And the wagon just keeps on going, 5 babies left to arrive- who will go first????

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new thread....

oh dear.... could you not just go where it takes you to? or is it pants there?

Can't, I don't know the set up of EuroDisney, are all of the rides/food, drink, ice cream etc./any other attractions paid for in the holiday price?

LOL Kay, enjoy your shed

Diege, I have more questions if you don't mind? (Sorry everyone, fancy taking over the wagon with questions like these?!) What's the difference (if any) between a diploma, a Rhodec International Associate Diploma, an Open Learning Diploma, and a Regent Academy Diploma? Are they all just diplomas? And is a City and Guilds certificate better or worse than a diploma? And, (now stick with me here!) is one diploma different to another? I mean, if you had a diploma in interior design, and someone else had a diploma in copywriting for example, is one better than the other? And can you have one diploma in interior design, and someone else have a diploma in interior design, and one be a better qualification than the other? I have tried to find all of this out myself but just can't seem to get any straight forward answers, or not even straight forward answers, there seems to be nothing at all explaining it all, and I am lost.

Tried copy and pasting the Level 4 thing into google, all it came up with a link to the same company but on a copywriting course, and it came up with a different website, but I am nearly sure that when I was reading all the stuff about it, it said it had this other website as a parent site or something, anyway, basically the level 4 thing only seems to exist in that company and it also says it's on the DfES register, but that hasn't been in place since 2007 or something. So am a bit now.

Looked on ICS's website, their diploma course is only 8 modules long and doesn't seem to go into the starting a business in ID. And had a look on the council's website of where we're moving to and the only sort of ID courses they do are just little snippets of it (planning the space, window dressing, using the lighting) all different courses.

Am sure I'll think of more questions!

Awww sorry Kay, that's a bit shitty. Can you think of anything else you could do instead?

We could do CANT but it is really quite boring!!

Mistic Meg on FB said I was going to win the lottery so I am going to buy this gorgeous house. Here it is.

Nat- our entry into the park is covered, also we have dinner on tuesday and lunch on wednesday paid for, and breakfast is provided in our costs already.... so we only need to spend money on food for 3 lunches and 3 teas... plan to eat junk in the park though really, and take fruit for snacks for the Dc's... also hoping we can smuggle in some juices etc so we save a bit of money on bits and bobs like that.

Kayz- if i won the BIG lottery i'd love this

Oh CANT that is gorgeous!!! It is amazing.

I am also tempted by this

morning

diege and kay you know u want to test test test or wear ur best pants that should do the trick

dd1 has first full day @ school
starting sing and sign with dd2 this aft

That one i linked to has 10 bedrooms, 7 reception rooms, 8 bathrooms.... plus it has the little 2 bed house at the entrance!! I lvoe it!! I'd have to employ an army of people to clean it all for me!!

I love the staircase in that one CANT.

There are loads in Whitby that I really love but they are B&Bs and you have to honour all the bookings so it would be ages before we could turn it back into a house. Though if I win the lottery I could just buy 2!!

haha!! I'd love to win the lottery (as i'm sure everyone else would) but i dont even put it on!! I keep saying we should as you've gotta be in it to win it, but never remember to put it on!! And have never bought a scrathcard in my life!! wouldn't know how you win on one of them things!! haha!!

right i'm off- i have 40mins till i have to collect DD1... so i'm gonna do some real housework!! maybe catch up again this afternoon.

Morning!

Tink is right! Diege & Kay stick your best pants on now!!

Lightning - all v exciting Great that DH is being positive about it.

Kay - that is a real pain. Hope you find something nice to do instead.

Can't - sorry not too sure. Could you split the remaining money and keep half of it incase you need it?

I have to go out tonight and I really don't want to. I have to go to the AGM of a pharmacy committee I sit on. The meeting is an hour's drive away and I'll need to leave home about 6pm and won't be home til about 11pm. It will be by far the longest I'll have been away from DS. DH has asked my cousin to come over and help him and I'm sure they'll be fine and it will actually be good for me, DH & DS.

Morning!

Tink is right! Diege & Kay stick your best pants on now!!

Lightning - all v exciting Great that DH is being positive about it.

Kay - that is a real pain. Hope you find something nice to do instead.

Can't - sorry not too sure. Could you split the remaining money and keep half of it incase you need it?

I have to go out tonight and I really don't want to. I have to go to the AGM of a pharmacy committee I sit on. The meeting is an hour's drive away and I'll need to leave home about 6pm and won't be home til about 11pm. It will be by far the longest I'll have been away from DS. DH has asked my cousin to come over and help him and I'm sure they'll be fine and it will actually be good for me, DH & DS.

oops! sorry!
I meant to say, I think I just need to get on with it this evening and shove those silly separation emotions away in a little box!

oh ses- we all do it!! especially with our PFB!! Though i seem to be just as bad with DD2 as i was with DS- think thats down to her being prem maybe. Don't put them in a box, it's normal and natural to feel how you do about leaving him- i'd be worried if you didn't!!

Afternoon! Right, to LIGHTNING'S questions!! TBH diplomas, wherever they're from, are all pretty much of a muchness - ie, they tell someone you've achieved a basic/foundation level that can stand alone, or be used as a stepping stone into something else. They fit between A level and degree/alongside a-levels in terms of 'status', although to be perfectly honest, a 12 week diploma wouldn;t touch a 2 year a-level course if you see what I mean. The exception are diplomas gained after a year or more of degree study (ie, you drop out after a year or 2) but most of these have been renamed as Certificates in HE. I have heard of the Open Learning diploma, as it's a well-established centre if that's any help. I wouldn't get swayed by the number of modules offered. That promise of 12 modules in 12 weeks is a joke - do they mean 12 lectures?? Very puzzled by that as a module generally takes 12 weeks to teach (ie, you would do 12 in a degree level course over 3 years) They probably mean 'sections' of the diploma and I wouldn't be swayed in one direction by the number of modules offered.
Re: different types of diplomas then, I have to say it is an overused word this 'diploma' as it isn;t regulated as such for vocational subjects (ie. non-academic) So someone can award a diploma for having attended a health and safety week long course, or you can get one having been at uni for 3 years (albeit not making the grade). Re: City & Guildes these have a higher status than diplomas for many - they were seen as the equivalent of A levels (even a little better) and you could get into uni with a couple of them. They are internationally recognised, whereas some diplomas may not be. Again, it really depends what you're doing it for - if it's just experience and knowledge, then it doesn;t really matter what the course of study you do is called. Although clients will probably be impressed with a diploma from the Institute of Interior Design more than C&G (probably incorrectly) as C&Gs do still have the twang of the local tech (ie, when I was at school if you couldn't manage a-levels you went to tech to get C&G or GMVQs)TBH now though C&Gs are seen by many as better than a-levels . If I've missed anything out let me know!

Phew...need to whip up some choc brownies now for school cake sale tomorrow...good job I bought a packet mix yesterday
SES, agree it's perfectly normal to feel as you do - It will BE GOOD FOR YOU though in the long term, even though it doesn;t feel like that now xx

Best pants on, though if that was my af last sat, then won't be getting another for several weeks.. Slept better last night and thinking now I must be mad to even think I could be pregnant, so pushing thoughts of testing firmly out of my mind!

Arghh just read through that and it sounds very muddled NAT! Just ask if you need clarification!

I am really struggling to find a cheap hotel or B&B in Central London. Any suggestions? I think we'll end up in Heathrow at this rate!

Hi guys - sorry in advance, could do with a sanity / reality check hand if anyone has got time - I've had to post on FB as its private (and its very bloody long)....

TIA,
STT x

have replied

Replied too xx

sing and sign was great really good to see old teacher too

Have replied STT.

This pain is getting a bit annoying now. We just went into town and I was struggling to walk. I'm going out tonight so hoping the pain killers kick in soon.

Got home 30 mins ago and now sitting in bed feeding and MNing via phone.

STT - advice on FB seems pretty good. Hope you manage to work something out.

Tink - glad sing&sign went well. I hope to go with DS after Christmas.

Kay - hope pain is improving

This evening sort of worked ok. I hated going but left DH and cousin with stocks of milk and drove down the motorway feeling quite
Arrived at the meeting and one person asked if I'd had the baby yet, another said I was "blooming" and a third was adamant this was my second baby. I think he'd known I was pg first time round but then maybe didn't know about mc. Think I'll have to focus more on diet and exercises...
What was good though was that I saw my boss and told her I'd be in touch about coming back to work. She said that was a relief and that some of my stores had been asking when I'd be back. I didn't tell her (yet!) that I want to go back 3 days a week!!
DH seemed to manage ok although O was awake and quite upset when I got in. DH said he had been asleep downstairs and he tried putting him in his cot asleep and he immediately woke up distressed.

Anyway I've rambled and DS is now asleep on me...