The Lockdown Saving and Spending Continues! May Frugaleers continued

[LaneBoy]

New thread!

Evening.

It’s been a bit of an emotional afternoon. Dsis dropped round some bits and pieces for me/us.

Ds and Dd napped.

Dd woke up and is suffering with her teefs again I think. Poor baby.

Ds woke up and was a bit off. Bit sleepy and a bit warm and a bit cuddly. He sat with me for a bit and was shaking. He also didn’t want his dinner. I tried everything to see if he’d eat soemthing and eventually gave up.

Calpol and bed for both by 645.

I’ve had a cry to dh (I sat on the landing and he had the bedroom door open). Just exhausted though.

Fingers crossed Ds is just tired/a cold or something. But if he isn’t there’s not much I can do about it really. Except to help him get better.

I’m leaving dh to it really. I’ve dug our a water jug for him so am filling that up every now and then. Am delivering food and tea. The rest is up to him. He needs to rest. I need him to rest. Whatever it is, if ds has it and dh has it it’s likely I might get it. So need dh to be well to step in if I’m not. I’m drinking lots of water to stay hydrated trying to eat well and rest as much as possible myself.

Dsis brought spare mattresses over too. So I’m in/on a more conventional bed. Yay. She also brought gin.

Ooh, where is that guidance Life? That’s a relief, for sure!

Lane I think it’s a good thing for DD, if she wants to go. I am going to ask school whether they will take DS back in June when Y1 goes back. He’s Y2 but not working at that level, hopefully they’ll
Just let him join Y1 for some routine. He’s allowed
to school because he’s a vulnerable child (SEN, EHCP). I do have mixed feelings about it but I think the current situation is really not doing him any good.

Diet isn’t starting yet - you may remember I sent a local friend a Doves Farm flour box. Well, her husband transformed some into an amazing sourdough bread and brought it round today as a gift. It is HUGE! I’ll eat half, freeze half. It’s truly delicious, best bread I’ve had in ages. I need to learn to make bread like this (though that would be the end of any diet aspirations, for sure).

Nsd so far but I’m about to buy some antihistamines on line, much cheaper to buy in bulk. Hay fever is terrible this year!

Quick late sign in to say meadow I honestly think you're best bet is to stick with tax credits, if you stop claiming and then have to reclaim universal credit I'm sure you'll be worse off.

We went for a long walk after work and stopped by a fish n chip van, got the most delicious fish n chips from it plus a sausage for the dog £8. Was worth the half hr queue 😬

Lane I'm debating sending dd back to school at least some of the week, she needs the routine and structure.

Thanks for the new thread lane. Quick post to mark my spot.

Thank you for the new thread Lane
Em l so hope Dh is ok and you are able to keep going bless you all

My previous post froze and took ages to post, so I cross-posted with a few of you. Hope everyone gets better soon Em

Just woke up and popped into see ds. He was hot again and woke up. Took his temp -38 so gave him calpol and had to do a nappy change and on change and bed change as he’d got a bit wet.

He’s gone right back to sleep though. But shakey but can’t work out if he’s feeling hot or cold. Dh said he’s been feeling hot with a temp but also freezing cold. So I’ve put ds back to bed with his duvet on and his blanket on (because he insisted) and window open. No fuss here from him going back to bed.

Dd had a high temp bug two weeks ago now.

I just hope that I don’t get it. Or if I do that dh is well enough to help out with the kids. Nightmare otherwise.

I’m going to keep an eye on ds tomorrow. I can always call dr if needed. In theory I supppse i should keep him seperate too. But how can I do that to a babboooooo?!

Poor ds Em sounds like he's feeling very poorly. I'd ring the gp if he still has a temp when he gets up

Morning 🌞
Hope Dh & Ds are feeling better today Em 💐
Am going to pick some bits up for Mum and Bob and our prescriptions from Waitrose LTR . Am not looking forward to it 😬
Have a good day everyone 😀

Good morning!

It's really chilly here today, and so windy, I can hear the wind humming, my bedroom is on a corner so gets it from both sides, also sounds like a cuckoo somewhere in the trees.

Dh has had to go into the office, so I've got a day off lol! Been up since just after 6am, but I'm now just chilling on the bed with my heated throw All dcs are still asleep in bed. Made a cuppa but waiting until I'm actually hungry to have breakfast.

Asda today woohoo! Not the biggest fan of food shopping although it's become like a
day out.

Our holiday in April was cancelled, we have another holiday booked for end of August which probably won't go ahead either, so I'm debating whether or not to book something for the UK in July, Haven are offering free coronavirus protection so I'm thinking about that, I'm Pretty sure I'll be back to work full time by then so it would be good to have something to look forward to. Anyone else made plans for the summer(subject to lockdown)?

Called the corona helpline. Spoke to the nurse. On the basis that dh was tested and ds says he’s cold while still running a temp they’re sending a test team. Full combat gear.

I’ve told ds that a diver is coming. He was watching something the other day where a Djver was on it. He’s excited.

Oh no Em glad they are going to test DS, hope him and tour DH soon recover whether it is covid or something else.

Girlie - yes I reviewed my tax credit award as it was confusing as we had an overpayment last year so the payments are lower to account for taking that back. But if it wasn't for that we would be about £250 a year better off on tax credits than moving to tax free childcare. It's just if DH starts working any unsocial hours and getting paid more then we might be better off on tax free childcare then. It's such a minefield, so confusing. But for now we are marginally better off on TCs so just stick to that for now.

DD's last day in the nursery at DH's work site today, we had to move her temporarily as her usual one closed completely, but they're reopening next week for eligible children so she will be moving back. She's only been here for about 6 weeks, I feel sorry for her with the upheaval but she settled straight away and I think she's really benefited from doing fun things and socialising twice a week whilst all this has been going on, plus she eats better at nursery too usually.

We have a holiday to Spain booked early June which still hasn't been cancelled! But Martin Lewis website said we just need to sit tight and wait for them to be cancelled to get refunds. Feel anxious about it as we dithered over whether to book to see whether we could afford it or not and threw caution to the wind a bit and did, if we lose the money it is a good few hundred pounds I will be devestated

Do you have travel insurance Meadow? If you booked before coronavirus hit I think you’d be covered by someone - the travel company, your credit card provider if you paid that way or travel insurance if you have it (not sure of the hierarchy though!). Fingers crossed for you.

Camden we’ve booked 2 weeks in wales in August through Airbnb. Cancellable up to a day before travel though. No money risked but I still feel a bit on edge about it, for some reason!

Hopefully you’ll get your results back quickly Em

Another day of wfh and child juggling.

So stressful for you Em , I hope DS is excited by the 'diver'.

Camden I've been thinking holidays as well. We'll look into a uk break too I think as we're pretty much decided that we're going to cancel/change our summer holiday to Spain. The Haven protection sounds good. We've been to Butlins a few times too so might look and see if there's something similar.

My thoughts are on frugaling - so much easier with time to think 😂. My job today is to find the log-in for our mortgage online account. Think it was snuggly back at NY talking about overpayments? That inspired me to save £100pm extra in our mortgage pot in bank account since Feb but haven't actually worked out yet how to pay it off mortgage 😅

I’ve also told him the divers going to look in his mouth. And try and get some of his bogeys. How else do you explain it to a 2 year old?

Yes we have travel insurance, the website suggests we are covered in respect of this but we have tried tons of times to get someone in the phone to confirm the same and advise us on what we should do and nobody at the travel insurance company has a clue and wouldn't give us any answers despite about 5 phone calls! Ridiculous. We paid via debit cards which was a mistake. We are definitely going to be making big purchases via credit card from now on so there is a lesson. DH has recently got a new one with a bigger credit limit. I actually need to order a new one for mine as lost it and cancelled it but the website wouldn't work properly so I couldn't order a new one at the time.

Did anyone else see Hancock or whoever it is saying that hugging non household members won't be allowed until a vaccine /effect treatment?! He suggested this would not be before September. But come on there is absolutely zero chance of a mass vaccination programme rolled out by September better prospects for drug treatments but not massively so.

Re frugaleering, ost of my days are NSDs now, which is good! Yesterday I went food shopping and spent about £25 though.

Did anyone else see Hancock or whoever it is saying that hugging non household members won't be allowed until a vaccine /effect treatment?! He suggested this would not be before September. But come on there is absolutely zero chance of a mass vaccination programme rolled out by September confused better prospects for drug treatments but not massively so.

How would that be policed though? Ridiculous.

Our gov here are thinking about changing the law so vaccination is mandatory.

I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m in no way anti-vax but...being forced. No choice. Doesn’t sit well with me.

em hope the divers are with you soon. And DS and Dh both recover quickly. It is so worrying not knowing.

Meadow hang in there - Dh had a flight to Sweden that was refunded. They may offer you vouchers but he refused them and they finally refunded cash (he followed the MSE advice). He didn't have flight insurance but paid on his CC.

How would they police mandatory vaccines?! Pin people to the floor screaming? Can't see that happening, I'm pro vaccine but people should absolutely have the choice to make their own decisions about what goes into their bodies!

Dd is going to my mums again later today for a couple of days, it did everyone the world of good last time and the risks feel small.

That all sounds so stressful em with ds being poorly as well 💐

Girlie - I guess they'd police it the way they do in some other countries, no benefits and no entry to school without proof of vaccines. Anti vaxxers rely on herd immunity to protect their children, but for some with serious health conditions it's not that straightforward.

Good afternoon all
Today has been a spendy day already and got to go do a bit of food shopping when DH has finished work!
Brought some more clothes from Tesco as theyve an half price sale on got to decide what fits and return the stuff I don't want, its so stressful changing rooms being closed I know logically its for the best etc but its two trips (I know I could just not buy)

Divers have been and gone. Test results in 2-5 days.

If positive they’ll need names of everyone we’ve been in contact with.

I’ve told dparents and they are angry that I might tell “them” that we saw dparents. And might ruin things for them.

Apparently if I tell “them” that I saw dsis it’ll ruin her boyfriends business. He’s self employed.

I hope it all comes back negative em. Sorry that your parents are being difficult about it?. How is DS now?

camden we go on a haven holiday every year, I’m really happy actually that they’ve got protection. I think I might tell DM and we can book it up. We generally go as a big family but I don’t think that will work this year.

I’m not sure how I feel about no contact with anyone until September. It’s all so scary.

I’ve finally got back on track with planning home schooling activities, so we will be doing some tomorrow.

Ds is ok. He’s napping.