Comments on: How My Children Are Helping Me To Lose Weight

By: Leanne Magraith | Forever Change

Leanne Magraith | Forever Change — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:58:05 +0000

Hi Dave Firstly -your site seems to be working fine - loading at normal speed for me here in Australia. Secondly and more importantly a big catch up hello from me. Yes I still occasionally lurk around the internet although not very often these days as I am working full time and studying part time. Next time put some brussel sprouts in the soup and then you won't have to worry about the kids pinching your soup. Leanne Magraith | Forever Change´s last blog post..One Armed Push Ups in a Strappy Blue Dress - My Comfort Zone Story

By: janice

janice — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:16:51 +0000

It leapt out at me that you’re having problems with a slow running site. I’m in Scotland, and my computer whizz pal said he’s beeing doing jobs all over the country and EVERYONE has been complaining about slow computers, regardless of their ISP’s. Just thought I’d let you know as we found this out AFTER my husband spent hours cleaning out, defragmenting and a whole load of other stuff I don’t really get. ~Janice

By: Turf Dad

Turf Dad — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:17:48 +0000

That’s funny. I think you and I posted similar thoughts back on the 28th, totally coincidental.

A bunch of Nigella Lawson pictures loaded before your site came up. That took a long time. But it was worth it.

By: Dave Fowler

Dave Fowler — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:14:08 +0000

Mrs. C.
“Schmear” is just such a funny word. There’s something slightly wrong about it but I can quite figure it out.

Adrenalynn
I have no idea who Dr Phil is. Is he even a real doctor? Regardless, I think his idea is a good one, we’ve been doing to for seven years now and it works.

GreenJello
Seriously? This is a real term? “Schmear” sounds ever so slightly unpleasant. Maybe there’s an association buried deep in my mind? Maybe Dr Phil could help?

“Schmear”
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By: GreenJello

GreenJello — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:28:55 +0000

If I am not mistaken, that’s an actual coined term at Einstein Bagels. If you want cream cheese on your bagel, you ask for a “schmear”.

GreenJello´s last blog post..Time to Move In!

By: Adrenalynn

Adrenalynn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:37:29 +0000

I never get to eat anything I really like when I'm with my eldest! I have to eat whatever I want him to eat, or there will be nothing left on my plate for me! My youngest doesn't know better yet:) And using that as a trick for getting him to eat veggies (or red meat! My kid is weird) does NOT WORK... he just picks out the good stuff... But I'm going with dr. Phil's opinion that if you keep putting it on their plate they will eventually start eating it... I'm still waiting, thanks. Adrenalynn´s last blog post..Revenge of the nerds

By: Mrs. C.

Mrs. C. — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:13:28 +0000

Good morning to you, Dave! “Schmear” is what one of my college roommates referred to cream cheese as, and after you live with someone for a year certain things just stick. For example the nickname “Keghead”, which also came out of that year…

Now, Underpants crackers?!? I’ve heard of Goldfishies but never underpants.

By: Dave Fowler

Dave Fowler — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:59:12 +0000

Thank you kindly for suffering on through the connection problems. I think it’s much better now but the error log is still showing some errors, so I know I haven’t solved it.
I’m going to try uploading the newest version of Thesis and see if that solves it.
Thank you for the reports. I’m grateful.
Dave.

Tawny
Hi Tawny! Crisps are delicious but I won’t have them in the house for exactly that reason. If they were there I’d eat them!

Tara
Cartoon Boy was very nearly Carton Boy. Lucky for me I picked out the typo. I’m frightened by his rages. Hehehe. Hey, and your sly with the plate trick! ^5

Writer Dad
It’s my pleasure. It’s a great product and I’m going to get busy raving about it soon.

Robert
I’ve noticed that they do indeed go for the nicest things first. And once they’ve eaten that item from their plate they start scoping the other plates. They’re not daft are they?!

Avlor
I can see it now, burying my food next to my nuts, or walking round with food in my cheeks.

Patricia
If chocolate were on offer my children would take it out of my mouth, never mind off my plate. lol

It great that you taught your kids to cook. When my own are ready to leave it’s a skill I really want them to have.

Mrs. C.
I have to ask…. What is ‘schmear’? The very sound of it makes me laugh – as does ‘stink eye’.

I’m embarrassed to say that on occasion my children have outsmarted me.

…and if I get abs there’s no way I’d be hiding them away. You’ll have to look at them whether you want to or not. Hehehehehe.

Tara
Yeah buit Blogger Dad won’t love you like I do. Oh yeah, he’s all there with the romance now, but once he’s had a glimpse of your frillies he’s onto the next chick. The dude is a Bird dog. You have been warned.

Mom/Mum
Thank goodness!!! Woooo Hooooo. This means I can pay you back the one I still owe you from last year. A twofer!! I’ll get onto it ASAP!!

Blogger Dad
I knew you’d like your new name. Sean liked his and Tara’s not complaining about being a cheerleader, although obviously she can no longer stand on the top of the pyramid. And I think her pompoms are a little weather worn these days.

Crackers? In soup? What kind of peasant are you?

Depends what sort of crackers they are. Prawn Crackers, Cream Cracker, Underpants (colloquial). But if it’s any of those, then no, personally I don’t. Croutons though. That’s a different kettle of cheesy whotsits.

Patricia
You’re getting there with the technology now. You’ll be fully wired up soon enough.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:22:40 +0000

site loaded great for me today with my new server....phones don't work yet! but they are coming back! Thought I should let you know Patricia´s last blog post..Me vs. Them

By: Blogger Dad

Blogger Dad — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:59:50 +0000

Pop Culture Cartoon Boy? a) I’ve been called far worse and b) I kinda’ like the sound of that!

Site loaded fine for me.

As for your post, man, you need to go shopping! Tell me, do Brits put crackers in their soup? I LOVE tomato soup with a bunch of crackers in it! Or do you guys put something weird in there like some people actually put mayo on their french fries! (stops to vomit)

By: Mom/Mum

Mom/Mum — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:08:05 +0000

tag - you're it Mr F back soon to comment properly. byeeeee xx Mom/Mum´s last blog post..Photo Tag

By: Tara@Sticky Fingers

Tara@Sticky Fingers — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:42:05 +0000

If you can't get on here, does that mean we can run riot at your place and rifle through your underwear drawer and phone Australia and watch Home and Away and pinch all your food . . . Oh, someone's already done that. And we've already seen your underwear. Pooh, it's boring over here now. I'm going over to Blogger Dad's place. He's offering dinner and a show . . . Tara@Sticky Fingers´s last blog post..Let's hear it for the dads!

By: Mrs. C.

Mrs. C. — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:35:02 +0000

Yep, that’s the great weight loss plan all right. I never get my whole bagel with schmear unless the kids are at school. And it was my secret plan for getting them to try new food when they were younger. I would fix whatever-it-was, put it on my plate, and wait for the invasion. If I put it on THEIR plate first they would give it the stink eye. But on MY plate, it was luscious, fabulous, stupendous!

Someday, they will outsmart me. But not yet.
And we will want to see a pic of your fab abs…

By: Dave Fowler

Dave Fowler — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:31:33 +0000

Thank you for the updates. I’ll be back with some responses later. I’m still digging around in the guts of the thing. It seems to be a permissions problem with index.php. What I didn’t know is there’s more than one index.php. So far I’ve found three and changed the permissions. Hopefully that’ll do it. Please keep reporting loading speed. Thanks. Dave

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:20:50 +0000

The Internet service guy has not arrived yet this morning so it is probably me, but I could not get your post to load at all. I had time to get up and mosey into the kitchen for a cup of tea. I am headed to that fit stop in a minute. My kids never ate off my plate, unless it was to steal my piece of chocolate. If they took bites or tastes one always made an awful face like how could you even think of eating that! I think my eating differently helped 2 become very good cooks and 2 out of 3 very healthy eaters. #3 is starting to think about healthy eating. I looks like one child left your food alone? You must make good choices! Thank you for the shout out! Glad if I gave you a lift Thank you for this good post - it is delightful Patricia´s last blog post..Me vs. Them

By: Avlor

Avlor — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:17:59 +0000

Kids snitching can be a heck of a diet plan. Soon you'll be hoarding your food like a squirrel... I've been able to get to your site MUCH faster today than in a good while. Avlor´s last blog post..Tuna thinks he can hide from my camera…

By: Dave Fowler

Dave Fowler — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:22:50 +0000

Thanks all.

I’m having some horrendous problems connecting. Internal server errors and the error log is telling me it’s the same problem I thought I’d fixed.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:30:37 +0000

No problems with loading here, either.

And my kids eat all the nicest things on my plate. I think it’s part of the programming for kids.

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:03:27 +0000

Teeth are like totally overrated. I fessed up on Blog to Fit as requested and thanks for the poo poo text as well. You're awesome and one! Writer Dad´s last blog post..Dad… dad… DAD!!!

By: Tara@Sticky Fingers

Tara@Sticky Fingers — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:48:50 +0000

Loading was fine for me! I like the names in a sentence you've given everyone (pop culture cartoon boy! He he - he's going to LOVE that!) I've had the same thing with the children eating things off my plate too. I usually use it to introduce new foods that they would never ever ordinarily try if I put it on a plate in front of them, but when it's on mummy's plate, well, tastes a whole lot different doesn't it! Tara@Sticky Fingers´s last blog post..Let's hear it for the dads!