Wake Pea Up Before you Goji - 10/10 thread

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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

nicky gosh and golly
how exciting

congrats Nicky

Good luck Lemur. My younger two are taking approx 2 hours to settle atm no matter what time I take them up. It is exhausting.

Hey Nicki that is good news!!

I've nothing much to talk about tonight other than hasn;t it been a super day

have been stuck at work for most of it mind you

I very much fancy some elderberry fizz with vodka

And hello SB

and Franny

and FK

Dd2 is making orange juice out of paper, apparently.

Ahem. I am a bit overwhelmed.

ILTMIMI, hope lemur goes to sleep. One needs one's evenings, doesn't one?

Sorry, I am a bit doo lalally tonight.

It's not a good time of year for settling little ones to bed, is it?

Light and hot.

he is asleep

Nicki how long is it likely to be before you can move? I'm very excited for you!

Ds and his friend have made a dirt track all over the pavement with compost

I need to go and sweep it up shortly..

ds1 can't sleep
ds2 was asleep but now isn't

i spent an hour trying to buy ds2 a sunhat as i had lost it
hardly any in the shops - all summer stuff being sold off cheap - nothing in his size
"we DID have them, but not NOW"
oh no silly of me to expect you to have them NOW when IT IS SUMMER

best was in monsoon
"have you any hats other than these?"
"we're not allowed to get any more children's hats out till friday"
"pardon???"
"we're doing a stocktake - we're not allowed to get anything more out till friday. come back friday."

congrats on house business. What a relief

oh Franny shops make me want to scream! I remember trying to by a child's swimming trunks in August and being told they only had autumn winter stock in now, actually.

Nicky - whooop! How very exciting, especially in this climate. Good luck with it all.

asparagus
sweetcorn
shallotrs
mushrooms
raspberries
pineapple
veggie soup
strawberries (homegrown so double points )
rocket
lettuce
spring onions

I have dozens of succulent artichockes growing. Does anybody know how to tell when they are ready....?

We move in mid-August, at the end of dh's summer hols. He is a teacher and we live in Scotland.

This also means that ds will be starting nursery for the first time 3 days after moving house... not ideal! Am not going to go mad withthe potty training for now...

Well doen Nicky

I'M GOING TO VISIT MY PIG [GRIN]

Sorry for shouting but I didn't want anyone to miss it! If anyone's in Norfolk the weekend after next and wants to come meet Flossie I'll see you there.

Rubbish f&v today. Well I say rubbish, 8 or 9. But none at lunchtime, well salad garnish. And a bit of trampolining.

oh hurrah it is nice up there pink
give her a pat from me

apple
banana
peach
raisins
carrots
mushrooms
hummus
blueberries

= 8

i need focus. and a new brain. and a slave personal assistant
ds1's teenage babysitter has got sand all over the house
AGAIN
i said very pointedly before i left "now ds IF you come in the house after playing in the sand you MUST take your shoes off first"
i didn't actually feel i could say "this means YOU AS WELL TEENAGE BABYSITTER" but i would have thought she would get the hint
and she has gone home with the back door key

ds2 is still awake
he is sitting in his vest in the middle of the floor waving a fairy wand
he looks quite delicious but i wish he would go to sleep and look delicious asleep

Good news about the house Nicky!

I need FOCUS and a cleaner. I dream of having a cleaner. I can't keep our house tidy and clean at the moment, nevermind when it has doubled in size. I'm going to be a slave to my mop. Apart from I won't be so the house will be a slum.

Haven't seen Boco for a while. I hope her dp is ok.

Baby's summer hats have sold out here too. Although I don't know why I bother. It stays on for all of 5 seconds. The putting it on over and over again drives me loopy. I get angry, then I get stressy as Baby Lemur has hardly any hair.

I think I need to calm down.

Oh Pink, enjoy seeing your pig.

Where do you live if you don't mind me asking? You don't have to answer that, or you can answer in code if you want to remain incognito.

I have been on and off here all day. I am annoying myself.

Also - Franny, someone, talk sense to me. Nicely.

dd is going to a v. nice sounding party tomorrow, they are having tea in the tree house and a water slide and will all be lovely. And she has packed these old clothes of ds2's to wear. Like proper boys shorts and a hideous t-shirt. And I am saying, 'well, how about this instead?' and she is adamant about the boy's clothes. I am biting my lip. I'm not suggesting she wears a DRESS fgs.

I feel disproportionately upset about it. Which is mad isn't it? I know it's mad. Why? is my question.

Nicky - hurrah on the house

Maybe it is as simple as she's not wanting to wear what YOU would like her to wear. A control thing. Meant in the nicest possible way of course

Has anyone on here read Wetlands?

Gawd blimey, I am getting an education I tell you.