Time for some JuShi fruit (and veg) with the healthy eaters

[TrillianAstra]

This is our mumblemumbleth thread. We want to eat more healthily and/or lose weight.

In theory.

Mostly we like to chat and admire teh thread mascot - he helps us not to over-eat.

If that doesn't do it for you, you can always go old-school - I know I'm too scared to go into the dark spooky kitchen now

well done to your dad Vinny for setting ex straight!

shiney - why do you think I go on MN other than to avoid my child .

it was X-Fil that did that . shame on him.

ah right Vinny.

I think you chose the right day yesterday for the weather Shiney to take the kids out. Tis crap here today.

Sun is starting to come out here, and i need to get motivated

i was looking for summery clothes to wera yesterday and ended up pulling all of my clothes out and dumping them on the bed, they are still there in a pile, i need to chuck half of them in bin bags for charidee

sitting here watching the gorgeous george lamb, he has such lovely brown eyes

Morning everyone

Great minds thnk alike; I am sat in the reception of the car valeting place drinking (surprisingly good) coffee, MNing and waiting for my car to come back sparkling

Tis infinitely preferable to the chaos and shouting I left at home.

Am feeling rather chipper - last night I sorted out the car insurance, the breakdown cover, a new car seat for DS and something else that escapes me. I like being productive, so often wonder why it is so rare

Shiney, my dds have been driving me effing mental today with their incesscent chatter. I have just poured myself a glass of wine though so am feeling more mellow about the darling girls

Hurrah for vinny's dad.

SAF don't feel bad about disliking your friends son. Other peoples children are often vile - Satre said Hell is other people, but rather more accurately Clement Freud suggested that Hell is other peoples children.

Oh God, my kids are demanding bedtime stories. DH is being vile and ignoring them. Long story but he is in a shitty sulk.

Off to read stories and hopefully have a quiet evening.

saf what a nobber, i refuse to take ds2 to xp's, the man cant cough up his csa payments so the least he can do is spend the petrol money to come get him

if he was paying regular maintenance then i might meet him half way, but until then its tough, even tougher now that his dad is banned form coming, as he used to do most of the picking up and dropping off for him

Evening Claudia

Vinny, if you get any motivation can you pass some to me?

Good evening DIB.

Everybody is whining here (DH included) am inclined to hot foot it to the local pub and ignore them all.

Have had a healthy day, lots of outdoor picnic activities.

Bella you need to watch how clean is your house, it always makes me want to clean the bathroom tiles or something, and gets me in the mood for cleaning

hi claudia, pub sounds like a good idea, escape now while you can

bloody nora saf is she me?

same situation here, i earn a good wage but it goes on nursery fees etc, xp wouldn't even pay the £5 a week the csa worked out he should pay when he was claiming benefits, he is now self employed and refused to send his year end earnings to the csa, so after 2 years they applied to the inland revenue to get them themselves, turned out he should have actually been paying me £15 a week and they are now talking him to court

Just thrown a childs pushchair down the stairs and yelled at dh.

Sorry, SAF I x posted with your last post. Your situation is far more serious and frustrating than my domestic trivialities.

Your ex sounds incredibly hurtful and plain stupid. How sad making for you and in future your ds. Still, you sound great. DS is lucky to have you.

aww claudia maybe retreating the pub will do you good and give you a break

saf if you think he will pay up without a fight then go to csa, if you know he wont then its not worth the hassle as csa are pretty crap at getting fathers to pay up

when i told xp i was pg, he said he wanted nothing to do with me or ds2, so i went it alone, i contacted the csa when ds2 was 3 months old, xp then got in touch and decided he wanted to meet his son, he fell in love with him instantly, and has had regular contact since, but hasnt coughed up the csa payments, ive been fighting for 3.5 years to get money out of him, sometimes wish i had never bothered

Yup thanks, it's just dh has been in a sulk all afternoon. The dds and I got back from a nice afternoon with friends about 3, he has not spoken a word to us since then (now 7.30pm). DD2 (aged 2) was tired and teary just before bed, I tried to help her out, DH criticised my parenting from the comfort of the sofa and I saw red.

Mostly he is great, but when he is in this kind of self pitying sulky frame of mind I could kick his arse.

But now kids are in bed. I've had a nice glass of something very very cold. So feel more, um, tolerant.