Monday Staff Room

advice welcomed her to guys www.mumsnet.com/Talk/8/493678?stamp=080310204120

right, will check in in the morn..it WILL be perfectly safe for them all, its all contained to kitchen (back garden on occasion, but we have front garden to play in or park clsoe by).

thanks chick off for a martini..i know its only monday but i need it

I'm not 100% sure, but someone in the staff room has done it, so ask them all in the morning. I managed to get around my extension work, because we did all the work in it, before actually knocking it through to the house. So old back door and adjoining wall were always between us and the building work. Only took a day for the knock through and DH did it on a day that I didn't have mindees.

on top of sorting it all out ive got to get the say so from the higher power too!..parents will be fine would i have to give dates or could i send ltter saying"in about 4 weeks i will not ahave a kitchen for 3 weeks, ive let paretns know, this is how ill provide my normal care, this si what ill do to keep them safe and so on"? or will they need dates?

I think that's exactly what Ofsted want to hear. From memory they just want to know the extent of the work and what steps you are taking to safeguard the children. No doubt they will want to see that you've imformed all the parents too!

contents(about flooring) arn't cming till mon next week, buildings surveyor hasnt rang yet, although his secretary has to say he's going too????..we even have local cafes. my mums that we can eat in if neccesary, but i dont see it as a prob, i only mind through the day on wed thur and fri the rest is just after schoolys and were normally always out at end of week as i have 2-3 under 5, easier if im out and about..kitchen can be out of bounds(door locked/shut off) so none of the children can get anywere near and fresh water food etc will all be available in fridge/boxes in breakfast room..hope theyll be ok with it?..obv the bathroom is fine(hopefully!!??!) so toilets/hands etc are not a problem.

Defo tell Ofsted. Not sure how they work it, but they do need to know. When's the bloke coming from the insurance company?

BTW, if I suddenly disappear, I'm not ignoring you. Lights are flickering and we may be in for a power cut. Battery knackered on laptop and will only last about 10 mins!

Evening Girls..just had company out who will do everything from taking tiles off, reskimming, drying out, electrics, plumbing etc etc..all under one company, they then supply and fit the kitchen..no idea what price is gunna be, but am expecting a biggy!
will have to try and find out what price each tradesman would charge individually and see where we can go from there

am in p.j's already, i just want my bed...hes said if they do it(all the tradesmen work for them so much better organised than if i organise myself) i would be without sink,washer,dishwasher for aprrox 2 weeks..would take approx 3 weeks to complete..so no kitchen for 3 weeks..is this something i should contact ofsted about?

i already know how i would work it(fridge freezer, micro wave, kettle toaster all in breakfast room, dishwasher 'can' be plugged in in garage and waste pipe lead to drain outside(same goes with washing machine i guess?) and cupboard food all in plastic boxes in breakfast room..i only do dinner for one mindee, so we can live on these little means for 3 weeks and mindees will be fine with sandwhiches/soups/tortiila/pastas etc...please tell me i can do it

i dont have a 'bit' of thigh i have a lot of thigh!LOL..yeah it is new for old, so obv if he ay £300 to me when ive been told £1400, then i can argue that his estimation isnt the true cost to replace it..prob is builder said £1400 for 'some' work, should i research unit prices etc so i can give them that too?..but then i dont know what it would cost to refit the units/surfaces/tiles...arghhhhh

Well then argue with him. Have you got a new for old policy? You have to be left with a kitchen that is as workable that the old one. Don't be negative about this - yet! The surveyor is a human too. He's got his own kitchen and his own home and he will know what things cost. Try to keep in mind that somewhere inside that suit and clip board there will be a heart. You may have to sob, bat your eyelids or show him a bit of thigh but he is a human!

oh rose - no help don't know what to say but arg! houses are a pain just like cars!

just had to send mindee home. woke up from nap and had been sick all over cot. rang mum and she said he'd done it sat night too! mmmmmm. anyway just me and dd now as afterschooly also sick. and not in school today.

off to clear up yuck, not good when i fell like heaving myself!

HiEveryone, am really sad today as ive had to spend all day(not working till after school) trying to sort out kitchen, just had builder in and he's quoted £1400 just to repair walls, floor and plumbing, then its plus units, work surfaces(rising damp), flooring tiles..and surveyor for insurance are meant to be a pack of awkward arses who quote as low as a 1/3 to what the actual cost will be..i so dont need this crap..off to tidy up the pick dd and mindees up..i need a magic wand, anyone got one going spare?

OMG mumlove what a crap excuse!!

mindees lovely mum came and picked her up and did nursery drop-off so that me and ds don't have to get wet and offered to pay for a cab on way home from school run now that is a fantastic parent don't you think?

I hoe they snap out of it before mindee is school age! We have a parent at school, who often doesn't bring her kids in on Mondays or when the weather is bad, because she can't be bothered to get out of bed.

Granny normally stops at the shop on the way to mine to get fresh milk, yogs and his jar of baby food, this is why I think she couldn't be bothered to come out in this weather.

or stop at the shop on the way

I've only got dd2 and baby today, theyre both in bed and im about to have lunch and tidy up a bit

I've been doing a plan for what we'll be doing during the easter hols, feeling very organised and excited, i think the kids will love it

I think it was just something to say, I have had other excuses like we only woke up at 10.30am (what 1yr old wakes at that time), I cannot get him dressed etc, but at least I still get paid (mum goes to school and granny brings him to me).

Just read your post again ML. Not coming because no wipes to bring! That's an odd one. Would you not assume that the cm probably has a stash for just such an occasion?

Just made the final phone call, to the parent I was dreading because she wouldn't take it well. She said, 'well, it ain't the best timing, but you've got to do, what you've got to do.'

Who gave us all this horrid rain and wind , 1 or the other I can manage but both at the same time!

3 mindees down today 1 school child and her younger sibling (gone to grannies today) and baby mindee didn't turn up I waited until 10am but then left as was meeting with other childminders got home to message on answerphone saying they were not comming as have no wipes to bring with them .

Having a lovely quiet lunch with 1 mindee before playing and then tackling the school run to collect DD.

Mo - sit down and put your feet up.

I can spell weather really!

I'm done. Bad whether stopped work, where ever mindees dad was working , so he's collected already. He made me cry too! First of all he said, 'I hear you've got a job' So I gave him a stare and he said, 'alright, I meant you've got another job!' Then he said, 'she's dumping us babe!' to his dd. He was only joking and he is a very nice bloke! And it seems that there ARE parents out there who want to collect early, even if I am being paid til 4! When I waved goodbye, I got a tear in my eye. They are such a perfect family to have, if only one of you were closer, I would gladly pass them your way. Desparately gutted by this one.

DS is fine at the mo but there will be major tears when I take him to nursery this afternoon. I wish I didn't have to go out it looks horrid! Vi - I say same to my parents, they just mess me about.