Val's Cafe

frogmorton

How beautiful 😍

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Kitty (()) keep warm love to your carers (())

Toady (()) our back door is hard to open in the summer yes it is painted. Our bungalow is housing association they do the painting. Have a good day. Is it March it gets warmer I went out one day last week I have not been this week too cold. Sue does not feel the cold she takes the dogs for their walks.

Barbara (()) love to you and Mr B (()) and your son (()) and Niamh (()) and your niece (()) and her fiancé (())

Toni (()) enjoy yourself good luck with your blood test. Lovely warm seats. Love to Paul (()) and Charley (()) and Annie (()) and Lucy (()) and Tia (()) and Kari (()) and your friend (()) and your lovely neighbours (())

Reshmi (()) lovely poem. Have a good day love to your mum (()) take care

Skinny Keef (()) Do you take Your tablets with tea or coffee they don’t work so well it has to be water. Love to Sucr’e (()) and Loanda (())

toady

Afternoon all 👋

Today's accomplishment so far, made a small banana loaf cake, about time I contributed to the cafe cupboards 🍰 ..

..could've done with a touch longer in the oven 🤔 I usually make this recipe as a muffin, harder to get the middle just right as a loaf but it's fine. Better than yesterday's 'accomplishment' which was to smash my small 'corning ware' pan to smithereens with my nice cooked celery & spinach in, just about to dish up 😣 poor little pan, silly me. Glad things going well with you & Paul frog, if cold, and happy new drawers I hope by now 🤭. My shopping yesterday, hmm, small chest of drawers (not those sort), a recycling bin thing, a jumper and a lip pencil, not sure if Sleek was more of a help than a hindrance in restraining me 😄 but she enjoyed herself & we are browsing today too helping to take her mind off the abandoratement - seeing as none of the things I bought were related to the 3 I lost out on 😂. I think she ought to shop for something for herself too, especially as she kindly brought me those supplies 😽 I'll let you know what takes her fancy. The supermarket pickers, yes I'm not sure how I thought they could pick in the early hours for deliveries that may be for evenings etc, not sure what I use for brains sometime 🤨. Have a good afternoon, I have had people poking about inside next door unsettling me 😬 (pass the chest freezer, bosh 😉😂). Love to all :) xx

Hello joan, I do hope it will start to get warmer in March 😬 this is hard going, you set off to do a small job but the cold just puts you off & you think oh well tomorrow will do. It will get lighter all the time anyway that's something. It's interesting that Sue doesn't mind it as much. Have a good afternoon, it doesn't feel like a Wednesday 🤔 hope I'm not forgetting anything. Love to both :) xx

Hi bosh, loved reading your poem last night 😀 fabulous 👍️. Certainly cold enough to freeze kittens' whiskers today, hope you are managing to cope somewhere between the sauna and the arctic, do you ever get chilblains? I certainly do but then my footwear is probably not that sensible. Btw I loved my face mask too 😄 especially the crackers garnish round the outside I could just do with a few of those 😄. Ah well if the pider is really a thing of super concentrated ookeyness then maybe I'll pass up on its services, shame, but I am v glad to have the anti ookey switch for other purposes that will be a huge help 👍️ that is so cool! Should I get one (bigger question, do I want to mess with my electrics, probably not ☠️, I will just use yours & be on the safe side). Have a good afternoon :) xx

Oh good Sucré has more trial runs yet keef, fingers crossed. They sound a great place musically. Sorry about the tendonitis, hope it's easing off with rest & everything else not too bad today🤞 xx

Love to all 😘 and more tea ☕️ xx

bosh

Hi Toni and toady and Joan

how are you today?

the plumbers are fixing the heating or something like that so i haven’t been able to shower but I did go the group

i think heating wasn’t working in some rooms like my mums maybe

I was late going to group but I caught the tail end if it

nice M and her nice dad were there

also J and RR

its boiling 🥵

but otherwise I’m ok thanks just tired

thanks about the poem

Bye for now all tc xx

bosh

hi toady

how is life in the fingerless mittens?

at least you can wear them the eczema on my hands prohibits me from doing so

small blessings and all that 🤗

the plumbers have put the heating up to 32 degrees Celsius to test the system - 32!! 🥵🥵

I’ve had to resort to gluco - zade for the tiredness and have been told there’ll be no opportunity to shower today

no numb face feeling today at least

No I don’t get chilblains, they sound nasty though poor you

I used to get corns when I was a lot younger I sometimes have some minor problems like temporary mini corns ir something like that lol but they don’t last long thankfully

proper footwear is important I agree, I have wide feet so buy wide fit shoes if possible

my snow boots from Tetchers are great for warmth but even with insoles somehow not ideal comfort- wise, which is a nuisance especially with the right foot pain that seems to be there a lot of the time these days, but whenever the cold is more bearable I opt for my wide fit ankle boots (not the high heeled type obviously) - that’s just what I do anyway

ok I’ll stop for now, bye toady tc xx

Skinny Keef

Hi Dachshund, I normally take the naproxen with milk and food and the tram with milk or water. I wait at least 45minutes before having a hot drink. I also read somewhere about not laying down straight after taking naproxen but it isn’t on the patient information leaflet so not sure how true that is??🤷‍♀️

Hey Toady, I remembered an exercise I used before that has almost completely cleared up the arm pain. Basically it’s open hand bend wrist back and gently stretch then gradually make a fist as you flex joint back towards the inner forearm. Did this several times today whenever I felt the pain and it made a huge difference and I managed to do my normal 2 or 3 songs then have a break for back and neck pain. At least until I had to go lay down anyway. Neck still not right from the headbutt. I thought at the time it would result in another chronic pain due to the almighty crack my neck made at time of impact of Sucré’s head on my chin.

my 2 are back home and tucked up in bed. Anda has a bad head and Sucré is absolutely shattered. He watched a couple of things with me on tv before bed but he very tired and a little grumpy. He normally says when he feels grumpy and often takes himself off to bed unprompted. He is a little superstar.

Skinny Keef

My sister had a meeting with the care home manager today about mum and the lack of communication with NHS about the heart condition etc.

far too much to post here but it’s all in hand to make sure a similar situation doesn’t happen again.

Skinny Keef

Hey Toni that scenery is stunning. I hope u both having a great time and u not too cold.

Hey Bosh, how are you? I felt really cool that i got a mention in the poem. Thanks 😁

i do hope I haven’t left anyone out. 😳

feel free to point it out and embarrass me if I have lol.

had to turn the heating and mist machine up in bunker it’s so cold and dry. Dread to think how much it’s costing.

Skinny Keef

Have a listen to Joe Bonamassa and Eric playing Further on up the Road live from RAH if you like guitar music. Two of my heroes at their absolute best.

Skinny Keef

https://youtu.be/h5aVK70P88k?si=uKEAxvXll6fIcsm2

bosh

Goodnight everyone

nice banana loaf toady 👍👍

ps summer pic for those who like scorching temperatures aka toady queen of batty- ness only joking toady 😂tc xx

frogmorton

That's our hotel with the fire brigade outside.

Everything is OK no-one hurt apart from the staff member who put the initial blaze out (cough).

It was in the room next door to us.

Poor Paul was in the shower!

Electrical I think.

This is the hotel before

We had to move room but thank God we are all OK.

bosh

Hi Toni

glad you’re ok 👍

bye for tc xx

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Kitty (()) have a good day. Love to your carers.

Toady (()) On last night’s Main news a man had made a mouse garden for the mice with things they like. A covered bit. He Olson put a camera there to film them. Sue hasn’t got Arthritis. Have a good day.

Barbara (()) love to you and Mr B (()) and your son (()) and Niamh (()) and your niece (()) and her fiancé (())

Toni (()) I’m sorry there was a fire there frightening. Poor Paul (()) I remember when I had a cold it was Christmas Day a long time ago I set the microwave on fire the fire brigade came I had to climb up in the fire engine to have some oxygen I had a problem breathing. Then we had to go to a lady’s house across the road for a few hours. We phoned our friends and said you wouldn’t have had a day like us. Have a good day. Love to Paul (()) and Charley (()) and Annie (()) and Lucy (()) and Tia (()) and Kari (()) and your friend (()) and your lovely neighbours (())

Skinny Keef I have had Naproxen liquid I was not told don’t lie down. I know a man who takes his tablets with alcohol. The only one I can’t lie down with Alendronic Acid I take once a week. Sucr’e is a lovely little lad your are proud of him (()) love to Loanda (())

Reshmi (()) you are doing well. Love to your mum (())

toady

Morning all, ish 👋

Yikes 😮 frog, omg, those is not the pictures & updates we were expecting 😱 how awful! Very glad to hear you're both ok, thank you for posting, hope you are both alright today🤞and the staff member not too bad I hope. Good to have the campervan with you I imagine if needs be! Take care will pop in later to say hi to everyone properly xx

bosh

Hi Joan

How are you both doing today?

mum and I are ok thanks

but the plumbers are coming back at 5 pm to sort out hot water problems

Hope you both have a good day tc xx

bosh

Hi again Toni

very shocking that the fire was in the next room!!

(lovely landscape view by the way)

how are things now in the hotel?

toady is right at least you can both sleep in the camper van if necessary

I cancelled HD as I panicked about weather forecast

they will refund but it will take time

mum and I are ok thanks

plumbers came again

water to wash with was ice cold this morning

h water should be ok now 👍

im going to quickly have a shower

LA went to French class and enjoyed the language but not the attentions of ladies lol

also Louisa the bully is in class, she once stole his card - long time ago though really

ok ablutions time

bfn tc Toni xx

ps I think these are dark choc brioche doughnuts xx

Skinny Keef

😳Toni!!!

bosh

Hi again Toni

just forgot to say the doughnuts are vegan 🤗

toady

Hi again - kettle on for all concerned ☕️

Hope everything ok with you frog, nasty fright for you both (why pick the day you were there I'd always like to know not the one before or after 🙄 but I suppose everybody would think that). All the best hope you have as good night as poss 👋 xx

Joan yes your friend had definitely not had a Christmas Day like yours 😮. Couldn't you have just settled for overcooking the sprouts like other people. Scary! Hope your day has been ok today. The mouse story was absolutely lovely, if some of our politicians &c cared more about mice or spent their time posting sweet pictures like Reshmi of that rabbit eating cake we would all be a lot better off 🙄. No news here today it is still v cold I am going to put the bin out and go to bed early. Funnily enough I wasn't thinking about the arthritis, in terms of Sue & the cold weather probably because I disliked it just as much before I had the arthritis, but yes of course it makes a difference. Have a good night I hope :) xx

Hi bosh, yes please to a dark choc doughnut 😊 especially with a nice hot drink like that one. Gosh you are having an up & down time with your house temps etc, 32 degrees one minute and icy water the next, eek 😱 do hope everything settles into normal ranges soon & no more workmen. The fingerless mittens are firmly on today though I haven't been out except to feed the birds 😳 yes v glad I don't have too many skin problems to contend with. The chilblains are worse at night because the warmth of being in bed makes them itch 😕 but just one of those things. The trouble with footwear is I go from between up & about and resting in bed on & off all the time, I tend to sit up in bed to use the laptop too as it's more comfortable because of neck etc, so if I lace myself into proper footwear I'd be taking them off again in 5 mins or swapping them for mucky nip-into-garden ones. I should get some pull on decent ones of course with a nice lining. Then I never get around to it and it's summer again 🤷‍♀️. Sorry your snow boots aren't perfect even with insoles. Glad you got to group at least for a while and enough to see people 👍️ hope everyone ok today and EF too at the moment🤞. Have a good night, as I said to Joan I am going early myself I think. 😴 xx

Glad to hear things have been put in better order for your mum as far as poss keef 👍️. Hope things not too bad with you today especially the ongoing aftereffects of cracked neck, you got some playing in yesterday anyway. Will check out the youtube link in a min 👍️. Glad the wrist exercises worked, always nice when something does what it's meant to. I have a bit of forward bend in mine but backwards, absolutely none 🤪. Yes better to turn up the bunker heating what can you do, it really is so awful. I will be going to bed early a la Sucré 😄, really no reason to stay up in this. Have a good night yourself :) xx

Love to everyone 😘 xx

bosh

Hi Skinny Keef

you’re welcome about the poem

I’m not too bad thanks

how are you?

the plumbers have fixed the hot water situation

there was some frost outside but not covering the whole of the pavements luckily

i hope you and your family have a good evening

bye tc x

ps another gothic cake

Skinny Keef

bosh

Hi toady

it is indeed shocking about poor Toni isn’t it?

i understand about the footwear

I’m going to post again later

I’m just doing a kind of experiment to see if I can sort out this pic size control problem I’ve got

so basically you are half toad half Guinea pig just for the purposes of this pic size experiment lol

bye for now tc xx

ps an introverts’ soap lol xx

toady

Lol bosh 😄 be my guest experiment away, what's the worst that can happen 🐸🐺 a weretoad maybe..🤔 good luck with the pics (and great soap!)

p.s. to frog, Sleek was here with with me today and was happily unaware of any goings-on, I'm sure once she got home someone assured her her parents are fine 😺 xx

bosh

Hi again toady

I’m glad you like the doughnuts that I baked virtually lol

Yes i understand changing footwear can be irritating

what you said reminded me of when I was a child

and my mum would make me decide if the new school shoes were the right size, “do they fit properly?” She’d ask in an irritated manner- I understand that irritation now, bless her - but then I didn’t and then I’d walk around in the shoes in the shoe - shop characteristically “over - thinking” as they now call it lol, then I’d nervously choose the wrong size and get the resulting lovely corns, oh well a learning process I guess really

I am glad you can eat the doughnuts I’m afraid that generally speaking such culinary delights really anger my oracles

LA has conceded that men - well 5 year old men anyway lol- can learn French

just as well, Balzac was about to turn in his grave 😂

Ok have a good night toady Toni and Skinny Keef tc xx

ps this painting is called The Green Parasol by Guy Rose xx