magicvw

I dunno! I was wondering the same thing actually! She is not technically ours; the cats don't belong to anybody, but they live in our garden so I guess they are *kinda* ours. They don't come indoors. I would love to adopt them properly but DH won't at the mo. We lost our own cat last December and I think he's afraid of getting too attached again

Patch is a cool name - I'll try it out on her! Thanks

magicvw

Man that's rough Nat & Jo!!! Bulgaria is backwards in a lot of ways but is pretty good on childcare. Kindergarten is free from 2 yrs. They go to kindergarten til 7, when they start school. I think that's a bit late personally, so I'll be teaching LO at home how to read and write well before then! (I am a teacher BTW). She's gotta learn two languages and two alphabets bless her!!! The kindergarten was cool today and she didn't want to leave, so that's ace. I've chosen a private one - I don't know what you guys pay for childcare but 1 month full-time kindergarten is gonna cost me about £60 (a month) so I think that's pretty good value!

Maternity benefit is pretty cool too- i get the equivalent of the full minimum wage full-time salary (tax free) for 2 years What do you get in the UK?

yaya

Geez, that's fantastic!! I think I need to move to Bulgaria lol! Here we're lucky to get 3/4 months maternity leave!! It sucks living in a non-welfare type state!

Yaya xx

nellis10

I'll beat you to it...I'm booking my easyjet flight as we speak.

We now get 9 months Maternity, with my company we get 6weeks full pay, then 8 weeks 75%, 8 weeks 50% and then the rest on statutory maternity pay.

Magic is that what you do out there? Teach?
I wonder if they have room for IT project Managers and Dental Lab owners (my hubby make the best teeth...that's how we met....I got a new front tooth and a hubby!!!)

KitKat

magicvw

Nat - I'll PM you a link. Hubby and I run our own language school out here. Don't wanna post it as I don't want the school coming up when people google "sticky cervical mucous" etc etc etc.

Please - no comments about my spelling on here - I do know how to spell, just can't be bovvvaaaaaaaaeeeeedddddddd sometimes.

KitKat

looks like a little princle 2 me princle as in the crisps lol

magicvw

Nice name Kitkat! Mamacat has just brought another one over. Will have to get some more pics. I don't know where she was keeping them before - they weren't in our garden although that's where she spends most of the time. I think their den must have been disturbed and it's looking like they've moved house

KitKat

awww lol

can't wait to see the pics

jolyn

Aww cute kittens.Everytime I see ur little girl tho I think it's Kylan. Soooo spooky it freaks me out.

Bulgaria sounds a great place to have a baby in. It's crap here. I pay £41.50 a week for Kylan to go to creche for 2 afternoons a week when I'm in work. Think I had £100 ish a week maternity for 6 months.

Ky will be learning two languages as well - he's going to a welsh school, but I will be making sure he stays on top of his english at home. I'm learning welsh at the mo so hopefully by the time he is fluent I won't be far off!!