THE FUTURE IS ONE BIG CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER for 3Dogs and friends ..... PART 4

3Dogs

beanielou wrote: »

Yesterday I ate a whole Goodfella's pizza.
Probably 3 days sins in one.
It had defrosted on way home from shop and I was too mean to chuck it out.
Have had syns today too.
Need to try to claw some back.

Forget the pizza, it is gone now. Have normal syns coz if you try to 'claw some back' you will feel deprived and tempted to eat more. Just have your normal free foods, superfree foods, Healthy A & B and 5-10 syns and forget the pizza hun. That's my advice

3Dogs

Morning all Change of plans again as Alan is aching all over after moving the settee and chair yesterday so he has gone back to bed I'll wake him later and we'll just go down to the car boot to have our lunch

Little Mitzy was ok through here but Molly did bully her around at times I had to put gate over sitting room door and leave Mitzy in there overnight with Molly in her crate in bedroom and Bess on the bed. They were ok but Mitzy had messed on the floor during the night I've given them their breakfasts, not an easy task when they all wanted each others and they all get different food :eek: but they are all curled up asleep in their places now

I will put Mitzy back next door when we go out as I wouldn't leave her with our 2 when we aren't there :eek:

3Dogs

Evening I text Shaun in the cafe and he reserved 2 portions of todays special for us and we went down for it at 1pm. Chicken casserole with dumpling, new potatoes and garden peas - yummy. We then called in at the auction and had another look around as more entries recieved, and the porters put the other armchair into the van for us, where it remains for now

Alan went for a nap mid-afternoon while I went to Tossco for my shopping, using up a £6 off £40 voucher :j

Brought Mitzy back round ours around 5.30pm and she has been fine, with Molly not mobbing her so much today. All three of them are curled up & sound asleep, in their own places

Documents for Motabilty arrived today together with PIN which is needed for when we pick the car up :j :j Road Tax on the van runs out on Monday but we don't pick the new car up until Thursday, so I rang DVLA who confirmed that we can tax the van free under DLA entitlement rule, and then return the tax disc to them when we get the motability car, which is great as it allows us to keep the van on the road until we get the car :j :j So I am going to do that tomorrow morning

3Dogs

Aesop, did you manage to sort any help out for that lady at work with cancer?

Aesop

3Dogs wrote: »

Aesop, did you manage to sort any help out for that lady at work with cancer?

I went to her house yesterday and while she and her dog kept DS entertained, I made a lot of phonecalls on her behalf. That was very tiring and emotional too!

I rang macmillan, who were fab. She is entitled to CT benefit, £5.50 per week, which she has been entitled to for a long time, but she wouldn't have known it, so called council for the form.

macmillan are sending me directly some stuff, and we are going to apply for a grant for her to help pay the parking fees at the hospital.

She is seeing her oncologist on 15 may and at that time she will ask for her DS1500 form. Once she has that, we will apply for DLA for her.

She was telling me that her computer doesn't work properly, it is an old tower. So I said I would keep an eye out on freegle and freecyle. One 98 tower came on yesterday, so I have requested it and been accepted. I need to arrange to collect it, will probably be friday. Hopefully it is better than her current tower.

The water company can't help with any grants, etc.

BG who she is with, said when she is receiving DLA they will consider her for the Homefront grant. She is also eligible for free cavity and loft insulation but does not want this work done at the moment.

The water board did say she would be better off on a water meter but she needs to discuss this with her husband. If he agrees I will complete the forms on line for her.

She did get put on priority needs for gas and electric if there is ever an outage.

So we are getting there slowly. Although I need to find if anyone locally does free will writing services, and need to call CAB for that.

She is on holiday on Friday for a week, they have been given a caravan for free, so she is looking forward to that.

boultdj

Aesop wrote: »

I went to her house yesterday and while she and her dog kept DS entertained, I made a lot of phonecalls on her behalf. That was very tiring and emotional too!

I rang macmillan, who were fab. She is entitled to CT benefit, £5.50 per week, which she has been entitled to for a long time, but she wouldn't have known it, so called council for the form.

macmillan are sending me directly some stuff, and we are going to apply for a grant for her to help pay the parking fees at the hospital.

She is seeing her oncologist on 15 may and at that time she will ask for her DS1500 form. Once she has that, we will apply for DLA for her.

She was telling me that her computer doesn't work properly, it is an old tower. So I said I would keep an eye out on freegle and freecyle. One 98 tower came on yesterday, so I have requested it and been accepted. I need to arrange to collect it, will probably be friday. Hopefully it is better than her current tower.

The water company can't help with any grants, etc.

BG who she is with, said when she is receiving DLA they will consider her for the Homefront grant. She is also eligible for free cavity and loft insulation but does not want this work done at the moment.

The water board did say she would be better off on a water meter but she needs to discuss this with her husband. If he agrees I will complete the forms on line for her.

She did get put on priority needs for gas and electric if there is ever an outage.

So we are getting there slowly. Although I need to find if anyone locally does free will writing services, and need to call CAB for that.

She is on holiday on Friday for a week, they have been given a caravan for free, so she is looking forward to that.

Sign up with your local Hospice newsletter, I know our's has an arragement with most of the solicitor's that 1 month of the year you can get your will done for free or you can give a donation, and the donation's go to the hospice, but you have to take the coupon from the newsletter.

Aesop

I fell asleep 3Dogs, so didn't finish replying. Woke up and am sure saw a furry friend. We knew there was one, I saw it the other day during the daylight and found it's hole, that is now blocked up. But we have holed elsewhere that I cannot block and think it came from them.

Dman landlord :mad:

I told lady at work about you and Alan. She knows that I understand what is going on with her, so it makes it easier for her to let me help her.

She was really pleased at the CT benefit, it's not a huge amount, but that saving can be spent on other bills, etc.

Aesop

Things have been really tough, so reading more than posting at the moment.

In laws are arriving today for 5 days, their room is clean! no baby car seat, no clothes, no junk etc! If only I could keep it like that!

My arms are hurting from carrying everything to the CS yesterday.

3Dogs

Well done Aesop, you have done a fantastic job helping the lady. She must be thrilled and it takes a lot off her mind :T :T

Mice :eek: :eek: We still get them in too :mad: I think it was on the Tesco~Gone thread someone said put peppermint oil on all gaps mice can use and it keeps they out as they hate mint. I bought the oil at health shop but not got round to using it yet typical of me but worth a try

beanielou

Lovely day here but cold.
Have achieved a wee spot of weeding.
Hate gardening.Fact.