'Women on the Veg of Reason' 10/10 club - all welcome

[Boco]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page

Oh no Dior i got confused and mixed you up with someone else. Sorry!

For the soundproofing project ds1 has been google imaging such choice things as 'broken ear drum' and 'noisy appliances.'

I have had to be very scrupulous and keen censor.

Do you think there is a place, near Avi maybe, where homework and decorating effing teddies is banned, and mother and children just lie about eating toffees and chatting amiably about nothing?

aaaagh.

I remember now it was pelvicfloor

Oh sorry Dior! I don't like this name, either.

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Do any of us not have a phobia? I've decided i have a phobia of driving. It makes it all so much more excusable.

Yes Franny - the one you wanted for ds if girl.

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Can we talk some more about the teddy dressed as Swampy? It will be easy, you can just rub him in the mud and make him some dreadlocks out of wool

I know quite a few with that name Boco.

Is anyone interested in these blardy bears? I know you're not, but still. DS1 has just said 'I think I'm going to do mine as a litter collector. i need a bag, a sharp stick, a sort of anorak and a lot of rubbish to put in the bag.'

Then he and I did the looking thing.

AND yes I do know that practically everybody else in 10/10 would have already crafted beautiful things out of bread and clay to decorate the bears. I know that, I do.

The sharp stick and the bag of rubbish is definitely a goer, and shouldn't take that much effort. Have you got a cocktail stick?

LL when I have been on holday I wake up every morning thinking "why do I live here", until I go on the next one

Whereabouts in Devon did you go? We went to north Devon just before you went away, it was lovely in every possible way.

but because we would never be able to live there or anywhere similar

Oh no, 100, not I

I can count the crafty things I have made in my lifetime on one hand.

Or certainly the ones I have made that wroked out, and I am actually proud of.

Litter collector bear sounds good.

DS1 is doing quite well. His teddy is too big for a cocktail stick, he is currently sitting on the sofa in a t-shirt. He is shortly going to be given a bag full of rubbish. This is progressing quite well. I have found a very good jacket with light reflectors for those dark park evenings.

DS2's bear is sitting on the table in his red silk bow staring at me. He is most unthemed. He is nothing. DS2 has wandered off.

rub him in mud, quick

My group appears to have been nominated for some kind of award

I have to describe it for the judges, oh lumme

you can get wooden kebab skewers which are a bit like big cocktail sticks, I think Sainsburys have them. You could make mini fag butts out of beige paper and a bit of cotton wool

Nice thread title btw. It should have been "Courgette Jones - The Veg of Reason" - but you can't have everything

"... The bear was wearing nothing but a hat and he had a label round his neck bearing the words ?Please Recycle This Bear. Thank You.?

For DS2?

Ah yes, great uncrafty minds think alike. I have already enticed ds2 down the stairs with exactly that winning line.

He is 'doing it on the computer' apparantly. How this will translate to the rather foppish and vague looking bear on the kitchen table suddenly looking Very Environmentally Aware I have no idea.

I am rather enjoying artfully arranging the rubbish in the litter collector's bag.

FRANNY - an award already! How exciting. What is it? What is it for? Can we join in with doing the describing thing?

Nice one FK

Franny, you are an absolute darling I will email you.

About the landlord/hot water situation, I really want to keep things on very very good terms because we are so lucky to be living where we are. On our current income, to find another place with the countryside and lovely walks to school, the apple trees, the veg friendly garden.... well, I just don't want to risk anything.

We have been to look at another secondary school. Dd1 was so unimpressed that she sais she'd rather go to the school she really doesn't want to go to (with nasty girl) than go there.

Now, can sopmebody please talk to me about flapjack that doesn't need baking? I'm pretty sure it's possible. I don't have syrup but I do have molasses, honey, sugar, margarine, sunflower oil etc. Oh and oats, obviously.

Oh and WELL DONE BOCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [SMILE]

fRANNY, IS THAT A SCARF WAVING OR BARK SUCKING AWARD?
Bugger, bloody capitals.

Oh gawd TooT. I've been so caught up with these stupid bears, I haven't given you proper attention.

I liked Franny's line earlier, it was very friendly and not pissing off landlord like at all. Try that?

We do have both a hot shower, baths and an Aga. You know this right? I expect you to DEMAND to come and use any and all of them when it's necessary. Will you do this? You must.

I will even come and pick you up.

100x, I remember when ds1, eager to try out his typing skills, did an image search for "look at poo". Never have I crossed a room so quickly. The brief glimpse I caught was beyond belief.