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ursula It's okay to go for a walk out as long at pointless stays away from people. If she had d&v yesterday and feels fine today it means it's almost certainly the norovirus, which continues to be very infectious person to person for 48 hours after the end of symptoms and fecally infectious for two weeks. That means pointless needs to stay away from people for 48 hours (today and tomorrow) and that if nappy-wearing dcs have it then nappy changing will be a bit hazardous for others for two weeks after.

This is the official version: www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/transmission.html

I think we can probably leave it to pointless now, and go back to the frugaleering. :-)

peonies lentil and cabbage bake with poached egg and sausage sounds so autumnal and delicious! Can I ask for the recipe please? Sounds so appealing for this time of year!

Do caught it at work from people coming back to work early. It's an environment where you don't dare take time off for anything.

He's permanently immuno compromised so he was ill for 3 weeks afterwards, just feeling. exhausted and Ill.

Plus he passed it onto me, all the nursing homes I visit & I never get it, then your own husband brings it home to play.

I need Zoflora. Been reading bastard housekeeping threads.

I've had a pretty successful time this morning finding out what dh would like to eat. I can't believe we've been so under siege for the last five years that neither dh or I know what each other eats. Parenting is a tough job sometimes isn't it?

Now I have a list for me, ds and dh and we can start to think about which things would do for all three of us at the same time. Yikes!

LSD! £165 joking. A rare spend your day but budgeted for

Spendy*

thank you ipsos
NSD today since we are staying at home today
Pancakes for breakfast and beef for dinner in the slow cooker instead of slow roasting it in the oven
We have Amazon prime and I didn't realise you could pay monthly but will check later when it's due again.
I wasn't sure if I should keep it after the free trial but it was £16 when I took dc last time to the cinema and it's £3/week to borrow a movie from the library so I think we already got our money back.
peonies I like your meal plan I just wish I could get my dc to eat all the different veg

Don't worry! I haven't gone out anywhere yet and I wasn't planning to go near any people, just out for some fresh air somewhere where DD can run about, she's climbing the walls bless her. I don't think it was norovirus as no diarrhoea??
Just realised several things we were going to eat yesterday have now gone bad - grrrrr, I hate waste!

All these meal plans sound really good. I haven't done a meal plan or shopping yet as our new au pair arrives today & I want to include her in it as she's vegetarian so beyond salmon tonight I have no meal plan!

So far haven't left the house today. So nsd.

TheOnly

500g white or pale green cabbage, finely shredded
2-3 tablespoons of oil
1 diced onion
2-3 tablespoons mild curry powder (or less to taste)
150g red lentils
500ml veg or chicken stock

1. fry the onion in the oil until translucent, add cabbage and sweat on a low heat until starting to soften, add curry powder and stir well for 2-3 mins, turn off heat.
2. meanwhile boil lentils in 1/2 the stock for 10 mins.
3. layer cabbage and lentils in a baking dish and pour over remaining stock, bake at 200 celsius for 20-5 mins (you can cover with tin foil or leave it open depending on whether you want a crispy top).

Check if cabbage is cooked before bringing it out, give it a few extra mins if needed. The lentils should absorb all the water leaving a nice moist but not watery bake.

I serve with a grilled sausage and/or poached egg perched on top of each portion.

The original recipe also called for a handful of hazelnuts to be added at the last minute but I decided that was weird & never tried it.

That sounds delicious MissA.

I've spent £30 on Christmas presents today.

Oh Spotty what did you buy? I'm hoping to start very soon in order to make sure the dc's actually get something, I 'd never be able to afford it if I waited to buy everything in December, Luckily (?) we don't have much family to buy for, just dh's parents and two nephews. I'm thinking a Yankee candle for mil and a dvd for fil, nothing too extravagant

I got drinks bottles for my dc and one for a friend's plus a leap pad hand for friends dd and a playmobil thing for dd.

Thanks pointless, we really appreciate that. :-)

I clicked on the join prime and then it gave 3 options...£79 per year, £5.99 per month or love film membership.
Ipsos...my ds has asthma and his wonderful paed has said his lungs are at 80% function and always have been. His asthma is well managed but winters cAn be tough...he had pneumonia last November.
Sadly his paed is leaving and I'm so upset :(

Thanks badders that's good to know. Good medics are so brilliant aren't they, and so hard to find. I hope you get a good new one.

The £5.99/month is only on the streaming on mine. On the prime it just says £79/year equivalent to £6 something a month it's annoying as I would definitely do it if I could pay monthly.

It is annoying, yes, and £79 is just so much to go out at once isn't it?
When I do my Xmas shopping I will try and do large orders so I dont get hammered for postage charges.

It always amuses me that the minimum order value on Ocado at Christmas is more than I can possibly spend on one shop. :-)

Just catching up (this thread moves ridiculously fast!) the trouble with sickness is I am never 100% if it is a bug or just something I ate! Plus being a single parent is is virtually impossible to be housebound for 48 hrs, although I would take precautions I still have to get dd to school, pick up emergency supplies etc. Mind you being a community nurse i think i must be immune to pretty much every stomach bug going

Am working again today and am pleased to report another nsd, tomos thought i might take dd to the kids club at the cinema. Need to work out a meal plan though haven't got further than jacket spuds for tonight!

I always wonder that too Girlie. Dropping ds off at nursery when I have the lurgy must be positively hazardous for the nursery, but I never could work out how to solve the problem.

Nice to know that you're a community nurse. Do you visit children or elderly people or someone else?

NSD. We had a nice dinner of veggie sausages,mash, purple sprouting broccoli and gravy, with chocolate pudding and custard afterwards. Crackers, cheese and for supper! Tomorrow is cheese salad sandwiches for lunch and frozen pizza for dinner, and that's as far as the meal plan goes, as we're off to Ireland Tuesday morning until late Sunday night!

Hope all poorly folk feel better soon and welcome to all newbies and returners.