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

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ds2 eating breakfast with a spoon
tis not a pretty sight

Rach it does sound more like tonsillitis - it's v. painful and with the spots and the sickness it could be that she really needs abs. Have you called the doctor again?

Have finally been called back by nurse.
They are seeing her at 11.30am.

Boco, there's a lot of strep throat at school, according to the head. is that like tonsilitis? Do you get abs for it?

TooT, howe are you today?

superbunny... have sent you an utterly mammoth email feel free to ignore/use what you need

How did it go LR?
Yes I think they do give abs for strep throat as it can be bacterial. Hope they've given her something to make her feel better.

We have big thunder and lightning here. The utility room has flooded again, it always does when it rains now - flooding in around the BROKEN fridge freezer. I want to live in a newbuild house with new appliances and have a house full of right angles and no wonky walls and rotting doors.

No storms here

Can you sandbag your utility door?

I feel your pain Boco, we used to live in a Victorian terrace. I found it a complete pita. Small rooms, crap electrics and wonky walls. It used to drive me nuts.

Saying that, out current house is 70's and the electrics are still dire. An ethusiastic diy'er used to live here before us and everything is a bodge.

I hope your new nighttime routine was a triumph Franny. Except from dp being a pita of course

Boco if you had a new biuld you wouldn't be able to afford new appliances cause they're overpriced, and the walls are usually wonky and not right-angled cause they throw them up and no-one gives a crap. Although the doors probably aren't rotten.

Well the dr has put her down as displaying the sympotoms of swine flu.
She looked on her throat and said as there wasn't any pus or lumps, and her glands aren't partucularly swolen then she doesn't think it is tonsilitis or strep throat.
Her temperature is up, she has the sore throat, headache and lethargy and at other times of the year it would be flu, therefor eit is swine flu.
And that is what I had to tell school!
She si allowed back once her temp is normal for 24 hrs and she feels okay.
The nurse also said that my runny nose and headache could be mild flu

So dd2 has had her 3rd fruit shoot of the weekend as it is all she willdrink. She hates fruit juice at the moment.
And poor little thing has still hardly eaten.

oh blimey LR, sorry for all this! Hope you have soeone to nuture you a little.

One of the volunteers at my work has gone down with swineflu first one I've heard of in my town, though we did have a school close down for a week 12 miles away.

Thanks Molly.
Dh is off to Derby for a few days tomorrow so it'll be just me and the dds.

Apparently it all went crazy over the weekend and there are a lot if new cases everywhere.

Anyway,
slald
tomaotes
cucumber
carrots
strawberries.

And am going to cook a v yummy thai green curry ater

Poor dd RL. I hope you've got your cupboards stocked before dh goes away.

I just been to the pharmacy to pick up some Tamiflu for a family in the village. My friend has had swine flu and it's on its way out, but her dh and two dc have to take the flu medication just incase.

I had to pick up the prescriptions from her doormat and drop the meds off on there too, and I could only talk to her at the window Her GP has been very belt and braces about it. I must admit I used that hand disinfector after everytime I handled the documents she gave me

Oh, and while I was waiting for the meds in the pharmacy waiting room, the lady at the reception had noticed I had been waiting a long time and asked what I was waiting for.

I hesitated and said 'I don't know what it's called but it's for .............. swine flu'

There was a sharp intake of breath in the room and everyone's heads swivelled towards us.

So I done a sort ot crikey/apologetic face and mumbled that it wasn't anything to do with ds or I. There were lots of evils coming our way after that!

LR, if I can help with any practical stuff, let me know xx

Oh LR Hope DD makes a speedy recovery and no-one else gets it.

Well done, Toot.

Twix
Swedish Fish (sweets)
Reeses peanut butter eggs (2)

EachPeach I LOVE you

Thanks SO much. Will reply later when my brain is functioning.

FRanny! Fruity SMITHS FANS!!!

you Have to see this! Chris Packham from NatureWatch is a closet Smiths fan and you would not beleive how often he slips Song Titles into his presenting...

This is a very fruity song, I love it when it's all bleeped out apart from mango and granny smiths etc. It is very relevant to my day, transactional shit. Not that I've had any run ins with racist fruit sellers. too many mother uckers, ucking with my shit

Gosh Lemur, none of us have been offered it at all.
They said dd2 could have it but that it is effective 48 hrs after symptoms and hers started Fri so too late.
the other thing the dr said was that they don't know if it is possible to take tamilfu twice, so if it comes back stronger and you've alreday had the anti viral, can you take it again???

Dd2 has managed half a bagal - woo hoo!

Thanks for offer TooT. Think we're okay.
At least dd1 can get school bus so don't have to worry about that.

littlerach, FWIW, I have read some really terrifying stuff about Tamiflu side effects. tbh, getting it now, although scary and horrible, is probably preferable to Tamiflu. Honestly!

Isn't odd how different the GP's approaches are?

banana
nakd bar
cucumber x2
carrots
radishes
tomatoes
salad leaves
corn on the cob
strawberries
raspberries
blueberries

Franny - is your sister on the plinth today?

no she isn't on till next week
i am watching it, it's fab isn't it? she's on at 5 am so i don't think i will see her (sorry but am not getting up at 5 am - yes i know that is lazy)

Oh dear LR what a horrid time DD2 is having. I hope the rest of you don;t get it. It is quite amazing the difference in the treatment being offered in different places, isn;t it? I'm glad she's managed to eat something.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time now that we all get it somehow or other and Molly, I think you are right, I would rather have it than Tamiflu unless it suddenly becomes more severe.

We were having a pretty OK sort of day today, had taken DS to the garden centre after school for an icecream and we'd had fun pootling about - he asked if he could buy some "egg seeds" - turns out they were beans but the picture on the packet really looked like eggs - I did check that he knew where eggs really come from!!

Then on the way home he was stung by a huuuuge wasp which had got stuck in the car, cue screaming in terror and me having to stop in the middle of busy road and sort him out - had mild panic because he was all hysterical and his eyes went all puffy and I thought - how can I tell if this is hysteria or anaphalaxis??

Luckily he was OK after a few minutes.

Then we came home and our garden umbrella had taken off over the garden and broken, and then I smashed a mug of tea all over the kitchen floor.

An sitting very still now hoping nothing else happens!

i will watch those youtube things later
am just waiting for ds2 to wake up so i can get him back to sleep

Oh FK! What a day! Sitting still is a good idea

Did no-one notice that SB only listed confectionery?!

Gosh FK, I think you should just stay v still!!!

Our garden umbrella took off on Saturday but was "luckily" caught by all the scaffolidn gon next door's house.