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So my grandparents are coming up from Wiltshire next week and after a couple of glasses of wine I offered to entertain at mine and do food. I like entertaining but always over think:

My house if reasonably sized but I don’t think a sit down meal is an option, so think buffet style is the best option but don’t want to leave people hungry, I don’t want anything fancy, just simple budget friendly and tasty.

There will probably be about 10-16 of us with an age range of 1 month-70 years.

Oh and just to make things awkward my mum and 4 year old sister can’t eat dairy or soya and my aunt is vegetarian!!

As a support worker, I keywork a 54 year old gentleman with severe learning disabilities and autism, I have been trying for about 6 months to improve his sleeping pattern which is awful! He goes to bed when he wants to go to bed and stays up when he wants to stay up, which is fine of course but the problem is he can sometimes stay up for up to 72 hours and refuse to give in! He becomes very agitated, he slaps himself to keep himself awake and can be aggressive. On the flip side he has been known to spend days at a time sleeping in bed refusing food and fluids. Sometimes he will sleep through the night and be up all day and other times he will have naps during the day and carry on as normal, it s all over the place and he goes through phases of all of the above! We have tried to encourage him to go to bed and get up at various times, trying to calm him in the evenings, he likes to have a bath after his dinner everyday without fail and we will have some down time afterwards but it all depends on his mood how successful it is. He has reflexology which relaxes him but it s not possible to get an evening appointment. Sleeping tablets are ineffective. I m really out of ideas and have kind of accepted it won t change but any ideas are welcome as he misses out on a lot due to being over tired and agitated (much like a young child refusing to give in and admit they need sleep until they can no longer stay awake) or being asleep in the daytime. Thank you!

Me and my friend are trying to plan a holiday together and need to go between now and September but I m struggling to get time off, I have over 2 weeks of annual leave remaining however most of the annual leave has been taken up to November. Can I arrange to take unpaid leave? Are there any other ways around this? I had this problem last year and lost over a week of annual leave at the end of the year because it had all been booked. I work in healthcare with a staff team of 30, we each have 225 hours of annual leave each year but only 2 staff allowed off at any time. It really doesn t work!! Thanks :)

Looking for a good camping holiday for around 8 people in total, we want to keep it simple and want to hire a yurt or a teepee or something like that somewhere pretty and chilled out where we can go lake swimming have a BBQ and a few drinks and just chill out really, can anywhere recommend anywhere like this, reasonably priced. Looking to pay about £100-£200 per person and ideally within a 3-4 hour drive of Suffolk. Thank you! X

Most of my make up bag essentials (foundation, primer, moisturiser concealer, contour ect) are from mac, I love the no7 lipsticks as they stay on forever, even better than a Chanel lipstick that I have! I'm looking to try some different brands and products though, I will stick to mac for base, I thought about trying illamasqua but haven't heard good things considering how expensive it is!! My price range is around what you would expect to pay at somewhere like mac or urban decay, I have fair combination skin, that looks slightly blotchy before moisturiser and primer, dark hair and eyes that Change from brown to green to a few other colours!! Please give me some fun new things to try that are good quality and can be added into my make up routine. Thank you :) x

Hey guys I'm looking for some new HEALTHY lunch ideas to take to work I'm not a big sandwich person, I do like pasta but I have digestive problems and bloating so anything that may help with that would also be great! I go to the gym and do both cardio (fat burning/ endurance) and weights so want lots of vitamins and protein Included!

Links to recipes or clear recipes written in the answer please, for anyone who gives a good recipe of their own creation I will tweet and give credit if you use your user id.

To wrap it up. I need the recipes to be cost effective as I don't earn much, easy to prep because I work long hours on a shift basis, possibly adaptable and above all, tasty, balanced, healthy and exploding with vitamins and nutrients! I want to make my. Work friend jealous lol. Thank you!! 10 points for best answer 🍆🍍🍉🍏 just to add I'm not a vegetarian x

I've was reading about how to get my horse to pick his knees up more over fences without using v poles and I came across a forum about horses 'rotating through the shoulder' and 'jumping over the shoulder' can anyone explain this for me it may be useful to me if I can spot it and figure out how to improve should it be an issue affecting my horse while jumping. If anyone can find a video example that would be super helpful! I can't find much information on the subject and have never come across the term before, hope that dosnt make me sound like an idiot!! Thank you :) x

I thought it was meant to be on FOX at 9 on the 28th September (today) but ncis is on instead? Can anyone tell me when the episode will be aired in the UK? Thanks :)

So I have applied to become a prison officer and passed the initial application. I now have to do online tests, my maths and English is fairly good but I would like to do some practice first, does anyone know anywhere I can find sample questions? Thank you :) x

Just for fun!! I normally have my phone (no lectures please I know it's not good!) and occasionally a book. What about you?

My friend needs to go into hospital in London for a week or two and i would ideally like to be near her rather than commute everyday, does anyone know any cheap hotels, youth hostels or b&bs near enough to GARFORD STREET LONDON and WESTFERRY TUBE STATION? any helpful answers would be really appreciated, thanks x

The obvious answer y would be to not wash it for a while I know but would quite like to do it tonight? Was thinking of putting bio oil or something like that in it but wasn't sure if it would wash out well or stop the dye from taking properly? Any suggestions? If not I'll just dye it as it is or leave it till the morning as my hair gets quite greasy overnight. Thanks :) x

I dye my hair like reddish purple colour but it fades really fast so I feel like I need to dye it every month to keep the colour which seems a but excessive I don't want to ruin it! I don't bleach it so I know it's not as bad but wondered if every month is okay? How often do you do it? Thanks :) x

I'm not an idiot and could probably work it out for myself but thought I would give you guys a little project :) am looking at taking my friend to Paris for three nights around the 5th july-8th July, 10 points to whoever can find a hotel with a twin room for around £200 or less and a return flight from stansted to Paris at a good price for the dates shown above. Any money saving tips much appreciated (she's terrified of going on trains and I'm terrible with boats so will have to fly!!) To anyone who gives me a good and useful answer thank you very much for taking the time thumbs up for all serious answers and 10 points for best answer. Thank you again!!

Ps please do not answer by telling me how silly I am for not being able to work it out for myself if you don't know please don't answer to tell me so!! While I am able to plan it, it would be great to have some external input and it may help me save some money!! Thank you for your time xx

Please could anyone give me some useful up to date websites where I can learn and practice for my driving (car) theory test. I'm about to start learning to drive in England and want to get the theory done as soon as I can when my provisional comes through. Thank you :) x

I'm looking to do an intensive driving course, I live in bradford on avon near bath (Somerset) can anyone recommend someone decent? Reasonably prices and good pass rate please. Thank you xx

I have known her for over 2 years, she is 22, has her own licence and works as a BHS (British horse society) approve riding instructor. Is she okay to verify my identity for the DVLA? Thanks xx

I was in a psychiatric hospital and we had patients in for a one week alcohol detox every week, my friend has been to a place called open road which helps people who are struggling with drug and alcohol problems and was told that she may have to go in for detox if she needs medication and monitoring to stop drinking. Will she be able to drive when she comes out again? I know some of the psychiatric patients had to wait three months after their admission (myself not included) but not sure about detox patients. Preferably please answer if you have information based on experience, know someone with experience or have worked in the field I appreciate anyone's time but don't want to be confused! Many thanks xx