Friday already ?
We've been home for just over a week.
I've been quite tired
but have really enjoyed
catching up with friends
and walking with Dillon.
Several people have commented that I look really well
& it made me feel great,
so thank you to them.
One friend had me in stitches with a story...
she & her daughter
( Jess's best friend )
went to a day spa in a local hotel.
They were informed that
they could spend the day in the provided dressing gowns & slippers
- even for their afternoon tea.
So they did.
While they were sipping their tea,
an entire wedding party passed by to enter another room !
One young boy looked at them with such astonishment and
an expression which could only mean,
" What are those two loonies doing there in their dressing gowns ?"
They couldn't stop laughing.
***
While I have been meeting my human friends,
Dillon has caught up with his Canine friends
with very wet muddy results !
The washing machine is fixed thank goodness !
***
My afternoon at the charity shop was a giggle.
I told them that I remembered it was barking mad in there
but not 'til I was back that I remembered quite how barking mad it is !
I had a hug from our dear Polish customer
who brings us scrumptious cakes.
A very elderly customer brings weekly flowers or pot plants from the green grocers next door.
It makes it all so worthwhile to have such a good relationship with the customers.
One Volunteer likens it to some sort of care in the community
as some people just come in for human contact & a chat.
We have so many donations
which I know I should be grateful for
but sometimes it's overwhelming.
NOT grateful to the tax office who inform us
we were over paid nearly three thousand pounds in child tax credits.
I should be grateful I suppose for the right to appeal
which I am.
What is maddening
is that they are referring to the years
2007 / 8 !
Very grateful to the family member who helped us
over our financial difficulties
on our return home.
Hubby has a lot of work ahead which is such a relief this day & age
& I am looking for work too.
I've been helping Jess with her job search
& enrolled her on a free course
at her old college
where she can write up a good CV
and learn interview skills.
A FREE course...
now that's something !
That's it really.
A quiet but good week.
( apart from the tax bill - gggrrrr ! )
Pop over
to see what the other
Friday Rockers have been up to !
Ugh, you could really do without the tax bill :o( Why does it take them so long to decide these things, 2007-8??!!
ReplyDeleteI love the word 'loony' but I don't think it's very pc these days. How refreshing to hear that it's still being said!!
What sort of work will you be looking for, Chuck? Whatever you do, you will be a ray of sunshine and cheer them all up.
Good to hear the washing machine has been mended - especially if Dillon is intent on coming back muddy!
Have a good weekend with your loony family :D
xxxx
Grrrr, dont get me started on tax credits, I hope your appeal goes well.
ReplyDeleteAwww, it sounds a lovely place to work, not only are you making a difference by raising money but also by lending an ear to those who otherwise might not have anyone to talk to.
I had the exact same problem once with tax credits - they said I owed £3200, I asked them to check it, they then decided they owed ME money, then they checked again and decided I owed a much more manageable £600-odd which they just took from my tax code bit by bit.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me like they just spin a roulette wheel to decide!
I hope you can get yours sorted.
On the plus side, that charity shop sounds like a hoot!
Hello, I'm a newbie (just got corrected to newt, hmm maybe I could be a newt this year instead........) this year. I find the whole concept of a tax credit which wants you to be at work rather than looking after your child (nb if that is your choice we are all different after all) confusing. It is also far from helpful when having handed you a helpful amount they then demand it back, usually when you are worse off. Still got to laugh really! (or cry). Hope it all sorts itself out. Here here to the family, been there recently to more about that in a couple of weeks........
ReplyDeleteAh. The tax office, I think from the comments you can gather we have ALLLLL been there. It's not nice, I hope you get it sorted. It makes you espescially angry when you see the people that intentionally and blatantly diddle the system left, right and center and they get away with it time and again. Honest people get made to feel like criminals... but I wont go down that ranty road.
ReplyDeleteYour place of work sounds so much fun I have to say :)
Have a great week!
Grrrr - don't mention the tax people to me. Despite me not having worked since 1996 they decided I owed them over £2000 which they are taking back @ a rate of £54 per month....wishing you luck with your appeal.
ReplyDeleteYour place of work does sound fun ...and with such lovely people.
Hugs xx
p.s. thanks for the tip re jigsaws on Virginia's Rocking post - picked up two today for 99p. each!!! Result!!