Shouting guava guava guava shouting mega mega white bean - 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

except for the wiping
i'll get a Chief Wiper and i will do all the other stuff

there isn't really any other stuff is there
so i will sit on MN while the Chief Wiper gets on with it
then when they are about 2 or 3 i will give them back to you
there
sorted

oh lordy, my essay on local olive-growing traditions was a long long time ago. Erm, I remember there are many different varieties (like strawberry jam in that song) and I think certain varieties are usually picked green and others black. Black is ripe. But I really can't be sure. And someone will come on here and blast me to oblivion.

I studied french, 100, and spent a year en provence. We had uni work to do like writing an essay on a local custom/tradition/event. Or something. My olive essay was very highly rated. I did a questionnaire for locals and all sorts.

fran, do you think it is because you home-ed that you find older kids need more effort?

Evening

Have been a bit neglectful of veggerly things this week.

Difficult to be focussed or anything else in this heat. Better today though.

I think I found the baby stage pretty hard. I find DS pretty easy at this point.

22? Oh no...

My ability to deal with DC in general though directly proportionate to amount of sleep.

I could draw you a graph.

Yes, it's funny because feeding and changing a little baby really shouldn't be terribly hard, should it? But coupled with hormones, sleep deprivation and loud crying, it seems very stressful at the time.

Grapes, lots (2)

"do you think it is because you home-ed that you find older kids need more effort?"
no i don't think so, i found it hard before he was school age anyway
but i guess he is physically here more of the time so it would have an effect on how FREQUENTLY i find it difficult
and the trampoline has not helped matters either

hello Franny

ah teh trampoline! That's the problem

maybe it gets much easier around age 8/9 when they just go and do their own thing and you are not really involved much

hello Pointy

hello toot. I should be off here. I need to have a bath and shave before my hol

but i can't leave

Where are you off to Pointy?

wet northumberland

ooh, exotic

Northumberland is lovely - Seahouses, Alnwick, Lindesfarne and that castle. Oh an Berwick cockles

Bamburgh?

morning, i forgot to list yesterday:

apple
banana
mango
raisins
broccoli
carrots
hummus
apple
coleslaw (loads )
butter beans
blueberries
grapes
strawberries

14 i reckon

I hope you have a good time Pointy, and that it isn't too wet for you!
Mind you, the sky does look a bit funny today.

There are swifts swooping past the window at speed, very close!

we are going fruit picking with the Gnormans
i have been wondering sceptically about our great fondness for them and apparently theirs for us
i wonder if it is enhanced by the fact they are leaving the country in 10 days
so we are freed up to love them to bits and be tragically upset without having to ever follow through on all the ties and responsibilities that close friendship brings
i am a cynical old trout

[bird envy]
we need a special bird envy emoticon
like the usual one but with a beak