Val's Cafe

toady

Hi all 👋 bit quieter today thankfully just a bit of finishing-up this afternoon I think.

'Non-stop rakit' is right Sleek, it really was 😣 the thing is that person could quite rightly say 'well I've only had 2 days' work and nothing before that for ages', true, so can't touch for them for that - it's just always someone or something. Thank her for the earplugs anyway there will be an opportunity very soon I'm sure 😬. Sleek and I have been a bit more chilled although I did have to do my hair 😱 oh, the knots!! And I made far more fuss than Sleek about them, she was most sympathetic. Right all packed then, but nearly with no groceries 😮 omg! How did you spot that slight clerical error 😬, whilst checking the delivery tracking type of thing? V glad you could rearrange at short notice! Gosh. Sounds like 'le fitbit' will likely turn up en route as you unpack 👍️ was definitely worth getting the second. I bought a cheap little mobile off nosegay recently, turned out to have someone's texts and stuff all still on it, not for the first time 🤨strange people that would do that. Hope all your other holiday prep has gone well and have a lovely time 😊👋 xx

Hello Joan, yes your rose is a smashing colour just what you wanted 😊. I have an orange dahlia it should flower the first year, supposedly, if it does I will be able to swap you a picture 👍️. Poor Charlie with his keys 😣. Long time since I've done such a thing hope never to again if it's that sort of cost! Sorry about your freezer, that's annoying 😔 how long have you had it? Hope you find something that suits you could you get the same one? Have a good evening love to Pepper 😘 xx

Hi bosh, sorry to hear your mum has had a run of not good mornings, she was doing very well, that's not fair 😕. Hope she can work out what's behind this or will she definitely need to see someone. Glad your sis is doing ok slowly and hopefully steadily from here 👍️. I realize I'm posting (well typing) more or less in the middle of your blood appointment, possibly at the very moment 😱 so wishing it's a good'un for you. Yes 4pm not my appointment time of choice either, always thought there was a cut-off so they could send off 'the goods' by some sort of lab deadline 🤷‍♀️. Hope the rest of your ok, will you give group a go tomorrow or weather permitting, it does look a little like an oven unless things change a bit 😬. Love the crockery tantrum you have my sympathy Alice ☕️♥️♣️. Take care sorry if I've missed anything 👋 xx

Well I love the sound of 'Project Screen' Keef 😀 very satisfying and graphics too, ooh nifty, look forward to pics. Well done breaking it down into chunks 👍️. Hope the back lady went as well as poss 🤞 cup of tea coffee for when you get back save you getting up & down too much ☕️. No cake left I suppose? 🐛 xx

Sorry you had a tough night Jojo do you blame the heat for the palpitations as well as the tiredness, I guess they would kind of go together - hope your day has not been too bad so far glad you are not at work. Take care hope you sleep better 😔 xx

4.30 for you today Stuart, how much sleep does that give you depending when you go in the first place? Not ideal obviously either way. Have you made a firm decision to go privately? sorry you have one of 'those' gps 🙄 xx

Take care all in the heat especially 😘 xx

Jojo_16

Hi toady yeah the heat doesn't help I'm getting though my shift at work thankfully I've got to work eggs tonight I pray it won't make my back worse than it already is thankfully I'm finished at 9pm I hope you have a good evening and sleep well tonight.

Stuartknee

Thanks Toady I'm deciding where to go as my GP is useless only offering steroid jabs that may or may not work. I'm get sleep when I can with noisy neighbours.

bosh

hi toady

How are you?

Yes the VIP express blood deliveries, it’s a possibility 😂

Yes thanks about mum. I think she will see how it goes with the near hypo situations. If things get too much she will of course contact the nurse Thanks for asking

I’m not too bad thanks. A bit of backache still, but I think it should go away by tomorrow morning with the aid of some paracetamol

But I don’t think I will not post too much right now because I don’t think this is helpful for my back

Thanks about my sister

yes the ookey temperatures continue indeed I think I might try to get to the group early and leave early. That’s the cunning plan though it could well go wrong haha

ps these are the new methotrexate tablets. Okay not strictly true 😂xx

bosh

hi Toni aka tone of “yet another blood test - let’s have a moan” - only joking lol

how are you tonight?
I don’t know who invented the 4 pm blood test, but never mind I survived lol

Temps in the thirties in France, oh no that’s bad

BR said to his grandfather that he could play outside in the play area his grandfather supervised, grandfather was however of course too lazy to do that and poor BR had to stay indoors, no wonder he’s drowning his sorrows in rainbow popsicles

Back is feeling a little bit ookey so I think I’ll go for now. Have a good night Toni take care xx

👋night Joan Jojo SK and S knee x

Ps avacado nails perfect for LLF lol xx

Jojo_16

Goodnight bosh hope you sleep well tonight.

Jojo_16

Going to be another long night I can't sleep.

Stuartknee

4am 🍌

frogmorton

Morning Joan I am very pleased your injection seems to have worked any improvement is a good thing isn't it? You are a very strong person though you cope well with pain. Might be living with CP all your life maybe? ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny K thanks we will have a great holiday i hope travelling in our motorhome through France. It's going to be really hot but the aircon in it is very very good and I have plenty of reading matter and two books to read too.

You look after yourself and I can't wait to see pics of the screen you made for the bike🙂

Morning Jojo thank you my turn for a holiday now we will be off at 6.30 driving down to folkestone then Ferry across to Calais. I'll send plenty of photos on the way. We'll stop at various campsites en route all booked ready. We've done it before but never to Provence.

Stuart some good info from Skinny K there although his condition would be much harder to diagnose than the more 'regular' ones like RA which your mum has already. there is such thing as sero-negative RA you know which means you don't get positive R factor in your bloods but still have it. Rheumatologists know this. You may get away with bloods and an ultrasound scan Xray and a diagnosis. I am going to miss my little cat so much 😔 That's the only bad thing about holidays ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi hope you are feeling ok and your Mum's bs is ok?

I hope the communal tantrums coming from the older generation in your household have settled you do not need that at all.

I hadn't realised fast food was how quickly you ate it! In that case all of Paul's and BIL's is fast food!

Sorry for the short message but we're off very soon on our travels thanks for your kind wishes I will keep in touch of course. I cannot wait to see the lavender fields.

Lazy BB not taking bR our to play still Granny came through with his popsicles at least.

Take care and look after yourself i hope you can get to the group ((())) xxx

Morning Toady hope all is peaceful in your road today. All we have going on (the new houses are finished) is flies a real real issue with flies.

Sleek will be over every day no doubt while we are gone, but can nip back quickly when Tia, Kari or my friend arrive😉

Well done washing your hair - she is good at helping with other people's knots just not her own. She is a very empathetic cat as you know.

Le feetbeeet (Elfie's pronunciation) will turn up all being well paws crossed when I pull some undies out of the drawer you are right. The tracker says it's there just not exactly where.

As for my shopping yes i was checking the time and spotted the day😮 eeek! I had less than 1 hour to remedy it! All done though and most stuff here and away already in the motorhome😊

Take care Toady will post tomorrow! ((())) xxx

bosh

good morning Toni

Bon voyage

Mums asleep

Nice breakfast

Bye for now tc xx

Skinny Keef

morning all. Clear head this morning thankfully. Such a relief.
wppl 😁

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) yes I picked a grey fridge freezer the one we have is white. Have a good day there is 3 buds on the rose now.

Toni (()) I hope the journey not to bad. I expect there is a lot of traffic I hope you don’t have to wait too long to get on the ferry.

Jojo (()) have a good day is your pain a bit better today

Reshmi (()) have a good day. Love to your mum (())

Stuart (()) sorry you can’t get help from the Doctors. Love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day I hope your pains not too bad. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (())

Jojo_16

Hi dachshund I'm still in a good bit of pain and hardly sleeping with heat and pain luckily I'm off work today so it's another chill day with my dogs for company. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

Jojo_16

Morning skinny keef I'm pleased you have a clear head I hope you have a great day.

Skinny Keef

i just went into bunker to play some bass but I am just in too much pain to sit comfortably, so I’ve popped some more tram and am just horizontal until they work. Whatever has been trapped in my neck causing the migraine has thankfully released, maybe as a result of the osteo’s work yesterday.

I dread waking up in case i have a bad head when i open my eyes.

supposed to be going to a bike meet tonight. Don’t think thats ever gonna happen. Feel ☹️🤬😢😡🤦‍♀️

Skinny Keef

i was just watching a bit of tv before going out to bunker and there were shots of Newfoundland, I wish I could travel still. I’d love to be getting one of the bikes ready to go on a trip Toni. I do have the IOW booked quite soon but its not the same as going through deserted European roads like Spain or Portugal.

Jojo_16

Hi skinny keef I hope the pain settles down for you soon I'm sorry it's making you sad I really hope you manage to get out tonight.

Stuartknee

🍌Hey Jojo What about me I've got 2 knee braces on stuck indoors awaiting for the window cleaner to come its 82 degrees in here, I hope he hurry's up!!

Jojo_16

Sorry Stuartknee I hope your pain eases off too I hope your window cleaner hurrys up so you can chill out in the garden.

toady

Hi all 👋 was going to say we're not all having the best of days are we, but of course it would be more odd if we were in here saying 'ain't life grand', when you think about it 🙄

Glad all was going well at the ungodly time you were posting frog, and hope all travel times etc have run to course since then 👍️.That was about as narrow as you could have squeaked it with the shopping 😮 you must still be having the slight horrors thinking about it. Hope Elfie is enjoying himself to the full and living his best life 😄 I'm sure he is. Sleek and I are being great company as always, not too noisy here, still a few instalments next door unfortunately (I swear people take the longest possible time over a job when it's annoying noisewise, but do it in record time if it would rub my nose in it to see how quickly they can work 🤨). We will be unpacking my catazon order together when it gets here and then taking it easy, jab day for me, once again Sleek very empathetic, she is as you say a very kind small cat 😽. Love to all post as & when convenient, don't pass up on relaxing while sipping something cool & chic & French on our behalf will you, it is International Picnic Day after all 😁🍸️ xx

Hello Joan, hope your day is going ok. Lovely to have several rosebuds 😊 hope you're managing with the watering it is a bit of a challenge I am still off my ankle rather but it is improving well I think 😬. I meant to say glad to hear you think your back is a little easier and hope it goes on improving a bit more yet 🤞. Hope your fridge freezer is nice when you get it 😀 take care keep cool 😘 xx

Hi to bosh I hope your back has improved 🤞 yes definitely do whatever's best for it and hopefully overnight helped. Wishing your mum all the best hoping she had as good night as poss too. I have been summoned for bloods myself now, well they will have to whistle for them at the moment while I'm still hobbling about. Hope the cunning plan for group worked - if you can get heated clothing it's a shame no-one's come up with chilled clothing, well not as far as I know 😬 Will pop in later & see how you've got on 👋 xx

Keef that was a very rapid upper & a downer of a morning 😕🙄 sorry the good head didn't continue hope it's settling again now. Would be good to hear you could make the meet, fingers crossed for you. I've never travelled like you, or Toni, if I had I really can't decide whether that would make me feel worse, than just the small things I've had to give up 🤷‍♀️. Hope family ok how's the garden? xx

Jojo sorry it was a bad night for you not nice to be facing a long night from the off, I hope your day has been ok and given you something back 🤞 hope you can sort out your painkillers and things so they give you the best amount of relief at the best time xx

82 degrees Stuart gosh yes I hope your window cleaner did come sharpish 😬. As to noisy neighbours, well I go on about mine in here much more than I do about my arthritis which just goes to show you! 🙄 A chap this week in the news was being paid compensation for living near a noisy playground, and local people didn't think he should be - I didn't disagree with their points that it's public money etc, the playground was there first and it's the houses that were built too near, just the fact they seemed pretty unsympathetic. People don't say their life is being really affected by noise for the fun of it 😕. Hope you can get somewhere with your medical options, do you have more than one set of paths you could go down? Take care love to cats & hope your mum is ok too in the heat xx

Tea it is, cold drinks if you absolutely must 😉 xx

Jojo_16

Hi toady it's just been a chill out kind of day luckily I'm off work today. I've been on and off in pain I hope you are well and I hope you have had a good day.

toady

Thanks Jojo, I'm just resting and wasting time on the internet and playing computer games &c 😬 could be doing something more useful but I'm putting my ankle up so I suppose that's something and I don't feel like doing a lot today. Hate wasting the dry weather I should be gardening putting out washing but if you can't you can't, as you know.

bosh

good afternoon Toni and toady
how goes it in France Toni? Monster temperatures?

Hi toady oh no the haemo goblin related summons or something like that lol

Mums ok 👍

What with late - arriving cleaners etc I have not abluted yet

Back is a lot better thanks

So now it’s time emergency ablutions on this rather sweaty day 🤢🤢

More later hopefully

👋SK and Jojo and Joan xx

Bye for now all tc xx

Ps bill eating his breakfast- I do admire his shoes 😂😂xx

toady

Night all, terribly late but had a difficult nosegay enquiry to top the day off so that took a bit of wrangling nearer to the stitching hour than is a good idea - well if you don't want to go to bed feeling slightly hiss-terical, like the bloke who had a snake slither into his car at al fresco this week 😮. Ankle also annoying today when I hoped it was improving so am internet-searching things like 'can sprained ankles feel slightly worse after initial improvement' etc etc like you do 😬 (yes they can, apparently).

'Haemo goblin' bosh 😂😂 yes indeed, not the nicest fairy world related character, may have to compensate by something nice from the makeup brand that's like pixie (no e) or from the one like elfie (no ie) 😉. Hope the rest of your day was ok and I will hobble over to the lovely teatable thank you but standing on a chair in those heels is probably off for a while 😄. Take care glad the back is better, have a good night I hope xx

All the best for a decent night for everyone 😘 xx

Stuartknee

4am achy ☕️🍌