Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Youngest was impossible and it took me years to realise that he genuinely wakes up with nausea and can't eat first thing. Any enforcement does actually make him sick. Now at best he takes a few dry crackers with him in the morning. It does mean that by 10.30 he is starving. At one point he would have complan drinks late at night to keep his body nourished the next day. Just shows that one size doesn't fit all.

This is exactly how I often feel. The problem is that then the nausea then turns to nausea from hunger, and when to eat to get it right is not easy. And why I do not enjoy ''normal'' breakfast but rather brunch. I don't have dry crackers, though they or oat cakes are perfect, but rather a glass of milk, when I really can't bring myself to eat, then have ''breakfast'' later. But usually I try and force myself to eat light breakfast because of the f'ed metabolism, they reckon that breakfast will help. It hasn';t yet though.


edit: ona nicer note, its gorgeous here today, not hot, but sunny and STILL. I had a good sniff of my pinks and roses this morning. I love the smell of pinks. I've got some ready to divide and I think I might buy some more white ones. Such a useful plant.

SingleSue

silvercar wrote: »

My mother used to insist on healthy cereal on weekday mornings and whatever we liked at the weekend. Both followed by toast/ tea cakes/ rolls.

I used to insist that the boys had breakfast before leaving for school. Eldest loved his food and was very compliant. Youngest was impossible and it took me years to realise that he genuinely wakes up with nausea and can't eat first thing. Any enforcement does actually make him sick. Now at best he takes a few dry crackers with him in the morning. It does mean that by 10.30 he is starving. At one point he would have complan drinks late at night to keep his body nourished the next day. Just shows that one size doesn't fit all.

Now that we have a dining table in the kitchen rather than stools at the island and the weather means we can have the patio doors open onto the garden I really look forward to us sitting down to dinner.

Boys have started to revolt, the novelty of them both being home (for younger one) and the fixed meal times (for elder one) means they are trying to opt to eat dinner on their laps in the TV room together.

Same problem here, mum spent years trying to get me to eat breakfast before school, I spent years trying to tell her it made me feel so sick, I then struggled in the first lessons at school....she eventually realised I was telling the truth.

Out of the boys, only middle son can eat first thing in the morning, the other two have to be up a couple of hours.....youngest takes Belvita's to school with him now to have at break time, when he does feel able to eat.

Wheezy_2

I have the best m-i-l ever
She doesn't speak english and I don't speak her language :rotfl:

Seriously.

lostinrates

Wheezy wrote: »

I have the best m-i-l ever
She doesn't speak english and I don't speak her language :rotfl:

Seriously.

my actual M-i-l, dh's mother, is dead. TBH, I'd put up with all sorts of rubbish several times over in return for dh having had his mother alive, at least long enough to see what a fine man he has become.

GDB2222

LydiaJ wrote: »

I've made her spend some time attacking it with the carpet stain-removing stuff.

White spirit is what you need to get paint out of things, then soap and water to get the white spirit out.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

The thing that ''outed'' that he was a liar was that he said he loved walking past the Duomo on the way to work and she had only heard of the Florentine Duomo, and didn't realised that the word ''duomo'' was not specific to that building.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
The only thing that would make that story any funnier would be if you told me she was of Italian American descent. I'm sure she stands great stall by her "intelligence", but clearly ran into one of her blindspots on that occasion.

lemonjelly

tomterm8 wrote: »

Hadn't heard of him, so I googled. His art is really interesting. Not the kind of thing I usually like, but I liked it anyway. Thoughtful.

silvercar wrote: »

Is he the only one that does art like that? Friends have two pieces of art that look like they could be his.

Do you know, I am not sure how I came to find out about him. I went to a display he had on in Birmingham a few years ago, and was completely knocked out by his stuff, and have dropped in on his website a few times. I really wanted to visit his gallery when I was in London last year, but never managed to make it. Perhaps next time...

I haven't seen any other artists with similar stuff, so don't know. I know that his pieces are generally large scale & take up a lot of room!

Rare that I feel engaged in art, however when I saw his show, I did really feel engaged. I like stuff that makes you think.

Probably why I like the nice peeps.:)

lemonjelly

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Mmmmm, trifle.

On another note, just got back from Tesco and managed to spend £223 without buying any booze!!!

Maybe there's something in this food inflation malarkey as I swear it wasn't that expensive the last time I was there..... Weird.

Hamish is waking up to the economic realities of life...;)

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
The only thing that would make that story any funnier would be if you told me she was of Italian American descent. I'm sure she stands great stall by her "intelligence", but clearly ran into one of her blindspots on that occasion.

No, she's not Italian American. One parent was Jewish, the other wasn't. Each year we choose whether to get told off for sending a Chjristmas card because ''we're'' Jewish or get told off for not sending one because neither she nor I are Jewish, and its just good manners....you know those people you just can't win with? we send a ''seasons greetings card'' to them. DH's family have always celebrated Christmas...not perhaps in quite the same way as a family of Christian background, but with appropriate food and gifts. we still celebrate Christmas.

She is not a fool, and its unfortiunate that story makes her sound ignorant, generally I think that's an unfair depiction (to a degree). The issue really is that she was prepared to try and make DH look ''bad'' in front of friends of his father's. Noone knows everything, but most with thought could reason to make a strong ''new'' family its better to build on strengths and not attack conceived weaknesses. That's why I keep out of it

lemonjelly

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

I am somewhat out of my depth with this talk of "fashion" - as a bloke, I've always thought that the quality present should win out over the packaging.
In fact I abhor expensive over packaging on environmental grounds. There just are not enough holes in the ground to junk the stuff at the end of it life.

Enough of the one man campaign - I realise there is a huge market here tapping into (mainly) female emotions.

"Battery" fashion - does this mean mass production suitable for dressing "battery hen" type people. or is it something to do with electricity?

You're not alone John. In the realisation that I already have way too many items of clothing, including some I doubt I'll ever wear (:mad:) or fit into (:o) again!

I'm approaching 4 years of "no buying any new clothes, & no-one is to buy new clothes for birthday/christmas presents for me!". I've discarded way less than I thought I would, had 2 tshirts given to me, & really can't see how I'll need to buy anything for (gulp) 10 years!:eek:

People frequently give socks when they can't think of a gift. I have about 10+ unopened pairs of socks, as I am still wearing the ones which haven't worn out.