Fruity is in the pie of the beholder - 10 / 10 thread

[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

ah I have no eyebrows and Boris Becker eyelashes if I don't wear make up so it is a necessity you see

friend is taking ds to an owl show this afternoon
which is good because ds2 seems to be sleeping the entire morning now, so will probably be up all afternoon. And not very exciting for ds1 to watch me feed him for 4 hours

i went to a didge festival once. Was nice because it was small and friendly. But not neccessarily because of the didge music

I am deffo a parody of something. Sometimes. But not all the time, oh no...

Today I am being wholesome earth mother type. And my kids aren't even here. But I have baked bread and made soup and prepared home-made play doh for toddler.
This afternoon I am doing some editing work for DH and trying not to panic because it's been a loooong time since I edited anything. Once a grammar nazi, always a grammar nazi though???

Hello

Franny you are doing very well

We are going away on Saturday. I think I need to make a list. There are lots of things that need to done to ensure holiday starts well.

didgeridoos cancelled

avocado, tomato
fruit salad if can extricate self from Mr Velcro

you are doing realy well frasnny

are the hospital problems behind you now?

are you going somewhere nice 100

what thread with people braying at a man

i cry far too easily

i cried this morning when i was talking to psyciatrist not much just borderline eye watering and my voice sounded reallly odd as i was listening to myself talking and wondering what he was thinking so it felt like there were three of us in the room

i got back and ds rang up and asked where i had been and i lied

he came round and asked again uncannily as my lie was just popped out

so i said i would buy him lunch which came to an eye watering 20 quid for a snack

came home and chreckred my email and didnt get the job...eyes watered again as i told ds i didnt want to cry in front of him

i know i am never going to get a job never mind a decent one

i am eating lots of fruit as usual and mostly frozen veg

i had melon and avocado and leaves and parma ham for lunch with a few chips

andf coffee which i am drinking a lot of

oh zippi - i am sorry.

i know this must feel awful - i had this happen to me earlier this year - the perfect job and i didn't get it and i was very angry and sad. but then few months later i got a much more dynamic and interesting job elsewhere.

i think what i am trying to say is that although this feels awful now this is the worst it will and from this point onwards it will feel better and become - kind of meant to be.

um, yes - not profound advice but heartfelt.

does anyone want to give up coffee with me - or cheer me on?

franny you are doing amazingly - i am amazed that you are workin a computer.

I can also remember having to do the 'two' thing for the firt time on my own and being terrified adn not being able to believe that people could leave me on my own but then i did it and it ws okay.

okay - i have to go and look at camping stuff and work out what we have lost since last year and then cram it into my car.

back end of week.

xx

Zippi you will get a job and it will be a good one but you'll have to be patient because this one just wasn't the right one. You have honed your interview skills a little bit more and when you finally get the job that you're meant to do you will think 'Phew, thank god I didn't get that other one. That would have been awful timing!!'

I went for about 5 jobs with organisation that I ended up working for and kept not getting them. In the end, the last time I nearly didn't bother going for the interview cause I thought I wouldn't get it, but my mum talked me into going - but that would be the last time. No more tries for that organisation, but seeing as I had an interview, I would go. I got myself in such a state about it that I ended up bursting into tears in the interview (I don't tell many people that - oh god, whole wide internet!) but I pulled myself together and I got it and it was fab!

Stick at it. The right one will come up.

Franny you are going to be my inspiration when no2 comes along. I too will wear make-up on one eye I won't manage a shower though as dd will be the toddler with the pins (thanks for the heads up MrsC!)

FMV you're being very fabulous today. I haven't even decided what to do for tea yet. Can you send some of your lovely soup down my way!

Today I've had salad (1 portion, lett, tom and cuc in wrap with cottage cheese) oj, raisins, apricots. Hmm I guess dinner had better involve veg

Ooh, could I make a sort of lentil bolognese and stuff big field mushrooms with it? Would I need to cook the mushrooms first?

Oh bugger. DH doesn't like lentils and dd doesn't like mushrooms. Never mind, she can have it without the mushroom and he can have what he's given!

yes thank you zippi i think they are
i think it was mostly a feeding problem or if it was a virus the abs seem to have fixed it
he sleeps a lot but now he also feeds a lot as well

very sorry about the job it is a bloody shame

just heard my sports job gone down the pan company closing down
i liked that steady money every week
ah well itdoes solve bfing problem - I don't think it was going to go down well there
when i do my own groups everyone can just lump it
am sorry for ds though as he loved the sports and it was so nice and (usually) non competitive and he attended for free
we couldn't really afford a similar group for him otherwise, they all cost such a lot

Hi,

PIL's coming to stay tomorrow - manic cleaning is going on.

Trip to stay with BF's not very good, she has become all snidey and barbed. The odd comment is one thing but when you start thinking 'hang on a minute...'

Hello
Have been doing craft at a playscheme with 100 children. Was good, I enjoyed it, did sticking and drawing and colouring in all day - had to resist urge to elbow small children out of the way and say 'no, you're not doing it properly' Just about managed. girls loved it and we have more creations to sneak out to the recycling bin at the dead of night treasure forever.

sorry zips, I know today must have been tough for you. Did talking to the psych help at all?

and sorry Franny about sports group. Think you should deffo just run your own groups - you rock!

I am meeting another MNetter tomorrow for coffee but after work so I will be dressed conservatively. She is a home-edder with 2 boys who sound awfully like mine

Off out for a meal now but we can't decide where to go and what to eat.

big bowl veg stew
lovely

day on the whole v good but when ds got back from playing out with kind friend he pushed her dd with a broom and called me a stupid bum bum
then refused to go indoors and i picked him up and bundled him in
which kind of blew my self image for the day of competent nurturing earth mother

oh zippi, I'm sorry. Rejections are so horrid. Today must have been hard and exhausting altogether. You are very determined - sure the right job will come up.

OB, good luck with ILs. Sorry things not good with BF (an assuming best friend? sorry, not very much in loop). Am having ongoing issues with a close friend myself - is rather judgy and wants more of me than I can give - is tricky.

Sounds lovely, Boco. Oh I know that urge - on the one hand I want ds1 to Develop His Ceativity, OTOH I itch to help him make it look how I imagine it realise his ideas.

Sorry about sports job, Franny. Not a good day for 10/10 jobs.

FMV I'm sure she will like you

I will draw a veil over my F+V consumption today.

oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one still using the phrase 'stupid bum bum'

What a shame zippi, sorry lovey

Fran dd is coming out with phrases like that more and more these days. I imagine it will only get worse once she starts school [sigh]. Such a shame I have neither the temperament nor the finances to HE. Oh well, she is going to a naice school with naice teachers and of course will not learn to say "fuck off" in the playground by the time she is 8.

We do the frantic cleaning before visitor arrival thing too .

I'm so glad it isn't me that is control freaky about crafty stuff with children . When I do stuff with dd I generally make one of my own to stop me from doing dd's for her "No darling you do it like this"

This week is my first ever part time working week I am so happy. I have wanted this ever since dd was born

thank you all

i am desperately disappointed

i am in a very self obsessed phase at the moment im afraid

i miss doing the kiddy crafty things

dd2 was a great natural artist i am really sorry she lost the plot after she went to art college and hasnt gone back to it

she would have been great in some sort of art field

maybe she will come back to it later tho

zip i am so sorry, disappointment is so hard to take I think

sorry Zips, only just caught up on the rest of thread, hope you're ok.

Zippi, self-obsessed is alright, and licking your wounds after a big disappointment is necessary - emotional hygiene really. I'm so sorry - it really sucks sometimes. But I do admire your get-up-and-go and verve - which will come back when it is ready. I reckon dd2 will come back to art - the fields we feel a pull towards come back to grab us, IME anyway.

TigerFeet I know the feeling very well. Enjoy.

Swooshing in to say hello. Have not read thread. Hope everyone is ok. Will catch up later.

UR

Isla already says 'sake' and shakes her head as she follows me around the house like a crazed wet wipe haus frau.

Not sure if she means FFS or FGS. Shall I ask?

Lovely being p/t isn't it TF? I only have Mon off but it makes such a difference. Hoping not to have lectures on a Monday come Sept, will be a rude shock.

TF great stuff

morning all

apple, strawbs, banana, melon, orange, raisins, grapes
not full portion of each

so shall I go to the festival or not? I think we need to decide in next couple of days

My Mum and Dad are going to that with my siblings / partners. We were supposed to be going but are in Portugal that w/e.

They said it was ace last year.

I reckon you should go for it.

it was so lovely last year
ooohhhh it was lovely

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