Last Mango in Paris - 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.

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

Well yes...supposedly

they said I needed to get his iQ tested & then wanged on about enormous amount of toys,how overly chatty & loud he was & then when ds got out his suitcase of words they looked at each other & kept

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Lully, they are jealous. You would never force him to do these things, would you? It is wonderful that he is interested. School can so often have the opposite effect.

Fmf, I've always had an interest in yoga but I couldn't do the cat licking. Especially ours, she is scabby.

Lully, I cant' believe someone would say that. They may be a little because their lo's won't sit still?

UR sounds fun .. i hope he doesn't take you to a Turkish restaurant..

oh lully I have a friend who is always making 'concerned' comments on aspects of my parenting, including her perception of my othousing ds1. Your ds sounds lovely.

Homemade pizza for supper (courtesy of dh) with rucola, courgette, aubergine and red pepper on. Nibbled at red pepper in the afternoon. Plus aforementioned kiwi/banana custard combo.

Rucola? Rocket! The Germans say rucola, and it is a very sticky word somehow.

Evening all, have returned from RL - it ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Have eaten practically no F&V all weekend but am going on hideous diet tomorrow. Salad and baked beans only. For 2 weeks. My jeans are so tight I have to undo them to sit down, even before eating. Not a good look. To say nothing of painful camel toe situation.....

Are there newcomers? Or returners?
What have I missed? I have no time to catch up, DH takes the pute away tomorrow am. Could someone do a Morningpaper style catchup?

UR do you fancy him?

I once went on a date with someone who I didn;t fancy (long story, was set up by a well-meaning friend when I was single many yonks ago, at the guy's request, etc etc)...and tbh I felt a bit uncomfortable about going when I knew that nothing romantic was going to come of it.

However, otoh, if you don;t fancy him, he might have a delicious friend...

I've had rocket, tomatoes, spinach, wild garlic, carrots, red cabbage, hoummous.

The wild garlic is from our veg box and it's yummy - it's long leaves which you can put in salad or wilt gently like spinach.

I have a bad crush on a miniature train driver

Ooh, we have new people!! Hiya!

Bad bad day. I went out for my friend's hen night and drank too much and I have eaten a bowl of cornflakes and that's it

I just re-read my post and would like to clarify

The trains were miniature, not the train driver

Pink sorry perhpas my description of the wild garlic was a bit much for someone with a hangover

lol at tiny train man
how do you know such a person? what an unusual job
i think fancying can start on a first date though

I saw a man yesterday digging up dandelions on a verge and putting them in his basket
the children were upset as they thought it was because he was very very poor
but I assumed he was a forager -- and dandelions are edible and good aren't they?

Berolina are you new to this thread? You are slotting in v nicely!

I have had an annerving phone call. I want to start a thread but I'm scared.

My oldest and dearest friend just rang and aksed me to lie about her wherabouts today if her dp of 20 years rings...

oh stuffit - my mum digs up dandelions for her tortoises...

maybe she's buying him an expensive present / holiday as a surprise [hopeful emoticon]

oh dear fmf

Yes FMF, fancied a stint as a newbie somewhere

oh goodness me, what a phone call. Did she give a reason? Horrid being drawn into something.

stuffit, at your children being sad for dandelion man ds2 was not at all happy about the nebuliser today and ds1 kept saying 'I love [ds2], poor [ds2]'. It is heart-melting.

erm, you can imagine the reason.

I am trying not to judge. I am not judging. I love her dearly and trust her and this is not something she has ever done (or asked me) before. but oh dear, I wish I hadn't picked up the phone.

some homemade coleslaw
errrrrr
thassit

am going to have some clementynes

oh dear FMF
oh dear

Frannnyyy. Hellllp!

oh gawd. Not really fair of her to put you in this position.

Maybe don't pick up the phone to him.

(him/her. don't want to make assumptions)

He won't ring. I'm sure of that. But ....

oh dear
can you tell her that you are not judging but you don't want to be asked to do this again?
or is that judgy?