Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

HairyHandofDartmoor

EssexHebridean said:

Giggling a lot at people being annoyed by their plants being the wrong colour - in a similar vein I have an apparently easter flowering cactus that randomly flowers whenever it likes and has done for the 30+ years I've owned it! rofl 

Some plants don't seem to know what they're supposed to be doing 🤣.

HairyHandofDartmoor

redofromstart said:

@elizabethhull my bit of leics was grim on Sunday so I don't envy you that trip at all
@HairyHandofDartmoor my DS was saying earlier the problem is that school is red hot, the issue is when he goes outside and the cold hits him.  He says they should turn the heating off at 2.30 🤣

I think the heating at school only has two settings, on or off 🤣. Typical public building.

HairyHandofDartmoor

I went in at lunchtime today. Which isn't all it's cracked up to be because it means I eat lunch at 11am 🙄. It was dry at lunchtime thankfully and my afternoon went fairly well. One of my sessions was observed by a senior teacher which was a bit nerve wracking 😱 but she was observing all the TAs. She made a couple of suggestions for improvements but it was only tweaks so I don't think I should worry too much 🤔. I'm always willing to be given feedback as I know I'm inexperienced (as long as they give me a chance to put the feedback into practise).

Only two more days until half term and I have so many plans that I need five weeks rather than five days 🤣. The down side is that I won't get paid for any TA stuff over half term 😥 so it's just as well that it is only a week. 

I need to give enpower a meter reading asap and I'm hoping that it won't make our bill shoot throught the roof 😕. It's been quite cold recently and we've had the heating on in the daytime, so I'm a bit worried about the bill. But with three people being at home all day it's difficult to have the heating off when it's so cold.

I hope everyone is having a good Wednesday so far .

Sun_Addict

We rarely get snow where I live too, we had a teensy bit which disappeared as fast as it came thank goodness. 

Fingers crossed for more TA work.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks SA .

beanielou

Hope the TA work continues after half term 

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks Beanie .

beanielou

Is it just me or have you noticed that there is no post numers/count in a thread now? Confused!

EssexHebridean

I hadn't noticed until you said it Beanie but you're right!  I'm missing the option for coloured text - can we still do it via typing out the old codes in full (if we can find the old codes!) I wonder? 

[colour="navy"]Testing[/colour] - no - apparently not! 

greenbee

Someone has just answered this exact question on the snagging thread, so go and have a look (but soon, as without post numbers it's difficult to provide directions!)