Mooloo's struggle with babies and bills

Ellidee

Sounds like you had a really fab day Mooloo. So pleased you enjoyed it. Take the makeup off GENTLY - cotton wool or pads NOT tissue please. Baby lotion is good for cleansing -maybe followed by witchhazel or something similar to make sure you have removed everything. Here endeth my lesson for tonight

Savvy_sewing

Ellidee wrote: »

Sounds like you had a really fab day Mooloo. So pleased you enjoyed it. Take the makeup off GENTLY - cotton wool or pads NOT tissue please. Baby lotion is good for cleansing -maybe followed by witchhazel or something similar to make sure you have removed everything. Here endeth my lesson for tonight

See told you I was not used to make up. Not sure I have any witchhazel too hand. Cant really sleep in the stuff. But sure the girls will have cottonwool still lurking about, and we definitely have baby lotion, what with two small babies in the house, the free samples are about somewhere.

Yes I had a fabulous time, and although my wrinkles and laughter lines are there, I did feel special, and good about myself and lets face it all the clothes etc that we took were our own, so its a case of learning how to apply the stuff and I could be Cinderella at the ball everyday. Mind you I am not sure if I could take 30 mins to do my make up, and another 30 mins to do my hair every morning. !! But I am thinking that I should try a bit harder to look at the mirror and see what everyone else sees. (Who needed a mirror just to stick a bit of lippy on occassionally??) It was a shock to see my face after the makeup was on. didnt look at all like me staring back, then when the hair was done, I put my glasses back on and had to have a double take.!! Oh well I couldnt be much happier tonight, :j except if I had my BF and my Dog with me!!.
All gone quiet upstairs. Hopefully babies are all settled for the night.

witchhazel hey, must see if I can get out at lunchtime tomorrow and buy a bit of that then. thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. I will learn something everyday, and invariably I do.

Ellidee

Mooloo I only suggested witchhazel because I thought it might be something you had in. It's maybe not the best thing to use. If you are going to buy something buy a toner or some sort of astringent to be used after cleansing. Superdrug do their own fragrance free cleanser and toner which costs about £1.29 and I have always found to be good.

Savvy_sewing

Ellidee wrote: »

Mooloo I only suggested witchhazel because I thought it might be something you had in. It's maybe not the best thing to use. If you are going to buy something buy a toner or some sort of astringent to be used after cleansing. Superdrug do their own fragrance free cleanser and toner which costs about £1.29 and I have always found to be good.

OK, think I might get both, cos i remember somewhere in the depths of my grey cells, that witchhazel is good for bruises? so I may as well get some. I used to have a lot of aromatherapy stuff but what with moving I lost it in the depths of boxes etc, and to one of the twins. I never did really get the time to read up about what does what! Oh well, I will look in Superdrug there is one of them in the city centre, so I can make that my excuse to get a lunch break away from the shop, and go and get both, not very MSE of me. but I will worry about that in March.
Thanks for the advise still, I really am useless when it comes down to make up. I slap a bit of Dove lotion, or occassionally I try an anti wrinkle cream, but I really am naughty at taking care of my skin. "I must try harder" must be my mantra from now on!!.
Nearly bed time, I have finished my tea, the heat pad is decidedly cool, and I still must get the makeup off!!

Savvy_sewing

Morning, back to the real world, back to work. No assistant manager today, or for the next 2 weeks, so I have to work longer than I was expecting. Oh well, cant expect everything to go my way all the time.!

Cant get the hair to do what I want with it this morning.!! Too much product I suppose...
Catch everyone later.

Savvy_sewing

Morning all, Just a quick entry before I head off to work. I had a lovely homemade card from the girls and signed by DS, for Mothers Day. Went out for a drive with BF and we had a buffet Chinese for Lunch. Then I retreated to my room with a good book, and that was yesterday wasted!! Enjoyed.
I have to go to work today as my assistant is off on holiday/sick depending on who you listen too. New temporary assistant has caused a stir with the rest of the volunteers, so there are a few problems there to sort out today.
Taking Twin2 to see a solicitor today about the debts the council are piling on her with the BF staying in her flat.
Lets hope we start to clear some of her problems.
This month I have to get my finances back on track. I will have to keep a close eye on whats been "wasted" as I want to be able to renew my passport, and I would like to improve on the menu plans I sort of let February go with house moving etc.
Both girls and I are slowly building up the weight. So I want to make sure I dont put anymore on, and the twins need to loose at least 3 stone each!! frightening that they are putting it on and not even trying to loose it. I think a lot of it is the fact that with the babies they never lost it and now they are snacking on doughnuts and biscuits now that we live next to a local store, and I am not around to see what they are eating!! Oh dear.

Savvy_sewing

Back from the solicitors. They are going to deal with the council for Twin2. He has advised me on writing a letter about the other debts that her BF has helped her to acrew. If not he has a debt advisor who we can consult. Lets hope some of it starts to get sorted now.
My post was not so pleasant. The gas and the electric from the old flat have arrived. Along with a gas bill for the house. £50.19 for 3 weeks here.EEK That thermos stat has to go down, and a visit to the timer in the airing cupboard to see if the timer can be tweeked. But with the babies, I dont suppose much of thats going to make a difference.!! I dont even cook on Gas.!!!
Also time to ditch british gas I think.
MSE advise must be followed. No longer can I procrastinate. I have to get on top of all of the stuff thats lapsed since my illness, and since moving here.
A quick check up on the bank account too, to see if there is enough funds to pay the above bills!!

Savvy_sewing

I seem to have spent all evening trying to get my tesco order done. Mind you its been over a month since I had a delivery, I kept putting it off. But the cupboards are bare apart from spices. All my menu plans aside, I have run out of ideas with the odds and sods so I though I better get the order done. Trouble having it check out. so back on now and see if it will go through this time. Paid the gas bill, the other gas bill and electric bill for the flat. Keys finally returned. The flat is no longer my responsibility. Post has been redirected, I hope, so I hope that anything I have forgotten will be forewarded to us.
Twin 2's BF turned up at the door at tea time. Apologising and in tears. (crocodile no doubt). He is in court tomorrow for missing his probation. So he is expecting a sting with her majestys pleasure. But I am not sure if he really will. Reckon it might just shake him up though! Stupid boy.
Have to work a full day tomorrow as the assistants cant help me, one on holiday, the other at the doctors? Hope I will have enough volunteers. Donations are abound at the moment.
Unfortunately someone missed the fact that some DVDs donated on saturday were pirates, and just my luck some one from trading standards happened to come in on his lunch break and find them! Great. Trouble at mill now.

Savvy_sewing

Another day, another dollar? Not that anything I now earn will be going into my pocket. Its all bound for the landlord, in replacement of any housing benefit I was getting. The down side of moving into such a big house, the rent is so big it will swallow up anything over the £123.03 the council say I am allowed to live on. What with the gas bill alone coming in at £50 for the first 3 weeks. I have basically moved into the poor house. I no longer think I will be able to have any holidays away, or even sure I will be able to keep the car running. All my attempts to save since the bankrupcy have just about been swallowed up. I havent had the rates bill yet. No doubt that will be huge too.
Cant seem to get my head around a proper budget yet as I really have no idea what income I will have now I am part time (full time?) at work.
I have spent an hour this morning writing in my diary with all of the usual I must mantra's, whats to be done and whats been left by the way side. The list is not itemised, I think that would have frightened me off. Its just new lines in the diary... But I have got to make sure I stay on top of everything. I really have let things slide. Depression and despair had started to creep in. So its time to re think. Re motivate and act on all the things I need and want to change.
One of the twins, twin1, is looking at going back to work. I really am not sure how she thinks she will manage, or who she is expecting to look after BGP if she does. Twin 2 could not cope with both babies. Also she would not get the help with child care unless she places her with a registered childminder. ?
Twin 2 is off to see what happens to BF (ex-BF) in court today, and I suppose I will be needed to support her after work today, and for a while to come if he does have a "holiday".
Issues with my son bunking off school, have been brought to my attention and I have to have a meeting with the school next week. He wont give me a reason why he does it. The lecture of the week has occured so often I dont think it really is making any different. I try to say that he will ruin his future, but what is the point? He still keeps bunking off.

Now I better get my act together and get to work. The acting area manager is on her way to see me.

Savvy_Sue

Mooloo, your son has been through an awful lot recently, it could be that the stress of it all has got to him as well, maybe people at school know some of it and there's some bullying going on. And maybe he won't tell you about it because he doesn't want to worry you, and doesn't see what you can do to stop it anyway.

Apart from hauling you in, what are the school doing to support him? Have they offered him someone to talk to, in confidence? If he's over 13 (I can't remember, sorry!) then he should have a Connexions adviser, they're not always a lot of help, but if he's getting towards the end of compulsory education then they should at least be able to point him towards vocational options which might suit him better.