Super Hard Chiefs (don't mention the poo)

[DoubleMum]

New thread for chiefs who choose their hard - all welcome!
Moving on from this thread which is full:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/big_slim_whatever_weight_loss_club/1696110-Calling-all-Chiefs-who-Choose-Their-Hard

Sylvia I got Maths o level but it was never my strong point, so I'd be very glad if he was some kind of maths genius but he hasn't shown any signs of it so far! And if I ever have to explain moles in chemistry I shall just die.
Right am back on it after yesterday's awful eating.

I suspect your DSs can deal with the basics of fractions without the friction at Yr6. It's the basic it means 3 eighths of a whole thing he just can't get his head around and the converting it to percentages. I have tried pizzas, every birthday cake this year, pieces of paper. He has learnt nothing and I have learnt that I do not have the patience of a saint.

Bags of clothes sorted for SDP and Double. Whoop. Lego send us a PM and I'll bung some over to you too. I suspect there will be more when I try to wear what I've got left in the wardrobe to work!

There were moles in chemistry??!! I had to learn about fractional distillation recently for a job interview - I thought it was fascinating. If I'd have known there were moles I might have gone further [history student emoticon]

Here you go Tea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28unit%29
We had a dreadful chemistry teacher, and when we, collectively, told her we didn't understand moles, she said we hadn't been listening properly and walked back into the lab.

I am another History student (deffo twins Tea!) who doesn't do science or maths. DH is opposite and we have 1 of each with our boys. It is always a frustrating day when DS1 has English homework and DS2 Maths. I have no patience either so do struggle to hold temper.

I did Chemistry GCSE and can't remember Moles I remember frantically revising the blast furnace though. I was told in no uncertain terms by Teacher not to do Physics as I was so bad at it. Physics lessons were like sitting in a Japanese lesson to me, no clue what was going on.

Lizzy I did O levels, maybe they abolished moles by GCSE, lol! I did all 3 sciences for O level as I wanted to be a vet. However by the time I came to choose A levels and realised I'd need 3 As in science to become a vet I changed my mind. I am a history and English girl too. In fact I have S levels in both, and a degree in English and Classics. DH's degree is in Egyptology so not very useful for homework purposes but luckily he has more of a grasp of maths than me. Weekend maths is his job.

Oh. That is complex!

Have either of you read the Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson? I felt like my physics GCSE suddenly made sense when I read it about 10 years ago. I though the nano-physics was particularly interesting and now spend much time in meetings wondering about particles and where they've been before they were in the person talking.

Perhaps we are twins Lizzy my DH is an engineer, he likes maths, science and technology. We too each have one DS that seem to be following our interests and another two that seem to be on another planet though I do like it when every now and again I get to explain the maths and get it right. I do like the logic of maths, it's a thing of beauty.

DH has it, I haven't read it. In my defence, I get sent at least 10 books a week to read and it used to be many more (work in publishing) so I don't get much chance to read stuff of choice. It's sitting around reading which has assisted me in being a Hefty Chief no doubt!

double I think I need your job, I read anything and everything! Though I don't need an excuse to sit down so probably a good job I have to be on my feet at work.

tea I think Bill Bryson is fab. His "Notes from a small island" is real laugh out loud stuff.

I can't begin to think about Chemistry (or moles), my brain doesn't work that way at all. I did a lot of drinking American history and Politics at Uni but never had a career plan and ended up totally re training which was great as it opened a lot of travelling doors to me. I think I was quite bright but very lazy. Hence being on ds back all the time as he is too similar to me. I set him extra fractions revision last night as he has a test today....I bet he called me several names behind my back!

Have managed to calm dd with "Ben and Holly" She hasn't said she wants Daddy for at least 15 minutes! Things are looking up

ooh i did English double! not much time to read now though.
can totally sympathise re the non patience teaching kids thing...
me. p-i-g. (sounding each letter) what does that sound like
dd - blank face
me- ppppiiiigggg
dd- blank face
me- pppiiiiggg
dd - hmmm
me - for heavens sake, im blardy saying the word!!!

def not designed to be a teacher..

LOL Dinky my mum was a reception teacher for 40-odd years, she has more patience in her little finger than I have in my whole life!

I need a compilation of not-too-bad ice lollies for the summer. I shall start us off.
Solero - 90 cals (ish)
Mini Milks - 30 cals (but you need 2, let's be honest)
Del Monte smoothie lollies - less than 100 cals

You're going to banish me from mn for this one...

Fruit shoot squeeze up lollies 67 cals.

Really Sylvia? Must be full of aspartame but I guess they probably all are.

Let's pretend I never said that, our secret okay?

I have always liked frozen yoghurt, ate a lot of it when I lived in Oz and I wasn't fat then

I like clotted cream ice cream but don't imagine that's going to be on my menu any time soon. Might go for a bit of a google.

If we're being naughty my fave is the peanut butter icecream at M & S. But the calories are horrific. Frozen banana mashed with a little peanut butter gets me by.

After a little lunch experiment I can confirm that egg scrambled with cottage cheese is, despite Pinterest claims to the contrary, absolutely rank.

Just in case you were wondering.

I have always wondered what cottage cheese with scrambled egg tastes like

Double lol at interesting lunch choice.

On the contrary, I can confirm that Sainsbury's Taste the Difference cheese and onion hand-cooked crisps are most definitely not rank

Maybe the cottage cheese and scrambled egg recipe was from a dieting site, and works because you don't actually eat any? Sounds very unappealing combo though I must say.

I hate eggs, except for a well cooked omelette.

Colleague just ate an egg butty at her desk, I was wretching - sickface

Does pinterest do food as well then? I have had a play on it but am not clued up on pinterest.

All this talk of peanut butter has made me want Reese's cups.

Haha does Pinterest do food?! I can tell you have not seen my boards Lizzy
pinterest.com/possession/
There are some healthy things on there. Honest.

And Dinky I did eat very little, so in that sense it did work. But I am hungry and liable to eat ANYTHING if it comes too near me now.

cottage cheese .... I just don't really get it. Nor do I understand Pinterest.

OMG Double that looks heavenly. The gingerbread houses are brilliant .... I love making them. DS1 wants one for his birthday next week.

Oh God. I'm fasting. I'm licking my screen. It all looks lovely.

Sorry Tea. Probably best not to look at the trifles board.

Oh. I heard look at the trifles board ..... and I went via cakes .....

I'm off to cook low-fat mexican chicken with quinoa.

IT ISN'T WHAT I WANT. I want gingerbread, trifle and cake.