Rain Rain Go Away!!!

In the small break in rain that we have had in sunny Gloucester, Harley gets home from school and begs to be let out in the back garden.  I relent only for Harley to say 5 minutes later, "I want to come in and watch Spongebob".  Cue me telling him he has to stay outside! Does that make me mean?

So G4S have messed up BIG time.  They don't have enough security staff to cover the O******s.  I write it like this because they have gone crazy and you are not allowed to mention the word in full due to copyright infringement, but we all know what it stands for right? Anyway they have now drafted in the Armed Forces to help with security.  Are they being paid contractors wages for their help? No! They are being paid their normal Armed Force wages.  Acceptable? I don't think so but apparently this is in their remit and they knew what they were in for when they signed up! Has anyone else got an opinion on this? I'd love to hear from you whether good or bad.

The Tax Credits office have well and truly screwed me over for yet another week.  3 weeks without money now.  I rang them today and was told that all my details were on the system, the chap I was speaking on the phone to said he had just that second sent it for processing and, if I telephoned them at the end of the week, they will "probably" be able to tell me then how much I am entitled to and when I "might" expect my first payment.  I honestly didn't realise you could feed 5 children on thin air!

I asked my son John today if he would be interested in going to a Home Educators Sports Day next week.  I teach him at home as he didn't get along with senior school.  His response "um I don't like going outside".  That's an understatement if ever there was one.  I actually cannot remember the last time he left this house to go and see some friends.  I despair of him sometimes.  He's 14 on Thursday and really wish he would go out more.  It's just not healthy for him to spend all the time he does in front of the computer.  It drives me insane!

ANTS

I seem to have acquired a massive ants nest in my garden, the picture doesn't really do it justice on how big it actually is, I also have a few smaller ones as well.  I'm wondering does anyone have a tried and tested method of getting rid of these ants nests and them staying away?  I've used hot water and powders but they just seem to move elsewhere or rebuild their nests.  I can't even let the little ones on the grass at the moment for fear that they'll stand on one and then get covered in ants.  So if anyone can help me I'd be glad to hear from you.

Signing off for now.

Fran x