Monday Staff Room: Week 3 of the holidays

Hey Sammy just emailed you chick.x

hi SammyK haven't we met before?

ooh hello SammyK you look somewhat familiar

Well had a good rummage in the charity shops and all I found/bought was an IQBuilders "laptop" for £1.99

Afternoon all!

Katy - love the new advertising stragergy. Really good idea so hope it takes off for you. Loving the toast with hm raspberry jam too so thanks

Sammy ( ) Glad the visit went well. Hope you get a signiture on paper soon from new or old mindee.

Shoshe - about your holiday!! I feel the need for another one coming on!! If only!

Hey pinkchick - hope you're having fun with paints

Hi Mo! Had a nosey and looked at pics of your kitchen! Looks great

I'm shattered! Went to park earlier and had fun with them all running around and wearing themselves out! This afternoon they have played nicely but are now starting to play up a bit (one mindee in particular) and I'm getting tired!! I can feel a ticklefest coming on to keep them all amused

Loving the job! Very hard work, but you can have a good banter with teenagers, if you get them on your side!

Good afternoon SammyK, love the name!

I didn't realise there was a picture of my kitchen on my profile. I'll put a more up-to-date one on later. The obscene fridge is going into place in about an hour! Crushed ice, anyone?

It is awful having your kitchen done out but soo worth it in the end.

Hello

Hello

LOL just had a look!, your kitchen looks lovely, will upload my pics when i get time..glad your hol was nice adn well done to your dd, clever girls..ar you still enjoying new job then???

It seems so long ago now! It was wonderful. I think there's a picture of my outside a bar we found called Club Mo, on my profile!

DD is having fun. No doing loads, but she's at that age where she just wants to bum around anyway. She's at Kbears atm, with her two and I believe I'm getting dd and Miss Kbear back for a sleepover tonight!

She did brilliantly for her first year at secondary and has been rewarded by being promoted into the grammar stream in September!

we're fine, still having hell on with our kitchen not finshed yet(just little jobs, bit of skirting, lightswitch to change etc etc) but now wall outside has cracked were they said lintel WASs trong enough and water p*ssing through when it rains to insdie plaster..arrrghh and he still wants extra on top of his original fee!..anyway, we ok other than that, got another notice given last thurs, but (hopefully) two mindees one new one old starting sept..just dd and one mindee9Her school friend) today everytime i walk into room they stare at me to "get out, we're palying"!..so im putting washer on, checking on them, sending message, checking on them, doing lunch, checking on them..feel like a speare part when theyre like this!

How is your dd? enjoying her hols?..oh and what was zante like?, dont think ive spoke to you properly since then!

I'm good thanks. Just watching my kitchen finally fall into place. That was a hell of a job. It should be all finished by Wednesday. Only 2 more days of nipping nextdoor to wash up and do the washing! Good job they are on holiday.

How are you and yours? Enjoying the holidays?

Hiya Mo ..how you doing??

Kay, just dont have a profile, i dont bother..oh apart from some cakes me and midee made few weeks ago thats it!

I think you can only keep photos private. The only option there is to not have a profile at all.

Afternoon all. Thought I'd pop in and say hello.

Kay, howabout SamK or something similar like SammyK, or is that a bit flowery for you? Can't help thinking Yak isn't really you!

I don't know can I??

you can adjust your settings so your profile can only be veiwed by your MN 'freinds' somehow??

Think I will remove a lot of my profile details too.

Someone I know was talking about how they bycott nestle the other day and a shiver went up my spine! Don't want my MN identity to be revealed to those that know me!

MasYak may work yes

MasYak (kaySam)?

Shoshe - now that is good timing!

I think 3yr old mindee would want space straight away. Gonna go do some adding and weighing up I think...

{ponders}

I am thinking of a name change - lots of details on here in my talk name.

Like my talk name though! And how would I let you all know who I am?!

Kay I charge, for the space as soon as it comes available, ie, the place that is available form October is being paid for from then till child starts in January.

I would take which ever child that is prepared to sign contacts and pay from now if you have the space now.

It would indicate they are serious about wanting the space.

Especially if you make it known that somebody else is after the space.

I had one Mum quibble about it, while she was here the phone rang with somebody elase wanting the space.

They were happy to pay to secure the space.

Well visit seemed to go well.

Doesn't want to start until sept tho, and don't know what to do about deposit/retainer. PP had been to nursery down the road and couldn't afford the upfront fees. Could explain if not wanting to pay to hold place it may get filled? Hate this part!

Mum of 3yr old who left may want him to come back too, will know by end of week.

BUT hours clash so could only take on PP who came today or 3yr old mindee who left.

With retainer fees jillyj I usually say half fee and incorporate some settling in sessions in too, so parents feel they are paying for something.
Or a weeks fees upfront if place wanted within a month. Never have had too though, parents I have had have always wanted immediate starts.

I am no longer gonna be softy cm. I told PP who came today I expect payment weekly in advance, and she agreed. (Usually get paid in arrears).

morning peeps

I am footloose and fancy free for the rest of the day!

Going on a mooch around the charity shops to see what goodies I can find and might treat myself to lunch out too also I need to drop some info through a PP door that they requested via my website

Jilly, I've not asked for a deposit as all my mindees care has just been straight away so it's the paying upfront rather than a deposit.

Katymac, until I read the other thread I thought the toast and jam was your new strategy