Thursday Staff Room

Katy - probably best to sit on things for a while, let everyone involved get over what happened and then hope for the best.

Can those of you whose own children have been aged 4 in full time education, please see this thread and post your words of advice.

Thanks everyone

I really don't know how to react or what to say

I am desolate

Sigh... just no pleasing some people hey?! Mo

See, I'd have pasta instead of KFC too! Though, tbh, I'll eat anything! I don't favour any food, just eat it constantly!

Jolly good! If only I had thought that one through, when I was clearing out. The garden toys were the first to go when I got the job in March! All went through the dishwasher and were away to the charity shop weeks before I uncovered the sandpit!

ok now i want kfc for tea! got pasta............... not quite as yummy!

thanks crace - it feels good to be back out again! wroking keeping me busy!

katy - hug and another hug

mo - bought lots of cool toys for sandpit today from toysrus - and only spent £5! just need some sand now.........................lol!

looney - how's the back ache, hope you're ok hun. have a nice long bath tonight.

Oh Crace, I'd rather have lamb shanks, sound lovely!

McKenna, I know all Ofsted officers work differently, when it comes to marking you, but try to put her off until you are sure you have mindees. The inspection before last, I only got a satisfactory, because she came in August and everyone was on holiday, so she couldn't judge me interacting with the mindees! It depends how much you care about what they mark you as, I didn't care because I was already well established and didn't need Ofsted to tell me how good I was! But since, its your first one, it will look better from an advertising perspective if you can say OFSTED rated Good or Outstanding rather than Satisfactory.

Bummer! Did she give you another set of dates?

Mo, at KFC. I've made me and DH lamb shanks with balsamic tomatoes and cous cous. With salad no less! Frankly, a KFC is much preferred

hi she said he will call again within the next 2 weeks but the 2 i look after only come as and when the parents need me so i might not have any1 till next month

Oh, that's a bummer! Has she re-scheduled?

hi just to tell you, that for those of you who remember from tuesday ,I had an ofsted inspection due on friday or monday morning ,the woman has just called and cancled both dates and we are sat here with everything ready with no ofsted coming

Yeah, I have Mumlove!

Well, strictly speaking Crace, I'm still registered, but since their my neighbours and I'm doing it for fun, there's nothing they can do about it!

Right, brace yourselves, I'm having KFC for tea. Lets hope I don't throw coffee in my lap again! We were going to go out, the conversation went like this:
ME: What do you want for dinner?
DH: We could go out, since DD is still away.
ME: We could - if you like, what do you think?
DH: I can't be arsed, can you?
ME: Nah! KFC then?
DH: Lovely dear!

Hello, I have just had a lovely toasted chicken sandwich and scrummy choc muffin for tea as thats what I wanted, I couldn't of had it if DD was here as she would of wanted some but she's at brownies until 7.15pm and DH has just said that he will go and collect her , I am going to watch tv and put for feet up for an hour.

Mo - Have you brought yourself a nice new lunchbox to take with you?

And Shoshe, of course doh!

And did NO ONE look at Mr Tumble as Cliff Richard. My daughter has a "thang" for Mr Tumble, so I might be a bit partial to him myself.

Heard from jobcentre - MA is a GO. Phew, I have to send a form back when I finish 2 weeks tomorrow. (If I survive that is) Kind of crapping myself, only 5 weeks tomorrow until the c/s. Crap Crap Crap

And my little mindee is going to his new temp mindee next week for a settling in sesh. Sniff sniff

How does that work, Mo -did you tell Ofsted?

Katy {{HUGS}} As Mo said, when you are ready - and by the sounds of it, you aren't being selfish. Remember this is your dream and you are entitled to feel however you darn want to. Your feelings are entirely valid. Hang in there x

Yo EM and SB! EM, fabbo to see you again my dear

I've just offered to have my neighbours kids for a couple of hours tomorrow, whilst DH takes him to collect his car from a garage some distance away! DH said, the kids were going with them, but I said I'd have them! I'm I mad! Apart from it being my very last day off, I have nothing for them to do here!

Mind you, since I'm not governed by Ofsted now, they could just watch the telly, whilst I sit in the Staff room!

Can i just come in and collapse in a heap please?!!

What a lovely day at the beach! Very sunny and extremely extremely windy! But great fun (after an initial 10 minutes of tears and 'tantrums' from mindees!!

And working tomorrow too which I hardly ever do! Definitely earnt my money this week (even though I had yesterday unexpectedly off, I still had 3 kids in the house!!)

DH home too, although back in the office at the moment! Will be having a nice relaxing night tonight

Aw Katy. We're here, when you're ready.

Not nervous at all, Shoshe! I can't bloody wait to get dressed! I keep looking in my wardrobe to decide what I'm wearing! The one thing I'm struggling with, is not having time during the day to organise dinner and doing little chores around the house when time permits. I think I'm forgetting that I'll be finished by 3! Trouble is, for the last 12 years, between 3 and 6 has been my busiest time. I keep forgetting that when I'm done at 3 - I'm done! I keep thinking I should do a big shop, to make sure DH & DD have everything they need, but they are both perfectly capable of doing it themselves. TBH, I just know that they will both look after my food needs all next week anyway!

I'm sure I did have a girlie bedroom, but I kinda erased my life before my DD (dad) died, when I was 11. I can't remember anything pre-11!

Thanks for the cream cake

It's very difficult to explain without sounding like a selfish self-centred cow

The gentleman I was leasing the barn from to do my nursery (a man I have great respect and affection for) died on Monday night.

I am deeply upset for his family (whom I also know well, count as good friends and care for) but I am struggling to deal with how this will affect the nursery as we had not signed contracts

This is by way of an explanation, I don't think I am ready yet to discuss it so don't all jump on me and give me advise - I need to live with it for a bit and come to terms with it all.

Sorry

Yoooohoooo! Anyone about? Just wanted to nake sure everyone is OK. I will lurk, outrageously, on the PG MNers' thread in a minute, just to check there to!

Well, house is spit spot and ready for me to be a WOHM! Gutted DD's bedroom today, whilst she's away. Hopefully, she won't notice the crap that's missing, since it looks really beautiful. I give it 20 mins, once she's home, before it looks like she's been burgled again! I keep having a look at it and wishing I had a bedroom that lovely, when I was little!

Hello everyone! lovely sunny day here, mindee very sleep for last three days - think he must be growing! just been and bought a water butt to collect lots of lovely rain to go with our composter for our veggie patch! no vegs yet................. but will share fresh strawbs in wimbledone week!

anyway, glad to hear you're all enjoying the sun/peace! can anyone help me here please!

Afternoon all. Can I just say, Shoshe was an embarrassment in the bar last night! She was drinking straight from the optics and threw up all over my yeti boots! I had to carry her home! I was nothing to do with me, she was in a very skittish mood. The sooner her bike jumping DH gets home, the better!