OS Singlies - We Do It Our Way!

moneyistooshorttomention

I had, as pointed out, changed my signature anyway and then subsequently read the point that has been put in our Singlies thread about it.

...and back on topic.....now howzabout anyone else's thoughts (guilty or otherwise) about just how much (errr...little) housework we do a week?:rotfl:

BookWorm

Good morning all

I was away at the weekend visiting family. It was a busy but enjoyable couple of days. I've been given some old family photo's of my grandparents wedding day and my Mum when she was a baby, etc which is lovely as I've never had anything like that before.

I'm working at home today as waiting for an engineer to come and look at my cooker I just hope it can be fixed rather than having to wait for a replacement!

Off to catch up and see what I missed.

Have a good day

BookWorm

Quiet in here..... hope it wasn't something I said? :cool:

I'm very relieved to say...the cooker is fixed :j

mum2one

Got to say our caravan has been rocking every ngt - thou it's due to the strong winds its a static that we are staying in it was so rough my mum fell off the loo.

It's chucking it down today just in macdonalds so can check email - been up snowdon this morning took dad and he loved it.

Thou not gd news a very close friend of mine her husband died suddenly at home on Sunday he's just turned 60 he was forced into early retirement in June and they had there whole life ahead of them, they live about 90mins away it's still not sink in as he had been well and they made plans.

It's made me realise how precious life, family and friends are, made me realise that I need to take a chance on things and people, my first new move will be say yes to a man to go for a drink with, he works near where staying he's 55 which is 12yrs older divorced with 4 kids youngest is 25, got grandkids - he's single and a nice bloke, even if I end up with him as a friend who knows - thinking that go to the furneral but what to get a couple of days to myself so head back up to Wales and go for that drink xx

BookWorm

Sorry you have had sad news Mum2one

You are right that we sometimes need to be reminded to take a chance on things. I think you should go for that drink

Horace

Sorry to hear the sad news Mum2One.

Hello peeps - I would have checked in yesterday but I couldn't see when I got home from training:( We were given homework and asked to go and mystery shop MnS and because it was very dark by the time I came out I had real difficulty walking and seeing (I cannot see in the dark). The alarm man didn't come yesterday because when I did get hold of him he had been having trouble with his mobile phone - I was late for training and not pleased (I could be sanctioned for not turning up on time). I was half an hour late.

Mind you I was 7 minutes late this morning and got moaned at but as I am reliant on public transport then the bus will not always be on time. I plan to get there for 9.30am tomorrow and they can't moan then. Had a dreadful time with Miss Sarky Pants (the instructor) as I got moaned at for not doing the homework properly and she was dismissive of my visual impairment and today I was expected to work in a dark room with no lighting because the lights didn't work. Needless to say I asked to see the manager and made a complaint - using the words health & safety, discrimination (I complained too about dismissive Miss Sarky Pants). There is one woman on the course who drives us all mad - I very nearly walked out of the room because I cannot stand to be in there with her, she hates the course and can't see the point and just wants a job. Nor will she join in with any team activity that we have to do.:mad:

I have tons to do - including trying to find my paperwork (cannot find it anywhere and I may have to pay for copies), although if Miss Sarky Pants says one more word tomorrow I swear I will say something. She is one of those types that talks down to you as though you are stupid.:mad:

Made someone's day - I asked the lady from my friends group that helped with the window display if she would like to go to a Lord Mayor's Reception with me next week. She was over the moon and said that I should offer the opportunity to other members of the friends group so I said they hadn't done any work and she helped a lot so that one of the reasons why I was inviting her.

JustKeepSwimming_2

greenbee wrote: »

MTSM has changed her signature, so it no longer has a list of countries in it...

Aha - so I'm not thick after all :rotfl: such a relief. Odd things continue to happen to me though, so I'm starting to doubt my sanity - latest thing is a credit card transaction showing someone else has paid for my shopping (thread here if anyone is interested). I'm sure people think I'm bonkers because such a thing just can't happen (i.e. I am a stupid female who can't look after her own finances) - but it has....

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I had, as pointed out, changed my signature anyway and then subsequently read the point that has been put in our Singlies thread about it.

...and back on topic.....now howzabout anyone else's thoughts (guilty or otherwise) about just how much (errr...little) housework we do a week?:rotfl:

No guilt here really; a mild sense that maybe my house isn't as sorted as other peoples, but we haven't had dysentery or anything hygiene related so I can live with it (luckily ).

Most of my housework is picking up after DD & DS, while I'm muttering to myself "When will they ever get it?".

BookWorm wrote: »

Sorry you have had sad news Mum2one

You are right that we sometimes need to be reminded to take a chance on things. I think you should go for that drink

Another one to commiserate about your sad news - what a horrible shock for his family & friends. You really never know what is coming around that corner at you. Wise words BW, & Mum2one - you must keep us updated about the drink.

Not too bad a day here at all - dentist thinks my filling will hold :T so I don't have to try & pursue the pizza place for more money - they gave me a free drink & did offer me pudding at the time but I couldn't eat anything else & the pizza in question itself was paid for by MrT. They've also sent me a £10 voucher & a lovely letter of apology so I'm pretty impressed. Turns out the offending item was a fragment of stalk from the herbs they use (darn hard though).

We had a lovely bimble around town (with DD so it was more expensive than I thought ) & sat outside in the sun. Tonight I'm determined to finish a library book Ive had since June - its getting too embarrassing to keep renewing it.

Horace - I know someone who is visually impaired & had a rubbish time with those helpful training schemes. They kept insisting that she go on courses without being able to provide an adapted PC for her & without providing adequate lighting as she fell over a bag once in a dark room - none of the staff knew anything about dealing with the accident & it was never reported. These courses were pushed on her & she had to give up her voluntary work (using an adapted computer) so she could go & sit in a dark room & not be able to do anything, being questioned as to why she couldn't use their computer. After all, she could make the font as large as she wanted so could type, couldn't she? Sigh - its so rubbish to know that these idiots are being paid to provide this help :mad:

I hope it improves for you, although I'm not sure it will. Good luck dealing with the numpties....

I have an experimental loaf of bread going in the oven soon - have left it to rise for much longer than usual as my kitchen is quite cold, so its been trapped in the microwave for a few hours (obviously the m/wave isn't on ), growing slowly. Think its nearly ready to be baked & I hope it works or breakfast will be on the sparse side & DD will be in a grump:rotfl:

BookWorm

Horace - sorry that your day has been so difficult. Hope you have a better time tomorrow

JKS - I read your thread about the card payment but have no useful suggestion to offer as to what could have happened! Hope you can get it resolved satisfactorily though

moneyistooshorttomention

Horace wrote: »

I have tons to do - including trying to find my paperwork (cannot find it anywhere and I may have to pay for copies), although if Miss Sarky Pants says one more word tomorrow I swear I will say something. She is one of those types that talks down to you as though you are stupid.:mad:

Don't worry about it Horace.

Personally, if someone does that, ie treat me like I'm thick, then I will either retaliate with the proof that actually I am very far from:rotfl: on the one hand....

OR

sit back and think "You just made a mistake there to underestimate me. Suit yourself........" and then sit back and wait for them to realise gradually (ie over coming months or years) that they got that very wrong indeed and I've managed to prove the point to them over time Big Time.

I haven't forgotten a previous employer that decided to regard me as being "none too bright" as they regarded other members of the grade I was in (rightly or wrongly) and I just sat back and thought "I am so going to prove I'm not the grade of the job I am in to you...and you will wish you hadn't underestimated me". It took some time....but they learnt eventually that I was nothing remotely like the grade of the (low level) job I was in and they should have realised that in the first place...rather than sitting there "rubbing their sore heads" some time later, as I had proved my point....

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Anyways, on a very different topic I've been out today helping to pick out Mother of the Bride clothes with a friend and duly feel quite satisfied at having done my best to be encouraging and help pick out exactly what would be the right thing to suit my friend best. Yep...shop assistant and I both in full agreement as to what we thought would be right.

Sublime to ridiculous bit was then sorting out re job workmen will be doing here soon to make quite quite sure that it will be done Exactly Right...ie so there will be no future problems with neighbours caused by me not being "as I oughter". Grins at thought of being "whiter than white" myself in that respect, and will throw resultant "halo" at the troublesome neighbour I've got in another direction .....ahem.....

Horace

Thanks Money - I know that I am better than Miss Sarky Pants and she has underestimated me.

Feeling strung out at the mo - just had the events chap email me with a whole list of things that must be done and him shouting at me in his email. I have reminded him that we have a committee meeting next week and it can be discussed then. He is too keen and running off half cocked without any discussions being had with the rest of the committee. There are times when I regret that he came on board. He forgets that I am also an events person and I like to do things properly and if that means following certain procedures then I will. I am having to rein him in.

I have had a further look for my documentation but can't find it - so I will have to look again tomorrow as there is another place that I haven't searched. I have found out that it will cost me £65 to get a copy of my decree absolute (I do not have the case number) and it will be about £10 for a copy of my full birth certificate. I can do without the expense.

I have done some homework tonight but I am not spending all my free time searching the MnS website for everything I need to know about them. I will do a bit more tomorrow.