5 onion rings, 4 cauliflowers, 3 french beans, 2 turnip tops and a parsnip in a pear tree - 10 / 10 club

[FrannyandZooey]

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Good plan I say...past is past, look to the future

a big Woooo-hooo! for You Gibbon xx

Aw thanks FMF

oh lovely one...I'm so happy you're ok

oh lovely gibbon what a relief for u..xx babe

Gibbon GOOD NEWS so glad for you

Yay Gibbon that is great news. Glad they put your mind at rest.

My cold is on it's way out However I have AF and her DP Uncle Migraine to contend with..had to call DH home from work this afternoon which is a rare occurance, as was under duvet with DS jumping on my head and it was all going badly wrong.

FMV I have had that feeling for the last 3-4 weeks and managed to thwart DH's tummy bug but then the monster cold got me. It was too good to be true unfortunately.

I did feel remarkably better after a couple of doses of the elderberry extract though.

Hello

I have done so much today that my muscles are humming. I'm sure I can hear them.
Does anybody have a spare shoulder I can borrow?

Hi TooT - humming muscles sounds like tired but in a good way? Or have I misinterpreted?

I have just ha d areally delicious soup with kale in it. I am very dubious about kale so it's worked well. Like a kind of minestrone or rebollito with onion, celery, carrot, tomato, stock, kale, butter beans.

Not sure about good. Beyond tired I think.
Can't imagine kale soup.

What do you do with chard? I love it but the dcs seem to find it bitter.

I love chard stir fried. Ds dislikes it despite liking lots of other green veg so there must be something about it

chard is bitter

and stir fry is not very nice eiother sort of greasy raw veg..but not nice like salad with drssing

Hello all,

Jus popping in to say hello and strike everyone down with dreadful lurgy-- spread some goodness and cheer amongst you all.

Hurrah Gibbon, I am so, so pleased for you.

Boco, can only echo what everyone has said, you have dealt with the whole birthday table thing with such wisdom and restraint, it's an inspiration.

Tatties, the co-sleeping is going v well for DS, and sort of ok for me, I do get more sleep, but not always of the finest quality, if you know what I mean?

Franny, you seem to be back on track with the fruity breakfasts thing.

FMV, you seem to be doing all the right things to keep the lurgy at bay, fingers crossed for yu, being ill at xmas is no fun at all.

FK, it sounds yuck, feel better soon.

Oh sorry Gibbon, missed your good news. Great

C&P, why is your shoulder dodgy? Is it a recent or long-term thing?

Hope you get a good night's sleep FK.

Wombling Dd2 hasn't made card yet - poor child keeps getting dragged out with me. Life is v. fast atm!

kale is nice with scrambled egg on top

Kale in soup is brilliant. You just need to bubble it away for ages, I started it yesterday and it had about half an hour and another hour tonight.

By then it has mushed down quite a lot iyswim. Otherwise I am not keen on it. It always strikes me as a cross between cabbage and parsley.

Chard is good in omelettes and pasta sauce with tomato.

My migraine has gone for now. It comes on in the morning I suppose when hormone levels are higher and ?dehydration overnight. I shouldn;t be on here though.

I need to go and find something else to do..

MrsC if you are about, try the Lanes Sage and Garlic stuff for your cataarh. Tis powerful.

Fk about migraines
I used to get them terribly often & be wiped out for days
have them very rarely now & I'm sure it's been aided by drinking far more water & also feverfew is good.

rubbish 10/10 day...porridge,porridge and yet more porridge..& rice cakes

Great News Gibbon

Thanks everyone, how lovely to log on and see lovely messages

I wanted to love kale when I tried it. For some reason it made me think of being back in Ireland eating seaweed. I couldn't eat it at all, and as a veggie, that doesn't happen often. Although the scrambled egg on kale sounds interesting.

Much sympathy for the migraines, they are dreadful

Am going to be good today

exh has given me 250 quid to spend on christmas for everybody...don't really know what to spend it on..so i have asked them to have a family dinner round with me tonight and we can decide

just like they do on neighbours at least i never watch it but when i have i m sure that strange dark haired woman who went mad and forgot who she was and was married tom the doctor who had a baby with someone else and she is also a d]ead mistress used to have them i think