Mangohood - 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

Thanks for the no flaming, and thanks Pink. Sorry about your Mum.

I think I should drop it, it is so close to people's hearts.

As you were.

DS2 and I outside a newsagents next to a florists at 10.00 this morning.

ds2 'why are they all buying flowers?'

me 'because it's mother's day'

ds2. 'Oh' and 'Ah'. Long pause. 'Well, we all know how we feel about each other don't we? Just anyway. So that's okay.'

Lol 100. He sounds like dp.

We've had friends from London staying with their baby. dd1 got more unwell and although we tried to ignore it, ended up going to emergency dr last night and he told me off for leaving it as her temp was 40 and she has bacterial tonsilitis, so, antibiotics. She seemed a bit better today, so we took friends to southwold, but then she wasn't better and we should have not pretended really as she was miserable and we carried her around looking grey. Still, was lovely and sunny and we had fish and chips on the beach. And icecream. And went to alternative amusements on the pier where we further traumatised her.

Golly, now you sound like me. Poor dd1. I'm sure the sea air did her the world of good

That's what I kept saying, loudly, as she sat on the beach in her thick coat, shivering and saying she really just wanted to go to sleep please. I know she's not well as she didn't even eat her icecream. But, we marched London friends up and down the pier and waved them goodbye.

Yes, yes. My dad had TB and he was sent to a sanitorium. They kept wheeling them outside in all weathers and leaving them on a prom front, convinced this was the answer. Apparently it's not. I know. Apparently ill people should be at home, in bed, taking medicine, wrapped and well looked after. Who knew.

What rot. Best treatment is sitting in a bath chair, in a howling gale, facing out to sea, coughing into a monogrammed hankie, everyone knows that.

I know, I feel like a Bad Mother. I spoke to my mother on the phone and when I said we'd just got back from the beach she said 'Nooo!, oh no, oh poor little girl'

Good hair TooT. Do you swish your fringe a lot? Lemur - top marks for eyebrows and general cheeriness. Lovely babies everywhere.

Which reminds me - the fuckers came for the day yesterday Franny, with their alarmingly well-adjusted and happy baby. and

He's old my Dad though, so perhaps it was okay? See, he's 84 now, that bout at the sanitorium in 1941 did him no harm at all, in fact perhaps it saved him and ensured a long old life?

So. Tell dd that, and your mother, and the doctor when they ask why you took a seriously ill child who had been to the midnight doctor the night before to the seaside for the day.

Shhhhhhhhhh. Just shhhhhhhhhh. Shh.

lolol

It's just agony to give up a day out though, isn't it? And the optimism is so great. I have done it lots.

Two micro runs and a bout of digging.

evening
we had carrot juice and stuff and lots of salads
(plus ice cream and lemon tart mmm hmmmm)

had very nice afternoon in the park and at museum where they had crafts and things

am now just in smallish panic as friend dropped into conversation that her ds (who was wrestling with mine) has impetigo
i thought "oh shit i thought that was wildly contagious maybe not maybe i am thinking of something else well i won't SAY anything"

i have googled

and as for the fuckers
WELL
their baby has given up so just APPEARS happy and all that
he knows there is no point showing any NEGATIVE emotion he might feel
so there

"my pelvic floor took a good couple of weeks to get back to normal"

Listen people I have only one DC and mine is SHOT

Pink I have trampolined, and it is fun, but you might be better to avoid the star jumps unless you are very confident or wearing tenas

Funny sort of Mothers day. Had a lie in, which was good. Had breakfast in bed after a fashion

Then DS crashed into a cupboard and has an ostrich-sized egg on his eyebrow

And then I got lunch (well, it was mostly ready prepared, but still involved cooking and faffing with napkins and glassware), and then we didn;t go out for a walk.

TBH I think I'll pass on this one. Never mind, yesterday was a lovely day

lol. Hmm, no he did express negative feelings - about a saucer being taken away, when dd left the room, when he wanted to eat some chess pieces. So ackshally. Apparently he sleeps from 7 -7. Dreadful isn't it?

Fk - I forgot to say I looked and admired your cake. That was some cake lady. [awe]

I think impetigo is quite infectious, but it's direct isn't it? Where was the impetigo? I thought it was on towels for some reason, towels and impetigo are joined in my mind. I have no idea why.

Perhaps you have to wash towels when someone has impetigo? Or not share towels. Perhaps it's that. I think ds2 had it once. Towels were a feature, for sure.

yes you have to wash towels
it didn't say "do not wrestle on the ground together" but i assume that was a no no as well
oops

it's on his face

Oh FK, those egg-lumps are quite shocking, aren't they? Shows his body is working efficiently though.

The hideous sore on my leg may or may not have been impetigo. I won't describe it in case anybody is sensitive or eating but it is now MUCH BETTER and has a cool scab.

I had to nitcomd ds1 today and he spent the whole time audibly admiring himself in the mirror

Impetigo is quite infectious but dd gets it like a coldsore and no-one else seems to catch it, well, I also get it sometimes but not right after her iyswim. We've never had it on the body though, I think that's quite bad.

I drove to Winterton in the end, not so far and instant sand and tea right on the beach. There were kites and it was warm and I got to walk off on my own for ages which was nice as I felt strangely quiet today. Just eaten roast beef and I am stuffed.

Stuffit - Mine was very early so I didn't need chemotherapy, the hysterectomy was curative thus far. I have never heard of treatment accelerating cancer?

Have you tried caraway with savoy cabbage? It's very nice. I am having a swede revival too. I might eat spotted dick if I had the points left.

Impetigo is bacterial and v infectious. It's what baby Lemur had last month. I think you have to have a break in the skin for it to get into, so if you ds has any cuts I would dab it with TCP tonight.

We have no idea where he picked it up from, but I know where it got in (a scratch on his ear - self inflicted)

If your friend has been treating her lo for at least 48 hours it shouldn't be contagious, however I think it's really naughty of her to let her lo to play so closely with other children.

I haven't heard of Stiffkey, I'm going to investigate further.

OJ
dried fruit
olives
lots of cake

You may have heard of 'Stookey', the old pronuciation, mainly spoken these days by londoners trying to sound like they know the lingo. Imagine a plummy stookey, it doesn't work.