Broccoli and kohlrabi, when they are both full grown.....10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

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Oh god I should be cooking food.

Come and walk here one day Guad. We have mist'n'village'n'stuff.

Tatties, come back!

Toot, your boys sound lovely.

I'm bored. I have much to do but don't want to do it.

I too have much to do but there is a small girl sleeping in my lap and she is not quite ready to pop on the sofa.

I'm here! Just ordered a few more Christmas presents and I think my list is coming together now. The past couple of years I have been intending to make (knit) gifts but then it gets too close and I realise I knit far too slowly to be able to do that

I had to buy some not-very-local and rather-out -of-season fruit yesterday as I was craving something other than apples and satsumas and my skin is looking terrible. Just making dinner now (bulk-cooked veggie sauce from freezer to go with pasta)

I haven't even started on Christmas [glum]

Hooray, Tatties!

I only crocheted 2 gifts this year but that is 2 more than usual. I will do even better next year

I have a headache.

I am rather stressed at the xmas/birthday thing - people keep thrusting money at me and saying ''oh can you buy something for DH's birthday/ds's birthday/xmas etc''. When am I supposed to find time to go shopping?

At this rate no one will have anything to unwrap....

fold the money into elaborate origami models

Sounds infuriating, FMF. Can you do any of it online?

I have nothing for DS. I thought I'd be ok about it but am starting to feel a bit shit now

I'm glad you changed your reindeer FMV. The pedant in me was also slightly irked

Carrots, tomato, broccoli, parsnip, rhubarb, pear/satsuma.

Franny I think I remember someone suggesting before that you try the 'I hope this isn't terribly embarrassing for you but you keep pronouncing it wrong and I wouldn't want you to keep getting it wrong and feel terribly foolish' Think I'd go for something along those lines. Failing that 'bog off' would be worth a try!

LOL pink
yes i can see those would both be quite effective
ah well will let you know how / if I get on

we have sorted ds1's room to within an inch of its life
to extent that friends are coming round tomorrow and I am NOT GOING TO LET THEM IN THERE [uber control freak]
I will however take to park and for cake etc

it was great actually as ds got really into it as we went on and let me give away / put in loft / chuck more and more things
god i feel purged
also sorted top of one of my cupboards which was piled high with utter junk
now just the kitchen to organise [fear] [loathing]

PLUS i went to gym for an hour
yay me

god i talk shite on here, chuck me in the pit someone

apple pineapple pear grapes raisins
cabbage broccoli corn on the cob
pain au chocolat
two of them

right
need your help with the typical franny oh so important dilemma

dress ending on eBay tonight
completely impractical as cannot bf in it
BUT
I have nothing nice to wear at christmas
i have tried it on in monsoon and it looks fab
it is new and not terribly expensive
i could maybe sell it on again after christmas?
however i am in between sizes atm, this size is slightly too large....

hmmm

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well if it's too large, and you're not getting bigger, are you? then look for a smaller one

oh, and you can't bf in it?

Pink, that's a great suggestion!

I say NO to dress - if it is too big it won't look good and if you can't BF in it, you're not going to be able to wear it much.

I tried to clear out DS's toys with him but he insisted he needs everything I don't want to get rid of stuff without him because I think it is important that he understands that he is lucky to have Stuff and that some children would love the old Stuff that he doesn't need any more but perhaps my expectations are a bit high for a 3 yr old.

ah shite
even though slightly too big it still looks really nice on [wistful]
and I can no way afford it new
and there isn't one in the smaller size (which tbh is slightly TOO small so I amn't going to get one that fits exactly)

and no I can't breastfeed in it
but I mean there are whole MINUTES of the day when I am NOT breastfeeding
and I could be wearing this dress for some of them [irrational]

honestly I just thought I looked quite NICE in this and I thought dp might be pleasantly surprised to see me looking quite nice instead of like a bag of porridge tied in the middle with a bit of string

Go on, buy it

TooTicky, we met Bill Odie at Slimbridge.
He was actually smaller than me

Dd1 was v excited as she likes spring/autumn watch.

Um, carrots, broccolo, sweet pots, pear, tomato.
Rather crapola really.

Buy it, Fran

Bunny I found when ds1 was 3 he also Needed Everything
you have to do it by stealth at that age I'm afraid - I believe the usual etiquette is to put the stuff you want rid of in a box somewhere, and if after reasonable amount of time the stuff has not been missed / asked for - chuck it

alternately you could at this stage bring out the box and watch the absolute joy at being reunited with all the old stuff
in fact you would probably not need to buy any christmas presents if you timed it right

FrannyandZooey, I'm quite sure you never look like a bag of porridge tied in the middle (although, cooked porridge or just dry oats ). Can you get it in the larger size and have it altered slightly? (Maybe even add some nipple flaps? )

aha littlerach is my friend
you see the thing is I know they are right rach
you know they are too

my dressmaking friend has gone to france for 3 months
most selfish of her
otherwise we would have nipple flaps in it in an instant

i ruddy do pink, tragic isn't it? this is apparently what happens when you have babies in your late 30s and DON'T get morning sickness too badly

Well, if you want it that much Fran, you should buy it! And you're right - it will be totally worth it in those minutes when you are not BF. I love nipple flags!

Good idea re toys & xmas.

How tiny is Bill Oddie? I saw Nigella once and she was quite little too.

so if i wear this dress on christmas day i just go and take it off when i need to bf ds2, right?
shall i ask for a slinky dressing gown as well?