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  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Gosh Lydia!!
    Thanks Welsh and Floppy.

    A NSD today. Payday friday and expenses coming for trip to Londinium.

    Did a survey yesterday and ebay looks promising.

    DS has not been expelled from pre school yet. Yay!
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I hate online standardising so much that I am not marking this year. It is torture for essay questions. But probably a bit easier for science?

    Hope it went well,

    Squirrel x
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Alchemilla
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    Hi Squirrel. Once I got the hang of the clunky software it was probably a LOT easier than essays.

    All passed. Yay!
  • Alchemilla
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    At home with very poorly girls. One has just been sick.
    Managed to mark a set of books, a set of tests and do a load of washing.
    Puppylove is extremely quiet...dogpox?
  • CathT
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    Sorry to hear the girls have the pox, when my DD had it aged 2 she really turned a corner about day 5. I used virasoothe for the itching which was fab and although about £10 worth every penny. I suppose you're expecting DS to end up with it too? Hope they are feeling better soon.
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • Alchemilla
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    Thanks Cath. I read about virasoothe. I wonder where I can get some?
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    Poor girls. :(

    When DD had it badly she scratched the spots and they got infected. Hope that doesn't happen with yours but if there's any sign of that with yours then take them to the doc for antibiotics sooner rather than later.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    And another thought...

    If you have children who need to be prescribed penicillin and aren't old enough to swallow tablets/capsules, then ask for the "with sugar" version of the syrup, which is a pleasant orange flavour, rather than the "sugar free" type which is disgusting pseudo-banana flavour. Treating my DD's infected pox would have been a lot easier if she hadn't been determined to spit out the penicillin every time I tried to get it in. (She was only 6 months old and couldn't understand :()
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • Alchemilla
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    Chickenpox at 6 mnths must have been dreadful.
    £40 DH petrol
    £45 l $ dl
    £5 ebay clothes for DS.
  • Alchemilla
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    £3 from a survey opd. Big woop!

    Still that is three pounds closer to MF.
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