* Rocking around the Christmas Tree * - It's the 2018 Christmas Chatter Thread

murie

Fave panto- mmn, Cinderella. (although I have booked for us to see The Wizard of Oz this year).
Fave drink- Buck Fizz!!! (Although Aldi's do a dark chocolate liqueur which comes a very close second)
Fave food- Christmas lunch- the whole shebang! (no idea how to spell that lol)
Fave sweetie- Thorntons Continental

Hugs to everyone who needs one (seems asif lots of us do xx)

04624181

Good Morning all,

Well after the spectacular storm last night the air is not as close and we are preparing to do a little shopping today. Going to tackle the local costc* and stock up on some bits. Hubby took the kids to flamingo land yesterday, didnt manage to get a wheelchair sorted out in time so I stayed at home. Managed to hire one for next week whilst hubby and DD are off so hopefully I can accompany them out. Had private physio twice now and although I am sore afterwards he said he could tell there was a difference when I went back for the 2nd session. Ordered our Christmas Jigsaw for us all to do in the month of December. Its a 1000 piece Disney Christmas scene, ordered it because it went down to £6.99 on Amaz*n. It looks lovely. Waiting for some boxes from BIL and I can continue with the de clutter and pack.

Jakes-Mum- I love your answers to the Christmas Questions. So sorry you have to got through all this with PIP. It is awful that you have to go through this. I do not think HMRC understand the impact their daft decisions have on peoples lives. I hope you manage to get some support and some help with the tribunal letter.
ChrissyG- Great answers for Christmas. I can confirm the PIP paperwork is long and competitive and like a mental agility test!
MrsI- Fab answers for Christmas, wish I was as talented with keeping plants alive. I honestly could kill a plastic plant!. I love flowers and plants but either under/over water them.
Murie- Great to see you xx We watched Wizard of Oz last year and absolutely loved it. We go to a small amateur Dramatics theatre in the next town. We have been going for 4 years now and love it! Its part of our Christmas tradition now.

Peppa, Free, vulpix, hope you are all ok xx

jakes-mum

Oh Chrissy G - you are joining me in the PIP battle! yes the form is just as long winded and repetitive as DLA, I would highly recommend googling the PIP criteria before you attempt the forms as it is different to DLA criteria Make sure you send as much supporting medical evidence as you can with it, as at the minute (looking at my own problems) they are using anything they can to not award people

Thank you all for your kind words, it really does make me feel a bit better to have you all be so nice when i' feeling so very drained. I do have a tiny glimmer of hope! I had a phone call a couple of days ago and it was the gentleman who used to do my PIp forms for me (he got moved to another department and I had to get someone else to do my forms, which may have caused extra problems). He had randomly gone into the old office to look for something, seen the answerphone message light blinking and popped it on and heard my message. He rang to say that though its no longer his department he will come and do my tribunal appeal for me I am so so relieved, I trust him completely and know I now have the best chance of getting something back. I'm not going to count any chickens as I know its all now down to 3 strangers but I feel a lot calmer about trying to fight it I do agree with 0462 I really don't think the decision makers understand how much damage they do to people with their decisions. I feel quite sorry for the poor telephonists on the PIP line as they must get so much abuse, anger and tears when people ring them. I have sobbed down the phone to at least 2 members of staff over the last few weks alone (and had to apologise profusely to both of them for doing so)

I would soooo love to go to a pantomine! I haven't been to one for years (stupid body doesn't cope well with the chairs, spend most of my life sat in a recliner to take the pressure off my joints)

3forholidays

Re PiP: Last year I was all ready to go to tribunal but the day before the DWP telephoned to cancel and awarded me what I was fighting for in recognition of my mobility difficulties. So don't give up at MR stage!

System

Had a mixed day today a customer was asking advice about connecting the ring main in his house but then had major problems inserting his card in the pdq to pay ! Some customers scare the living daylights out of me

On a brighter note I realised my loan ends August not September yay , and I!!!8217;ve come home to a gift from Dd the dla th from the sofa ad .

freespirit66

Evening everyone, I haven't stopped this week, Thumper has had chicken pox so couldn't go to nursery so I have been helping out by looking after him a few days. He is very lucky and has only had it mild, not many spots and only slightly under the weather. I don't know if anyone on here suffers from constant migraines, I'm sure I have read a few of you have, well I just wanted to say I had my Daith pierced last week and I haven't had a headache or migraine since, I know it is only a week but believe me I have headaches most days and 1 to 2 migraines a week, so for me this week has been fantastic. I felt the pressure released as soon as I had it pierced it was amazing.

FAVOURITE PANTO - Cinderella
FAVOURITE TIPPLE - Baileys
FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS DESSERT - Trifle
FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS TREAT - M&S Biscuit Curls

VULPIX I hope everything is ok lovely, I see that you haven't been on since I last asked if you were ok x

PRINCESSKITTY omg I read the thread although some of the comments were deleted its unbelievable how petty people are. I too would have felt on edge and had anxiety after that. Stick with us we are a fab lot! DD2 knew something was wrong with Thumper a long time ago, then nursery said they had noticed things and she should get him into the system. So he is having appts to assess how far on the spectrum he is, but it is so damn slow, it is taking forever. And all the time he is getting worse, to the point that nursery doesn't think he will cope in a mainstream school, he is finding it harder and harder to cope with lots of people, noise, changes in his routine, he doesn't interact with other children at nursery and sometimes even finds it hard to cross the room at nursery if it is busy, and if he cant cope he gets a book and takes himself off to the corner of the room and quietly reads, he also has to sit in the same chair, at home and nursery

04624181 I hope you get your treatment sorted at the hospital nearer to you. I am going to have a go at the keto, starting Monday :eek: and see how I get on, you have done so well!
I have been looking at Christmas jigsaw puzzles since you mentioned it and have put them on my wish list, it is just something different for us to do

JAKESMUM oh I hope your DS turns things around, they just don't see beyond what they are doing that day, and that it can all affect their future. I hope he enjoyed his first driving lesson and had a lovely birthday. I am so glad you have someone fighting your corner it makes all the difference in the world

3FORHOLIDAYS hope you are well, have you got any holidays booked yet?

CHRISSYG its great when we realise something will be paid off sooner than we thought

3forholidays

Free

Off on holidays in July to Wales Looking forward to it as not long to go now!

Poor Thumper suffering chickenpox - hoping that he is still ok and only has a few spots as some people can be quite bad with it. I can't understand why some people deliberately attempt to infect their children by holding 'chickenpox parties'! :mad:

vulpix

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I did it! My laptop did an update weeks ago and it had a major breakdown,shut me out of here and my emails.It has taken me weeks to get back on.

I have been reading,but no time to comment just now.I have been awake since 4am.DD1 and I are about to go to Sheffield to do the hipster carboot.

So nice to be back.

Laters Vx

System

Freespirit66 , Althouh it daunting going through the assessment process at least they have picked up on it early , my Dd wasnt diagnosed until she was 12 . Up to that point various schools had commented she was immature but no one until secondary school even mentioned Autism ! Within a six month period she had been diagnosed as Autistic and Dyspraxic . Suddenly everything fell into place and we felt so guilty .

Its a long process but can be a great help .

jakes-mum

Ahh thank you Free DS has always been the same with his behaviour, he is much better now than he was, when he was younger he couldn't get to the end of a term without kicking off, it was like it was just too long a time for him, now its a nearly a year before his behaviour starts to deteriorate and you have to pull him back on track. He is the same over birthdays, christmas, holidays etc, it is like he can't deal with the excitement. We once booked a holiday and didn't tell him or his sister till we pulled up at the airport just to avoid his meltdown that was one of the calmest holiday build ups we had ever had
I get a bit cross with the education system as they are very much, if you don't have a diagnosis of anything you must fit their round hole and DS just doesn't and never has. I was once told by a teacher that he's one of those kids that just doesn't fit into the education system and he will join the world of work and fly, he now has a part time job and I can see that the teacher was right, but we still have to get him through another 2 years of college yet :eek: he'll get there bless him, he's not a bad kid, he just has no filters at times

Poor Thumper, chicken pox are not fun, thank goodness he has a mild case.

3forholidays, I always thought people did chicken pox parties because its so much worse to get them when you're an adult than when you're a child? Not sure if that is still the case. I do remember mention of pox parties when I was a child but never attended one (I have 2 older sisters so was pretty much guaranteed to get it from them or nursery lol) they were not that common, though none of the parents stopped you playing with the child across the street if they had it. Both mine caught it at nursery, my poor DD has had a pox virus 7 times now, she was just really suseptable to it, I actually got so fed up I demanded a second opinion as i'd always been told you can only get chicken pox twice and the second doctor said that you can get it more than twice and there are other pox viruses as well! To this day I still don't know how many of those 7 times were chicken pox and how many were other pox viruses :eek:

Wecome back vulpix :wave: