hours that in interview I was promised 1 weekend off a month and with the rota I have just got I have done 5 weekends in a row and since we then have xmas weekend and then new year weekend it would be at least 7 weekends working and she said she is gonna see what she can do to give me xmas weekend off!! Would be so happy if i was I told them I wouldn't work an early shift on xmas day but was still expecting to be at work from 3 so now my fingers are firmly crossed!!!!

Well gonna get on and then hopefully I can do some return rates this evening - my plan for January when it's quieter is to make sure I have returned every rate possible problem being you return a rate and they return agan so i go round in circles lol!!

cha97michelle

DS was ok with his jabs. 2, 1 in each arm bless him. Not nice, but he liked the lolly he got, and was soon over it. He's been quite good really today.

Those fingerprint jewellery items seem a lot of trouble. Hope you like them when they finally get to you. You just have to think they are doing it well, so you will be happy with the final thing, and try to be patient.

Emma - would be great if you have that weekend off for Christmas. Sounds like they have took the lend a bit making you work that many in a row, so well done for complaining about it. You need some time as a family.

Reviews are going ok today. Wrote a new book one to put on dy today, and have put 2 book ones on c. Working like a trojan, but seem to be rating more people than I am getting back. I think I will just rate too in January so these reviews going on now get more rates. Maximum benefit and all.