Val's Cafe

toady

Night all 😘 xx

Well done Jojo glad the kids had fun on the rides 😊 hope you get some sleep tonight hopefully if you're tired & sea air should help well they always say so. At least I'm not far from open spaces &c it's not like I'm in an urban area, the sea would be nice but I would also only appreciate it a few weeks of the year if I lived there I wouldn't be out in all weathers like some people 😬 so I wouldn't deserve to live there really. Take care good luck for getting your bloods back 👍️ xx

Night bosh I think we're all pretty much in the cream cracker club tonight but you really must be 😞😴 I do hope everyone gets some sleep and can make up for it after tomorrow too 🤞. xx

Stuartknee

4am ☕️☕️pills

frogmorton

Morning Joan how are you? What did they do wrong with your samples 🙄 or did they forget something important to test🙄 How lovely though to have two friends happy to take them to the Drs for you 😊 Thank you Paul is back he reckons he had quite an easy time in London this week. Sleek had her arthritis jab yesterday the vets is not happy with her kidneys, but not overly concerned. Sounds about teh same as me. There was a cheeky Dachs in the waiting room barking at her. She ignored him!Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny Keef lovely to see you how have you been?. Hope the KTM service goes well and isn't too costly. Glad you didn't have to cancel and you neck has held up ok after jolting it like that. Not what you needed. Hope the family are all ok? I am not too bad at all. Village afternoon tea at mine tomorrow had loads of help. Will post photos it's going to be lovely and then if I am not very careful I will crash! Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi how are you? I see it's been tough having the littleys this time I think probably for all of you but especially for your Mum. BR is a bad sleeper bless him. If you don't get your sleep at night it really does negatively affect your health😕 Still last sleep done and you can all rest better tonight. I hope she's ok and your sister has had a good rest.

I often walk around with an owl on my head too. Not every day of course but once a week or so😂

Hope you will maybe get yourself in the cold room (it's going to be hot today) and have an hour after your walk. You all need it, but just because you are the youngest doesn't mean you are the strongest.

Take acre my friend ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo I am glad you had fantastic day at the beach even if it is hard for you. Your children mean the world to you that's obvious and you want them to be happy. Only an hour away by bus?! Wow! For us it's minimum probably 2.5 hours by car to a beach! Still we do have a lovely forest here to walk in. Hope the bloods went well and they are happy with you. Sending some ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart. Hope you're ok Stuart today? I also go to bed that early between 9 and 9.30 up 5ish. I have my kindle to read when I wake up take painkillers in bed when need to and try to stay there till 5ish. I am aimng for 6 ish when l grow up! When you see your consultant you must ask about slow release pain relief so you can get more rest. Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Toady - gosh what a time you've had getting all that done. Well done getting to Rheumatology and I am glad you are doing ok. Me too - as Elfie says. Shame there was nothing much worth seeing in town when you were there though😕 typical.

Oh I do that exactly! Almost as soon as I hot send (no usually later the same day) I realise I didn't order such and such from catason🙄

Of course Sleek will have her van catsomised, but she is still thinking how🤔 vet yesterday for her bioligic. Vet not happy about her kidneys, but not overly concerned. She had lost more weight, but is still playing inside and out enjoying her food etc. If her drinking slows down or she stops eating that will be different. Repeat bloods in December.

Garden is coming together feeling as though all should be well for tomorrow. Off to Asda in a minute to get bread for my sandwiches. Going to do some gluten free too 'just in case' no-one has said they are, but I'd hate someone to miss out.

Taking photos as we go so will post soon. Elfie is supervising proceedings very well indeed….Take care ((())) xxx

toady

Morning all

and a Happy Birthday to You Joan (I won't sing 😉) 😘 xx

See you all later have a good day xx

bosh

good morning Toni

How are you?
im feeling better and am having a celebratory hot choc at cost a packet

Wppl xx

Ps so many marrots lol xx

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) thank you my flowers. Yes the man came yesterday he said he could see the problem as soon as he walked in. Even the lock on the front door will be lowered and the rails in the wardrobe the cooker if I cook chicken I have to ask Charlie if he can come and lift it out. and the sink will be lowered. It’s a disabled bungalow why make it all higher. I hope you have a good day you have been busy now you need a rest.

Toni (()) my first sample had too much something with L in it so I had to do two different samples. I’m sorry about sleek problem with her kidneys getting worse. Have a good day tomorrow now if you did a jump you would have no washing up to do. It’s good you have some helpers.

Jojo (()) that’s good you are having a nice time.

Reshmi (()) I’m sorry your mum (()) was not well in the night I hope she feels better today

Stuart (()) sorry about your bad night’s say when you have your appointment they don’t know till you tell them. Love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day I hope you haven’t got a migraine love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (())

bosh

hi Joan

How are you?
happy birthday 🥳

Thanks mum is better now xx

bosh

Hi again Toni

How are you?

I slept very well thanks

The other thing yesterday was that we’d run out of available gluco - zade

I felt seriously ookey

I know toady has a point, so do a lot of people, but I’m not used to it all and of course lack of sleep is so closely related to mental health for me
mums ok 👍

Mum said doc said sis has a minor cyst that’s not serious in any way, she has to continue with her meds and avoid strenuous exercise for now, which is a Great relief thanks 🙏

I see a Saturday owl - head look - can’t be bad haha

Yes, the golden land of the Cold room cannot be mine just yet, it depends when EF leaves - it could be mine at 3 pm or 4 pm or depending on how greedy Bill is maybe 7 pm🤷‍♀️

Ok bye for now Toni tc xx

Ps time to catch the cat train lol xx

bosh

greetings toady of the peaceful abode -y

How are you and the bat Pokémon’s doing today?

I am feeling human again thank goodness

Don’t worry the money - managing implication wasn’t touching a raw nerve in any way

Actually managed a nap in mums room

The kids are still here 😱

But should be gone fairly soon I think

Ok bye for now toady tc xx

Ps another friendly neighbourhood mat 😂xx

toady

Hello all 😊

I'm surprised I didn't make even more of a hash of yesterday frog, and just sat in the drs half-awake going like 'yeah whatever' 😬 I forgot one bank card and struggled to remember the pin of the other for starters 🤪 good job I had cash (for the few things I bought just groceries in m/s). When did 'they' stop doing their own makeup range? Used to be nice! Hey ho. Hope things are still on course with you today it has been windy again hope your forecast is good, mine tomorrow is for much lighter winds 🤞. Sorry little Sleek didn't quite get 10/10 at the vets 😔 (but for effort, of course she did 😽) glad you got through the jab for this time and I hope she is her lively self for the foreseeable (()) xx 😘. 'Catsomised', what a smashing word 😄 love it. Yes that's a project that needs thinking about, definitely, get it right 👍️🖌️. Hope you got everything off your grocery list; good idea to have 'free from' as backup, you never know. I'm sure it will all be fab, best foot forward Elfie 😊 oh was the printer ok? xx

Hello Joan, I hope your day is going well, thinking of you (and Sue too 💕). About time for you to get the things put at the proper height! how awkward otherwise. Yes absolutely, why on earth not get it right to start with or at least consider what someone might need 🙄. It is quiet here today and sunny yes I am taking it easy thankyou 😊 it is supposed to be 30 degrees here again by Tues I'm glad I don't have anywhere to go then! Nice if you can pick & choose what to do but walking etc in it would be too much sun. Have a good evening has Brenda made you eat extra cake or something nice 😉 they weighed me yesterday I am the same as I was probably that's not going to change xx

Hi bosh, for once I have refreshed before posting! pleased to hear you are doing ok and also had some good sleep as you said earlier that will have been very good 😀 and a rest too. A celebratory hot choc sounds just the thing. Glad your mum is ok today thank goodness & all should be quiet any minute now 🤞. Catch up with you and any other news soon 👍️ you will be thrilled to know I have embarked on a hair conditioning extravaganza that the HD would be proud of, having seen what a dry ratty mess mine looked yesterday in 'real' mirrors in shops etc and not the slightly flattering one in my not very well lit bathroom 😂 at least if it's my turn to have the owl on my head its feathers will be lovely and shiny 🤭 (that pic was going so well til I scrolled down, I was quite happy at the owl point! 😱). As for the bats they are gearing up for hallowe'en too if the shops are anything to go by, groan 😬. Take care bye for now 😊 xx p.s. oh the doormat I've only just got it 😂 slow today!

Hope everyone else doing ok today so far, I had tea at 6ish Stuart, I don't mind tea at all hours so much in the summer but I know I won't be as keen when it's cold though 😕. Hope you got some sleep in after your pills maybe and things are as well as poss with you all :) xx

Wave to Jojo and SK, see you when we see you 👋 xx

bosh

greetings toady

Glad about the hair conditioning extravaganza 😂

My goodness what a weekend

Yes maybe we can start an owl on head rota system going on?

As featured in bosh’s manual, “ How to annoy the HD - concluding part” ? Haha

Ok I won’t waffle now trying to conserve some energy like JA’s cucumber pickles lol

👋 night toadface (affectionate term), Joan Jojo SK and S knee tc xx

Ps new alert from cats nap (or dogs nap) xx

bosh

Hi Toni

Sorry I just wanted to mention that I spoke to mum and she said her latest hypo was not genuine because the scanning device on her arm made an error so thank goodness for that 👍👍

okay have a good night Toni take care xx

Stuartknee

☕️pills

frogmorton

Morning everyone

Joan did you have a good birthday? You and my lovely neighbour share the same day. As did one of Lucy's chemo crew makes it a very good birthday to have. 🎂 I was thinking about putting a candle in one of her cakes at the afternoon tea? What do you think?

That one was for you though :)

I reckon your sample was low in leucocytes. That's the only L I can think of in a sample. Hopefully further testing will sort it out ((())) xxx

Morning Jojo hope you are well and the children and Michael too. Are you working today? I think you might be hope your foot copes ((())) xxx

Morning Skinny Keef hope you're ok and that the KTM was too no issues thrown up during the service. All good here Getting excited for Hampton court concourse of Elegance soon! Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Stuart glad you pain gave you an extra hour not too mong now until you see someone ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi how are you doing? I bet you slept like a log! Your mum too no doubt. What time did EF leave? Did your Mum cook for them when they arrived BIL and your sis or was it just BIL. If that's the case probably more food needed….

Absolutely lack of sleep is essential really for mental health as well as physical. It just lowers your ability to cope. Can't be good for BR can it really? Hopefully when he goes to big school he will be more tired and sleep through.

So your sister has a small cyst which must be pressing on her sciatic nerve maybe? At least she knows what it is although that isn't helping her pain really is it? I take it surgery is not advisable.

Love the cat trains I would really like a ride on one - well we could all go from Val's cafe all of us together😊

Like the doormat! I need one ordered please.

Now today the cool room surely can be yours! Get yourself in there and rest rest rest😴

Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Toady hope all is well, yes it was breezy yesterday today is meant to be slightly better.

I had a card I hadn't used so long I had to put my card in the machine and remember the number no 'zapping' luckily I was with a friend so didn't feel silly. I never tried M&S make-up it was good oh dear I am sorry I stick with exactly the same inoffensive colour have done all my adulk life!

Elfie has been checking all is in order for today's proceedings he has a check list bless him. Oh and yes the printer is printing again it maybe just needed a sleep?

Sleek plans to be at yours by 1pm to dodge everyone bless her. Hope that's ok she will bring a selection of small cakes and sandwiches with her none gluten free though!

Wish me luck 🤞

Take care ((())) xxx

Jojo_16

Morning frogmorton yeah I'm working today had a lot of pain yesterday the kids wanted to go to the park I couldn't let them down so I over done it for the last 2 days and my foot was really swollen and painful when I got back so I'm hoping I can get though work ok today. How are you doing this morning I hope you have a great day.

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day I counted 10 buds to come out on the rose I will take a photo when they are out. Yes that’s maddening when you haven’t got your card. Charlie said I wish I weighed 7stone I wouldn’t have this beer belly.

Toni (()) have a good day. A flower for you lovely neighbour. I just looked at my results it says albumin abnormal Creatinine. Thank you you are kind. Brenda friend phoned her they were talking for an hour then the lady said what are you doing tomorrow we can meet at the shops for a chat I said she must be lonely Brenda said yes she is.

Reshmi (()) thank you for the cake. I’m glad your mum (()) is alright have a good day

Jojo (()) I’m sorry about your pain go steady

Stuart (()) sorry about your bad nights love to your mum (()) have a good day

Skinny Keef (()) I hope everything is alright there love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (()) have a good day

Stuartknee

At least I found out why I have disturbed sleep, my dad has an enlarged prostrate so gets up 7 times a night. He's going to doc's on Tuesday for a blood test. Mum did a faceplant tripped over hosepipe nothing broken.

Noisy neighbours with the baby are moving out house sold.

My knees are achy got some air yesterday sat on a park bench & fell asleep in the sun.

Stuartknee

bosh

good afternoon Toni

How are you?
mums ok 👍

By the Way, she said her last almost hypo was caused by scanner error, so she was actually okay

I’m okay thanks

you are right I am Lord of the cold room today. I know it should be lady but Lord sounds more impressive haha

just about to have ablute
I will check with Mum about the details of the sciatica

Bye for now take care xx

👋 Joan you’re welcome have a nice day xx

toady

Afternoon all ☕️

Hope all is going super well with you frog 😀 if Elfie has a checklist nothing can go wrong 👍️ wishing everyone a lovely time. Sleek and I are getting along famously taking tea together and joining in the spirit 😊 having a nice quiet time. Gosh it will be hot here Tues it says 😮 you've done well for timing I think. Ooh yes I hadn't used my spare bank card for ages either so no doubt that would have happened to me too if I'd hoped to get away with a contactless transaction, glad I didn't! There is something they always say to do before you can use a new one I seem to think? but I've never really known what it is 😂. I have every debit card I have ever owned, partly because I squirrel things, but also a mini rebellion, against being told to cut up your old ones immediately 😉✌️. I never bought much of that shop's makeup either but it was easy to buy things there and maybe gifts etc knowing it was cruelty free without checking. No cosmetics firm will get rich off what I spend 😄. Hope you have a good evening, Sleek may be back in time for the aftermath & clearing up, maybe not 🤔😉 love to all 😘 xx

Hello Joan look forward to seeing the rose! all those buds ooh lovely 😀. I have been caught out without a card or cash only very rarely but it's horrible, you just can't do anything except go home 😣 in the old days I would maybe get a later bus and go again but I wouldn't bother now. Well Charlie there is only one thing you can do about your beer belly unfortunately 😬🍻 but it would be a lot of work now and we would all rather have a magic wand. Have a good evening love to Pepper 😘 xx

Hi to bosh hope you are all of you having a rest 👍️😴 and EF got home ok. I hope your sister is managing and feels better maybe for having got some more idea what's going on with her back. Good to hear about your mum's scanner being to do with giving a misleading result, good that that's what it was, I hope it's ok would it mean it has a fault and could be looked at or replaced rather than happen again? Not much going on with me today, just some houseworky bits & bobs, I will be starting the hair conditioning in earnest when a couple of new products arrive 🤭 I don't hold out much hope, as you have to wade through endless items specifically sold as being 'lightweight' but everyone describes it as heavy and sticky 🙄 oh and there is a lot of 'multi-tasking' among products these days, who knew 🤷‍♀️😄. I will be happy if it does one job! Toadface is fine by me btw 😂 take care and have a good rest of Sunday :) xx

Well, Stuart's 'boys' (sorry I can only remember Ollie's name and the forum history doesn't go back far enough now for me to check), lots of extra trips no wonder your poor Dad isn't getting a good night 😔. I hope the Drs can do something useful and Tuesday's bloods go ok 🤞. Your poor mum too tripping over the hose 😮 it is supposed to be a quiet hobby pottering in the garden not a Norman Wisdom impression!! Gosh I hope she is ok, best wishes to you both. Hurrah for some good news in your neighbours are going! 😀 oh that's excellent I hope you get some quiet people or better still it's empty for a bit first it all helps. Nobody knows the meaning of quiet Sunday round here 🙄 xx

Hi Jojo, hope you are managing ok at work 🤞 2 days in a row doing a lot is hard but you're bound to be torn when it comes to going out with your kids I know. Take care I hope you have a good new week and can rest on & off, is the foot gel any good have you got it yet? xx

Wave to SK 👋 and love to everyone xx

Jojo_16

Hi toady work was hard going as always I was working cages felt so bad nearly passed out on the shop floor my body can't handle much work I'm always wanting to do way more than my body will let me it's driving me crazy literally and my ancle was hurting a lot. As well it sort of helps but it's still painful. Anyway I hope you are well and I hope you have had a good day. Sorry for rambling on.

toady

Not at all Jojo gosh that's not rambling, I ramble for England 😳 ouch that sounds a tough day so hard when you want to do more 😕😣. I'm ok ta just tired, I always mention it at my yearly appt even though I know there's nothing they can do much - just annoying to have better joints than when they were really bad, but not get the benefit of it, like an old banger that would just about run if it had a teaspoon of petrol 🤪. I hope you have a decent night and maybe an easier shift next time doing something different 🤞 xx

Jojo_16

Thank you today I'm pleased you are ok and I know what you mean I could really do with a new foot and a new knee but we can't always get what we want can we?

bosh

hi Toni

How are you tonight?

Yes a lot of resting today no doubt

Mum got into a bit of a strop when I asked her The details of my sister’s sciatica so all I really know is that something is putting pressure on sciatic nerve, I think it could be a bulged disc actually not a cyst, I think I’ve got that bit wrong -yes mum got very excited and said I shouldn’t go on asking details of my sisters health problem, it’s in bad taste - I said it’s just Toni but she was still angry I’m afraid 🤷‍♀️

so I’ll leave the details there, sorry about that

Yes poor BR I think he was a bit unsettled and missing his parents

Yes indeed mental health and sleep are so deeply linked

I did however managed to write up a little poem that I wrote during my time in the Mima trenches. Thanks🙏

Vc poem called, “Biccie Mix assistance required, but this family only has cooks too stupid to be hired”
BR was given a cookie mix from his lady friend little Ella
He was indeed a lucky little fella
But was granny qualified to be played the part of his assistant cook?
Could she even use the microwave consulting without the instruction book?
Mummy’s back aches, but she has never used an oven
And she’s busy keeping her bosses off her back, that ookey management coven
And Mima can only tell stories that’s her solitary skill
Big Babu is just a lazy lump much like his daddy also known as Bill
Lord A just makes up words and tells Mima lies
Oh just forget the cookie mix I’ll go to the bakery is the largest of all the pies

Have a good night, Toni and take care xx

Ps this is, of course, not the real BR, just a fictional representative lol xx

bosh

greetings toady aka toadface lol

how are you today?

Multitasking and hair, yes I know these problems haha

It does happen occasionally, the wrong reading from the scanner. I think basically it’s a one off 👍

My sister is not doing too badly Thank you

Yes EF got back okay thanks I think they left around 3 pm or 4 pm yesterday

I have surreptitiously thrown away some ice cream otherwise I would be looking like Bill soon haha

It’s a secret by the way, no one should know about the ice cream just you I and everyone on the Internet lol

I did manage a little poetic effort I put it in my message to Toni
Have a good night toady and take care xx

👋night Joan Jojo SK and S knee xx