Katybumpers - Lose a stone in 6 weeks!

[MrsSeanSlater]

Welcome to the new thread!

pollywollybauble wahay well done you

childcares not aproblem for me as i'm anursery nurse so dd would come with me but not in my room.still get charged full price thoughi just don't want the grief.can someone please make the decision for me?
i know thats really selfish but i can't think straight about it!

i don't have to work any notice as they only paid me basic maternity so i can just hand my notice in and not go back.eeek i just can't imagine not working but i'm really enjoying staying at home if that makes sense.

well if finances are the biggest thing could you work out theoretically whether you could have managed on dh's income last year and if so try it and agree to review after 6 months/year...i would have thought you were likely to get a job easily as an experienced n. nurse......i know theres more than finances but......

thanks for the btw.....i was more but at least it's in the right direction!

cheek about charging full price tho'....

I know the torn feeling. It sounds really tough for you ladies, I am so sorry.

My job disappeared whilst I was on maternity leave and I have been unsuccesful so far in getting a new one. Seem to spend every spare bit of time that I'm not sleeping on job applications. Sometimes I miss it so much it hurts, and then sometimes I miss dd too much to even go to a doctor's appointment on my own. Crazy. Finanaces are painful, not surprisingly, made a lot of sacrifices.

Hope all the house moving is going ok, we are 3 months post house move and life is much happier this side of it!

i think if i didn't have a job to go back to i would panic,but having to make the choice is so hard.my job isn't well paid and after childcare i'd be no better off but i love the fun side of it,especially at this time of year
i'm 2 months post house move and it is sooooo much better now
maybe we should change the thread name.how about katybumps new house,new figure club grin

derrrr must check posts

dh has a broken arm at the moment so no money coming in,but to be honest he's hardly worked this year due to me being so poorly while i was pg.i'm hoping he'll get a proper job and get his wage topped up with tax credits.that way i could leave my job and take my time looking for another.at the moment tax credits are based on my maternity pay and his pittance
i'd like to win the lottery and spend a large amount of my money on a great place for parents and their children.
not somewhere that is just in it for the money but a place that is full of fun and laughter ,baking smells and giggling .

sorry was in my fantasy nursery again

Katy that is bloody awful, but so true about people not wanting to come forward. I am fortunate as my boss mostly victimised me infront of several people and was doing the same to another girl who also went to the union.
And Susie too - sounds like its the managers that are the problem everywhere - grrrr. I know what you mean about not being able to do things yourself - I was a complete nightmare to dh after my CS, its frustrating isnt it. Hope you managed to get you manage to get your lists organised. (aparantly it is £500 for the full packing service - which is supposed to be reasonable but well worth it in my book, go on, do it......)

Well done Polly!!! cracking on with the weight loss despite indian takeaways . I'm going back part time and my mum is having babyshoes which i'm so glad about. Still too much tho, i'm in line to win the lotto after Katy please.

Thats the answer though mylittlefreya, make the job disappear Glad to hear life is quieter after moving, unfortunately after 3 months for us we'll be moving back again - arrggh!

Oh god, just realised what I wrote.

MN Police & Mr Brown, I am NOT a terrorist, it was a joke

Can I work in your fantasy nursery please Katy?? I dont have any childcare quals, but I'll bring Babyshoes and do some of the baking . I like that title, maybe when this thread hits the 1000 posts?....

Anyway, enough waffle from me

Brekkie: None - movers turned up at 7.30 not 9.30
Lunch: Leftover Morrocan lamb and couscous.
Dinner: Sausage & veg Casserole, mash, 4 x veg on the side.
Now: options chocolate drink

Also eying me up in a most flattering way are a couple of choc cookies. I would be rude not to really....

Off for a dead early night now as am knacked, although may lurk as they packed the telly ariel!!

spottyshoes consider yourself hired you don't need qualifications.being a mum teaches you more than you'll ever learn a college[apart from how to spell]
good menu by the way!

spottyshoes I'm intrigued now just what do you do for a living?!

Argh - I gave away a piece of RL idetinfying info! Ahhh sod it - I work for t'government, with young offenders.

Sounds good Katy, i think I can usually spell ok. When we've both won our money i'll invest with you

it's a deal

oh happy days la la la

well dh has gone out to see a tribute to miles davis this eve...lucky man....unfortunately i called in all my babysitting favours at the weekend.

welcome back mylittlepudding...how did the trip go?

hi susie IKWYM about not having the choice about giving up work. for me, i hated someone else making the choice but the reality for me was that physically it was a relief and as time has gone on it has meant that what energy i do have i can "spend" on my family and friends.....another thing that really struck me katy was that i had what i thought were good friends at work but only 3 of my workmates ever came to see me at home despite open invites and 4 years down the line i only see 1 regularly and 1 occasionally....it has really made me question whether they were friendships or just acquaintences which seemed like more because of the intensity of work that we did...

i have no real desire to work again but katy can i come and sit in your nursery, sniff the baking smells, natter, paint, glue and make cappuccinos...for free....like home, only more grown up company (sorry dh)

it's all very interesting this meeting online malarkey....i'll have to adjust my vision of you spottyshoes, in my head you did something like work in a bookshop/cake shop/coffee shop combo....probably all the cappuccino talk Nice that your mum can have babyshoes (assuming she will do as instructed! )

ps susie you're not asking for things to be done for you but for your family..

....am finding it hard to keep up with the sudden explosion of words on this thread that aren't about food!.... more interesting than menus though

anyway
brekkie...muesli
late am ...friends homemade mince pie...yum yum and cappuccino
late lunch..2 crumpets
eve...pasta bake, peas,carrots (can you tell we have a 10 kg sack...i'm fed up of making soup!) stewed berries and yoghurt

am ignoring the cries of the halva dh bought and put at the front of the fridge "come and play polly, just a lick and a nibble"...oh no, thats dh....oh no, he's out....who can it be?

pollywollybauble you too have a job at my fantasy nursery
all the food we serve will be homemade and healthy for the children and the cakes will be calorie free for the grown-ups
menu wise today i have had nothing until just now
kind of forgot to eat [ don't know how] but the day seems to have passed me by.i've freecycled some of my surplus stuff,posted the stuff i sold on ebay ,played with dd,fed dd,changed dd,played with dd ,de nitted ds and have just had a spicy chicken breast.
will probably weigh in again on thursday,but i am feeling slimmer.i think the slimfast has shrunk my stomach

excellent, calorie free cake and good company!

katyb how do you forget to eat ALL DAY.....i do NOT understand!!!!

ooh and i'll give rides on my mobility scooter....i assume your nursery will adopt a common sense approach to health and safety

sorry for the absence.couldn't get back on
i kept meaning to get something to eat,but then starting doing something else.
mobility scooters are how we travel from room to room willy wonka styley in my nursery.we will have a bubble room and everybody will be welcomeit will be such a happy place,with happy staff and a room for mums to come and breastfeed their babies during the day.a parents room where they can have a brew and a chat without the mad rush .a big outdoor play area with a fenced off pond with ducks! lol

oh how i wish..............

MN has been doing that to me too katy. Grrrr.

I'm not back I just haven't gone yet. And yes I am awake at silly o'clock - dd is sleeping! - but I am all nervous because today I am going to do a interview/ photos about hyperemesis aaaaargh I'm scared. And then to my mum's til Friday.

Is there anyone with a stress-free existence at the moment?! It all sounds really tough. Definitely time to escape to the fantasy nursery - though mine has always been a dream of a coffee and cake shop, possibly to help fund a mental health retreat centre.

12,000 doctors were made redundant in August, I got unlucky enough to be one.

Right back to bed. I am nibbling biscuits. Very very naughty!

That actually sounds really nice Polly! And much less stressfull than standing infront of a Judge!

Thats sorted then M.L.P - come in with me on the coffee shop! We'll have a little Katybumper empire going soon

Good luck with the interview today

didn't realise you were a dr my little pudding...(i was as well before retirement)[grr] that was a complete cock up in the summer....the government was just so arrogant not listening to any of the medics feedback....they have really messed with people's lives

btw i did win the lotto last week.....and we can put the tenner towards the katybumper complex....

ps will get onto cath kidston for a nice bit of flowery decoration for my scooter...

hiya foxy chicks
i'll catchn up in abit,the boy's will be home in a min,just wanted to say hi and hope you are all still being good!
less than 4 weeks til christmas
we will be thin

Hi ladies

You'll notice casseroles featuring highly on my recent menus but I have a hau-uge pile of veg to eat up by friday. Also my kitchen only consists of a casserole dish, a pan, a roasting tray and a few utensils - oh and no less that 46 packed boxes!

Brekkie: 2 rashers lean bacon, 2 eggs scrambled. piece of toast.
Lunch: Courgette, mushroom and sweetcorn Fritata
PM T: Cappucino
Dinner: Butternut Squash Casserole (had loads of different veg & beans in it) and new potatoes. Extra side of steamed veg.

Went to the co-op earlier to get a cheap nasty bottle of white wine for the casserole and was refused! Woman asked for id and I thought she was joking and my "aw thanks for that luv, i'm nearly 28!" was met by a stoney faced hag. My work id doesnt have my dob on and aparantly credit cards can be obtained by u'18's ???? so she told me to bugger off I have never been asked for id in my life, even at 'ritzy' at 15!!!!

Grrrrr.