First year nearly done , our October 2010 babies will soon be one

[MonsterBookOfTysons]

Welcome to our cosy, new thread.

[HarrietJones]

I've only seen the Send them in the army one on FB although I've worked with a few young offenders who wanted that and my boss who was ex army had them training up for the tests.

[SeaShellsInTheMoonlight]

SF oh dear :( my did has said similar-he was ranting about the immigrants (Polish this one time) until I pointed out his son in law was an immigrant, and his gc had dual nationality. His sputtering retraction would have been funny if I wasn't sad.

[HarrietJones]

We've just put an offer in on a garage. They are few & far between round us plus we have minimal on street parking it would be v useful. We've offered asking price but think they want more. That was yesterday and last one went in three days. We are still only bidder but the EA thinks they want more. We aren't going to go much higher so fingers crossed everyone else is skint/on holiday!

[SeaShellsInTheMoonlight]

Good luck HJ :) it's a tough Market for buyers or sellers!

[HarrietJones]

Yeah we sold twice last year & my parents are selling/buying at the moment.
Hoping we are in the right position. If they turned us down it would be easier than them hanging on though as we could raise our offer. Dh originally said that the asking price was the limit but after looking we've probably only got one raise before it's not worth it to us!

[SeaShellsInTheMoonlight]

You will be a good person for advice then!!

[SpringFlowers]

Thanks Seashells, in the nicest way I'm glad it's not just me. In some ways I think it can be generational, to be honest he is divorced and spends too much time alone. He ponders on stupid ideas and opinions and hasn't got anyone to tell him he's an idiot.

Good luck with the garage purchase HJ. Where's the sense in an asking price if you won't accept it?

[HarrietJones]

It says offers over & we've gone the bottom of it. If they said no we could up it but it went on on Monday night & I offered yesterday 9am( last time one went in 3 days for what we've offers this time. -2k over it's asking price). The EA/vendor obviously want to see if there's the same interest this time. Think hope summer + drop in the Market could work in our favour.

[NoHunIntended]

Trib, hope DS gets better soon.

Mock, we use these: www.amazon.co.uk/Ecozone-ECOBALLS-150/dp/B002688V14/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1313077290&sr=8-9&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21.

Sorry to hear about your dads, SF and Sea. I don't know, I know it's not great, but I think it's just worse in the younger generations. The two girls on my Fb were my age. They should know better.

Good luck with the buying, HJ.

[MockingbirdsNotForSale]

Put on a pair of jeans I hardly ever wear this afternoon and I've just found a fiver in the back pocket. Don't you just love it when that happens?! .

[HarrietJones]

:) mock

I'm having an anxious evening. I've done some work emails which has made me feel like I know nothing & also I feel that I'm not tough enough emotionally to cope with this job any more. My new boss just sent me a nice email saying I'll be fine but it just made me cry.

Dh is at work til late tonight. Dd1 is on a sleep over & dd2 has gone upstairs which probably is it until tomorrow as she's enjoying having her roomto herself. Which leaves me with dd3, who will go to bed soon.

[TribbleWithoutACause]

Sorry to hear about your Fathers SF and Seashells, it's not nice but I do think it's a generational thing as my Mum has said similar.

HJ I don't disagree that the army can be a very good thing for some people, there was a guy at school with me who was a right tearaway and left school with nothing. I have since found out that he went off of the rails for a bit but eventually joined the army and got himself on the straight and narrow. I think he's married with a kid now. Oh good look with the buying as well.

Spring I dread to think what my DH would be like if I wasn't around to tell him he was stupid every now and then .

Nohun The thing is, some people don't want to look behind what the papers are saying and find out for themselves as to what the real deal is. They inevitably end up repeating quotes from TV and the papers and the general herd mentality. We do have a problem with apathy in this country, in a lot of ways it so much easier to be told your opinion than reason it out for yourself. BTW if you're a treehugger I think I'm on the same branch as you.

Mock You're right, people were saying bring in the army. But what would they do? They're trained in warfare not riot control. A lot of people were comparing the police here with the ones on the continent. There is a big difference in how the systems work, policing here is done by consent rather than as a paramilitary force.

[TribbleWithoutACause]

HJ Look after yourself, if it comes to it could you not go back? Could you do something else?

Mock The most I ever find are to do lists (which I've inevitably not done).

[SpringFlowers]

HJ once you get into the swing of it you'll be ok. And if it's not working out then you start t

[SpringFlowers]

Sorry, posted by accident...

...you can start to look for a new job. It's much easier to find work when you're in work. What do you do? Are their new and interesting things you'd like to do? I'm all for adding to the teaching workforce, the holidays will fit with your children and the pay's better than a kick in the head. Depending on your current qualifications there are loads of options and it is a fantastic vocation. Ooh, I feel all fired up for the start of term..!

[HarrietJones]

Spring- I've a bit of negative experience that way and wouldn't go into teaching with a family. I can't go into details on here as some is confidential.

I've just started a thread in chat for inspiration on the job front.

Trib- I have to go back , I'm the main wage earner now, dh has p/t work which is giving us food/petrol etc money but it's officially casual so not guaranteed hours. He's had loads this month & we've put some by as we know there's less work coming.

[HarrietJones]

job thread if any of you are bored!

[bestfootforwards]

Just wrote a long post then accidentally deleted it ooops!

nohun the tree hugger comment should definitely be taken as a compliment .

Got a weeks holiday now. Just going back to see family in yorkshire but it will be a good break and nice to have a whole week with ds.

[bestfootforwards]

Just wrote a long post then accidentally deleted it ooops!

nohun the tree hugger comment should definitely be taken as a compliment .

Got a weeks holiday now. Just going back to see family in yorkshire but it will be a good break and nice to have a whole week with ds.

[HarrietJones]

Dd taken a teddy to bed tonight. She's never had one in bed before. Any chance it will make her sleep longer?

[SpringFlowers]

HJ - sorry education hasn't worked out for you, it is tough with a family as well. I looked at your thread, it might be worth considering what benefits and financial support us available to you if you study. I did my BEd. when I was in my late 20's and one way or another it paid very well even if some parts were student loans. I certainly got well more than £800 month from all sources. You could then look at midwifery, nursing and social work for example. Write a list of all the things you do well, everything you can think of. Then look at it after a couple of days and think about what someone with those attributes might do. I don't mind helping you if you need ideas.

[HarrietJones]

It's social work I'm trying to escape! Not me directly with education but it had a major impact on my family. Before that happened I looked at uni & would have been £20k in debt at the end. That was 5 years ago as a LP. I wouldn't be entitled to anything. We aren't entitled to anything now.

I'd like something different. Dh wanted to set up a business a while ago and I was keen on the admin side of that. I like organising things/people. Dh reckons I'd be good with accountancy or computers or something like that. It's v difficult to know where to start!

[SpringFlowers]

Ok, scrap the social work idea, clearly not very helpful! I'm a designated child protection person and I work with social workers quite a bit. It's tough. If your interested in accountancy can you get a training position at a firm of accountants? You would be paid some money and then trained professionally. The hours would probably be longer than you want but the overall reward greater. It may be possible to get a part time position. Even doing an evening class in book-keeping would be a good start, could you do that while still at your current job? Alternately, what about looking for work as a PA. Do you have secretarial skills? Some positions can be well paid and really interesting. Are you a people person? Admin work in a local hotel could be interesting too. If it were me and I needed to re-train it would be midwifery all the way. I would love it! I don't k ow what the pay is like while training, possibly lousy. Am I helping?

[TribbleWithoutACause]

Spring I've been toying with that idea actually (great minds and all that), I think if I did it, it would be once the kids are at school.

HJ Seriously people pay money for a good accountant or a book keeper. You can do your AAT at home and then get some work experience from a local firm, even if all you do is fill in tax returns and do a couple of peoples books you'd soon turn a profit from it.

[HarrietJones]

Yes. Think I need to go over stuff. I do a lot of admin at work but not actually my job & no official qualifications. I'd only know the bits I do.

I did apply for a GP receptionist job a while ago. I'd like that sort of thing. And book keeping may be an idea. Think you can do that from home.