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

I have to go now, not sure if I feel like the cinema. Have an earcahe. Very annoying.

the mini pill i believe just stops implantation (could be wrong)
the combined pill in theory stops ovulation and then as a back up prevents implantation
i think that's right?

hope you feel better guad
heat pad good for earache if you have one?

Evening

Am passing on way to yoga. Back later.

TooT it's OK to go running but then you must come back and eat lots of toast.

I want to know about neighbourhood boy (subject close to my heart).

SB you posted that I went to the gym and I haven;t been since last Thursday

I didn't know that about the mini pill

I have got ds listening to the smiths he asked for the cd on before his bath

I love that book tatties, I'm always recommending it on here and I'm always trying to foist it on friends.

I charted and got pg in the first month, so part of me thinks if I can rely on charting to get me pg, I should be able to rely on it not getting me pg. But there's this little voice in the back of my head saying 'what if'

Wow, thanks for all the help.

tatties, I am aware of when I ovulate as i get a pain and just feel odd for a couple of days.

But I got pg v easily both times, and am quite worried each month, which is silly and probably ott.

See, I htought condoms were pretty foolhardy and all that, then watched the episode of Freinds where Rachel finds out she is og and theyread the condom packet. So I googled (stupidly) and they can be only 85% reliable
thsi increases to about 95% when always used propoelry.
the Pill is 98%.

I had a coil at one stage and hated it so much, I htink dh and I never had sex because it always seemed to hurt. And my periods were agony.

Sorry, this is all prob TMI.

Anyway, food?

rach i reckon condoms are good when used by sensible adults
there is a lot of ways you can balls up using one but i would have thought you would have the hang of it now
and if one splits you would know about it

so

titles

and

neighbourhood boy coming soon

How about

The Finest Type of English Orangehood?

The Finest Type of English Grapehood

The Finest Type of English Applehood?

The Finest Type of English Rhubarbhood

The Finest Type of English Potatohood?

The Finest Type of English Coffeeandcheesehood?

I don't mind which of those everyone wants to chose

Well I am being vv conservative with the method iyswim, and only ditch condoms once I am absolutely sure ovulation has long passed. I think the concept of it seems risky, but when you learn the rules, and if you stick to them (!) it doesn't feel like you are taking a risk or leaving things to chance. But it does mean that for at least half the time you are having to use condoms anyway - which may not be what you want.

I would recommend the book anyway though, very interesting and informative

Let's be having this local lad then.

You've been trailing it for ages.

Isn't there a song about Blackberry Way?? I love blackberries atm

Oh yes, I know that song. It's The Finest Type of Blackberryhood isn't it? [innocent]

God, no ,wouldn't do it witjout condoms

I am responsible (ahem , sometimes) and think I have overthought risks etc. Bloody Friends and Google

Tatties, I will look in the library as it is v interesting. Thanks.

ok
last summer do you remember the odd little boy calling round? and wanting to come in and we didn't know him? well our neighbours were in bangladesh for summer and when they came back there had been break in to their garden outhouse and someone had broken some things and sprayed a name on the wall
the name of the odd little boy (L)
the police were involved i believe
not seen odd little boy much and forgot whole thing

well
now another boy keeps calling for ds1
also called L - duh duh DUH
he seemed nice lad and so on, a bit older than ds1 - obviously a bit bored, if ds is not around he will sit on our driveway waiting!
we have these new trees in pots at the front of the house - well i say trees, they are sticks, but we hope will become trees
i came home last week and the 3 pots were all knocked over, earth scattered around, the young trees lying on the ground
i was upset as they were just budding and i thought it might damage them
plus it is just a mean thing to do isn't it?

so as ds and I stood saying "oh no!", 2nd neighbourhood boy appears and says "oh no!"
then says he saw who did it
major cock and bull story emerges
all complete lies obviously - a boy in a hoodie did it and ran off (demonstration follows)
i start to feel very suspicious

i knock and ask my other neighbour if she saw anything
and mention L says he saw them but I don't believe him
she says someone comes and breaks her recycling bottles and she is fed up
she whispers she suspects L but has no proof, but he also said he "saw" someone do it

i am convinced it was him
since then we have had him playing directly outside my front window repeatedly pointing pretend gun in at me (sounds harmless maybe but was to other children's consternation)
then this week playing with ds and told him whoever kicked the trees over has put a bomb in there so we'd better watch out
i know but ds is only 5 and was quite scared

i actually phoned police community person to say we had had some trouble - this again may sound over reaction but is usually so quiet round here that this is noteworthy incident
and felt quite nasty that someone had deliberately done in broad daylight in full view
also there was a fire in the post box on our street? i am reaching here i know, but...
what would you do?
i don't know his parents and would be awkward to say "i suspect"
community person never rang back
i think it's pretty clear he is doing petty little vandalism on our houses and possibly others in estate - but not getting caught out, or full picture not emerging

next door says all not well at home - he is young and seems bored and unsupervised
i am sorry for him but what do i do? ds says "L tells fibs" and "I don't want to play with him tomorrow" but when he sees him, he wants to go out and play
i am loath to forbid it
but loath to ignore all this also

?????

cripes that was long
sorry
you see why i haven't had time before? it wasn't just coyness

Lemonhood surely. Will rfead thread now.

Gosh Franny what a tale

It's so hard when children get big enough to choose their own playmates instead of the carefully hand picked ones you have lovingly put their way when they are small. We have a similarish problem with a girl on our street who is quite a bit older than dd but calls for her now and again... she's a bit rough and tends to fight and shout (not with dd thankfully but with the boys on the street) and her father... well... let's just say that I can see where she gets it from . I let dd play with her outside but avoid letting her into the house. Trouble is, dd loves playing with the bigger girls and would never chose not to play with her. I just supervise closely, I'd rather they played in my garden where I can keep an eye on them. THat's all a bit rambly and doesn't give any actual advice but given that I haven't a clue what to do about it myself, I am not the right person to be commenting

Oh dear. I expect your instincts are right, and it is him, the whole hoodies story sounds unlikely - but sorry, I quite like the acting out bit, sorry. Right. How old is he?

Have you said anything to him?

I'd be tempted to I think, I would DEFINITELY say something to any child that was pretending to fire a gun at me - but I am like that.

Next time he comes round, you could go outside and pat the earth in your pots and say, 'I want these to grow, and they won't grow if they get knocked over. I would be very cross with anyone who knocked them over, or did other things like that in this neigbourhood. Wouldn't you be L? Wouldn't you think it was bad too?' But if he's 14 that won't work, how old is he? I am imagining 7.

I would also, possibly, stop dc playing with him. Sorry, is that bad. He sounds a bit reckless and underparented. Can you parent him please?

I am watching a programme on BBC3 about a woman who is addicted to diet coke

That sounds like fascinating viewing TF

Oh dear Franny. I don't know what to suggest I'm afraid.

Oh maybe just come out with it, and say you think it was him and you don't want any more of that, and you will be keeping an eye on him, and ds likes playing with him, and he is welcome to come round but he has to behave himself and not cause trouble. Then say, darling at the end, and fix with a beady eye and a huge smile. I might do that actually. Then I'd get beaten up and my house'd be covered in eggs probably. But if he's seven or something, then I think I would. Maybe.

i told teenagers not to swear the other day, and I told some other ones off for playing with a bottle in the park. They were pissed off, but they didn't have the heart for a battle for some reason. Perhaps they pitied me?