Shiney Cult - how do you eat yours?

[TrillianAstra]

Sparingly we hope - with plenty of fresh fruit and veg

Spring is in the air and we are still here, on our 62nd (?) thread for healthy eating, chat, and of course the cult mascot (what better to put you off your food?).

The aim of the game is to post a lot, eat slightly better than before, and enjoy life.

???? i think i might stay clear of that thread then.

Ds has managed to not mawl me to death this morning and has headed the 2 go watch tv statement so he has been up for an hour, and i have been up for about 15mins. lovely lie in. although am knackered. The brids were quiet here at 3am but the teenagers were pissed.

SAF - wont buy it but finances are a major, major issue. And definetly not an option.
Total - good to hear that there are some sights like that already!

SHiney, are you getting enough vit C and zinc? lack of either can make you run down. Also could it be hayfever (its tree pollen season and ds has been wheezy the last day or two - with tight chest) And you can get it at any time of your life depites being ok the year before.

This morning's plan - to get up and do some cleaning out of sandpit toys, sandpit, toy sotrage box, water feater liner. THen hopefully get the water feature consrtucted although will need to go out an get a new brace for the climbing wall (a support has rotted) and a circuit breaker for pluging pump in. I expect it will take me most of the day as ds needs to go in the bath and has flatly refused for the last 2 days. He pulled half his toenail off to avoid it yesterday . So it will be bath with pjs if necessary.

Also have a case of cba, been dreaming about teaching need a nice sexy man to be dreaming about instead.

*burry/burrie erm forget the idea

goodness DEM you are putting me to shame. Good luck with the water feature!

Good morning all.

I noticed that trhead aswell. Mine manage to get up and not disturb guests to it is very feasable to do.

well I am sunburnt from yesterday, have done 3 B&B breakfasts, sauseage sandwiches for DC's and had brekkie myself, just waiting to clear the table then on with rooms while DD goes riding with DH. Then down to beach later for fish and chips for DC's

Claudia I love Adelaide, been there once, and also Victor Harbour and Kangaroo Island where our old aupair lives.

Hells, i built ds a climbing frame a while back and one of the supports onto which i want to put the climbing wall has split at a knot. And as i want the climbing frame to last a good few more years, and it is going ot be load bearing, replacing now makes sense. The climbing wall should have been built last summer and never got round to it And if i had packed the garden away properally i would have to clear it up (disenfectant and old toothbrush job) now

Water feature is simple, wooden container, plastic trug liner, pump, metal grate and chicken wire, slate stone pieces, If i can get a touch of swimming pool chlorine stuff i might add a touch to stop it getting algea, else might speek to the people in the fish shop if they have anything.

It helps that ds is great in the garden and half cleared the veg patch strip himself. And did a lot of planting. Tis fab what they do when they get bigger. I love having ds is the garden. ANd it is his last day of holiday - back to school tomo.

Hells - them getting up at that time comes with a prices though! They don't go to bed at 6.30pm no more... With DS1 who will be 13 very soon, on a school night he goes at 9.30 and in the hols/weekend it is more like 10.15ish - although to be fair, he is normally in his room watching the hundreds of music videos he has downloaded from I-Tunes. Last night he didn't go until 10.45 because he wanted to stay up with me.

Fanny, I don't know where you get the energy from - you are always so busy as is Alice with her horses.

Sazz, I hope you get to relax once your guests have gone.

BoF I bet you are looking forward to DD1 coming home. I think we need a pic of straight and curly! You will still be a picture of gorgeousness with both

Just had the yogga brekka with a sliced banana, will be stirfry veg for lunch and then a chicken dish from ww online for tea. Need to do some baking today, the tins are bare.

would have told you to say no, but too late now ! I know how family can tie you up in knots/imperative to not rock the boat - but in future 1)shamelessly play the fact you are his mother, not them to give you ultimate right of veto and 2)on a more serious, mature note - it's a hugely important part of good grandparenting NOT to undermine the parents - of course gps spoil a bit - more treats/telly/sweeties - but there should be a fundamental respect. And sounds like the respect is only going one way at the moment.

Oh SAF, I really feel for you I do - the emotional blackmail to me is worse than anything. Stick firm and don't let them rule your life - which is what my mother does to mine. I wish I'd have had the guts to stand up to her years ago. She still treats me like I am 12 and I am certainly not allowed an opinion on anything - if it isn't the same as hers then I am in the wrong. Something happened last year, I cannot remember now the conversation but basically I did not agree with her over something and she was sat opposite me - she turned her body to the side so didn't have to face me and said in not so many words "talk to the hand". DH tried to say something to her that she could not treat me like that but again, it fell on deaf ears. We moved down South about 16 years ago (we are back in the North now) but she went ballistic and blamed DH from taking me away from them. We did have the chance to go and live in California - oh I so wished now that we had gone.....

Fanny - you really do have a full time job!

SAF - bloody families are so complicated.

Got a text from lovely lady at the yard to say she had put my horses out for me. It was very welcome as at that point DD and i were having a falling out over cream being put on (seriously needed)

Does mean i should use the time rather than just sit on my arse though....

Have a rest Alice and get yourself a cuppa!

I am lucky as my relationship with my parents is still fairly volatile but can say exactly how i feel. My mother often says things about ds that i find horrid or evil. But i sya something, we debate it loudly and intensely, I strop for a few hours, she sulks for days. its over with.

Bella - i have written myself a short list of things to do, then DD and i may go to see DH at the competition he is working at. Maybe?

btw mum is queen of emotional blackmail and used it to spoil my teenage years. It has only gotten better (mostly) because i stood up to her, that and she wants contact with ds and knows that if i have no wish to see her there will be no contact, one of my sisters has once a year contact only. She cba and I dont get on with her and thus cba chasing her to make arrangements. She has just got engaged but i will not be going to the wedding. This has been discussed and wont be a shock or surprise. Familys are tough.

SAF are you due to go back very shortly? IS this an attempt to scupper your plans but being late back or something. personally i would have said no. IMO, its too long away fom you, 3 is only little yet.

Morning

Ok Scrap rooms, confused guests who booked for 4 nights, then she put on reg form that they were staying for 3, but they have gone out so guess it will be 4, they can't doa runner I have their CC details. So just got to service rooms and then can have an hour reading my book, DS asleep as he is still pooped from yesterday.

So will be busy tomorrow.

SAF - Bella speaks wise words as always.

DEM - you've really inspired me with your post. I need to do stuff like that for my DC's.

Mornings Trills - don't you dare do straight hair (or BOF) for the meet up. You are both so lucky with those beautiful with those curls.

Actually better go do some stuff. See you later

Hells is it you who does wood work stuff? or was that Yank who was builind stuff in garden other day with dc watching? Climbing frame design was simple tbh, but effective.

SAF - that's tough one, not much else you can do then really. Yes tis common, but hard especially when they are like that.

Tis you up north, is my memory correct and Sth Grter Man area?

Banana loaf is smelling good!