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Hello! nice to meet you :)
I would like to know the homemade pizza and low-sugar baked beans recipes :) Could you share it with me?
 
I read your money blog, it is so well-written and really entertaining. Some people's comments were so bitchy! Those keyboard warriors, eh? It would really make me stop and think before posting anything negative about someone's work, which might be a good thing. :)
 
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... It would really make me stop and think before posting anything negative about someone's work, which might be a good thing.
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I don't think you're in the least danger of writing anything unkind, but yes, for the internet in general, that would be a great thing!
 
Cate - totally! Was a very difficult few months! Luckily Yank does 50% of the night stuff and always has (as well he should, he's half his!) so it's not been tooooo bad. Yes, the pool has a creche! I try to do gym once a week and swim once a week, sometimes taking L into the pool and sometimes not. He seems to enjoy it but who knows!

Thanks Petal - Yank can make bread and pizza dough and that's about it but they are both delicious!

FoodC, unfortunately the baked beans are tinned and not home made. Not sure if you have Heinz brand where you are from? They are very tasty! Will get my husband to write down the pizza recipe so I can share it with you x

Thanks Em - I know! So many mean people! Everyone's a critic, ey?

Aiming, I missed your question about maternity leave, I'm sorry! I've been off since April and go back in January!

Day 3 - 18/10/19 - Weight: 207lbs

Breakfast: special k bar (82)
Lunch: ravioli on toast, banana (350)
Dinner: nandos with my sister, chicken pitta, no sides, a few bits of halloumi (630)
Snacks: wine, popcorn, chocolate covered raisins (500)

Total: 1562
Exercise: walk along beach
 
Today I'm casually going here for afternoon tea and a facial! It's a Fort between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
 

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Good heavens! I guess not a fort in active service any more? A pretty amazing-looking site, anyway - and a very pleasant-sounding afternoon you've got lined up there, too. :)
 
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FoodC, unfortunately the baked beans are tinned and not home made. Not sure if you have Heinz brand where you are from? They are very tasty! Will get my husband to write down the pizza recipe so I can share it with you x
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Yes, I know the Heinz brand. I will try it.
And... I can't wait for homemade pizza recipe! :)
 
Sunflower I saw that on a tv programme while back . I didn’t realise they had converted it . Have a great time .
 
That fort looks wonderful, Han! Where you live really does seem like a beautiful spot. Reading your posts always makes me smile :)
 
Yes, not an active fort anymore! Luxury hotel/restaurant now..the boat trip there was great! It was fabulous - here I am in all my drunken glory! Didn't log food yesterday but we had afternoon tea and then a slimming world recipe last night with mince, a ton of veggies, Cajun seasoning and rice. I weighed in at 207lbs again this morning so 3lbs so far for week one.

Day 5 - 20/10/19 - 207lbs

Breakfast: avocado on toast (350)
Lunch: burger and chips at the pub (850)
Dinner: slow cooker chicken curry with vegetables and brown basmati rice (tiny portion, 420 calories)

Total: 1620
Exercise: 3 hours walking with family.

My sister and her boyfriend ran the Great South Run today, was awesome to watch them and cheer on all on.
 

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Hi Rob - think I must have missed that you live in Utah! My husband spent a chunk of his childhood there before moving to Flagstaff and then Spokane. When he was in Utah he was bullied for being the only non-Mormon at his school!
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I am not from Utah and not Mormon, but live here now and have several times before, I've been in and out. I first moved to Utah in the 60s when I was 16, my father took a job for a contractor working at Hill AFB.

It was real culture shock, we were from Louisiana and Florida and I have never even heard of a Mormon. My high school graduating class had about 350 students, with 9 non-Mormons, the second biggest religion was 3 Japanese Buddhists, the first Asians and Buddhists I have ever met. It was strange, but in the end I got along fine with most of the Mormons, they are just people. The hard part is not being in their social circles, which are very tightly tied to the Church. I was old enough to be mobile and seek out non-Mormon or non-practicing Mormon friends, it was a kind of eclectic group, the Japanese and some Native Americans, also new to me at the time. It was harder for my younger brothers.

Today I have as many or more Mormon friends here, including practicing Mormons, as non-Mormon, we get along fine. We live in a small town that's probably 99% Mormon, in fact I can't think of any non-Mormons except us. We are happy here, grocery shopping is great Sunday morning, Walmart is empty, lots of parking. On the other hand finding the Utah State Liquor store (only place to buy anything stronger than 3.2% beer) closed for Arbor Day was a bit irritating. My wife is a Utah native, and descended from one of the rare original Utah non-Mormon families. So she knows more about it than I do. A lot of her relatives have converted and are Mormon.

I like Mormons fine, they treat us minorities better than a lot of majorities treat minorities. I find their religion kind of bizarre, but then most religions not our own seem a bit fantastical.

I would think twice about moving kids into our town, not because the Mormons are unkind to non-Mormons, they are not to me and I don't think would be to kids. It is just difficult to socialize younger kids here. I don't doubt that your husband was bullied for not being Mormon, I am sure it happens, it just didn't happen to us. There are places in Utah, particularly in Salt Lake City, that are more diverse, those would be fine places to move a kid into.

Where are you now?
 
Well done on the 3 lbs down already :D
Your day sounded wonderful, Han. What a happy, loving pic xoxo
 
FoodC said:
Hello! nice to meet you :)
I would like to know the homemade pizza and low-sugar baked beans recipes :) Could you share it with me?
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Right it is this recipe we use! About your privacy on this site so easy and realllllly good!

Em, yes it is my little sister. She is a cutie. The small, sporty version of me, haha!

Rob, it was really interesting to read about your experiences. My husband managed to find another non-morman and they were firm friends for many years. He still has some Mormon friends living in Utah but most have left the church now, usually in their mid-20's. I wonder if that is a common time to leave and change your view on religion.. My husbands nephew is on his mission (is it mission? I feel like there is another word for it..) abroad at the moment for the church. We met online in 2008 and he moved to England to be with me but we occasionally visit his mother who was in Arizona and now is in Austin and his dad who lives in Idaho still. I laughed when you said Walmart is empty on a Sunday morning, how funny!
 
Yank was a shithead this morning. L is sleeping much better but we had my sister here for two days and we slept in his room and so his routine is all over the shop. I fed him at 1am and then he woke again at 4 so I asked Yank to change his nappy..cue massive sighs, eye rolling, etc. Was not very happy, especially as I then got up again at 5 with L, and so it was very frosty this morning. Communicating is harder when you are both tired. Having a baby is hard work.
 
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