Raisins to be cherryful - 10 / 10 thread - all welcome

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not with each other LL

I'll stop sulking then

Oh dear the chickpea thing was VILE. Proper gross. dd2 actually cried, and then gagged. I didn't blame her, and didn't even insist she ate it. I followed the recipe exactly, but it was just not tasty at all. I've liked all the other things I've done from that book. Won't make that again. Luckily the mango for pudding was not cunting.

Oh dear Boco

I've only ever made his pizza

I love looking at the pictures in recipe books but hardly ever actually make anything from them exactly.

God is it too much to frickin ask for there to be a normal train service from here to London on a Bank Holiday weekend?

There are Engineering works on all weekend.

I think I need to do some yoga breathing

MrsC - you are brilliant. Oh, and I suddenly thought today, while I was doing the washing-up (this is when I do most of my thinking) that I must tell you to poo. You must poo beforehand because straining soon afterwards is not good, you have to get to the really desperate stage so that it just sort of falls out, but even this you don'tt want to be bothered with straight away. And drinking lots afterwards and eating non-constipatey foods. And have some handy pieces of decent food with you in case they only offer you white toast and spaghetti hoops.

Zippi - sorry you had a rotten time at college today. What you said about knowing you were behind and needed help but Not Saying struck such a chord, I have been there.

Lully - hope you feel better soon!

Avi - good news about HE ;lady - hiope she is nice.

UR - hope you manage to sort out your men.

FK - is it not a public park? Can they close it to the public at any time? Hope you get to go.

Ds1 was actually suicidal this evening, although I think it was all exacerbated by cherryade which dd1 bought and shared out. Ds1 had rather a lot. I am trying to be sort of liberal and not restrict their spending and allow them to buy some shite because if I ban it they will just want it more, yes? And everybody has a phase of buying shite. I know I did. But this cherryade really was foul and full of hideous things and if, as I suspect, it put him on such a low, it must be banned. It's very worrying.

We did talk about it a bit when he'd calmed down, and he sort of agreed. He is such a stressed and emotional person though, and a non-talker most of the time. He really needs to chill out somehow. Some kind of funky yoga to appeal to young boys might be good.

I was thinking about this kind of thing today, TooT.

I wonder if there is an age when you realize things are crap for you?

Judging by many adults (me included until recently) I suspect not

But as you say, isn;t banning something just going to make you want it more?

It's like smoking, you have the cross section of a lung pictures in science lessons and all the waffle, and then you go and do it anyway

I haven't heard of yogabugs. He wouldn't do anything that could be construed as remotely babyish though.

I think you just have to learn through experience. I have a hopeful sort of confidence that if a child has a healthy start, they will return to it.

In hospital, dd2 tried spaghetti hoops and found them curious but not delicious. Ds2 refused to try them [proud]

oh the bad for you thing is interesting

the more you say about ds he does seem a bit like my ds toot

but im not sure because my ds was odd from birth and then has got graduakly more normal

once he got to a teenager

tho he is noit normal and im sure your ds is

If you HE and mix with likeminded types he may well stay that way Avi. That is a big drawback of scghool. In particular, Other People's Packed Lunches.

Zippi, was he nicely odd as well as difficult odd? Ds1 is delightful when he is delightful, iyswim.

I must remember not to burn the knickers.

Ooh, there is a teacher not too terribly far away - no classes at present but worth enquiring. Thanks Avi