It's my parsley and I'll cry if I want to - 10/10 thread. All welcome!

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oh my ruddy marvellous flora
well I don't know, perhaps it is not marvellous, but everything certainly seems to work and I don't usually get stomach problems
I mean I do eat a lot of f+v and exercise fairly frequently - what's not to work?
I expect the IBS thing is like a Temporary Cleansing Effect as threatened promised on the Kiki bottle, but it isn't pleasant and it isn't necessary IMO. If you want a good clear out I recommend copious amounts of beetroot [TMI]

Morning!

1 strawberry

It is early though

Boco I hope the stuff worked..or is going to work. Is it just one treatment you have to do? Did you get to wash it off last night or was it something to keep on overnight?

Stuffit I presume the party is today....good luck ...sorry about the kebabs. I'm they will be Ok

My pavlova has collapsed overnight

It looked absolutely awesome last night, now it is a pathetic flat cracked pancake

But too late to make another, I will smother with fruit and cream and laugh at it

hi all

hi franny

is you tummy still upset? It is not nice is it.

Peppermint tea?

hello FK

pavola always looks and tastes divine - you can remedy with fruit and cream. It will be wonderul.

nothing to report as yet.

Is everyone always up this early?!

DH did that thing where you go to sleep in the spare bedroom because you can;t sleep which also has the effect (only if you are a DH) of not getting woken up in the morning

It doesn;t work for me, I still get woken because DS wants to check I am OK

Apparently he is not troubled by DH's wellbeing

I have to do some housework today [grumpy]

And the sky is lovely and blue [not-so-grumpy]

my son woke me up with ear ache at 6.15. Have done the olive oil thing.

also have housework hanging over me.

we were going swimming today but need to rethink because of ear but brain refuses to come up with suggestions..

Oh dear, earache is horrible, poor DS.

It's a lovely day, though, BBBee, how about a long walk / picnic combo?

we are up at 6 ish every day, yes
I have a lie in at weekends if am not working though
(am working this morning harrumph)

pavlova is just fab whatever it looks like
add cream and fruit and you can't beat it

am eating strawberries, grapes, banana, raisins
sorry about excessive strawberry consumption
they are so flipping cheap at the market and I want them so much

fran i will email you
i am wired, been up since 7 cooking
how's the tum?
some blueberries
frayed i have a wonderful recipe for collapsed pavlova
for now or another time
take icing sugar
take double cream
take kir

whip the double cream
smash up the meringue
sieve in the icing sugar
add the kir

mix like billy-oh
put in a cake tin with clingfilm

freeze for two hours
it's an ice cream cake

bee sorry to hear about the ear ache it is horrible to have and so little one can do
it is truly fabulous
serve with coulis (ie in my case tinned raspberries whizzed up and sieved )
hope your supper goes well

aha just got you fran -- no i'm having one tonight and was up late fretting about the food and the tip of a house and garden

it is so busy I feel like i can't keep up with everyone's news but zippi how was your night of manly stew and passion

manly stew passion

aaah
you should not be up late fretting
get up early and fret like me

hope it all goes well
who is coming?

erm .. the earache isn't truly fabulous..that would be the ice cream cake.. i got mixed up in the middle of my post sorry

am so tense could spontaneously combust at any time
see you all later

am ignoring questions about stomach as am ignoring stomach
have applied a mental cork

Oh am sorry about the pav FK. Sure you can rescue it with fruit and cream as per suggestion.

Good luck stuffit! Am very impressed - my heart sinks into my crocs at the thought of organising a party - and we've got ds2's christening on ds1's birthday next month. And there will be a MNer there (the lovely Ellbell) to report back

Sorry about the earache bee - poor ds. Nice weather? How about a walk/picnic?

I have just been treated to a whole CD of German children's songs, sung in an extremely worthy and po-faced manner. Now the other extreme - (English) nursery rhymes in an ELC plinky-plonk styleee. Somebody save me.

Am sad about Humphrey.

my posts are out of biorythm with you lot
i am very about humph too bero

Morning, Stuffitt I am sure that everyone will fall upon thr fairy cakes, all adults I know love them!

Bero, god I hate those nursery rhyme CD's, DH and I have burned our own, where every nurser song is interspersed with a pop song that we love, and it does make it slightly more bearable, knowng that after the grand old duke of york, there is some bob marley or beatles or something coming up. DD thinks "Jammin" is "Jamas" (Pajamas - lol)and sings along in that vein.

I keep thinking of Humph, I feel like I did when John Peel died.

Morning, am about to go out on mega shopping marathon. Not looking forward to it terribly but it Must Be Done. I will hopefuly return with details of a perfect, afforable, available frock.

Stuffit Oooh your party will be fabulous and full of happy well fed, tipsy folk. Make sure that you stop tidying long enough to choose outfit and do hair, central I feel to feelnig like you are the smooth, acomplished host. I think people will notice your hair more than your garden.

Booze - get more, you can always save it for another time.
Food - stock up on gorgeous bread, cheese and strawberries in case other lovely food goes wrong.
Tidying - hide piles and crap in a secret room and close the door.
Playlist - tune computer to Last fm? Or make dp do it?

Bbee your poor baby, oh earache is horrid. Perhaps today should be one of those duvet days Hope he feels better soon.

Fran will email. You are cryptic and I am intrigued

Frayed I am impressed by attempt at Pavlova! Is there anyway you can save such a thing?

Other veggers I hope your days is full of much fruitiness and fun. Must dash, retail horror awaits.

Oh, yes I hav had an apple. Damn good since I usually skip breakfast.

120 cakes

That is a lot.

I have made a delicious chocolate cake as I have Family coming tomorrow.

And now I have to resist eating it.

Does anyone grow courgattes and are they easy??

morning you perky bunch!

Courgettes are easy to grow (except last year )

Stick seed in a pot on windowsill. Water, wait, very soon they pop up. Don't panic of two bottom leaves go yellowy - this is normal. They go brown and drop off. When plant is bigger, move to bigger pot and when frost risk id over, plant out.

consider slug pellets!

Thank you FMV.

Do they need to grow up spmehting?

Dd2 has planted potatoes at preschool. She thinks she'll be bringing them home soon....dear girl!

Good morning.
Bee hope ds' earache is better. Are you supposed to put a clove of garlic in it? Try it anyway, it can't hurt.

Stuffit good luck with the party, sounds very exciting.

Have finally washed off nasty treatment and my hair has gone stiff and big like Bonnie Tyler when she had big stiff hair. Am itching MORE, i have a whole beard of itch. Do I sound attractive? Red itchy beard and giant stiff hair. I don't think I'll be going out today.

mornin everyone

pavlova sounds lovely as does party

stew was ecellent despite the facxt that i had all the plumbers here

they went five minutes before bf arrived

i have to tilew the shower today for them to come back tomorrow to put the door on

no word from plumber2 so i guess he is returning monday morning

ds has rung plumber 1 about working for him but he claims to be working for plumber 3 today

i said to bf who is going to party at his parents today are u going to tell them i exist then and he said i already have..which surprised me

we are looking for a dorset campsite for next weekend

i also invited myself to go on holiday with him in the summer so we shall see..i thought nothing ventured