Val's Cafe

Skinny Keef

oh before i forget. Bought this bag for Anda’s Valentine gift.

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day the weather man said snow in some places today. It’s going to be warmer next week. I have a blood test tomorrow morning. Some boxes I have a problem opening to recycle them.
Toni (()) Brenda went to the hairdresser’s for a trim her hair is thick so the hairdresser charged her another 3 pounds. Have a good day. Good you got on this morning. I have a blood test tomorrow morning.
Reshmi (()) is it this morning your nephews are coming have a good time love to your mum (())

Jojo (()) have a good day are you working today

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day that’s a nice bag. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucre (())

Stuart (()) how are you love to your mum (())

Jojo_16

Hi dachshund yeah I'm in till 4:15 pm it's not going to bad so far how are you doing today I hope you have a good day.

Stuartknee

Good afternoon all

Been outside & cut back my roses, did some moss picking thats all over the path.

bosh

hi Joan

How are you this afternoon?

No nephews etc arrived this lunchtime

Have a nice afternoon

Bye for now tc xx

Ps pic of nasty M xx

bosh

hi Toni

How are you this afternoon?

No I wasn’t worried after Joan let us know that you were ok 👍

Mums ok 👍

The EF are here currently

My goodness I did a double distance walk this morning

I still didn’t manage a proper nap afterwards

Mum made us a lot of heavy Indian food for lunch like poha, I know some people think that kind of rice dish isn’t heavy but it can be for me sometimes, depends what mood my stomach is in

Also didn’t sleep properly despite hot water ablutions

But such is the life of a mima

LA told me he ate a pudding called “Nigel” haha

I’m letting him choose whether he eats meat or not of course, but cannibalism may be a step too far

I did manage to get a seat this morning at cost a packet very luckily this morning but even though the hot choc was calling my name in a siren - esque style, I was a good bosh and stuck to Captain Picard’s tea and toast - although not as good as toady’s breakfast offerings of course.

Whether the kids’ film cinema outing is tomorrow I’m not quite sure yet,

I really hope not as the last thing my gastric gods are telling me to eat are chicken nuggets,

Oh well, I’ll just have to take it as it comes

BR likes the black floral skirt I’m wearing today and I think implied he’d like to wear it when he’s a grown man 😂

Well I’m not judging, but I don’t know about Big Babu or bill lol

Thanks so much about the poem 🙏

Hope you enjoy the vegan market

The nephews have already started being very naughty

I think I’d better stop there to make sure the littleys don’t wound themselves with any more curtain rods that BB may have left lying about the place 🤷‍♀️

LA also told me my middle name is Nigel - I wasn’t aware of that haha

Signing off from the sauna for now

Have a good afternoon Toni tc xx

Ps toady choosing the “distraction technique” when going to the hairdressers lol xx

bosh

hi jojo toady SK and S knee

How are you all this evening?

I’m in sleep - deprived mima / auntie mode but luckily that’s a temporary arrangement lol

👋 jojo that’s nice that Michael makes your dinner for you
have a good night everyone

Sorry, evening, it feels like night lol

Tc xx

Ps some of toady’s family members there lol xx

Jojo_16

Hi bosh I'm finally getting a nice chill out now the kids are in bed full of cold and working in a cold area doesn't mix how are you doing today hope you have a good evening.

bosh

hi JoJo

That’s nice

I’m ok thanks just very much shattered

Hopefully I’ll be able to catch up on sleep soon

Have a good night jojo tc xx

toady

Hi all 👋

Glad you found that it was not just you stuck getting in yesterday frog, and not that it was because you'd cleared your cache (would be typical though!), hope it didn't inconvenience anyone else too much ofc. Hope you've had a good day it has been a bit uninspiring but dry at least. I got my dahlia & gladiolus in the post yesterday, and also a delivery of potting grit, 3rd time lucky well 4th technically, 2 parcels got lost by 'Neveri' and then I gave up with that seller couldn't face them sending it 3 times. This last delivery nearly got here last week then at 6am said it was on its way back to seller, methinks a van somewhere had a bag of spilt grit everywhere 😬 had to be replaced. Nothing else doing much today just some garage tidying. Oh I love the toy till 😍 hours of fun (and a bargain! love a jumble sale, hope Kari got some good stuff 👍️). Where's the paper till roll though 😂 a card reader, just imagine. Glad to see there is a cash drawer at any rate! As long as Elfie doesn't get his tie trapped in it like Granville 🤭. Arya will love it 😊. Yes plenty of campsite pitches, electricity though.. 🤔 maybe a pedal power generator if you're lucky 😂. Have a good new week love to all 😘 xx

Hello Joan, I think that's a bit of a cheek charging extra for thick hair 😮 if it was fine would she have got a discount?! Yes cold today and tomorrow I think still but temps going up quite dramatically after that, well if you can call 14 degrees dramatic, well it is compared to 5! Yes some boxes are a pain to dismantle especially if they have tape or worse, staples. Milk cartons aren't easy either. All the best for your bloods tomorrow kettle will be on for after 👍️😘 xx

Hi bosh, well I think you have finally cracked it with that last picture of me, I really feel that is the true 'me' 😊 no hairdo troubles, quite a nice frock, nice weather, and I would be happy with my watering can 👍️. I accept my true cabbage-ness 😊😂 thank you for the poem, I love the idea of reporting spirit selves 😁 and well I never thought that it might actually work to my advantage having a phantom I can set on people 😉 but I see the appeal now. You may find your rent increasing 😬 no I couldn't do that I will have the ghost of George Bernard Shaw after me as a heartless landlord 😱. You and Toni can both stay on at a peppercorn rent (to be agreed). Glad you had some nice tea & toast 👍️ hope the remaining littleys visit has been ok, have a good night 👋 xx ps that Spock top is rather startling 😬 watch out he may also have his eye on a lend of your floral skirt 🤭.

First post on page and a groovy handbag SK, get you 😁 very suitable for toads I must say but I think I lack the necessary to carry it around, I can see it needs a Loanda. Would be cool in the Drs waiting room though lol. I missed early tea mine was at half 3 😕. Hope the bad head shoved off as the day went on 🤞. xx

Sorry the cold is hanging around Jojo oh no you weren't down the freezer aisle were you 😱❄️ hope you feel better for a quiet evening and some decent sleep hopefully :) xx

Well done getting in the garden Stuart 👍️ what roses have you got? 😊 Hope your mum is as well as poss and you have a good night xx

Love to all 😘 xx

Jojo_16

Hi @toadyI work on the fresh isle which is really cold I've been checking the dates and working the bacon and sausages and checking dates in the chiller I'm pleased I'm at home now nice and warm . How are you doing today hope you had a good day.

frogmorton

Morning everyone

Morning Joan how are you doing today? Poor Brenda that's terrible charging her £3 more because her hair is thick! Strike that HD off your lists everyone! I understand extra colour if your hair is long , but just to cut it?😠 Have a good day keep warm it's icy here. ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny K oh lucky Anda!!!! She will have loved that bag. She deserves it too she works so hard. Get you being first on a new page. When you weren't posting we used to miss you when one of us started a new page. Hope you have a good day. Is Sucre's nursery open? ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo you mix with 'the public' that means you are so likely to pick up colds and other germs unfortunately. I hope it eases off for you soon. Getting cold in the chiller aisle too. What number are you then we can call it out on the new till l got for Arya😂 At the very least you came home to a lovely hot dinner and a rest once your two were in bed. A tough(ish) week ahead though being school hols. I hope they lie-in for you in the mornings a bit ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart gosh that was a lot of outside stuff to do in one go, but well done. I take it you didn't get the sleet we got yesterday then? Are the cats 'indoor' cats? Or do they keep you company outside while you are working?

Take care (())

Morning Reshmi or should I say Nigel. i hope sincerely you are not called Nigel in any way shape or form because Nigels can get eaten remember. Seriously i hope you are not too exhausted just yet?

Glad you got a seat in costa packet and what you wanted to eat (very restrained) and drink no dogs knocked your toast out of your hands for example. I had a bra hooks flat white instead of a hot choc so we both did well.

Ahem stray curtain rods? BB has completely lost it🤭

Nice outfit Spock I heartily approve. As for BR's liking for your skirt - he probably has good taste and is unlikely to want to wear it as an adulk, but if he does BB and BIL will just have to suck it up!

Vegan market was very sparsley turned out unfortunately probably due to the weather. Still we got some food and supported it even if my eyes were streaming with the cold.

Be careful my friend don't tread on stray lego keep your slippers on at all times. If you get to the cinema just watch you don't fall asleep. It hurts your neck! ((())) xxx

Morning Toady. Hope you are doing ok also the birds any sign of mousie yet this year?

Oooh things are arriving in the post, exciting things. Grit after several false starts oh dear that poor, poor gritty van!😣

Well done getting in the garage at least. I did nothing apart from the vegan market. Poorly turned out due to sleet I expect. I also helped the foster carers with the lttle ones while one of them helped Paul take the Christmas tree lights down from outside the Church! I know!

Elfie hasn't left that till alone. Thanks I've warned him not to wear a tie - good thinking😉. Yes it has a scanner and a card reader too makes appropriate 'beeps' and I love it! Whoever had it before had left some receopts in the till tray too so everything is there. I will save Arya some boxes (empty food ones) so she can actually do some shopping. I used to do this for mine and their cousins when they were little. I am thrilled with it. Kari did really well she got some lovely fabrics to use yes. I also got several DVDs for our trip to France in the motorhome in the summer.

Better get on I suppose I have to brave washing my hair and my shoulder really doesn't want to. I think back to the physio to request imaging now like it or not 😒

Hope your day is good🤗 ((())) xxx

toady

Morning all 🌞 bit of sunshine dare I say it. Something woke me up 'early' probably pigeons on the roof I think so came in here in search of tea 😊.

Found it on a lovely table and such a nice breakfast too so very happy with that thank you frog 😊. Might get outdoors today and see what can be done, didn't have bad weather yesterday but it was a cold one. We are on the up though it looks like 👍 more bearable temps on way. Yes it's not Xmas lights time anymore in fact it's racketing along towards March 😬 yikes. The list of jobs must be consulted and kept vaguely on course 😱. Is motorhome man lined up to look at things for you? time in hand for that but you will want to test things out. Must get on with a project or two today, and decant the grit, it was in a big box but the inner bag was split so no wonder there are accidents with it. Well I would have had to divide it down to move it easily anyway, being 20kg 😬. No sign of any mousies at all funny you should say, I was thinking of them yesterday & wondering how my little family fared and if any will reappear 🤞. Sorry about the poor market turn out 😔 at least you supported them but always a shame when people have made an effort. Hope your day is ok despite the hairwash 😔 at the best of times you can't not use your shoulders elbows etc for that there's no way round it is there. Hope everything else as ok as possible, Elfie is doing overtime I see 😄 great fun. Love to everyone 😘 xx

Will go and get the kettle going, Joan will be in after bloods I expect, see everyone later 👋

Have a good day as possible Jojo hope you feel a bit better and work goes ok🤞my night was not bad and yesterday was quiet thanks :) xx

☕ xx

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) I like orange roses. Sue has a magnolia it was 3 years before it came into flower. Have a good day

Toni (()) yes I’ve read your post you got on good. We have the sun here I have a job to write I forgot to draw the blind. Have a good day

Reshmi (()) have a good time with your nephew’s zlove to your mum (())

Jojo (()) yes it’s freezing down the cold iles. Have a good day

Stuart (()) I hope the gardening didn’t make your knees hurt too much. Love to your mum (())have a good day

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day love to Loanda (()) and Sucre (())

Jojo_16

Morning @frogmorton yeah I enjoyed my dinner but didn't sleep that well last night up early for school run so I'm chilling out now before work my kids don't break up till this Friday so on school runs all week I hope you are well and I hope you have a good day.

Jojo_16

Morning @toady im pleased you had a quiet day and decent night I hope you have a good day too.

Jojo_16

Morning @dachshund yeah I'm kinda used to it but it doesn't help me get over my cold I hope you have a good day.

bosh

hi lovely Toni

How are you?

Thanks for the nice breakfast

Mums ok 👍

But she got really tired yesterday

She’s feeling better now though

And ungrateful bottomless pit bill isn’t here today 👍

It’s as warm as the underworld in here though

Glad you like the vegan market

👋 Joan toady etc

Cinema tomorrow

Tiredness level is normal - ish now 🙏

Ablutions- time

Bye for now all tc xx

Ps toady- related pic xx

Skinny Keef

afternoon all.

Toni, no it’s closes for half term. They back over to Niff’s later till Thursday for Loanda to work, so I have some time alone, which if my head ever clears, will be in the bunker. Still trying to learn all the twiddly bits in Texas Flood by SRV, but it’s not happening atm.
saw a pink Fig in Colchester this afternonn!

bosh

hi again Toni

I forgot to say yes, I also hope I’m not Nigel lol

Also very true, it’s not ideal to be eaten by one’s nephew 😂😂

It’s extremely warm in this house

What the gastric gods say tonight is anyone’s guess really

But we’re seeing the dog man film tomorrow and getting a takeaway of ookey nuggets etc I think, which may give my stomach a break I suppose

He watched T Bag the witch with me today,

Do you remember that programme?

He liked it just as much as the scary cobra snake - hybrids

I have written a small stress - relief poem about the ultimate 6 year old Lord himself, to put in the bank

👋 greetings Jojo toady Joan and SK & S knee

Bye for now all tc xx

Ps I’m brewing mxt in advance 🤢 xx

toady

Just a quick goodnight, time management went completely to pot after this morning so will have to put myself straight tomorrow and see you all then - sleep well everyone 😘 xx

frogmorton

Morning Joan I love magnolia like Sue did. They do take forever to flower yes along with wisteria. How are you anyway today? I've set my back off think lying on it in bed (I usually lie on my side) because of my shoulder. Still as you know that is a very familiar pain to me so I'll cope. Charley came over with the dogs yesterday for a play in the garden. Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo how are you are you feeling any better today? I hope the cold is backing off now. So your school hols are next week? Isn't that odd? Mine were usually on school hols over valentine's day. All late this year. It's nice in the village this week no cars (teachers) parked up the lane, but it's also very quiet. Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny Keef. You saw another pink Fig?!!!!! WOW!!!! In Colchester I'm not surprised it probably had to move out of London due to ULEZ🙄 You'll soon lean that riff if I know you.

Aww little Sucré is off to Niff naffs🤗 Hope he's a good boy for her while Mummy works.

I've hurt my back somehow not sure what apart from sleeping on my back due to the shoulder issue, but today I have to take Fig over to the garage fingers crossed I can get out!

Take care ((())) xxx

Morning To Stuartknee I hope you and your Mum are doing ok? It's really cold again here today. (())

Morning Reshmi I hope you have had enough sleep and are feeling ok today otherwise you'll be Zzz😴 ing in the cinema. Yes the dog man film I saw it advertised should be good. Not so sure about the nuggets, but chicken should be reasonably ok on the stomach?

What did LA make of T-bag then? Is it back on telly? You are really so good with him. He will tell his future children so many tales about his Auntie and the fun you both had. He is a very lucky boy and I'm sure will never eat you😉 We can wait till the poem clears the bank no problem.

Pit Bill! He probably eats like a pit bull too!

I hope your Mum isn't too tired today though does she enjoy the cinema? What about your Dad or is he just the driver? I struggle to imagine him watching a children's film.

Cooking up the MTX are you lovely colour that brew Reshmi.

Hope you survive the day ((())) xxx

Morning Toady who was up very very early yesterday!

Were you getting your café visit done early so you could get outside? We had lovely sunshine yesterday, but my back has 'gone' now. On it's own for no reason apart from, as l said just to Keef and Joan, perhaps having to sleep on my back because of the shoulder. At least I managed a hairwash first.

Lots of jobs are going to suddenly need doing aren't they? Was your grit horticultural? Or path type grit? Heavy definitely either way so you did the right thing decanting into smaller amounts for transportation.

Elfie is still on that till! Sleek has had enough of it and is coming over for some peace and quiet. She would like you to sort out some empty packets for Elfie anything at all or empty bottles/jars.

Hopefully it's just a bit too early for mouses to stick their noses out🤞

Take care Toady made porridge for today l am just toooooo cold.

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day. I hope you had a good sleep.

Toni (()) I’m sorry your back hurts they say lying on the floor helps but it’s the getting up and down that’s just as bad. That was nice Charley bringing the dogs over. Good luck when you take the fig.
Jojo (()) are you feeling better now have a good day

Reshmi (()) have a good day I hope the boys like the cinema love to your mum (())

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

Skinny Keef (()) I hope you can figure your music out have a good day love to Loanda (()) and Sucre (())

bosh

👋 Toni Joan toady etc

How are you?

Mums ok 👍
off to cinema

Dad made a joke

Below is my reaction

Bye for now all tc xx

Jojo_16

Morning @frogmorton I'm still full of cold I've just got to keep plodding I'm looking forward to being off work tomorrow. Yeah they always seem to change the holidays I'm pleased it's nice and quiet at your town. I hope you are well and I hope you have a good day.