The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

mardatha

GQ is fine just busy Elisa, I was talking to her in PM the other day.
It hasnt been nice here today, very overcast and breezy, but tomorrow is to be better I think.
Stupid Q - is there anything you can do with cauliflower apart from boil it? I'm so bored of soggy white stuff.

kidcat

Mar - steam it or even cauliflower cheese

Possession

Here you go Mar:
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/roasted_cauliflower/
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/balsamic_parmesan_roasted_cauliflower.html
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/whole-baked-cauliflower-with-tomato-and-olive-sauce
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/06/10-best-cauliflower-recipes

Cauli is much nicer roasted.
Glad the shoulder is feeling better Denise

mardatha

I dono what Cauli cheese is meant to look like Kidcat, but that's what we had and it was disgusting. I HATE COOKING lol
TY possession will go and lookat these.

jem132

Well good evening all. Cams need more info from school for his diagnosis but his school is now shut for the summer!!! So will have to wait till they all go bk in September more waiting well iv filled in all the dla forms ready tonsend off for ds9 hopefully we will get some help with there.

We'll I am looking for what we can do for free in the hols as ds can't cope when too many people are about and we are brassic ds broke his bed well he chewed thew the side rails so needs a new one.

kidcat

jem - send the DLA form off anyway it doesnt need a diagnosis - and based on whats already happening you will get it now, which will help pay for some stuff.
As for school, office staff are usually in as are head teachers, most head check emails as well, so if Camhs emailed the head and explained the urgency they may get a quicker reply

jem132

Thanks kidcat it was cams and his one to one who told me to fill it in. So hopefully it's okay .his school have closed a week early as they are moving sites so not really sure if there will be anyone around to pick up calls and his worker only works mon and Tues .things are getting hard with him bless him. I feel like I can't take much more he's got a string attached to me I am sure on wards and up wards me thinks on the Brightside we love eachother myte not always like each other lol xbut never go to sleep without a kiss and hug xx

kidcat

jem132 wrote: »

Thanks kidcat it was cams and his one to one who told me to fill it in. So hopefully it's okay .his school have closed a week early as they are moving sites so not really sure if there will be anyone around to pick up calls and his worker only works mon and Tues .things are getting hard with him bless him. I feel like I can't take much more he's got a string attached to me I am sure on wards and up wards me thinks on the Brightside we love eachother myte not always like each other lol xbut never go to sleep without a kiss and hug xx

So if they are moving sites, staff are working but kids arent - its worth a go to track them down if you can speed it up

As for DLA we applied for DS9 when he was 7 finally and got it immediately, without diagnosis, people had been pushing me for years but I struggled to get over the emotional hurdle.

monnagran

Hi.

Really wanted to go to bed early tonight but that hasn't happened. I've read through todays posts but my cooked, sunburnt brain has garbled everything.
Bits I remember.

Mar: Spitfires are wonderful planes but it helped to be able to distinuish the sound of it during the war. My Ma stood on a bridge over the river where we lived, admiring the Spitfires flying towards her down the river. Then she noticed that the 'Spitfires' had black swastikas under their wings and were dropping bombs as they came towards her. She was pushing me in the pram at the time and said she had never taken that bridge so quickly in her life.

Sarah: Welcome flower. When you get to the end of your life I bet you won't be saying, "Oh, I wish I'd washed my kitchen floor more."
Small children, lack of money, no supporting partner.....just get through one day at a time ducky. You'll get plenty of support here, not to mention a bit of advice, a bit of gentle nagging and more laughs than you've probably had for a long time. Wait till GreyQueen gets back!

Welcome back PIC. Are you mad? didn't you have enough of us last time?

AOT: I can only say what everyone else has said - You'll find that talking to an actual person is non-scary. They are usually very helpful and if they're not you can always ask to speak to somebody else. Good Luck.

Right I'm off to bed. Tales of my enthralling life will have to wait until tomorrow.

x

EstherH

AOT: as others have said, ring up. We got a demand last year for about £650. They said we had been claiming benefits plus small pension. The only benefits were non countable ones such as council tax and DLA. After a panicky weekend, we phoned and it was a mistake. HTH. Esther