Your OH sounds like a lovely man CR. Never mind what his family think as long as you two are happy together. (((hugs)))

How exciting for you Bev. It will be lovely to have something to look forward to & you deserve it after all your troubles this year

Evening all,

What a disappointing day. I had an email back from Strathclyde university, they don't do the PGDE in History through distance learning. They do part time learning which would necessitate going to Glasgow once a week. This will be extremely expensive in either fuel costs or train. Unless I find a mega rider going down that will come back up late on cause the classes are 'twilight' classes.

Aberdeen doesn't cover history either, it's residential or nothing. And not heard back from Glasgow yet.

So disappointed with that

Never mind, I am still trying to get decent marks and hoping for the best.

I really think if they are ignoring my emails they are not going to be any more forthcoming if I phone them, so I am afraid I am going to have to leave it, and they gave me so many inklings that they were going to stay in touch just by some of the questions they asked and the general way the conversation went. This isn't the first time this has happened to me unfortunately and you just have to accept it, it flaming well hurts though I feel like I am not good enough for them or something

Evening all, am just about to read back through the thread - should just about get it done before the next Corrie!

Such a glorious sunny day today, so rather than muck about with housework I poddled around outside doing tidying up sort of things as well as putting the pump back in the pond. After just a couple of months the water is looking a bit murky, but it will soon clear now that the filter is doing it's thing. The frogs are absent for the first time since we came here, and we all know why THAT is ....points finger at something with four legs and a stumpy tail. It's very sad in some ways, but at least we won't have the horrors and heartbreak of night after night of slaughter.

Will start reading back now!

Hi Crystal, Fate dealt you a good hand there, sounds like you have a very caring man to take care of you, and I'm sure you count your blessings for that every single day. Lovely story you gave us there.

Hi Bev, Wooop Woooop to that!! 18 years without a holiday, that's about the same as me and Dave Mind you, my life is one long holiday nowadays, or it will be soon. North Devon is lovely, I've been to Ilfracombe up there and it's very pretty and I remember the cream tea we had in a little countryside tea rooms. We couldn't belieeeeve how big the plate of scones was when she brought them out, and then we had the dilema of cream or jam first and then we thought we had to eat the lot, and couldn't move when we finished. It was only when we got the bill, we realised we got charged PER SCONE and we thought that was the whole thing for a fixed price Never forget that

Hi Jen, oh so they're in all the Tesco's now then, as I haven't been there for some time, and this is just a small(ish) one I went to today. I wonder what that's all about then, and he did think he was a very important man, far too important to deal with a helpless old lady or do the job he was put there to do! Won't be going back there then

Hi Taffsmum, I totally agree with your comment to Crystal here.

Hi Lorraine, oh, that's very disappointing for you I'm sure there's a way out to get what you want, you've certainly not slacked in the revision stakes have you, and I'm sure you will get rewarded somewhere for it all. Good luck.

Very strange isn't it June, you'd think like I was, that they'd be so over the moon they'd be pestering you with constant updates and pics. There's nowt as strange as folk June and don't take it personally, as Dave said before, some people just get what they want and s*d you kind of attitude don't they! She is also the one you bonded with most (apart from Ash who seems to have taken over your heart along with Keshi) and it would be so nice to have heard something. (((((((((hugs))))))))), they're busy people perhaps, and they just don't think!

Evening old bean and by the time I got to you Corrie has started again and I want to watch it, so I'll just say a quick "hi" glad you've had a lovely sunny day to deal with the pond and I'll be back later to chat more, otherwise you'll think I've gone off ya!!!! As if!!!!

When they started to introduce these new 'self service' check outs I made a point of watching what went on and how people managed and I can honestly say that I never saw one single person who did not have any problems and I still haven't and as you both say the guys who are supposed to help you are always busy on something else.

I won't go near them, I'd rather walk up and down and find a checkout person who looks friendly and knows what they are doing and preferably femail and que as long as it takes (Usually only a minute or two as I pick my visiting times carefully)

Evening all It's been a lovely day here Dried my washing lovely

Luke went for his ICT course despite been told he didn't need to attend 2 weeks ago,his job coach told him last week she would sort it out,tried all day Friday to get some sense out of them and he was told he should attend,so he turns up this morning like the letter stated and he was told it doesn't start till tomorrow
This is 3 times now since christmas he has been sent to appointments which have either been cancelled and they haven't let him know or the person concerned doesn't turn up and todays comedy show,he is going to tell his job coach next week how cheesed off he's becoming with it.
So he wasn't best pleased when he got back

Lucky for me that I do not need anyone like that, but how very nice for you. Enjoy.

Have never liked Tesco ever since their store defectives hauled me in, emptied my trolley and perused every single item on my bill, my crime?? I had picked up the evening paper, the queue was that flaming long I had read it long before actually reaching the till, forgot and folded it neatly and put in my bag....... I had been at work all day, gone home, fed children, seen to horses, walked dogs and was then in Tesco, and they had the brass neck to tell me never to shop in Tesco ever again - as if I'd want to. The other store defective actually apologised to me and said if it had been them they wouldn't have taken the same action. So I have always secretly something dreadful would happen to the company, so this is music to my ears.
The way I deal with the 'unexpected item in bagging area' is that I check the item is actually on the list, if it is I put it back in the trolley, and carry on. At the end I pay and peruse the receipt EXTREMELY CAREFULLY (I still remember the Tesco incident to this day) and make sure the 'unexpected items' are in fact showing and have been paid for, I then put my bagged shopping add the 'unexpected items' in my trolley, make sure I have the receipt and head for home. I don't use the manned checkouts because without fail I get asked if I want a paid or free bag, now I use the bags as rubbish bags when I am cleaning kennels and yard, but I don't want an argument with them over it, and the automated checkouts never ask and never argue - apart from 'unexpected item in bagging area' of course