goldfishvase

I've worked at the same place for 12yrs. In last couple of years I've been promoted and now earn (for the first time) a reasonable wage, which has allowed us (again for the first time) to be comfortably off, save some money and have the odd treat now and again. However, I feel that I'm being put on at work. The job has changed dramatically in the last 6 months so I'm doing stuff that wasn't what I was originally meant to be doing- and I'm now doing it constantly! I have another member of staff who comes to my office at least once a day every day to find out how I'm going with the 'work' - becuase she is the one who is actually getting paid to present this (I do all the donkey work!). I can no longer fit in the work I should be doing and now do so much in the evening and at weekends that in the last 7 weeks I've also done the equivalent of an extra 37.5hrs! I've spoken to my boss and said how unhappy I am and all he could come up with is that I should be paid for the hours extra that I've done. (Prior to this, I've never claimed for an extra I've put in). I'm just feeling really sick about going back to work again and continuing with this 'work'. I dread going, I've really had enough. While I'm working again this holiday, the other member of staff (who visits me daily) is jetting off on holiday. My dilema is: how can I give up on this job when I get more than I've ever got paid (although still technically not enough for what I do) and loose all the dreams that we had as a family of the things we might be able to do or afford to do. :(

I've worked at the same place for 12yrs. In last couple of years I've been promoted and now earn (for the first time) a reasonable wage, which has allowed us (again for the first time) to be comfortably off, save some money and have the odd treat now and again. However, I feel that I'm being put on at work. The job has changed dramatically in the last 6 months so I'm doing stuff that wasn't what I was originally meant to be doing- and I'm now doing it constantly! I have another member of staff who comes to my office at least once a day every day to find out how I'm going with the 'work' - becuase she is the one who is actually getting paid to present this (I do all the donkey work!). I can no longer fit in the work I should be doing and now do so much in the evening and at weekends that in the last 7 weeks I've also done the equivalent of an extra 37.5hrs! I've spoken to my boss and said how unhappy I am and all he could come up with is that I should be paid for the hours extra that I've done. (Prior to this, I've never claimed for an extra I've put in). I'm just feeling really sick about going back to work again and continuing with this 'work'. I dread going, I've really had enough. While I'm working again this holiday, the other member of staff (who visits me daily) is jetting off on holiday. My dilema is: how can I give up on this job when I get more than I've ever got paid (although still technically not enough for what I do) and loose all the dreams that we had as a family of the things we might be able to do or afford to do. :(

Last August there was lots of new about it going live but then controversy about people not wanting their houses etc to be shown. Since then I've heard nothing. I'm waiting for all the rural roads, villages, small towns etc to go live. I should be on there somewhere and I need to know when my star moment will be.

I'm sure there is a word that describes this, but what is it???

I would like to buy some adult cutlery for some relatives as a present - as they currently still eat with baby spoons!! (Eeeck!) They are too old for childrens cutlery as they'd need a larger size, but I want something that is fun/querky (as I'm getting it as a gift) but suitable for older hands.

Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks.

My daughter is very much into Ballet. She's 8 and has been dancing since she was 5. She has done 1/2 hr of ballet and 1/2 of tap per week and has just taken up 1/2 hr of disco. However, the dance school she attends does not allow parents into the studio, so I have never seen her lessons at all. In fact I've only seen her dance at the two shows shes done with them (staged once every 2 yrs). I was not a dancer when I was young so I have no idea of the grades/badges or what they entail and I'm finding the dance school a little disorganised (so much so, that I had to photocopy the exam certificates she'd already done with them because they didn't know where she was up to - we were told she had an exam and then 3 days before they said it wasn't for her!)

I don't want to push my daughter as I know she's young, but I don't want her to get to 16 and say she wants to be a ballet teacher (as she does now) and find that she's no where near what's required. I just want to give her the opportunity to be successful, if that's what interests her.

Serious advice only...please.

I'm currently doing a degree in religious studies. My next essay is on Islam ( which I've been studying for years) but now I've come to write, I can't seem to find the right punctuation marks to use. Which do you use? I'm writing in English, but I need them for words like Qur'an etc. Do you just use apostrophes?

Can you think of any other makes of good kids shoes, other than Clarks and Startrite. What I need is some black school shoes, but NOT with a velcro fasten. There is 1 pair in Clarks (but they don't have them on the website yet) and a couple of pairs at Startrite, which my daughter has been alternating for the past 3 yrs. We had 2 attempts at vecro, but because my daughters feet as so slim, she pulled the straps right off, trying to tighten them!

You help would be much appreciated.

Do teachers have to provide a full written report for students? Or is a data only report sufficient? Where can I find definitive Information about this?

I'm looking for a dongle & package to use on holiday. What is your experience? Which is best?

The X factor last weekend.

It's like his batteries were running low he spoke soooo sllllooowly.

I can't be the only one that thinks that the voice over for the Halfords ads sounds like it's advertising Tampax rather than tent packs.

If you watch carefully you'll notice that the girl to the left of the young man who is in centre frame, not only sings the wrong words, but then gets elbowed in the head by the afore mentioned young man. It cracks me up each time I see it.

Would you like to trade in your other half or relocate on the other side of the world?

My 6yr old is doing her Rosette Tap - She's already done her red rosette, but what comes after this and at what age?

But if I turn around it does the same the other way - obviously the earth is not a cube shape with bulging sides - but what is the explanation for this phenomenon?