make do and mend for tougher times

Softstuff

*hugs* SDG, so sorry to hear of your news.

I'm currently glad hubby didn't pay for this contact lens trial, because I'm not sure it's going to work out. If he had a plainer prescription maybe, but it's the astigmatism that's causing the trouble... the lens is weighted to stay the right way up, but if hubby looks down everything's blurry. Not ideal. They didn't warn him of it either.

It took 4 different pharmacies and finally a very determined pharmacist before I could order the needles I need for self-injection. They should be here next week. And even though that particular pharmacy is out of my way, it's now my pharmacy for life. I called my surgery later though and found out why they were hard to get hold of. Turns out my GP likes to use an extra long needle :eek: :rotfl: That or my arms are still flabby and that's what it takes to get through them :rotfl:

VJsmum

SDG - so sorry for your loss.

the_cake

So sorry SDG - love and hugs

Popperwell

So Sorry SDG...Will light a candle in a few minutes...

prepareathome

Thanks everyone for the info re pcs and laptops

born_blonde

Really "interesting" night on the campsite. I had a group of Policemen who had booked the whole site for a Dads and lads weekend.
When they turned up yesterday it was a group of Policemen but it was a Stag Party!
I have never seen so many drunk Coppers in my life!!!!!!!!
And I don't think the Village Pub are speaking to me,
Oh well, off to view the carnage on site and later I will be having a very stern conversation before tonight's fun and frolics even think of getting started,

mardatha

Nah BB, just call the police to them and stand back and watch the fun :rotfl: They could spend the rest of the night arresting each other ...

born_blonde

Good idea Mardatha but as they are from their Forces Riot Squad I may not have much of a campsite left afterwards.

It was their first leave since April and I'm hoping that today will be better now they have got it out of their system.

fuddle

Good morning

stiltwalker that was lovely. I bet your hearts melted.

bb that was naughty of the booker to book under a false pretence, in fact it wasn't just naughty, it was dishonest. I'd be cross if civvies had done that, to learn that police employers told a lie to get what they wanted makes me shake my head in earnest. Honestly, sefl, self, self.. boogar the consequences.

I've gotten myself so worked up these last few days that I went to bed last night at 9pm and zonked. DH fishing so it's a day in the house for us.

I feel ok though. Back to coping mode. It's frightening how absorbed I get in so many little things that make me feel like my whole world is crashing down around me but in actual fact nothings actually changed other than my ability to cope with it. Is it the anxiety/depression do you think?

Well, DH fishing both days this weekend in the hope of winning something to pay the gas/elec arrears. It's not a need (i.e. I'm not worried about it) but it would be nice to get some more paid off.

We're having broth tonight with a ginger steamed pud and custard.

SpikyHedgehog

valk_scot wrote: »

Thanks, all, for the tips on clothes for DS. I will definately look at Matalan stuff and I never know that about reclaiming VAT...do you just keep the reciepts and send them in as proof with a copy of his birth certificate I wonder?

On a different tack I have just lost my Approved Foods virginity. Free postage on orders over £30 for first orders and with DD's birthday coming up the thought of giving her a sack of Cadburys Cream Eggs (10 for £1) instead of her usual posh chocolates was too good to resist. And they have a lot of good offers on rice and dried stuff atm. I even ticked the box for the £1 Goody Box though goodness knows what that's going to be like.

I must admit, I've not done it yet as DS1 is my skinny boy & half of his clothes are still childrens clothes, but my sister in law has - I think she took the receipts to the local tax office & they sorted it there. I'm sure they'd tell you what to do if you phoned them, but for her it was just as easy to go there as it's in our town centre & quite accessible.

Popperwell wrote: »

The article basically says what many of us on the MSE OS threads have been saying and I have always questioned just how many are paid the amount that is always said to be the average wage £250 a week and if that is the norm and people are still. How are people managing on much less?

But I won't get too political, don't want to upset anyone here...just talking in general and many are affected otherwise we wouldn't be here.

I did the letters for everyone at work stating the new reduced hours & how much we'll be paid each week, & there's now 1 of us who'll get over £250 before tax. The rest are all less. So, using statistics from my workplace, 10% of people employed get more than £250 before tax... Now, what's that saying about statistics ;-) ?

shegar wrote: »

Thanks once again to you all....

We seem to have a severe bed shortage at our hospital in as much that when we went up the other day to go on the asessment ward there was no beds, we had to sit in the corridor for 6 hours and that was where they took his bloods, temperature, etc and the dr came twice to speak to us there as there wasnt a bed to put him on, they said they wanted to do a ECG machine on him but they couldnt do that in his wheelchair not sitting upright , so that didnt happen either.........
Poor man was so tired out sitting in his chair for that amount of time, they never even offered us a cup of tea.............

Its not the most private place to be when you have a dr there to ask you questions etc and do medical things to him.......

I was very dissapointed but what could I say.....
You would have to be in a near dead situation to get into the hospital.............
So im now off to have a shower and get myself ready toget to the next appoinment this evening, probaly have to take some sandwiches with us for tea time, cos we aint gonna be back home till 8.30 ish, lovely weather today again , its super sunny indeed, so that help lift my mood a bit..........

I wanted to be home for (!!!!!!):eek: wartime... at 8 BBC2, but thats doubtful me thinks......catch you all later.........

I know about the bed shortages at Ipswich Hospital, & how overstretched they are; I'm sure it's the same for most hospitals, but of course the one that impacts on us most is the one we use.