Roses are red, we like Becks Blue, Tryers to be Dryers push on through. 2019 will be our Valentine.

[Frouby]

Thread 4 for support, tips, tricks and friendship as we reduce our alcohol intake even more. For anyone who wants to reduce, stop, moderate or even just track their drinking.

Absolutely no judgement, just support. Everyone welcome.

Previous threads somewhere but am rubbish at clicky links.

Old tryers and new dryers, welcome to our thread. The one that starts in February and will see us all hit our goals as we move forwards.

Ahhh your pancake stories sound good.

I bloody hate a pancake tho..too eggy for me!! My kids love them!! However I negotiated due to it being dd and dh’s bday, that we’d have dominoes for dinner, and pancakes on the wkend when dh home to make the things!!
So slimming world last night consisted of a medium dominoes pizza to myself plus a bottle of Pinot to wash it down!!

Oh Flossie I love the sound of your diet - that’s one I could definitely stick to 😂

My diet was a huge sandwich DH bought back for lunch, followed by a chip buttie followed by 2 pancakes with lemon and sugar. Didn't wash it down with lager though so #winning.

Dh flounced over his pancakes so didn't have any the silly fucker. He'd fucked about all day on the allotment, then came in and did fuck all while I was working, I did both school runs, tidied round, put some washing in, walked the dog, worked for 4 hours, picked ds up, went to shop, made tea for everyone, then started doing pancakes for 4 people. Shouted his was ready and he moaned that I hadn't put his toppings on. While I am doing the 6th pancake, supervising ds putting his toppings on and listening to dd witter on about some school thing.

Snapped at him that I had 1 pair of hands not 14 and he flounced off to bed. So I ate his pancake in protest 🥞😍😁.

Gosh Frouby, talk about cutting his nose off. Am astounded at all the pancake hate going on though. Am being forced to view the world in a new light .

Am really fancying wine tonight. This is exactly the kind of drinking I am trying to cut back on though. No reason for it other than I have done two AF days and feel I have "earned" it.

That was me last night Longest. If it’s any kind of motivation, you’ll feel shit about it in the morning...

I am now aiming for another two AFs before weekend.

Oh Longest this is me today too! 2 AF days in a row so I’m thinking I deserve a glass of wine (except it won’t be a glass it will be half a bottle!). I’ve just been shopping however and bought another bottle of AF wine and some AF beers so going for day 3. We can do this.

Surely pancakes shouldn't be eggy flossie, my eldest hates eggs but eats pancakes every weekend without fail. Cereal before school, pancakes on the weekend it's The Law in our place. There is another category of kids breakfast called "holiday cereal" the really sweet stuff they have in other peoples homes or in hotel or whatever. Sometimes they come up with "so-and-so has holiday cereal on normal days". I just give them my world's-gone-mad face. flossie perhaps someone has been trying to trick you calling omelettes pancakes? Seems unlikely though considering you clearly have your head on your shoulders regarding the Pinot-Dominoes situation.
Yes and yes on the I've earned it bottles following AF days. Damn it.

Leaving - I’ve just peed myself reading your post 🤣🤣

I’m with you Flossie. Eggy. Grim.

I don’t mind those lemon and raisin pancakes that are like little flat cakes.

The crêpe recipe I use has 3 eggs for 15 pancakes, so not very eggy at all.

Leaving - we have holiday cereal too 😅 It used to be the packs of little boxes but they’re not big enough now.

The problem is shop holiday cereal is my best parenting win That will be me looking back “well you know they might a bit of a mess but I’m sure they have a few less fillings due to my holiday cereal idea”
Anglaise I use one egg for my kids and they get 3 each. I guess this is an egg-sensitive crowd

Leaving - parenting is such a bloody minefield you’ve got to give yourself credit for every explosion you avoid (including fillings!).

They're as eggy as normal cakes I guess, if not a bit less. Do you not like cake either?(boggles)

DH appears to have opened the wine. Resistance is futile.

Need to offload as DH has been annoying me the whole day! I know I’m a bit hormonal but ...
He’s spent most of the day in the study supposedly sorting out ‘important paperwork’ but I suspect he’s been looking at random shit on the internet.
I went off to yoga, came back all zen-like looking forward to a bowl of the wholesome I made yesterday for lunch, only to be told that he’d finished it off - there was loads left! To add insult to injury he left the dirty pan in the sink and went off to an appointment. Zen-like state evaporated quickly.
He arrived home just as DS came in from school and decided that was a good time to go through ‘important paperwork’ with me as I needed to sign it. Tried to concentrate on it whilst DS was nagging that ‘he’s starving, what can I have to eat’ in one ear and in the other DH was shouting that ‘we are trying to sort out important paperwork’. It’s not even that urgent!
I sorted out paperwork and DS, fed the pets, put a load of washing on, hoovered then said to DH that I was going for a bath so could he pick DD up from her friend’s house at 6pm. Having a lovely soak in the bath when I suddenly realised that it was 6.10 and DH was still downstairs binge-watching some Netflix series so I bellowed at him to go and get DD now. He went and got her then came back and decided he was going to actually parent so shouted at DS to get off Fortnite because he’d been on long enough. He couldn’t be arsed to follow it through though - just sloped back to the lounge to continue watching his series! DS is still playing. FFS!
So Day 3 is on shaky ground especially as I found a bottle of red lurking in the wine rack which I didn’t know we had...
Sorry for the long rant!

wholesome soup that should say

Thanks for the clarification on the soup shop ‘cause as much as I’m on your side about the whole situation I was reading but going wholesome-what?? the entire time

Ha ha leaving - were you thinking it might be holiday cereal? 😂

no jury would convict you...

Day 3 AF today, have had a lovely day reading and generally lolling about, bliss. It’s parents evening tomorrow so won’t be tempted then so I feel pleased that I think I am going to achieve my target of 4 days this week AF. I do find it easier once day 1&2 are over. There is even a bottle of decent wine in the fridge which has only had 1 glass out of it (on Sunday and OBVIOUSLY I’d already had a bottle lest anyone thinks im being smug) and I have not been tempted to touch it.

shop I’ll take that red off your hands, just so you won’t be tempted. I’ve tried really hard sharing into the booze cupboard. There is plenty of resistable booze in there but zero red wine. And let’s guess why that is. We get our booze in a fucking eye wateringly expensive duty free in large quantities. But the proportion of red wine, however large is never large enough. So like I say, pass it this way..

Sharing meaning staring obviously

water are parents evenings still actually in the evening? Like, kids go to school as normal and you go to the school after the school day. If so, this likely sounds like a mad question

FML. Parents' evening went ok. Didn't really learn anything I didn't know. She's a lovely girl, pushes boundaries, is clever, creative and enthusiastic about the things she wants to learn but when she can't be arsed she really can't be arsed and there is nothing you can do about it. Times tables being the main thing atm. Grand.

Decide to big up the positives to dd1. She immediately wants a reward. Am unsure about encouraging this grabby behaviour, hesitate saying reward isn't an automatic right, she strops, I tell her right, that's it no reward. Later relent and offer her a nom nom thing from the cupboard, she somehow negotiates 2. She opens them happily but then strops because one is a duplicate she already has. Wants to open a third. I finally figured heels in and say no, that's the risk you run with stupid blind bag things and she's stropped off to the bath. Gah, am complete parenting failure.

Ours was at 5:40 leaving

Dd2's nursery parents evening is at breakfast time though, so not a mad question. Actually ours was supposed to be at 5:40 but the buggers started 5mins early, before DH turned up. So I am cross with him for being "late" and he is cross with me for not waiting.