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Jojo_16

Hi frogmorton I'm sorry about your cat I'm glad there is treatment I hope it works it's not nice when your fur baby is ill.

Skinny Keef

Toni 😢

Hope Sleek is gonna be okay.

Skinny Keef

Hey Toady, Niff is a lot better thanks. Sucré and I spoke to her on the fone earlier. She is planning a picnic for us tomorrow as her flat is between tenants and she wants to check it out so she is taking an indoor picnic for us to meet her. Sucré loves a picnic anywhere.

toady

I'm so sorry frog 😥 thank you for coming in & telling us, sending many hugs xxx

bosh

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hi Toni

Very sorry about sleek

Good night tc xx

frogmorton

Morning Joan how are you and Pepper doing. Glad Charlie has at least got hot water lucky it's warm atm! As you know not the best news, but Sleek will be just fine I will do my best with the medication and at least try to get her to eat the kidney diet. She is incredibly fussy though. Take care and thanks ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo I'm so glad you had a good birthday I rather thought they'd all spoil you. Young children love birthdays so much don't they? No way would Michael not spoil his lovely wife too. A good rest from work will see you over that cold honestly typical when you have some leave that you get ill🙄 Thanks we love our animals too much don't we? ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart is the fence all done now? You have done well getting it all done will some help from your Mum I hope now you'll rest up a bit. I hate feline kidney disease? My old cat died of it it's nasty still there is treatment now and a special diet so paws crossed ((())) xxx

Morning Keef aha! Good Anda was working from home I am so glad to read that. A gentle getting back into work is the best thing for definite when you've been so ill. She must still be a bit weak.

Oh dear me you also need a road in your garden of course you do! and throwing things about too making a racket! Still as long as the bike (and everything else) is ok? Did I ever tell you the bot which cuts the field the previous owners bought is a Husqvarna!

I like a nice thick oil too but have always trusted what the club says to buy. seems ok. Booked in for the sump to be looked at. Messy job I think….

Glad to hear Sproglete is doing well with his footballer's rolls. If it keeps him out of trouble.

Take care Keef and honestly stop worrying if you miss one of us out I really can't see anyone here being offended. Back in the day (2008ish) when we had roughly 12 people posting all day here I used to finish off with 'sorry if i missed anyone' if that helps? ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi how are you? Overcast out there atm but sun due later and it's village clear up day.

Gosh your poor Mum yesterday good job she is fine and what? Miracle of miracles your Dad actually looked after her. Well that is good.

Thank you for your kind words about my pusskin. Be interesting if your Mum could tell me how she felt when she was ill before her transplant. Like did she feel tired or sick or anything as obviously Sleek can't tell me.

Make the most of your few hours peace today. Some alone time will do you the world of good it always does me at any rate. I expect LA has kept his plaster on his wound unlike us lot who whip them off asap.

Glad yours wasn't sore even if there was a fair bit of blood.

Did you get a sticker? Was this the one at the GP surgery? Do you look on the app for your results yourself? I do it's quite interesting I think.

Take care and have a great day ((())) xxx

Morning Toady I bet you enjoyed yesterday like Sleek and I did. Elfie is in a state rushing (nasty expression but headless chicken) around making a fuss after Sleek's bloods came back. He wants to make things better, but he will get his head around it. I'm sure we'll have her for another few years if we are lucky. I don't think they do kidney transplants for cats yet, but we'll do our best.

She was outside with me a significant part of the day rolling in the dirt. It was Sleek's usual vet who rang. She put Eric to sleep and has known Sleek since she was a kitten. She loves her too I know she does. She said it was testament to my care that she is almost 16 and only just got it so that's good to know. It is a thing with cats. She's on her way to you and no doubt will tell you all about it.

On a more cheerful note wow your pants look so healthy!!! Great photos you clearly didn't have the breeze we did yesterday. Today is village clearup so I will be planting up the Church wall. Just the right height.

Take care and enjoy the day. ((())) xxx

yesterday was also Barbara's birthday! Joan remembered.

If anyone doesn't know who she is she was one of the first cafe users had to stop posting when her eyesight deteriorated too far to read and type.

Breakfast anyone?

Skinny Keef

migraine city ☹️wppl if i feel better

Stuartknee

I am so sorry to hear your news. I cannot begin to know you feel.

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day. Have you had any more parcels disappear. I see blackbirds when I go out but not in the garden.

Toni (()) sorry about Sleek they are like a member of the family we love them. Have a good time picking up the litter.

Reshmi (()) sorry your mum had a hypo. I hope she feels better now. Have a good day both of you.

Jojo (()) I hope you feel a bit better now have a good week.

Stuart (()) I bet the fence looks good. Love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day that’s good Loanda working from home. Love to Sucr’e (())

toady

Hi all 👋

I am off out in a minute not much sun yet but hopefully on way, only taking myself off for a little afternoon, so a quick hello now and back in later to see you all 😘

Good to see you frog, yes onward and upward 👍️ wppl as Keef would say (well bosh started it I think) me and Sleek had elevenses together yes and a jolly good chat, and popped back to you in a catsi with some coffee & walnut cake and hugs all round, hope she passed both on😘 xx

Sorry you have a migraine when you had nice plans SK, hope they haven't been scuppered altogether and Niff is still feeling ok 🤞

Proper hello later Joan, hope your day is going ok, I don't see my blackbirds that much but I hear Mr B singing beautifully 👍️ xx

Hope your mum had a better night and is managing at MH, and you are having a quiet time bosh 😘 xx

Love to Jojo and Stuart and will say hello properly next time 😊 xx

Take care all save me a cuppa ☕️😘 xx

Stuartknee

Fence all done all 16 panels. All feet, arms, wrists, shoulders throbbing. Going to put feet in bath soak.

bosh

hi Toni aka / tone of the baritone

How are you today?

Mums ok 👍

I’m enjoying a bit of solitude 👍👍

I’m Tired and somewhat warm but other than that I’m okay thanks

Soon, I’m going to perform ablutions without having to deal with big bear as you call him ha ha

I hope that your village clear up day goes okay

I agree, alone, time is brilliant
That’s okay poor sleek, I would ask mum but she doesn’t like talking about that time, you know? Understandable really I guess

I’m not sure what happened to LA post vampire nurse or non-vampire Nurse unfortunately

I did ask, but I think my sister is busy with work and this and that so she hasn’t got back to enquiries yet

LA does like stickers and plasters as far as I know, so I just hope he doesn’t keep that plaster on until he’s a grandfather 😂😂

yes, nobody gives us stickers anymore. I think it’s a tremendous failure of the NHS lol

yes poor brave mum indeed and you’re right dad doesn’t always help

Although of course any normal decent human being would

anyway at least she’s fine now thanks🙏

yes Dr surgery blood test

no I haven’t got that set up yet, The app for looking at results I mean, Sounds good though

okay it’s definitely ablutions time so bye for now Toni take care xx

👋 hi Joan how are you today? Thanks about mum she’s feeling better now. Thanks Joan I hope you have a good day to take care too, take care xx

👋 hi toady how are you?

Yes some EB - Excess Bleeding - but Luckily I had tissues and hairbands with me, so I made a kind of temporary bandage.
Otherwise it might have been a Stephen K*ng type horror story on our hands.

Ha ha I’m having a nice day so far Thanks not really doing very much I think that’s the beauty of solitude no one saying do this do that check on the vampire check on the phantom neighbours activities etc

Yes the blood test Nurse did find some odd conversation topics about old-fashioned watches how he saved up for a watch this that his whole life story. Basically I said if you want to write an autobiography then you just have to consult the top writer LA

I’m just the Mima and I’m just a patient but never mind lol

Hope you’re having a nice restful day yourself okay take care toady bye for now xx

Skinny Keef

I did my neck exercises doc gave me to combat the migraines as they caused by the arthritis in my neck pushing on my nerves, at least he thinks they are and they actually worked, to a point so we went for picnic in any case. I obvs went on bike and met them, although we went to park as it was so lovely rather than stay in the flat, which is only a short walk, and even shorter ride for me, although the flat is a nice ride away from mine, pauses for breath………….

So we had a nice time and there is a MASSIVE sand play area that Sucré absolutely loves, and we all hate lol, so he was in his element.

I stayed as long as I could tolerate sitting around on the picnic blanket and then went for a ride.

Jojo_16

Hi frogmorton I think we all enjoyed our day together in the end just bus journeys always seem to bring the stress out of us and I hadn't slept well but didn't want to just not go because of me. So we still went out had a meal out and played crazy golf. Tomorrow is going to be a quiet day before the kids go back to school. I hope you are well and I hope you have had a good day.

bosh

hi Toni

How are you tonight?

Not much to report here

I watched blue carb & mustard and there was very fat black cat starring, i said that’s not a nice way to describe bill lol

The dog had an artistic tantrum when wearing an old straw hat, no pretentious artist’s old uni scarf was mentioned

BR threatened to flatten his own father who was trying to stop him dancing on the settee - oh dear what’s the world coming too?

Have a good night Toni tc xx

👋 night toady please remember not to wash your hair In turpentine - I don’t care how much biccie- buying money it would save - may the sartorial force of the right T - shirt be with you tc xx

👋 night Joan Jojo SK and S knee tc x

toady

Hi all 👋 sorry so late, did rather too much today and am rather cross with myself a) for doing it and b) that I found it as tiring as I did 🙄 must try harder. More vitamins & exercise better habits all that jazz, says she, convincingly 😬. Anyway am way past my best so won't even attempt proper posting just to say am ok - have just had a cup of a tea and a breakfast biscuit (illogical, Captain 🤨) and am off to bed, will see you all tomorrow.

Love to everyone sleep well 😘 xxxx

frogmorton

Morning Joan Thank you Sleek is doing fine so far I just want to collect her medication (hopefully on Monday) and start treatment asap. We do love them far far too much. Hope you and Pepper are doing ok? I ended up helping clear the church wall of the spent daffodils and weeds ready for summer planting. Sending ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart thank you so much of course you understand I know you do because you love your two so much too. Hopefully she'll get on ok for a while longer with treatment. Paws crossed. Well done getting all those panels done all 15 of them what a garden you must have! We have an area of greenbelt land bought by the previous owners which we can't plant on or build on. It's huge but has hedges no panels. Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo I'm so glad you had your day out and coped ok with it too. Crazy golf is fun and eating out is a real treat we don't do it often enough. A day of recovery is definitely in order for you. Also you can make the most of the children. When will they break up for spring bank holiday? Take care hope the dogs are well ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny Keef well well done you! Getting out on the bike are fixing that neck migraine enough to actually join the family at the park! I am so pleased. This is what I mean you are just so positive now a year ago you'd have given up now you are determined. I think you should be really proud of yourself 🙂 Of course you have off days, we all do here, but you are doing so well.

Nothing like children and sand is there even if we hate the stuff. Do you ever go to Mersea?

Take care and maybe a slightly quieter day today eh just to charge up your batteries. ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi how are you today? Tone the baritone (like it!) is here singing low low low👇! Is your Mum ok today no more hypos? Please don't trigger her mentioning kidney failure that would be awfully upsetting. Sorry i didn't think of that.

So we don not know whether LA's plaster is still on his arm (but suspect it might be😉) nor what sticker he chose. I have to agree, of all the NHS's failures, not giving out stickers to grown adulks like us has to be up there with the worst. Sigh…..

You must get the app on your phone then you can keep an eye on your bloods yourself.

BR is still flattening people? How shocking! Who at nursery is teaching his such habits? There has to be someone🤔 His nature is far to sweet to have thought it up himself.

Glad you enjoyed some TV bless the dog in the straw hat and the 🙀 too. Simple pleasures sometimes are the best. I sat outside with Paul in the sun drinking a non-alcoholic gin and tonic watching the birds. Lovely😊

Well have a really good day my friend. ((())) xxx

Morning Toady hope you are ok and recovered a little overnight from overdoing it? Sleek is happy to have a restful day together today if you are too. She has some jammie dodgers in the rucksack ready and intends to fetch a posh coffee as a treat en route. Elfie has more or less stopped fussing over 'his' cat.

Thanks for the coffee and walnut cake lovely and the hugs. All is well I am still prone to welling up over the diagnosis, but let's see how the treatment goes things are better than 16 years ago when I lots Eric to the same disease.

Take care Toady and maybe a quiet day for you ((())) xxx Ps yes WPPL was definitely started to Reshmi though Keef uses it so well too now😊

A very quick wave hello 👋 to Carol hope all is well with you and Mr T ((())) xxx

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) tomorrow I go for a blood test I don’t understand why it always comes back add normal has expected. I will ask. I hope you have a good day it’s cold in the mornings when I take pepper for is walk.

Toni (()) have a good day you deserve it. You did a good job clearing up.

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

Jojo (()) have a good day how is your pain.

Stuart (()) you did a good job painting the fence. Enjoy your soak love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day you did well on your bike. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (())

Jojo_16

Hi dachshund my pain is not good at all doesn't help that I'm on my womens thing. My poor lower back hurts a lot I've got a heat pad on it now. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

Jojo_16

Hi frogmorton yeah definitely a chill out day is in order since Im in a lot of pain. The kids break up the 23rd of this month so not too long unfortunately Michael couldn't get the same time off work as the kids so we decided to go with the week before straight after my birthday. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day give sleek a hug from me.

bosh

hi Toni,

how are you this afternoon?

I’m somewhat crackered after my walk but otherwise okay thanks.
Mum is 👍 no more hypos thank goodness for that

that is okay, I won’t ask mum about it but thanks
Yes, someone is influencing BR, i agree he’s such a good boy. He was carrying empty, teacups very slowly and putting them in the dishwasher to help grab his grandfather - his real grandfather that is, not the six-year-old one😂

okay I need to take a bit of rest
wppl xx

Jojo_16

Me and the kids have been doing some planting

toady

Hi all 👋 pleasant sunny day here slept ok so feel a bit more human 😬

Sleek and I have had a nice quiet day frog thank you, in fact I got a little kindly (but firm) lecture about doing too much, quite right too. She is very good in that department for instance she tells me off for painting the garden bench in my good clothes 😬. It was a lovely posh coffee a very kind thought for a Sunday treat 😊. Jammie dodgers left over for later teabreak too. I did a little zen weeding out the front this morning and then we had a nice salady lunch with actual radishes 👍️ the purple sort in pic is 'malaga violet'. I will be having an afternoon rest and may get out a little later on too. Glad Elfie is being brave and positive, it does take some doing 😞 so well done little elf 😘 (how are his seedlings btw?). So pleased you can hopefully pick up the medication tomorrow fingers crossed for an optimistic picture and I'm glad you have a lovely vet. Sorry I didn't know about Barbara's birthday I think of her very often as do all we long term posters. No more news here, the lupin is now going a very definite purple - the white allium were 'Cowanii' by the way, yes there was no wind for those pics they were taken the night before, when it had dropped. The sun is too much in the day for good photos in that corner, everything bleaches out. Take care love to all 😘 xx

Hello Joan, yes that's interesting about the bloods I don't know what they ever say about mine unless there is anything they want to pick up on. I suppose it sounds like a good thing? 🤔 hope they go ok tomorrow. All my parcels have been fine lately in fact all the ones sent by RM tracked 48 are getting there next day! 😮 I've heard it said that they are getting less parcels since the websites people sell on brought in new postal system which encourages people to use a certain other courier instead - not sure how true that is but the courier is apparently a bit swamped so may be right. Thanks for saying about Barbara. Have a good Monday, love to Pepper, yes the mornings are surprisingly cold. 😘 xx

Hi bosh, that's good you were able to DIY your own post bloods bandage kit, very resourceful 😀 hope next time things go more to plan. Funny about the watch story I was telling you (I think) how I'd gone back to my old analogue watch fed up of battery ones being unreliable, yesterday the winder fell out goodness knows where 🙄 and I'd just bought it anew strap, there's gratitude for you. Hope blood test chap's dream watch turned out a bit more of a happy ending 🤭. Thank you for the good t-shirt wishes 😂 I did have issues yesterday I confess, it probably sounds vain but sometimes it's about self-consciousness too (does something make me look more skinny for example), but I have a horrible feeling that's just vanity by any other name 😬. Glad you had some time to yourself 👍️ I don't suppose you used the opportunity for some illicit dancing on the settee, oh dear poor BR, it is fun though you can see the temptation. Hope your rest of day is ok and you have a good Monday. Btw I passed a place yesterday a bar/cafe sort of thing offering a complimentary cheese night, what could that involve one wonders 😮😂. See you anon 👋 xx

Glad the neck exercises helped SK 👍️ and you all had a good time plus a nice ride too. Not like sand, who doesn't like sand?! 😮 ok there is a limit I suppose 😂 but it is a very seasidey sort of day today I wish I were there. Have a good week hope everyone ok :) xx

Sorry your back is playing you up Jojo that was a shame Michael couldn't co-ordinate your time, I guess with the best will in the world in can't always be managed. Hope you feel better soon and the heat pad helps :) xx

No more fences Stuart 👍️ I bet another job will start calling you soon, there usually is 😬. Nice weather today not too hot hope you are having some quiet time to not do much :) xx edit: sorry didn't see your post, hope the planting is all successful 😊 I have those same propagators (and actually I buy a lot of my seeds from those people, great minds!!) 🌻🌼

Love to Carol, take care everyone 👋 xx

toady

Skinny Keef

hello everyone.
how are the fence panels looking now that they are all done Stuart? Have you recovered yet? I am very lucky in that Anda takes care of all the outside painting. She did our fence black. She is a goth. 🙄

Hi Toady, I absolutely hate sand. Even when I surfed I hated sand and would only surf at the sandy beach as a last resort if there were no waves at the rocky ones. It gets everywhere including in the car. Last time we even stripped Sucré off by the car, washed him down with some warm water from a 5 litre container and gave him fresh clothes and we STILL ended up with sand in the car. If I didn’t have a bike and the car was mine I would ban him from all sandy parks lol.

Hello Reshmi, whats going on there. Has the phantom apple muncher been at it again? Is your mum recovered from her hypo? No repeats please tell her.

Hello Dachshund and Jojo and Toni.

I had a ride out on the KTM to see mum. Met up with my two there. Mum was absolutely sound asleep, and I didn’t wake her as the staff said she had a busy few days. I sat in their lovely gardens and had a coffee from their very posh coffee maker then rode home the long way. A nice morning but roads very busy, which is why I went the back way home, much quieter.

Took Sucré to park so he could ride his bike. He managed to pedal for first time today. Was gonna post vid but it won’t let me.