Friday staff room!

tried tot ake pics earlier but too dark, not showing up as most under units will try again in morn, too tired

Ins ringing back monday, i have to get quotes to sort it out over weekend!oh yeah its as easy as that!

Cant use dishwasher(no biggy) washing machine(veyr biggy!) and sink(even bigger biggy), so just been out for pizza hut(to dd and dp's delight!)

Dp thinks we should think about a whole new kitchen..how would we work that with insurance already(hopefully) paying for the damamge thats been done?

crace - cheers, will just stick with what I'm doing then Take it easy, braxton hicks already!! Gosh, never had these with ds so not sure what they feel like. I've a couple of times been stressed and rushing around and had tightening but don't think it was braxton hicks. Anyway, try and rest when you can!

rose - and Sorry about your bad day, that's awful!! I also think you should go through insurance, you pay all this time so can't help it when 2 things happen close together! Just phone them and as Mo said, they are normal people And maybe say you can take pics unless they send someone out?

EllieM - hope you managed to rest! And yes, feel free to email me! As for midwife, wouldn't worry too much as they'd make sure you went if you really had to. Will you have blood tests around 8 weeks? If so, that's the main thing, midwife doesn't do much more than that!

Mo - update???

Well I've had a right old afternoon. Remind me to say NO when someone asks me to help out adhoc with their kids!!! I've purposely tried to keep the workload lower i.e. 2 daytime kids and 2 after school each day and yet I still found myself agreeing to help my friend out today so had 5 under 5. I'm bloomin exhausted and got bloomin first aid course next 2 Saturdays and need to be out of the door at 8.30am!! (sorry, feeling sorry for myself as tired, stressed and now got bloomin swollen throbbing ankles!!!)

Have a lovely weekend everyone

Ok I have washed the kitchen floor, will hoover after a coffee, any one else for 1?
I have sat down and it's soooo peaceful I could go to sleep.

Playgroup was mysteriously cancelled on Monday and now Softplay was also cancelled today - I have one seriously miffed toddler

pst looney, me again, might need help with variation form, can i email you please? just had call for mon thurs fri 11.30 till 3.30 term time only. only issue is thurs - would have 4 under 5 but dd would be at school 12.30 -3 so only short over lap really.

hi everyone - busy busy today

i'm doing my first aid course {part one} tomorrow and the scond part next saturday - i really hate doing training as my brain doesn't seem to work in that way anymore!!!
not that i was ever academic and really quite norty at school

i think we should do it more often than every 3 years or at least some kind of refresher session once a year - just to do the resuss and choking training.

LOL Ellie! Now there's an idea, the PG board! You might find a couple of ladies with the same 'condition' as yours in there!

Finished for today , toys are away now I have 1 1/2 hrs to do some cleaning. 1st off to wash kitchen floor then hoover through the house.
Rescue me later please with a large coffee .

oooh just rang docs to make midwife booking in appointment and can't see her till april 18th! i'll be 13 weeks by then and have had my scan. is this normal, looney and crace please advise. i don't have anyone else to ask.

ooh spose i could do a thread in the pregnancy bit of mn but never really venture beyond the staff room door................

Gosh you have been busy Ellie! Have a cuppa and put your feet up for half hour!

Rose, I know it doesn't sound very good, but the fact is, both incidents are real. You haven't taken a pot of paint to the carpet for a bit of money or dropped something heavy into the sink. They may just deal with it on the phone and remember, the people on the phone are just phone staff, reading from a list of questions to ask you. They are people too and they make insurance claims, just like the rest of us!

hello all, i'v done too much today! and it's supposed to be my day off whopps. am exhausted and think i def must rest so will take mindee (11yo) and dd to soft play so i can rest! legs are tired and few niggly pains in bump.

but i've just been shopping in tesco and bought easter bunny chocolate moulding kits. £1.99 2 for £3 very cute mould with choc etc to make. also lots of crafty bits 75p a packet - mini pom poms, feathers, stickers eyes, shredded paper, baskets etc etc 3 for £2. guess what we're doing next week!

yeah got that..howveer just been paid out for(not total amount) sofas we knackerd moving the in front room..woudnt look good would it..2nd claim in matter of months(i hasten to add tho first claim in 10 years!)..i knwo it one of those things, i didnt forsee it happening..but unit is so soft you CAN actually see were its dipping in the corner with the weight of the sink, but we hadnt realsied this was why!, we thouht it had just been put in wonky..also white paint on outside kitchen wall(and bricks in certain places) are flaking away..all adds up nowthe wall behind the pipe feels like fibre glass when along a little bit its rock hard concrete!?

You got accidental damage cover? That's what it is, I assume. Someone or something has accidentally knocked the pipe off? Got to be worth a try.

dunno about houue insurance? never thought of that??? not wear and tear as it just 'out' not worn away and unit is like paper mache??

rang mindees mum to ask mindees dad to havea look tinight, rang dp(why i dont know!?) he said he'll have a look..and do what??..anyway..emptied cupboard, hopefully the dad will collect minde tonight and havea look for me(hes plumber/window fitter)..but whole cupboard is knackerd..we CANT afford to start ripping kitchen out right now, just took on commitments that need paying first..so farking fed up now

Oh shtty sht Rose! Have you called someone? Can it be sorted under house insurance?

entire UNIT that houses heavy sink, oh feel free to ignore, i cant even spell properly

sorry about the swearing, i swear when im fed up(obv not in front of children)

I8 am* not having a good day ..my sink was leaking few weeks ago, lovely mindees dad arrived justa s i was about to cry and fixed it..all sorted...just got back from school run, mindees both asleep, thought ok ill tidy up, emptied dish washer, emptied washing machine, hung them all out, put pops away though oh ill tidy under sink a bit.................................................................................
BIG FKC OFF leak coming from the drain pipe inside, its on a slant and 'should' normally just drain down towards washing machine and out..but part that goes directly down from taps and exactly were the dishwasher leads too is totally NOT CONNECTED to the rest of the pipes..STINKS to high heaven of damp, wall is crumbling and entire until that houses very heavy porcillin(sp) sink is about to collapse i am so fkcing fed up now[sad}

I haven't had a chance to phone her until now and she's at lunch! Typical! Still, its not urgent for today, I'll do it when she collects, if I don't get another minute after lunch.

MamaG, your cake is wonderful. DS will be thrilled that you made him a cake.

Right, hello everyone

4 hour a week new baby left at 9.30am after an hour and half. We've called it a day, all on great terms. I just feel bad for the mum as she said she'd seen other childminders in the area and wasn't happy with anyone but me (one was even outstanding but she wasn't happy with her) I've put her on my waiting list for if spaces come up when I start back in September but that's all I could offer her atm. Oh, she just texted me AGAIN to say thanks so much etc. Bless her, I feel even more awful when the parents are so lovely. Anyway, that aside, I must say I feel relieved and have enjoyed a nice cup of tea whilst other baby is napping

Got a busy afternoon as I'm having my friend's 2 kiddies from 12ish so will have 5 under 5's in total once I've got the after schoolies too. At least dh is picking ds up for me so I don't have to walk back with them all, I'm just so tired this week. AND...got to leave for first aid training at 8.30am tomorrow boo hoo. No lie in for the next 2 weekends.

Anyway, how's everyone else?

Mo - I saw that the last parent didn't pick up yesterday - have you phoned them to tell them? As for parent doing reference, lovely to see nice things written down isn't it And PMSL at the church thing!!!

crace - how lovely, what was the compliment? I feel for you, had awful night myself. Dh is decorating bedroom as he starts new job on Monday so using time whilst he can. So, last night we were on the airbed and it wasn't pumped up enough so I felt on the floor, not big enough to turn and well, we both feel like we haven't slept! Tonight dh is sleeping on the sofa and i'm having airbed to myself, pumped up more this time!!

EllieM - with ds I didn't show for ages. With this little man, I was in maternity clothes at 8 weeks!! I've already put on nearly 2 stone and I'm only 24 weeks!

KayS - going to send your bits in a sec. Sorry ds not himself. In what way?

dmo & MumL - hello

Right, time to email KayS the variation stuff before 'madam' (see thread) wakes up!

Maureen! Come and see the finished cake

Thank you so so much for the icing stuff, it was FANTASTIC! Now realise I was a wimp and should have made "your" cake after all, but sure DS will still like the one I did. He insisted on a Triceratops for some reason. I vow to be more adventurous with my cakes from now on - roll on DD's birthday in August