Val's Cafe

toady

Hi all 👋 I have a list of chores to get through online & off and they currently have the upper hand 😬 oh well a person has to have a teabreak don't they.

Sorry about your poor fishy frog 😞 I hoped for better news I thought I wouldn't speak too soon. Yes I see the other will need a home glad you had somewhere in mind, and they will have a companion, maybe more? Hope your day has been ok in general, it is extremely windy 😮 but no rain in overnight, maybe just the wind in the wrong direction though & it wasn't that heavy so the diagnosing continues. The poor chap will be slightly dreading a text from me almost as much as I'm dreading finding damp I expect, no rain forecast here til Tues next though so can't do anything now. I went off to Piddle today as it was sunny and that rescued it from being too offputting, didn't buy anything much. They were asking for an optional small donation at the payment screen if using cards, good idea but I think it was causing a bit of a muddle with people having to press something extra before it went through. Not a bad walk back but I reckon a nice flowering currant hedge I used to admire has been cut down, people just can't help themselves can they 😠🙄. I shall take the next turning in future! Hope Sleek is pleased with her bag when it arrives, it is rather sweet, and very summery 😊🌞. And hope the 'new' fitbit is in good working order. Yes I can imagine Elfie's traditional singing all too well 😂. Shorts? I await updates with interest 😄. Love to all 😘 xx

Hello to Joan hope all's well, and things have gone ok at yours today 👍️ and it was all straightforward. Friday already tomorrow 😮 bins to go out, I passed several fallen ones on my walk so hope this wind eases off overnight. Have a good evening 😘 xx

Quick hi to bosh will catch up with you later I expect 😊 good pic, it's not just vampires that would have the frighteners put up them by the Teletubbies sun/baby, it always did me too 😱. Glad your mum was ok this morning and hope you got a walk in :) xx

I get what you mean about the way things are going at work Jojo, and the new thing of doing whatever is their say-so 🙄 isn't it typical that change comes in and hardly ever the right way, that would help. Glad you had a nice walk to the park it is so windy today, it would like a nice breezy day at the sea if there were any sea for miles 😄. All the best for the rest of your day hope your evening is good :) xx

Love to SK, Stuart and Carol for when they are next in ☕️ xx

Skinny Keef

hey Toady, Sucré is pedalling away now on the bike. He can ride as far as he wants and is now hounding me for an electric mx bike. I said he could have one as soon as he learnt to pedal as he had mastered his balance bike and was rolling downhiil feet up at alarming speed considering it has no brakes. 😳

Skinny Keef

hi Toni, thanks , i will try the fresh orange thing.

Skinny Keef

i was booked and paid up to do my track day at Snetterton today, but I felt so rough and miserable this morning I couldn’t face the 1&1/4 hour ride there in the rain, and I had the feeling that some idiot would take me out on track and wreck both me and my bike so I stayed at home. One of my best friends asked me if i had gone about 8 am and I explained how I felt and that I was gonna have the morning at home and then maybe go for a ride if I felt better this afternoon so he came over after lunch and we rode out to the wildes of Suffolk which was nice but left me absolutely shattered.

Think I gonna have to admit that some things just aren’t possible any more. Track days being one of them. I certainly don’t bounce like I did 20 years ago, I just go thud now!

I am going to mention my depression to the doctor when I see him about my anaemia because i think there is an alternative to MTX that doesn’t cause depression.

well that was all d&g wasn’t it? Sorry ‘bout that.

Stuartknee

Hi

Done some light work outside testing how the knee is behaving, but the left ankle is still misbehaving, you walk & it goes sideways then it swells up

Jojo_16

Hi toady and frogmorton my talk to the manager went down well my manager said he wants me to stay on my own department and do the job I've been doing and I don't have to go to other departments or do heavy lifting. So it pretty much went well. Good night everyone.

bosh

hi Toni

How are you tonight?

Sorry I got distracted by this and that you know how it is

Yes LA was controlling everything he could, including cinema snacks you got it right there lol

Poor BR was looking in all the rooms for mima, then his brother reminded him that i had said goodbye early because I was going out (to the group)

mum and dad are going to a wedding on Saturday so I will have some solitude again quite a lot of it hopefully- yay! Haha

I Think mum is a little bit more relaxed now that the littleys have gone 👍

love them though we undoubtedly do
Group was okay thanks nice T was there she has some kind of tremor in her knee unfortunately though, maybe she’s on new meds

RR told a nice T about the kids staying for six days I’m not sure why he got so enthusiastic and enraged about that never mind maybe it’s the paint fumes lol

there was all sorts of rubbish in the house, doughnuts, anything and everything sugar - related really - oh dear

BR requires ketchup to be on a separate plate to his fries, My goodness I think he may become an aristocrat too

one of the blue carb episodes featured the cat saying very sarcastically “and pigs might fly” he was referencing the rook- aviator, but I think also that littleys can fly in the sky very angelically - unless they’ve eaten twice their body weight in doughnuts laced with tomato ketchup of course

👋night Toni toady Jojo Joan SK and s knee tc

Ps bills “dessert” lol xx

Jojo_16

Night bosh hope you sleep well tonight

Skinny Keef

well that is good news Jojo, bet you feel much better knowing that. Well done getting it sorted out.

Stuartknee

2am Ollie decides to pull flyscreen off my little window then sits there yelling, 3.30 little man was sick

bosh

good morning Toni

Wppl xx

frogmorton

Morning Joan I think I didn't see your post? Did i miss you? Anyway hope you are ok good luck today with your new cladding🤞 Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo I am over the moon for you that your manager was so supportive!! That means no heavy stuff? That you will be able to keep working for a long time to come. I know when you have young children you need every penny you can get. Well done I hope that you will sleep better a bit now ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny keef when are you seeing your consultant next? I hope it's not too long. Feeling depressed is so tough. We don't know whether it's the pain or the meds, but if you know things have got worse since starting the MTX you must see what they can do.

You will do track days in the future you were right to sign and pay up and also right not to go when you were in pain. Even your ride out in Suffolk proved that.

Hey the first village car show went dead well wanna see the two bikes which turned up?

and of course I took Penelope. Shows might be easier for you? ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart I am so glad you are going to see 'someone' soon this can't go on. Glad your knee is behaving but that ankle is a worry. Aww Ollie were you poorly little boy? Leave Daddy's fly screen alone though ok? ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

how are you? Hope your Mum is doing ok too. Lovely start to the day here hope it keeps up, but doesn't get uncomfortably hot especially if your Mum still keeps that thermostat up high.

Yippee a day to yourself tomorrow!!! You make the most of that ☺️

Poor little BR looking for his beloved Mima who was already out. Bless his little heart. I bet the boys are missing you all very much even Big bear! Your Mum needs the reduction in stress though it was a lot.

Now you know RR he likes to know things that no-one else knows so being able to tell nice T all about your family's business would be right up his street! Poor Nice T I wonder if it is her meds giving her that tremor and of it will settle down must be very annoying.

Tia used to need her potato and cheese on separate plates too but she is quite normal now I know BR will turn out lovely he is a sweet boy. To be fair they do often give you your tomato sauce in a little bowl when you eat out don't they?

Not sure about BIL's 'lard' dessert. I mean cholesterol in a dish or what?!! With or without tom sauce though?😁

Can littleys fly? Yes in their dreams I am sure they can and for some reason they can eat twice their body weight in junk and still stay perfectly slim🙄

Have a good day ((())) xxx Just think - tomorrow - alone time!!

Morning Toady Hope all is well no leaks no rain so probably no leaks🙄

Sleek ordered the bag on prime and it came yesterday in pink and white it is lovely she will bring it over later to show you it. She was most dischuffed that we were out all night at the car meet, but Elfie scampered over on his own and had a great night. When we got home he and Paul stayed up watching 'shed and buried' till all hours so he is fast asleep.

Well I am glad your roof is ok atm but wish you had found the issue. Our roofer actually told me that he does dread certain numbers coming up on his phone. Including ours😣

Al fresco and Rasta both do that optional small donation and people do get used to it. Often it's just to round up 1p so I usually do it. Anything in the middle aisle?

Well a lovely start to the day I may be taking my one remaining fish to the aquatics place although I might leave it till Monday when the children will be back is school and it should be quieter. She seems ok atm. I did a water change.

Would you believe after 2 days not working my old fitbit is now working. At least I will have a plan B one too when the 'new' one arrives hopefully today.

Hope your day is good ((())) xxx

Morning to Carol thinking of you and Les. Take care ((())) xxx

Jojo_16

Morning frogmorton yeah it's good that I have such a good manager it makes all the difference and yeah I slept a lot better last night. We are off to the farm with the kids today since we are all off. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

Stuartknee

Thanks Frog I'll be going to Doc's on Wednesday for another painkilling jab.

I'm getting an handrail built up the steps to the garden from a local Blacksmiths so hopeful it should make life easier.

Mum & cats say Hi

toady

Hi all 👋 just a quick wave, I have said I will research a friends family tree for them and that's more than enough online time, quite intensive lots of looking to and fro at information and many many tabs 😬. I'd like to get it so far and off to them to have a look at so they can tell me what branches if any they want to know more about.

Hope your day is going ok frog and you maybe got to the aquatic place but perhaps Monday as you said. Village car shows, yes not Sleek's thing, we will be talking of other matters entirely over afternoon tea, handbags & gladrags 😊. I did almost buy a summer hat in the Middle I think she would have liked that too, very flowery, but I dithered and didn't. There wasn't anything else too tempting. Oh you're on your roofers 'list' too 😬😂 well it's not like calling someone back to find fault in their work out of fussiness, is it, we all want to thank them nicely and shut the door on them for once & all. Have a good evening and good luck with the fitbit, you can compare them turn & turn about, maybe one will be more complimentary than the other 😉. Love to all 😘 xx

No Joan, I hoped yesterday was a one-off for being busy or post didn't 'go' - she was online yesterday, it says 🤔 hope all's well Joan will pop in again 😘 xx

Hope everything ok with you bosh and glad your mum is feeling improved 👍️ time off for you tomorrow too, woohoo 😊. Hope your parents enjoy the wedding. Sorry to hear nice T was maybe not feeling 100% and hope you didn't mind being the talk of the group, well RR's corner of it anyway. Nothing much happening here, have you been catsapping the littleys to make up for the non secondary and tertiary goodbyes? Have a good evening and a nice day tomorrow 👋 xx

Sorry about the disappointing day Keef, admitting defeat really does suck but who knows maybe you were right in your feeling you were destined to cross paths with an idiot, live to ride another day. Oh someone has their sights set higher than pushbikes then 😬 what have you started. Good luck with all the 'please daddad please' 😬. Hope you are feeling a little brighter maybe today 🤞 xx

Very glad about your manager Jojo 😊 that's just what we hoped to hear I hope the sleeping better continues and you & family are having a nice day :) xx

Sorry about your & Ollie's bad night Stuart 😬 hope your day has been quieter and good luck with your stuff next week, docs and having the rail fitted 🤞 xx

Kettle on wish me luck with all the great great great grandmothers. xx

Skinny Keef

hello all, we had a family day at Duxford again today, and my fav aircraft of all time the DC3 was there and it started up and took off just before I got on my bike to ride home. I started to get a migraine after arriving but I was there before my lot who got stuck on M11, I don’t do motorways, so went for a brew, and it started to ease a bit then Sucré anounced he was ‘STARVING’ as soon as they got there so we had an early picnic and I feel asleep on the grass for an hour, felt much better after that, then it was back to the play area and we watched the very busy airfield whilst Sucré charged around with about a million other children. Ride there and back was AWESOME, and it’s days like this I live for. Although I have lots of pain now it was worth it.
That Vellocette looks really nice Toni. Worth quite a bit too I would think. Not sure about the trike tho 🤪

I see Penelope was shown in all her glory. 👍

You know as soon as I get off my bike I am counting the hours and minutes and seconds until my next ride somewhere, I absolutely love being a motorcyclist, and I had some very courteous motorists today, one young lady was queuing to turn left and when she saw me behind she actually moved over to the right to allow me to pass on her left so I could go as her way was blocked. Never had that before, clever manoeuvre.

Anyway enuff of me waffling on.
hi to everyone, hope Ollie is okay now Stuart, why is it always middle of the night when they do that?

Laters everyone

Jojo_16

Hi toady thanks yeah he seems a good manager and I've been worried about it all for nothing. Yeah we had a great day thanks shattered now but we made though a full day out. I hope you are well and I hope you had a good day.

bosh

hi Toni aka tone friend of mima who’ll be home alone lol

How are you today?

I’ve lost track of things a bit and my stomach is feeling slightly ookey unfortunately

But mums ok 👍

Sorry if I’m repeating by the way
Yes, a nice day off tomorrow as it were or at least a nice half day👍

Very true RR is just showing that he knows everything you’re right there ha ha

it was hot in the cold room and then cold in the hot room so I had to move everything here and there all my possessions and paraphernalia ha ha - but I did survive

Dad is pretending he hasn’t gained any weight in the last 1 1/2 years

When it’s Quite obvious he’s gained weight recently because of his obsession with sausage rolls and so on but never mind I can’t do much about it and frankly I’m beyond caring

LA wrote a nice essay about his time in Reading. He said that he went to the movies. Also he was allowed to choose a toy for himself from at al fresco, well he didn’t actually mention the name or codename of the supermarket but it was fairly obvious ha ha
Thus as well as a catazon delivery driver and his many other professions, he seems to be an alfresco marketing expert as well

Maybe he can even provide some free cinnamon porridge for toady if she presents him with a correctly made cheese sandwich

I feel that littleys can fly in the land of fairytales so to continue that theme about the flying kids, maybe only option would be if Dr Chew could rescue them when they fall from the skies, but in reality he is too busy both eating fruit salad and singing fruit salad (Yummy yummy) to do that, I don’t know these arrogant time lords, give them one loads of cut fruit from Wart - rose and they let littleys fall from the sky straight into the soft play area, which smells rather ookily of feet of course. 🤢

Okay good night Toni take care xx

👋good night also to toady Jojo Joan SK S knee tc x

Jojo_16

Good night bosh hope you sleep well tonight

Skinny Keef

can’t sleep. Inflam everywhere and pain. My ears and nose are about as bad as they have ever been.
i don’t think I am worried or stressed about anything,my consultant impressed upon me how important that is, not to stress.

I do worry about Sucré and keeping him safe but I am even more relaxed about that now. Although he does seem a little accident prone, more so than his friends.

Think I’ll have a midnight cuppa, isn’t tea anti inflammatory?? Anyone else wanna brew???

Stuartknee

Good Morning all

Just going to sit on a bench & enjoy the flowers

frogmorton

Morning Joan Hope you and Pepper are doing ok. Plant sale today in the village. The 'main' lady's cat is poorly so a bit of a worry. What is the latest then as far as your cladding is concerned? Sending ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo I am so glad you are sleeping better. Some of it has to be you worrying about work because you do love your job, but your health does have to come first.

Enjoy the farm I know you and the children will😊 ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart Hello to your Mum and of course to the cats too😊 I hope Ollie is ok now. Just thought the worst thing when they are sick is when you don't see it , get up in the morning and you slip in some cat sick😣

The rail is a great idea I have a rail outside and a slope too useful for wheelbarrows too. Soon be time for your jab ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny Keef how are you today? Still having trouble I see. I hope you are seeing your consultant soon too?

At least your health did not spoil your lovely family day out yesterday. What a great idea sleeping there to restore yourself. We are going to Bicester the old Airfield tomorrow for the scramble I think. Apparently there had been a fire in one of the hangers a bit back since we were last there.

Sucre is just very active I think, but adorable and as your mum said - a chip off the old block😉

How good a lass who was aware of other road users and made provision for a biker. I know that tri-bike bizarre it pulls a tiny caravan sometimes! The Velocette though is lovely and of course that gorgeous gorgeous pink Figaro!!!

Plant sale here this morning. I'll try to get some photos. Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

Hope you are feeling well and can enjoy that lovely lovely day/half-day alone☺️ You make the most of it and can get the temperature how you want it I hope. I had the Bill Bryson fan on last night. Muggy.

RR was indeed probably showing off as he does he knows everything!!!

Good essay LA! summed up his hold in Reading by the Sea really well. Apart from forgetting about the cheese I mean the cheese! Isn't it sweet he had such a good time. Al Fresco marketing manager too? Well there you go! Wasn't it a bit pf a come-down form Wart-Rose though for him? I mean a tad well…..inferior?🤣

Oh BB is as slim as ever he was Reshmi you know that! He metabolises those sausage roll calories just like that👌click they are gone!

He he! Have a good day my friend I know you will ((())) xxx

Morning Toady hope all is well with you and your roof. Sleek is on her way to talk girly stuff again she is getting a bit sick of Paul and Elfie talking cars and football apparently.

I have ordered him a Hawaiian shirt!!!! Say nothing!!!!

I think the roofers know we don't want to call them, but rooves are so difficult to solves sometimes. Unless it's a completely new roof of course. Ours in on speed dial😂

Go back and get that hat! Hats are great for gardeners. I have a cap I wear or on cooler days one of my beanies.

Best get on it's plant sale in the village today. It's really all go I cannae cope! Help!

Take care ((())) xxx

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day how is your roof now I’ve tried reading through everything.

Toni (()) the men came to put the new cladding down they found fresh droppings so they didn’t do it have to wait till Monday I have a Doctors appointment and Wednesday and Friday a hospital one and on the 10’th I have a Steroid injection in my back. Have a good day. I don’t know when they are picking the bags up. I complained about them I can’t get to the recycling box I had to cancel the grass being cut. Sorry going on.

Reshmi (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

Jojo (()) you have a good manager.

Stuart (()) good luck on Wednesday love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) that’s good you had a nice ride on your motorbike. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (()) he’s doing well.

toady

Morning all 🌞 probably be a quick two-parter as postie will be calling so am on 'standby'.

That garden pic is heavenly frog 😍 the peace and quiet and the lovely pigeons. I hope you catch up with yourself as the day goes on with the plant sale etc, it is a nice day for it, I expect there will be tea & cake? 😊. Will be well attended I expect hope but no squabbling over the last of a popular plant specimen 🤭 did you have any to take along or was that done in advance. Look forward to seeing Sleek for a nice chat, all very decorous, there will be no gossip or tittering about Hawaiian shirts behind anyone's back, you know us 😇😉. Not much on for me today I am plodding on with the family tree research, I had some promising unusual names to work with but it's not turning out to be straightforward 😒. Better have another quick cuppa and sort myself, not sure how much I'll get outdoors today, we'll see; there are leftover ladders here & there, til we get a final roof verdict 😬 speed dial, oh I do hope it never comes to that 😱😱!! Love to all 😘 xx

Morning Joan good to see you, sorry it hasn't been straightforward with your work, what a nuisance 😒. That sounds like it'll be more than a quick delay 😣 sorry it's causing an obstacle too you'd think they could move the stuff at least whatever else. The roof is waiting on the next rain they can't tell anything really til a good heavy spell. Don't worry about reading back. That's a lot of appointments sorry they have all come together like that, all the best with them 🤞love to Pepper 😘 xx

Will catch up with everyone else later, excuse 'short intermission' love to all 😘 xx

bosh

hi Toni

Good morning

How are you?

It’s already a bit ookey outside 🤢

Mums ok 👍

I’m ok thanks

Yes BB burns calories by just giving them his evil Big Bear stare lol

Yes no cheese - mention was the only essay-flaw haha

Just a minor question, you said once you wear a sunhat with a strap- was that right?

I’m just wondering if that makes it itchy?

As I want a sunhat that doesn’t fly away.

Yea solitude will be great 👍

You have a point WR is “most superior” lol, however al fresco has a better toy - selection I believe

Apparently BR very bossily said to my mum something like “I saw a watermelon in the kitchen, make me a rainbow popsicle with watermelon and apple, I can show you the video”

The 4 year old tech genius reigns supreme it seems lol

Ok bye for now Toni tc xx

PS Bill took this pic when he overdid the hot sauce intake lol xx