Leek-ing words of wisdom, let it bean! 10/10 thread, all welcome :o)

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Oh good.

Thank god.

I think you have to have running fresh water for watercress. There is land cress but I don't think it has the same zing.

100x, how are you? Have you been photographed yet?

I am fine, but very tired tonight for some reason.

It was excruciating. [cringe] I asked her if some people actually enjoy having their photograph taken, and she yes, a surprising amount did She kept telling me to walk out the door and in again and then sit down because I was so self-conscious and puddingy.

Good god, it sounds horrific. I shall give up writing now just in case.

Yes it was hateful. And there were masses of photos of me on the contact sheet, and every time I closed my eyes all I could see was me gurning with a centre parting. I made DH chose a shortlist of seven, and everyone voted. Boco got a vote but she was too late

I think photos of oneself always look worse to oneself though. I'm sure they are delightful.

You didn't look puddingy or self conscious, you looked serene and fresh faced and charming. I don't think i actually committed to a vote, I just made vague and unhelpful comments. Not good at decision making.

Hmm. You are kind. . . .

You need to tell FK whether she can grow watercress TooT. She is waiting and I want to say 'yes' but not sure what to say afterwards.

I did tell her, further down. It's a no without running water.

Why did Boco get to see the pics then?

I am eating a slightly implausible ratatouille, watercress and sweetcorn sandwich.

She was picked from a hat TooT.

Yes please? Yes thank you? Yes why certainly?

I went to the dr today with dd and I showed him my rash and told him about dds strange allergic swellings and we've both got referrals to see a dermatologist at the hospital. Can't do Wizarding anymore as it's not working.

DD is now swelling when she has ribena, certain biscuits, anything with citric acid in. Is quite alarming.

I don't understand the Yeses and the question marks and things. I am tired though, and possibly overwhelmed.

Oh no to the swelling. That's awful. Can they see you both soon?

I was just trying to work out what would come after the yeses that you wanted to give to FK, but I don't know about watercress either.

I'm tired too.

I called the hospital and they were set to fit us both in quickly, but dr had made a mistake and referred her to the wrong place, so have to speak to him again tomorrow and get him to re-do it before I can get an appointment.

Oh BELIEVE ME TooT, you don't want to do the green face. I realized that all voters actually had been placed in a perilous and difficult situation. They had to say 'that ones nice?' and then say 'but so is the other one, and actually you look fine in all of them'. A diplomatic minefield.

Oh Boco Wish I could post you a decent wizard. Did you see my sort of explanation for why it might have stopped working? A few days ago I think. Can re-type if you didn't see it.

What are you overwhelmed by 100?

Oh it would be 'Yes. This is how to do it, you take a seed and plant it in a watery place and and'

I could've handled it

Everything Bocs. Particularly the contact sheet. LOL.

Oh no, I'm being stupid, I'm tired mostly.

New experiences are tiring 100x. Everything will be fine. More than fine

Toot yes I did. Thing is, she didn't get me to keep taking the same remedy, she gave me about 23 different ones. It started out amazing and was converted because had almost 2 months with no rash, but as soon as it came back she gave me a new remedy every couple of days, she'd forget what she'd given me - I had to keep walking miles to her clinic, usually at night to get them - and nothing has made any difference since the initial success. Wish I had seen your Wizard, he sounded a winner with his single dose thing. I canceled appointment with my one this week as it's not worth it.

Let's have some TooT news.

How is everyone? You asked a nice question about ds2 ages ago, and I never replied. But I remembered it - yes he is 8, which is better than 7 actually, but he was a PITA the other night.

Oh sorry, x posted.

FK I think I can do the cow one (haven't done for a while - just looked up on google image!) I do Barbara Currie DVDs. There is one with 7 10 min sections. I used to do 10 mins every morning. The one I've got now is called Power Packed Yoga and it's got 4 half hour sections.

I heard about the land cress recently. Water cress is yum though.

Can we see the photos 100x? Pleeeeease?