Pp's blog

I am going for an interview tomorrow for a job that l am already doing... The company have decided to split our role in two thus making one job into two. It is a good idea because we have a lot to do and not enough hours in the day to do it. where the line is going to be drawn l have not idea.

I am the only internal candidate. I have been doing this role for 4 years now and l am really nervous because l am going to look so daft if l dont get it and some outsider does. Which could happen if they have experience enough. My moral/confidence will take a real bashing.

l have been swotting up tonight on policies and procedures till they are comming out of my ears. I am good at my job but to answer questions about it is another matter. (wish l knew what they are going to ask me)

All this reading and l cant digest it at all... its all jargon... I dont do jargon.

I know l shall be dreaming it tonight.

I have a friend who has had an accident at work and is now unable to manage his affairs... No one can get into his assetts because he didnt do this. He is unable to converse or instruct at all. It can happen to anyone. Think about it... you might develop a Mental illness or develop a long term illness or become incapacitated in some way... The Enduring Power of Attorney does not have to be done through the courts but best to do it through a Solicitor. Do it now because once you are ill it would have to go through the courts and that can take months. Which could mean bank charges and other charges as your bills go unpaid.

Just keep the document in a safe place at home and tell the appointed person where it is in case of an severe accident.

You can destroy this document at any time if its the Enduring one or with notice change your appointed person.

If you became ill or disabled without an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) and you were unable to manage your financial affairs, no one could act on your behalf unless they first went to court and were appointed your Receiver by the Court of Protection. Even your spouse and children would be powerless to act on your behalf.

Although the courts will appoint someone to act for you and to protect your interests, this is not always a desirable alternative for three reasons:
The delay. It can take several weeks or even months to have someone appointed who will have the authority to make legal, financial and business decisions on your behalf. With an EPA the person you appoint (called the 'Attorney') can act for you immediately. As a result, someone you trust will continue controlling your interests.

Selecting your Attorney. When someone is ill or disabled they lose the ability to select their Attorney and the court may or may not appoint the person you would prefer as Receiver.

The advantages of immediate and lasting delegation. From the date on which the EPA is signed by the Attorney, he or she has the authority to act on your behalf unless you have specifically excluded certain powers. This means that you can take advantage of being able to delegate responsibilities if, for example, the Attorney goes on holiday.
Law stated as at 1 April, 2005

It begins as soon as it's been signed, but you can restrict it by stating that it shouldn't begin until you're incapable of acting on your own behalf.

The cost is around £95 to £125 depending.

Using a Power of Attorney, you can grant someone the authority to act on your behalf and manage your financial interests. It really is a good idea to think about doing this.

I think everyone should do it because now adays a lot of people manage their affairs and finances online and they have passwords and user names that no-one else knows about. Which is what has happened to my friend who is computer literate but his family isnt!

In my family all my passwords and user names are kept on a disc in a secret hiding place should they ever need to gain access also l have written them out in my Will. Everyone should also have a Will, Whatever thier income... Save your loved one a lot of hassle and worry at a time when they are not thinking straight.

Is'nt it funny how you go all gibbery gooch when there is a baby in the house?

My Eldest daughter (single, no children, lives on her own) telphoned me this morning to ask if l was going out today? I said l was later on this afternoon... She said can l come over and you? Sure l said you dont have to ask! She then told me she was baby sitting for the day for a friend, A seven month old baby girl. Oh because of this she is unable to do her washing so can she bring that over as well...

Isnt it funny how when a baby is present you all forget to talk properly... You make funny noises... screw your face up... shake your head a lot and make up a completely different language.

She has been as good as gold up to now... had her nappy changed (took 2 of us) after we worked out which way round it went! trying to stop her rolling over and crawling around the floor... Then it was feeding time, Yes l know it usually the other way around but the nappy was poohy... She ate it all up... and then started crying cos there wasnt any more... so we put some music on and started singing and rocking her to sleep as she hadnt had a nap at all today.... No that didnt work... ummmm 'Mum do you want anything over the shop?' Good idea... take her around the shops and she might fall asleep... Bliss... Quick clear up... quick snack before she wakes up... l really have forgotten how exhausting having a baby in the house is... but l loved every minute of it.

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

Well today l did...

Today at work we had an agency cleaner who was caught out by our manager cleaning a tenants flat in work time... when she should have been cleaning communal area's only. I didnt report her but someone else did... l usually keep my head down and say nothing.

I saw this lady later on in the day (first time l had met her) and she told me she had just had her knuckle wrapped and what for... she was really distressed... I sympathised with her and said l was sorry she got told off but company rules have to be adhered. l helped her for half an hour with the rest of her work. When she went home after her 4 hours were up l said goodbye and see you on Monday... she said l dont think so... I dont think l will be comming back and went off.

Later that day l saw our Manager and told her that l didnt think the domestic was comming back as she was upset at the way she was spoken to this morning and we might find ourselves without a cleaner on Monday... My boss then got onto the agency and said she didnt want her back because she had spoken to me and not to her! Plus a few other details, (which now l know were not true and she was exaggerating.

Later that day the lady who's flat she cleaned said to me... What a nice lady that new cleaner is and told me her vacummn cleaner had broken down in the morning... she had mentioned it to the cleaner and she said dont worry you can borrow this one when l am done... and then said oh as l am outside your door l will quickly vacummn round for you...

These facts werent told to me before by the manager or the cleaner before she went... Just wait till Monday when l tell her... I think she did that lady an injustice by telling her off before she knew the whole story... She thought she was doing private cleaning for personal gain inside working hours.

I was so glad l was sympathic towards her at least she knows we are not all tyrants!

How true...
Saw this and thought l would share it... Made me smile

Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub
For a Belgian beer,

Then traveling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a
Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American Shows on a Japanese TV.

And the most British thing of all?
Suspicion of anything foreign!!

Oh and......

Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than an
Ambulance.

Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all
The way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy
People can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large
Fries and a DIET coke.

Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the
Pens to the counters.

Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds
on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Britain... do we use answering machines to screen calls
And then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front
of a Skating rink.

Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.

Today l have been the statue... What have you been?

To the survivors: (you might have read this before but l think its good)

According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats,
those of us who were kids in the 40’s, 50’s,
60’s, 70’s probably shouldn’t have survived.

Our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured
lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on
medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to
mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat
belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm
day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from
a bottle. Horrors! We shared one soft drink with
four friends, from one bottle, and no one
actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda
pop with sugar in it, but we were never
overweight because we were always outside
playing.

We would leave home in the morning and play all
day, as long as we were back when the street
lights came on. No one was able to reach us all
day. No mobile phones. Un-thinkable.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find
out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
bushes a few times, we learned to solve the
problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64,
X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on
cable, video tape movies, surround sound,
personal cell phones, personal computers, or
Internet chat rooms.

We had friends! We went outside and found them.

We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and
teeth ,and there were no lawsuits from these
accidents.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and
ate worms, and although we were told it would
happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor
did the worms live inside us forever.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s home and
knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just
walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made
the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal
with disappointment.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a
law was unheard of. They actually sided with the
law. Imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best
risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors,
ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned how to deal with
it all.

And you’re one of them! Congratulations.

This is a recipe l found last year and used... It turned out great so l will be using it again this year. I was hunting around for a new one because l lost the one l had been using for years...

Thought l would share it with you...

INGREDIENTS

Gather together the fruits and soak in alcohol as directed in the method before making the cake.

10 oz currants
6 oz sultanas
3 oz raisins
3 oz dark natural glace cherries
3oz mixed chopped peel - Cut your own or use ready cut
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Grated rind of 1 orange
2 tablespoons of whisky, brandy, rum or sherry
4 eggs - room temperature
6 oz butter - room temperature
6 oz soft brown sugar (or caster sugar if you have none)
3 ½ oz of self raising flour (use all plain if you have no SR flour, this cake is not intended to rise, but be level.)
3 ½ oz of plain flour
2 oz ground almonds
1½ teaspoons of mixed spice (this should contain cloves, cinnamon etc)
1 tablespoon golden syrup or corn syrup
Optional 2oz walnuts or blanched almonds chopped.
Optional 2 oz chopped dried apricots

The quantities in this recipe must be baked in a deep Round 8 inch tin or Square 7 inch tin.
Prepare these things first.

1. Before you mix up the cake, SOAK the dried fruit and the halved cherries in the alcohol for about 4-8 hours before using it and also remove your 6oz butter and 4 eggs from the fridge to bring them to room temperature about 2 hours before cake making begins.

Sometimes I just put all the fruit in a screw top jar and shake it every day for about a week or two. The soaking helps plump and hydrate the fruit.

2. Heat oven to 140 degrees Celsius or Gas mark 1 or 275 degrees Fahrenheit
3. Butter your tin type and double line it and butter it again with 2 circles of greaseproof paper and an inner band of paper.
4. Outside the tin add a double band of brown paper that rises 2 inches or so above the tin. Tie with string.
5. Place the tin ready on a flat pizza or other baking sheet – this helps in removing it from the oven.

was really glad to see the end of September... but its not very good start to October... l would love to know what my astrological chart has in store for me now...

September my Holiday was ruined when l was attacked mercifully by mosquito's... as blogged + photo's by my darling daughter grrrr.
Am fighting my employers because l want to claim my holiday days back with the help of a doctors note.

Then my Man friend of 18 months fell from a great height 3 days after we split up... He is in hospital 170 miles away...Was on the critical list but now been transferred to a ward although his injuries are very severe he is recovering slowly...

Then theres my incident at work where l was touched up by an 82 year old ( well he grabbed my groin) My manager is not very understanding to the fact that l dont want to 'bump' into him... l dont want to work in that vicinity for a bit... She visited him and he was remorseful and wanted to appologise... she said no he is to have no contact with me... l say l would feel better if he did... At least l wouldnt feel awkward if our paths cross which they will cause its unavoidable... You probably dont know what l mean but l do, this is a good way of letting off steam...

Carti hasnt been well and now is left with this terrific cough which is very irritating... to her and too me listening...

Had a phone call yesterday from my sister to say a family friend has died... was diagnosed wrongly... 70+ Male contracted menigitis! Sudden death at home because he had seen the doctor didnt want to bother him again.

Today... Carti my daughter tells me she has had a phone call from her bank to say someone has been using her account to the tune of £500? Who What Where... we just dont know... but l think she would have blogged about that one.

End of moan a minute.