you could suggest that to Lynn, probably over on the 'moving' thread which she's more likely to check. I'm sure it used to have that option at some point, or maybe it was some other sites. If you don't post often it's quite handy.

I'd probably try a rinse type hair colour if I were you Jana, and not too dark to start with, because your skin is very fair, and it would be one heck of a shock to start with! But I'd like to see photos of that too!! I've heard people say that changing their hair colour kind of makes them feel like a different person, gives them the freedom to behave differently than they normally do because they don't feel like the same person. Kind of like you have different behaviour depending on what type of clothing you're wearing - nobody behaves the same in a fancy evening dress as they would in their sloppy at-home clothes!

Salad ideas?? Not really, but add texture (nuts, seeds, crunchy veg), or fruit (citrus, mango (no, not yet), apple, raisins, cranberries), or meat or croutons... Oh yes, nearly forgot. My favourite style of salad, and even the kids will both eat some of this (DS quite a lot) is Jamie Oliver's "American 'chop' salad where everything is chopped into much smaller pieces. Instead of long strips of lettuce you have maybe 1cm squares of lettuce tomato and cucumber (Jamie adds a ton of other stuff too of course). Just those three ingredients and you don't even need a dressing or salt because the juices of the tomato cover everything anyway. It does take more time, and it's a bit more fiddly since none of us have his huge chopping surface - I do each veg separately.

according to Jamie's recent cookbook (my DDDDDH bought me for Christmas!) his 'chop' salad includes the following:

red pepper, red chilli, red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, feta, romaine/cos/little gem lettuce (anything with texture I think), radicchio, mixed fresh herbs (parsley, basil, chives, mint - your choice)

dressing made of English mustard (the hot type), white wine vinegar olive oil, sea salt and black pepper.

So that's his way, but I take the method and simplify! The smaller pieces make it less tedious to chew on, and it stuffs into pita bread or tortillas much easier. I agree with feta though because it crumbles easily and it's nicely salty - perfect for salad.

And I'm not even a salad freak! I gotta learn to say less. Email and posting has been bad - I've turned into garrulous Miss Bates (Emma, Jane Austen).

Kerri.