Thrify Gifty Santas Challenge 2012

queenb1981

Im back!!!! Glad to see everyone is progressing with their crafts and cards.
mum2one glad everything is sorted with court.
susan love the love hearts tree, what a great idea.

This weekend has been awful. My solicitor thought i would get help with solicitor fees, had a letter Saturday morning to say i am not getting anything at all. Really dont know what to do as i need protection in court. Sometimes everything can seem so unfair. Cant afford to pay as im only earning £20 more a week than if i was claiming jobseekers. Oh well back to square 1 on this.

mary-op

Hello all:j

dundee doll - wasn't so much my knees as my poor legs..........all stems from my back problem. I've made a point of being very careful since then but managed to do a pit this morning -not on my knees doing it though.

queenbee - sorry your having such problems. Can CAB help at all ? Sometimes they know of a way of getting help or support for free.........anythings worth a try.Good luck

Sun shone this morning so managed to move a couple of plants from a wooden tub into a raised bed. Tub fell apart as soon as I moved them so thats something else to clear up..........then rain stopped play so I finished off a ''home is where the heart is'' stitchery for a friend who's moving to another part of the country. Thats about it really...........lazy sort of day.

Hope you're all ok:)

mum2one

DundeeDoll wrote: »

Perhaps we should call ourselves the bad knee club:eek: i cant remember the last time i dared kneel. It always ended in tears literally.
Love the craft piccies susan42. Omg about the mobile horror stories. Something similar happened to a friend of mine's daughter, again about 3 years ago. Sure you're not my neighbour?!
No bank holiday for me, but quiet day at work after last week's manic storm (i hope) and can catch up with stuff.
Gave my friend a jar of meerkat sweets in an old coffee jar with a sticky label saying 'compare the meerkat.com instructions pick two meerkats at random and compare' went down very well, and at £1 a bargain present :money:

Join the bad knees club, if I got down would need a very hunky fireman to pick me up!!

Sorry to be nosey, but where did u get the meercat sweets from, my mate is mad on them, always try to get her something merecat related at bday and xmas.

We have ordered Miss Hoodie a new sim card from giff gaff, - if she tops up £5 per month she gets free calls, free texts to other giff gaff users (her friend is on), but she has to top it up out of her pocket money!!

xx

mum2one

queenb1981 wrote: »

Im back!!!! Glad to see everyone is progressing with their crafts and cards.
mum2one glad everything is sorted with court.
susan love the love hearts tree, what a great idea.

This weekend has been awful. My solicitor thought i would get help with solicitor fees, had a letter Saturday morning to say i am not getting anything at all. Really dont know what to do as i need protection in court. Sometimes everything can seem so unfair. Cant afford to pay as im only earning £20 more a week than if i was claiming jobseekers. Oh well back to square 1 on this.

have u checked the legal aid calculator, as seems wrong if your only earning £20 pw more, if I can help pm me anytime xx

queenb1981

mum2one wrote: »

have u checked the legal aid calculator, as seems wrong if your only earning £20 pw more, if I can help pm me anytime xx

I have checked it and it says im entitled to it. Dont know if they have refused me on capital as i own my own car. Will phone solicitor tomorrow to see why. Thanks for the offer of help xxx

DundeeDoll

mum2one wrote: »

Join the bad knees club, if I got down would need a very hunky fireman to pick me up!!

lol

mum2one wrote: »

Sorry to be nosey, but where did u get the meercat sweets from, my mate is mad on them, always try to get her something merecat related at bday and xmas.

xx

sweetie man leaves tempting box of goodies at our work and had pack of meerkats for a squid. Havent seen them in the shops :-(

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

aldi have jelly meerkats they are really nice soft chewy jelly about 2inch tall im sure they are only about 49p a bag. my DD and DS love them as they are veggie (most jelly sweets arent)

hope all are well been really busy but must get in gear as ive got a couple of birthdays coming up so need to sort my card drawer/stash out properly.

mum2one

mrsmoneypenny - cheers have to go and have a wonder.

Big plan for this week is to get May and Junes bday prezzies found and wrapped, there safe in the shed!!

xx

susan42

Hi all, i seen the meerkat jellies in B&M 79p for a big bag 250g

Dundee doll love the idea with them, do you mind if I make some....OH will love it and DS...

mum2one - good luck with the shed

queenb - that dont seem very fair with solicitors. I`d fight it at well. I went to see a solicitor last year for some advice, I knew I had to pay....we chatted about the advice I wanted for 10 minutes, then him and OH was chatting about rugby and business, and he charged me £470:eek::eek: I was not happy.

OH phoned him up and he reduced the bill to £150 , the advice was actually worth it as he saved me £1000s but come on 10 minutes for £470.....

ps - have to share, I lost a stone , so here we go for the next one....lol

queenb1981

Yummy, those meercat sweets sound really nice.

susan know what you mean about costs,my friend had exactly the same problem as yours, its ridiculous.

The thing that gets to me is the fact that if you are on income support or jsa you dont take assets into account or csa money. But if you work it all counts. GRRRR thats why we have so many unemployed people in our country. there is no incentive to work anymore.

The weather is better today, was nice to see sunshine for a change.

Has anyone seen any nerf guns on offer? my ds wants one