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Right before we veer madly off topic I have had some more grapes, another apple and another banana
dp has bought some Disney bananas I expressed scepticism as to the need to buy Disney branded fruit and he said they were the only organic ones in the shop I asked him to show me where it said organic and he pointed to the words "Origin - Windward Isles"
Have eaten a massive salad for lunch...we have imposed a crap food ban for next week (Cadbury's habit getting out of control), so I'm looking forward to eating more fruit. Am usually pretty good, but there's always room for improvement.
kiwi and strawberries, and a massive bloater baguette sarnie with hummous, grated carrot, red onion, cheese, red pepper, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber.
home-made chocolate brownies...
Big roast with a gazillion veg for dinner coming up.
LOL franny Disney fruit though? Nothing like that here.
have just come back in from a lovely wander round central Berlin with the boys (fountains, boat-spotting on the river, stop for cake) and eaten rather a lot of watermelon. dh has just started some pumpkin soup.
I took ds1 swimming this morning and there was a big inflatable crocodile which kept him fully occupied and I swam 680 metres It's years since I've done proper swimming as opposed to standing in the water holding small people so I am quite pleased
Lully, you are mauvey/pinky/purply but in a nice way, like a pretty shell, with sparkly bits.
Fmf, you are black with rainbow sparkles and silver sprinkly bits.
I did you FMF - I think you were purple - nowyoucangobackandcheckandseeitisallashamasyouhavchangedcolour
I have been on that family forest school thing we go on sometimes. It was fab - we did maypole dancing and made bird feeders and celebrated spring. It was all countrysidey. I feel like I have done loads of yoga.
lots of carrots and cucmber 3 apples 2 oranges
having sushi tonight - no idea how to do that fruit and veg wise.
poor ds he ate a reasonable amount at aforementioned party and has spent the rest of the afternoon saying "I feel dodgy" "my body feels a bit crackers" etc nothing specific he can say is wrong dp and I have hunch it is sugar comedown type thing but it seems to be quite long lasting - maybe he is coming down with something? He isn't hot he is very polite though which is slightly out of character and worrying perhaps Disney bananas will cure him?
oh I have had lots of cabbage and broccoli orange juice been to gym - cardio a bit of a challenge now as can't actually use any machines with dodgy pelvis however did some very very slow walking and some arm / back / shoulder / chest weight things
I'm very impressed that you are getting to the gym at all, Franny. Well done. (Notice that I am still sitting here and am no closer to my workout)
Poor DS. It is worrying when they suddenly come over all polite, isn't it? And quiet. That's always a sign that DS is not quite right. Hope he is back to normal asap
Ah well I would but um well you see the thing is I um well we're running a bit low on fruit and veg at the moment otherwise obviously I'd love to join you...
<<backs out slowly, slips on a banana, lands on a pineapple, jumps up, smiles awkwardly, turns and legs it>>
lol Boco, it's all about the details here. (Hopes no-one notices my lack of fruity details [hypocrite])
I am sure MrsC knows you are texting because we care and not because we want to bug her. Hope she is feeling much better today.
I went to the gym. I did 30 minutes of running and played with the weights for a while. It's a lovely day but I think I may run over to the student cinema and watch a film.
Have prepared house for making asparagus soup everything is clean, no housework to do, I can devote my full attention to it but feeling a bit unhopeful about the whole procedure
Stripped off to nics and bra today to do the gardening, as it was so hot and we have high hedges, it was v liberating. The children giggled like mad.
I don't understand - so, do you know her? Is she definitely an mner? Is she a random stranger. I have a couple of those who I befriended by accident. An american yoof who kept telling me my graffit rocked, and when i look at his wall it's all 'hey dude, you like suck ASSS, you are like totally GAY dude!'
Well I only aimed to have people I know too, but accidentally agreed to be friends with a couple of people because I wasn't concentrating. That happens in real life too.
Oh that's interesting, Toot. My name was different for a while but my name is definitely me. Except that people often call me Rachel. Which is odd, because when I was very young, I really wished I'd been called Rachel.
I have never heard of this pooing in the library phenomenon. It doesn't work for me. Looks like you're stuck til Tuesday, Toot. Unless you have peaches, pears or plums.
Actually, I think a lot of people poo in libraries, but oddly. There seem to be splodges in odd places <shudder> I mean, how does one poo down the front, outside of the loo?
Pleasantly full after pumpkin soup with pumpkin seeds and chickpeas, and salad with toasted sunflower seeds. Both boys asleep. I need to hand ds2 (is asleep in my arms) to dh, finish the washing-up and have a shower.
Feel very left out of all the FB talk. I have a rather irrational terror of it and similar sites. There are people from when I was growing up that I really don't want to encounter/find/be found by.
Lol it's not the heating, it's the mooching. Bookshops work too. Something about the quiet and the relaxing. I read about a doctor who recommended it to his constipated old ladies.
Also afraid of fb but irrationally want to see what i'm missing
I don't understand FB. I am on there, with minimal information, and I play scrabble. From time to time, I inactivate my account but nosiness always gets the better of me.
Ok, I must go out now.
Lovely to have 2 sleeping boys, Bero. Hope your tummyache gets sorted out soon, Toot.
Both girls loved it,and didn't cry. we delyed taking them for years, as dd1 used ot be scared of people dressed up.
Veg bake type thing, with courgettes and pappers. Brocolo, carrots and sweetcorn. Museli with apricots Tomaotes More starnge lychee things.
They are a bit lik elychees, but have very smooth skins. They are pretty much the same inside. The girl at the market did tell me, somehting like lydons?
DH has been digging our new garden lots more, as it has been dry, and it is starting to look like osemthing other than wasteland.
Toot the tummy massage sounds good (don't know why am so interested in poo tonight) but have you tried..
kneel on the floor bend forward till your face is touching the floor and stretch your arms out as much as poss with your bum still on your heels, maybe a little bit in the air
it's a bit yoga-ish and i'm really not taking the proverbial but I wouldn't do it in a library
people have added me on face book. It is oddly odd and stragnly strange as my two internet worlds collide.
Someoen asked me if i can really see auras - i made it up - but the colours did come to mind when i thought of you - so idris could never be an orange whereas franny could.
my niece can do it and if you ask her she tells you like ti is obvious. she is four. She told me i was blue and i sparkled.
I have my bookclub on tues and i haven;t read the book (again) which is bad isn;t it.
Oh oh oh oh, can I have extra 10/10 points for picking and identifying and eating sorrel leaves in a meadow?
Just looking in. Am in a quiet (not bad-quiet, more pensive-quiet) mood. Have been eating strawberries. ds2 is back in my arms, asleep. I so want to put him down, but He Will Wake Up. Boco, your little non-sleeping guest sounds very like him.
i get those moods - i quite like them - all staring into space and letting the world pass by without getting too involved. It is good - helps your unconicous mind to grow.
Oh god they look really really good. I've wanted chocolate all evening - or biscuits or cake or anything really. We've nothing nice, I had an apple, which is nice - but not hte right kind of nice.
Dp went to the shop and came back without chocolate and when quizzed as to how he could do such a thing he said he didn't know what to get so he just got himself a beer and didn't bother with the chocolate. I did think that I might not like him anymore.
oh and the cherries soaked in kirsch preserves thier vitamin content adn then the dark chocolate has antioxidants.
They are virually one of those superfoods. I am going to devise a detox around them. And coffee.
I will be famous like carol voderman but wuth a more symmetrical face and not so much number sense. I will throw a champagne party to celebrate my success and you can come. I won;t forget where I started.
Nothing like that here. 
