Papaya Don't Peach - 10 / 10 thread - all welcome

[FrannyandZooey]

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.

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well sorry again zippi, I always appreciate your advice
I guess the thing is normal advice may not apply to dp and I as we are not normal drinkers
but I'm sorry if you felt I was being judgy about drinking in generally - it's not my favourite thing, put it that way, but it doesn't usually bother me if other people want to get drunk, as long as they don't want to do it where I can't avoid seeing them
and I HONESTLY don't care at all about people having the odd drink if they are not slurry and staggery

anyway enough of my neuroses I think

stuffit I am sorry I have no clue about the strawberries. Tbh I would eat them and not worry too much. It isn't like you are having them every day is it? (unless you have gone berserk like me and can't stop buying cheapo ones from the market )

have had big bowl of lovely herby stew - all veg - and brown rice

isn't it light?

apparently to get maternity sports gear (proper like shorts or whatever rather than "yoga pants") I am going to have to import them from the US
pain in the arse and will take 3 weeks probably
it's not v good is it

jsut poppingback to report
cabbage
carrots
the green vegetable that looks like a cucumber (senior moment -- what the flip is it called)
parsnips
three raw carrots
orange
and strawberries in a minute

have never done eight before!

zippi is your friend a "friend"?

I think you are referring to a courgette

courgette

Franny,

Can you make do with maternity leggings (online or H&M/Topshop) and Maternity t shirt or vest?

I think that Zippi's friend is a 'friend' with a courgette...

I need proper sports stuff with wicking
I sweat
lots

at friend with courgette
any news on the tv thing zippi?

lol

Franny..my Dad is in the US
could he send anything any speedier?

pineapple
satsumas
blueberries
apple
dried apricots

broccoli,spring greens
baked squash,onions,tomatoes,garlic
large salad with avocado,watercress,carrot,spring onion,red pepper,rocket ,little gem,tomato,beetroot,cucumber,peas.
lentil soup.

Had a lovely hour long soak while ds went shopping with dh..I feel almost human again.

oh thanks Lully, I think it is going to take 2 or 3 weeks whatever, as the standard mail service from the US - getting it sent to a US resident would save me a bit in customs possibly
actually no it wouldn't if it was done honestly

and would probably take LONGER as would have to get to your Dad first!

but very kind offer, thankyou

tv was going to be tuesday but i think it may have been changed

i am sulking at vthe mo so only communicating through scrabulous moves

but if i get nnyself some more chocolate i might stop being peeved and email and ask

Scrabulous doesnt work today tho
the lag is terrible

My father is coming over at the end of May,so if anyone needs anything just yell

it didn't sound like it really was a date to me zippi but I do see your point
have you ever talked about being exclusive or has it just been assumed?

Avi did you give ds some coins from Avi Island while you were here?
some just turned up and I can't think how else they would have got here

ds has got dp up the last two nights saying the duvet was wonky

what have you got ds for his b'day ?

oh the topic was brought up to some extent several weeks ago by me...on my part it is exclusive cois i dont do sleeping with more than one guy but he made no promises

tho i am pretty sure he isnt hasnt seen anyone else..he knows i wouldnt be happy to be sharing so i guess the impkication was not exclusive but if he sees someone else he would consider telling me

or something

i kno he will see someone else becos he obviously isnt going to be a long term partner of mine

Ullo. Wah, my allotment is a muddy hell I have drainage problems. So insted of ha[ppily planting carrots and rocket in the sunhsine, I spent a miserable hour shovelling soil from one bit to the disaster zone.
Doesn't bode well does it?

However, I have eaten strawberries and chemicals, curly kale, carrots, green beans, brocolli, parsnips, mange touts and leeks.

I think I have a very low boredom threshhold. I went garraty this morning because dh said we would go out somewhere but he sat around playing on pooter until 2.30pm. I hate not knowing what I am going to be doing in a day. Dh says I am hyperactive. But then we met a woman with a dog on our walk who said she was diagnosed with ADHD in 2003. In the space of 15 minutes she took photo of me with her dog, showed me her jewellery, examined my jewellery, told me all about her children, tried to grill me on my children, told me about her hobbies and confessed she was a nightmare to have over as she had no boundaries and would stay for 3 days if she was invited for coffee.
She was great fun but afterwards DH admitted that, no, he didn't think I was so bad after all

(and beautiful dog lady, if you happen to read this and know I am talking about you, I thought you were delightful )

FMF I sympathise we spent the daytrying to rescue our swamp garden. We have very clayey soil and the prospect of anything growing is looking low. We just chuck a bunch of stuff in anywhere and hoped for the best!

In between gardening I managed grapes, apple, orange, mushrooms, tomatoes, avocado and cucumber and am planning a salad in a bit. WHen kids are finally asleep.

But I simply cannot be bothered to run anywhere tonight. [lazy fat arse emoticon]

LOL at beautiful dog lady
Fragments what a great name but who are you?

Lully we are still doing up the sandboat (well dp is), and I have assembled a fab collection of medical type items to indulge his obsession with surgery and blood letting he would have made a GREAT mediaeval doctor complete with leeches etc

he has thermometer that beeps, a working stethoscope, nurse's fob watch, scrubs dressing up outfit, some surgeons' hats and gloves and so on that kind MNers sent

all very cheap or at least favourably comparable with the 'play' type ones you can get

Evening all

LOL at courgette

Franny I think I mostly missed the discussion re alcohol but tbh if DH got pissed and disappeared for 3 hours I would be livid, and he is a moderate drinker and we have no similar issues. So in the circs I think your reaction reasonable.

DH thiks our washing machine is fucked broken.

For a while it has been making a strange noise and tonight we both smelt a definite burning smell coming from the inside at the back.

It's still working but will have to get someone in to confirm that it is quite probably broken or will cost squillions of quid to mend and therefore not worht it.

Pants.

(Quite probably dirty ones)

I ate a mango, a tomato, a couple of carrot sticks and some baked beans.

Not my best day, f&v wise.

if you have a w machine with a burning smell ffs dont use it

my exh is a fire invcestigator and they are danferous

(fires in white goods not fir e investigators)

have braoched topic of friend and me with both my dds today and both seem to think that i should just carry on and not be such a reader of things into thingser

tho dd2 did sound a bit more dubious

not sure either of them weant quite so much info on the ins and outs of my sex life but tough i have had to witness theirs

luckily for ds he apparently didnt get in till 6 this morning so escaped the working party and being cornered about sex and relationships..mopthers im not interested in his obvs

i did digging of clay too we are synchronised again

i have had bought sandwiches and choolctlea mostly today