It was getting tough in 2006 and the workhouse still threatens us in 2011

suzid

Just had to come out of lurking to give you (((hugs))) Taurus. Try and keep your pecker up chick while they sort you out. It's lovely to read that your family really appreciate all your hard work.

My thoughts are with you ftm and best wishes to your parents.

Just when I thought our motor problem was sorted, it got all complicated again. To only have the Landy means putting an extra seat in the back as there's only 2 usable ones in the front. The only one that can 'legally' take a child seat (for DGS) cost approx £500+vat - gulp! Phoned insurance to ask what they require as it's classed as a modification and it will need certification that it's been professionally fitted. So we think it's going to cost minimum £700. Plus all the inconvenience of having to plan with DH when he needs it for work and only still being able to carry 3 people. So the upshot is that Skoda is being looked at by garage tomorrow to see how much it will cost to do the work it needs. If it comes in less than Landy seat we'll get it done. Then we can either keep it and use it, or it will be in a good condition to sell and fund Landy modifications.

DH on holiday this week and I've hardly seen him. He's been either on building site visits or moving scaffolding from MIL's to here ready for us painting the front of the house. I hate heights and even though it's a bungelow there's no way I'm using a ladder with paint pot and brush in hand. As it is I crawl along the scaffolding planks rather than walk. What a wimp

Shellycrow, oh how I wish my pet insurance was £14 a month. We're paying £52:eek: for pupkin (6) and A1 (12). No new insurer would touch A1 and they haven't made a penny out of us. However when it's due for renewal next year, if beloved A1 is still with us I will be cancelling his cover. They will only insure for 12 months per condition so we will have to pay for his meds ourselves anyway. Should anything else happen to him I don't think his old body could take it anyway and we'd have to let him go up to his cloud. I'd cut our cover to just public liability and vets bills too. It didn't make a huge difference, but why pay for what you don't need.

We've got little runner beans:T So excited. I really agree about the wonders of nature. We used to get a crop of potatoes growing in our old compost heap every year and to be honest they were better than the ones in the open ground which had a tendency to get scab.

My old notepad used for shopping and meal plans finished this week, and I had a real memory throwback moment. My tummy gave a little flutter of excitement when I thought of starting a new notepad. Memories of having to go to the headmaster at primary school to show him your old one before he'd give you a new one. Oh the joy of receiving a brand new book and the trepidation of making a mistake on the front page. Ern - I think I might be showing my age here :rotfl:.

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mardatha

Grey Queen, I empathise with your family. We (Scots working class and proud of it) are rapidly becoming an ethnic minority in many villages here. This one isnt so bad because we only have 3 streets, 2 doz houses - but even so, all the ruined farms are being bought up by developers and fancified up for incomers from Edinburgh. Which should be a good thing but isn't, as they don't send their kids to the local school but still join every committee known to man and then try to impose their idea of rural living on the rest of us, who have actually done it for years ! We got money from a windfarm and the number one item on the list to spend it on is seemingly "planting trees" and making "country walks"... Jesus we're surrounded by bloody trees - why not go and walk in them!

ginnyknit

Taurus, new day, new hope! Thinking of you sitting in hospital.

FTM hope things are improving, its hard when Dads are poorly, very stressful. sending hugs.

Its pouring down here??? Strange weather or what, yesterday was blisteringly hot.

Apparently I am making 150 wedding favours - don't remember offering to make them as a wedding present. So production line starts today after a quick trip for supplies, luckily my stash has most of what I need.

Am well stocked up in the kitchen and can actually relax for a couple of days. Managed to grow some green beans in amongst the tomatoes - seems the only way here is to hide stuff and go on a slug hunt every night. OH didnt see his psychologist yesterday as he didnt feel upto it but isnt to bad today, he is very weary most of the time. Hoping to get a days fishing in tomorrow which might help. Although it sounds as if he has a couple of naps in his little (bargain) shelter . It more about the change of scenery than anything.

Incomers seem to be a problem in all areas nowadays but here its Africans, our entire neighbour hood barely speaks English. Must admit some of the houses don't actually have people living in them, they are just set up to look as if they are inhabited - obviously some kind of fraud going on - time for a quiet word in a friendly ear at the housing association!

GreyQueen

ginnyknit wrote: »

Apparently I am making 150 wedding favours - don't remember offering to make them as a wedding present. So production line starts today after a quick trip for supplies, luckily my stash has most of what I need.

Nooooooo, the Wedding Whirlpool is sucking ginny knit into it as well. Quick, someone, rescue her before it's too late!

PS What kinda favours because I'm a nosey bovine?;)

shelley_crow

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Shellycrow, oh how I wish my pet insurance was £14 a month. We're paying £52:eek: for pupkin (6) and A1 (12). No new insurer would touch A1 and they haven't made a penny out of us. However when it's due for renewal next year, if beloved A1 is still with us I will be cancelling his cover. They will only insure for 12 months per condition so we will have to pay for his meds ourselves anyway. Should anything else happen to him I don't think his old body could take it anyway and we'd have to let him go up to his cloud. I'd cut our cover to just public liability and vets bills too. It didn't make a huge difference, but why pay for what you don't need.

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:eek::eek: It's shocking isn't it. If I was disciplined enough, I'd put x amount into a bank account and forget the pet insurance. Knowing my luck though, something major would happen before I could save up, I suppose we'd still need 3rd party liability insurance too though.

smileyt_2

Shelley-crow and Suzid, I am paying £60/month for my two dogs' insurance. They are 12 and 13. I have stopped getting a glucosamine etc supplement from the vet's because I can buy a year's supply elsewhere cheaper than the cost of the excess! I don't know what I'm going to do next year. I can't change insurer because of their age, but I might look at a more basic package. The insurers have me over a barrel, though, because I would die of grief if anything happened to the dogs and I couldn't afford the vet's fees to treat them

ginnyknit

GreyQueen wrote: »

Nooooooo, the Wedding Whirlpool is sucking ginny knit into it as well. Quick, someone, rescue her before it's too late!

PS What kinda favours because I'm a nosey bovine?;)

Am doing a cardboard sleeve box ( where the ends flap over) in black, decorated with silver stamps and pink ribbon. Tbh you dont see much of the black card cos of the stamping and ribbon. Then a little bag inside with 5 mints in , not sugared almonds as I find few people like them and as a mass of kiddies at the wedding they would simply either choke on almonds or use them as missiles :rotfl: 5 because I once read thats the lucky number for the original French bonbonierres. This is my second lot of favours this year - and my last I hope. Still its lovely to see them all done....one day... soon......save me!!!!!

GreyQueen

:eek: I feel like I've been dragged thru a hedge backwards, everything aches and the customers have been getting on my wick. It's grey and raining and horribly humid and I need large amounts of sugary goodness.......:rotfl:

Well, I suppose I shouldn't but......they might not have any KALE.

Have a good everning, all, I shall take my weary self off for a well-earned rest.

Laters GQ x
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suzid

smileyt I know exactly what you mean. We're stuck with our insurer too due to A1's age, but if it goes up more and we still have to buy the meds he's on now ourselves then I don't think it's worth continuing. It was costing £150 a month for the meds, but it was too much for his system so they're now about £60 and he's coping well since reducing them. We'll still get Pupkin insured (as he is a public liability ) as I'd also hate to be in the possition that we can't afford the vets fees. SIL gave her cat the dog's flee treatment by mistake and cost £400 in fees :eek:. You just never know what's round the corner.

You get third party public liability cover if you join the Dogs Trust if anyone is interested. It cost £25 per annum to join.

Ginny the favours sound lovely, well done you.