Val's Cafe

dachshund

Hello Kathleen Barbara Toni and anyone else I missed.
Kathleen i'm pleased you got on alright at the hospital sorry about your back that hurts I know.
Barbara i'm pleased you got out and enjoyed the market it makes you feel better.
we took the dogs for their walk in was nice in the sun but cold.
Toni good luck with all you have to do.
take care all
joan xx

barbara12

Afternoon all..cold but sunny... :balloon:
Joan it makes such a difference having the sun even if it is cold..glad you got out with your doggy's..bet they look forward has well as you and Sue...
Toni its good to hear you have delayed the carpets, you dont need that pressure..it will all come together for you..must say I am quite fancying your house ..all ready to move into
Has anyone else got a bad memory..mine has gone atrocious.. :roll: I keep putting things away and cant find them for weeks..and every time we go shopping I cant find my points cards..and then the appointments I forget..who am I :valentine: Hope slomo is getting on ok at work..and love to all that are missing.xxxxx

frogmorton

Slomo will be in later this week I think Barbara as her phased reintroduction increases the amount of time there :roll:

You can be forgetful - but so am I! If it's any comfort you've been like it the whole time I've known you so don't worry!!

I bet the dogs enjoyed their walk, Joan - did Sue go too? It has been cold but nice hasn't it?

Hoping everyone is ok Kath and Christine, mig - regulars haven't been in?

Maybe making the most of the sun.

At least I saw Elizabeth on facebook I think :?

Love to everyone

(a tired) Toni xxx

barbara12

Morning all nice and sunny
Toni ..think you are right about my memory ..but sure it has gone worse..no wonder you are tired I am worried it might catch up with you, so please rest when you can..easy for me to say..thanks for the info on slomo
Hope Christine is doing ok...this doesn't mean post ..just so you know we notice when people are missing..
Thinking of Mig and all of the family today..(())
got my niece coming with her sister and her new baby...3 weeks old and I cant wait :balloon:
Love to everyone xxxxxx

dachshund

Hello Barbara Toni and anyone else I missed
Barbara yes it is nice going out a bit cold sitting but we like going out. have a lovely times with the baby.
Toni you rest when you can yes sue does go in her electric wheelchair.
take care all we are going shopping.
joan xx

Kitty

Sorry this is a bit late this week, but I think it's worth it.

Herb Batterd Halloumi & chips
Grilled Salmon Fillet
Wholetail scampi served with fries, buttered peas and tartare sauce.
Cellentini pasta tossed in garlic and tomato sauce
Shortcrust pastry tart filled with creamy cauliflower cheese and topped with roasted cherry tomatoes. Served with a sour cream topped jacket potato and buttered green beans.
Chicken breast topped with Monterey Jack cheese, BBQ sauce, back bacon and pepper-crumb fried chicken strips. Served with grilled corn and fries.
Juicy British chicken thighs with dirty rice, grilled corn, Kapia pepper and tomato salsa.
A chargrilled chicken breast topped with a grilled Kapia pepper, tomato salsa and a Padron pepper. Served with sweet potato fries and sour cream dA chargrilled chicken breast served with buttery garlic mash and peas.

Baked New York Vanilla Cheesecake With raspberries in sauce.
Belgian chocolate sauce with real dairy ice cream, honeycomb and fudge pieces.
Fruit salad topped with either Greek-style yoghurt, strawberry yoghurt, or real dairy ice cream. Finished with a nut-free granola and a cherry.
Lemon Meringue Pie With lemon sauce, raspberries in sauce and fluffy cream.
Profiteroles, Cream-filled choux pastry buns with Devon cream toffee and Belgian chocolate sauces. Served with real dairy ice cream.
Deep filled Bramley apple pie, Served with a choice of real dairy ice cream or custard.
Rhubarb compote topped with a nut-free granola crumble served with custard
Warm American style ‘SILVER DOLLAR’ pancakes With banana, real dairy ice cream, honeycomb pieces and Devon cream toffee sauce.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with a fruit twist,, Indulgent and served warm with a choice of real dairy ice cream or custard.

frogmorton

Aw Barbara!! A new ickle bubba to hold Is your niece doing ok? Lucky you I don't mean people have to post either - just hope they are ok :?

Hi Joan Good to hear Sue is able to get out in her leccie chair. I can see a wee bit of sunshine here - now much, but it's something

Kath I am now spoilt for choice!! I love pasta and salmon as well as halloumi. Oh dear!

Maybe I shall have to have all three!!

As for desert maybe the lemon meringue :balloon:

I hope you are doing ok today? How's your 'mood' is it settling yet on the patches?

I just had to go to the post office and renew my driving licence it was the photo. I look quite a bit older on this one Probably the stress of the last 2 years!

Love to you all

Toni xxx

slomo

Hi everyone, have finally made it!! This working lark really gets in the way of a good time doesn't it?
Barbara thanks for asking after me, Toni, not much up with you're memory, you're quite right about my phased return. Should have been back to my 3 full days this week but having done 2 and a half days the previous week, I got them to let me go in one hour late each of the 3 days this week and next week I can tell myself that it's only one extra hour a day and I'll never notice it!!
Got my blood test done yesterday and some washing and shopping so today was playtime but I'm tired now. Got my hair done this morning and am going to try out a shampoo for thinning hair, n*ox*n, its called. When I saw rheumy the other week he said he could tell by my face that I'm on steroids - he knows how to flatter a girl. When I saw the GP last week he said (and I knew this but it took me aback a bit to hear it said so bluntly) that my fitness would never be back as it was before I got ill. He says to take things One Day At A Time. (Isnt there another group that uses that slogan?!)
Cheated and bought a fish pie for tea cos its easy. Not just any fish pie but a *&* fish pie. While I was there, a rather nice top waved to me from its hanger and beckoned me over, it would have been really churlish of me not to take it home with me. That's my excuse.
Love the latest menu - thinking of the salmon and lemon meringue pie.
Confess I can't properly remember whose doing what. Other than Mig - I do hope everything went smoothly and as well as such things can. Love and hugs to you and yours Mig.
OH has arrived home so I'd best go welcome him and start slaving over a hot stove heating up the fish pie.
Love to everyone and hope you're all keeping well/wellish
slomo

frogmorton

Well slomo!

You really do sound very up-beat despite the odd tactless comment, (rheumy).

'Easy' meals are a must for the working person who has a health condition I feel.

As for that top I have to agree - it would have been morally wrong to ignore it!!

I am having the salmon and lemon meringue too, (amngst other things :oops: ).

Right sleeves up Toni:-



super-fast I have a bungalow to view!!



Oh gosh the loos....



see you later

Toni xxx

dachshund

Hello Kathleen Toni Slomo and anyone else I missed.
Kathleen how are you feeling I hope you have a nice weekend.
Toni good luck with the bungalow. haea good weekend.
Slomo its nice to see you back have a good weekend.
take care all
joan xx

applerose

Just checked when I was last in and it's been a few days.

Mig, I hope everything went smoothly yesterday and your family are coping. x

Kath, I'm glad you are feeling more positive and the OA in your hip isn't as bad as you thought. I get pain in my hips coming from my back. I read through the menu and as I went I kept changing my mind as to what to have. I think the chicken with cheese and BBQ sauce. Followed by the pancakes. Mmmm, my mouth is watering.

Toni, that's good having an extra week to get sorted out before the carpets come. I don't think those photos for licenses or passports look good at all. I'm sure you don't look any older at all. I'm sure I read somewhere that you are looking at a couple more bungalows. Can't find it now but hope you find what you want.

Joan, glad you got out in the sun. I always think you can wrap up if it's cold and enjoy the sun but I hate it raining.

Barbara, my memory is bad too. Mostly I laugh about it but now and again I worry about dementia. Thanks for thinking about me not calling in. A new 3 week old baby to squeeze. Bet you enjoyed a cuddle.

Slomo, I know how difficult it is going back to work after just a couple of weeks off so it must be very tiring for you. I hope you don't notice the extra hour. I'm usually too tired to play after work. My rheumie is good at flattery too. Reckons my feet aren't my best feature. Huh! I keep a ready meal in the freezer for tired days. Nothing wrong with not cooking every meal. Yes, it would have been wrong not to have the top.

I finally got to see the optician. She couldn't find anything more wrong with my eyes than there was last year but I have to go back in a week to have my eyes dilated so she can have a better look and she said she wants to keep an eye on them as there s macular degeneration in the family. She did say my long distance was starting to go so I'm getting varifocals. I also need to hold a warm cloth over my eyes a couple of times a day to clear the oil ducts.

My youngest GD's latest saying was when I offered her a banana, which she loves, she told me no because it would make her sour. Forgot to ask mum and dad if they knew what she meant. The local branch of my bank closed a few weeks ago so I need to use the post office which usually has queues out the door. Now we've found out that the post office is up for sale. Just hope it stays as a post office or I'll need to get a bus to the bank or change banks. The library has just closed for 6 months for refurbishment. It will be state of the art. I prefer it as it is. It fits in better to our little old town.

tkachev

HI all, I'm still sleeping tons and then have to wake up for the children at 3 ish- coming home from school- and then only have a little while before Daniel takes over the laptop (2 out of the 3 are not working). Itching seems to be better, just be the lower legs and feet now whereas before it was all over. Still taking far too many pills.

Thankfully it is half term so I will get lie ins and not too much to catch up with for a change.

I was on facebook Toni as I finally got the dates for Dan's respite. It will be a couple of hours to start on 27 Feb and then 2 nights a month until he is 18.

Hope the house hunting is going well Toni. I will have to read back to get up to date.

Hoping Toady is getting somewhere with the humira but it doesn't sound too promising.

Elizabeth xx

mig

Thank-you all for your thoughts on friday,the funeral service went very smoothly the minister got SIL down to a tee ,the flowers were beautiful and much admired,The wake was at a local pub and went on till well we didn't get home 8 o'clock and it was still going strong she would have loved it.Hubby and I are now the oldest on his side of the family ,a very daunting responsibility to hold the family history for future generations.
Once again thank-you all. Mig

dachshund

Hello Christine Elizabeth Mig and anyone else I missed.
Christine sorry about your eyes I have varifocals.
Elizabeth your body needs the rest you enjoy it when you can.
Mig i'm glad it all went has well as it could life can be so hard at times and we have to be strong.
take care all
joan xx

Kitty

Beautiful sunshine outside, but oh so cold. :be-my-valentine:

Mig, I'm glad your SIL's funeral went well. Nothing like a good send off to bring out the Happy and loving memories.

Elizabeth, I hope your sleep is refreshing. I've not been sleeping well in spite of the patches, because I now have sciatica all down my right side - agony. I can now sympathise with OH as he gets it often. The bottom three discs in his spine have crumbled! We are a pair.

Christine, I'm glad you are enjoying the new menu. Emily tries to vary it as much as possible for us.

Slomo, we practically always do ready meals. Or should I say OH does them. Although he has recently begun to use fresh eggs more often. And quite a lot of smoked salmon too. Fish pie is quite a frequent choice, with peas and sweetcorn. Slurp.

Toni, by all means have all three. I'd never even heard of Halloumi before and had to look it up. :oops: I've never been very adventurous with food, and don't find highly spicy foods palatable at all. As for dirty rice - the mind boggles.

Hope you all have a nice romantic evening planned. :balloon:

barbara12

Afternoon all..its cold but sunny ..and I thought i had posted yesterday but cant find it..not good this memory..
Toni glad you remembered about slomo, hope the bungalow is to your liking..the little bubba is lovely and has such a good head of hair.. way back there is Turkish blood on her partners side...great great
Elizabeth its good to be able to catch up on your sleep..and glad the itching is a bit better..now you enjoy half term...
Kath you have made mu mouth water..my middle GD love haloumi..I was another that hadn't heard of it
Joan it is lovely to get out whatever the weather..your little doggy's are very lucky to have you both..and yes I loved cuddling the baby :balloon:
Mig glad all went well, I bet she was watching and thinking what a lovely send off..you take care of yourselves.I hope you have another break away very soon
slomo yes Toni has a good memory thank goodness...my face looks like a red balloon when I have steroid injections...so dont worry you are not on your own, and good for you cheating I do it most days.. ..it taste better... :balloon: has for the top..it was meant to be..its a good way of looking at the extra hour..hope it all goes well
Christine..dont you worry about answering every post they do mount up when you cant get in..glad you got to the opticians..my OH has to do the warm towel things but he forgets..its good they are keeping a check on your eyes..this post office thing is awful we lost one of ours and they are talking of closing the little one,they just dont think of people having to travel..or they are not bothered...I wonder what the sour is it will be something completely different than whay you think
The meds they have put me on for the sinus is not working and making the head pain worse, so I will have to ring them tomorrow..then I can concentrate on getting this hip replaced...right I will go and have another look at the list of foods kath has put on..

frogmorton

Did I put this one on?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51485779.html

we looked at this one yesterday. It's a sort of bungalow our room is downstairs as is one bathroom. If Lucy has to have hip surgery we would swap with her

Elizabeth I am sorry you are so tired! BUT very pleased about the respite - I thought I'd seen that Maybe the itching will soon go altogether :?

Barbara! New bubbas are adorable and imagine loads of hair too Turkish - wow! She will be gorgeous.

Kath I have always loved halloumi. It's like panneer but saltier and great for us veggies to cook with in place of meat Thank you I shall indeed have all 3!

Not really romantic, but had a lovely card and flowers and choccies Hope you did though?

You take care too Joan We had some sunshine I hope you did too?

Mig sending ((())) to you all. So very hard life at times.


Hi Christine! We really had missed you. I suspected your eyes might have been playing up. Have posted a bungalow house above we looked at yesterday

Been to see MIL in hospital (over 4 weeks now!) she seems in good spirits. I hope they let her out soon

Love

Toni xxx

applerose

Elizabeth, hopefully your itching will get even less now and you can get a bit more rest during the school holiday. Only a couple of weeks till the respite starts. At last.

Mig, I'm glad all went well on Friday. It sounds as if it was a good celebration on your SIL's life.

Joan, do you get on well with the varifocals? Not sure I will but they said that if I don't, I can go back and get different ones.

Kath, we had brilliant sunshine in the middle of the morning but then heavy hailstones and dark grey clouds. It felt like bedtime by 5pm. Hope you and your OH are managing to control your pain as much as possible.

Barbara, don't babies look adorable with lots of hair? I keep forgetting to use the warm towel on my eyes so now, when I make a cuppa, I wet the towel then go and sit with my cuppa till the towel cools enough. Think it's the only way I'll remember. Hope you get something sorted with your sinuses tomorrow.

Toni, that house looks lovely too. A downstairs bedroom and bathroom sounds like a good idea. Thank you for missing me. Glad your MIL is in good spirits. Hope they let her home soon.

Today's plan was to do a bit of tidying in the garden as the sun was shining. That went out the window when it started hailing heavily. So only did a bit of indoor tidying and some ironing. My daughter told me my GD was supposed to start pre-school the day they moved house but they forgot. That was a week ago. Oops. I'm due to donate blood tomorrow but it's a long walk to get there so I hope the weather isn't bad.

dachshund

Hello Kathleen Barbara Toni Christine and anyone else I missed.
Kathleen how are you doing I hope you are not in too much pain.
Barbara I hope they find some thing to help your sinuses so you can have you hip done. I say my body is wearing out.
Toni the bungalow is nice it must be hard to choose witch one to have.
Christine yes they are like looking through normal glasses they don't have a line across the middle the reading half is at the bottom.
take care all
joan xx

barbara12

Morning all just been to my neighbours to have my 4-5 weeks cut..feel a lot better :balloon:
Joan you always so positive whatever life throws at you, and I think this has help you both, hope you have this sunshine and get get out but its freezing so wrap up warm
Toni the house looks lovely, a good compromise having a bedroom downstairs, I love the large hallway something I have always wanted, and the kitchen is stunning with the settee in there so you can all chill, I am sure after you have seen a few more something will say which one to choose...
Christine its has been a couple of lovely days a pity you couldn't get outside, but the time will come soon I feel spring is not far away..watch this space it will snow now..hope its nice enough to go and give blood..I am sure they will understand your GD missing preschool they have got a lot on..
Its freezing here but the sun is shinning..OH is coming home at lunch so might get out..love to everyone.. :valentine:

Kitty

Joan, your body may be wearing out, but your brain is super active. You could teach many younger ones a lot.

Barbara, how lovely to have your own hairdresser right on your doorstep.

Ooh Christine, that must have been awful. I hate hail as much as snow.

Toni, what a lovely home that would make.

Can't wait for the weather to get a bit warmer. :?

frogmorton

Christine I very much hope you can donate blood. It is so so important. Lucy had at least 30 pints so far (lost count!) and at least 10 units of platelets each of which need 3 pints of blood to make.

Lucy hopefully won't need much more, but I wish blood donors realised how wonderful they are!

(They retired me because I kept fainting!!! hehehe!)

Joan I do rather like this one too. It's exactly half way between Lucy's hair academy and Paul's work.....

Kath - I am very cold too, but spring can't be far off can it?
I have to agree that dormer is lovely The garden is not as much work as it looks either

Barbara - your hair looks lovely

I hope you got out today looking so good

I loved that dormer too....the bedroom is HUGE!! Never ever had anything anywhere near that big.

Hope all our missing friends are ok

Love

Toni xxx

barbara12

Morning all
A little birdie has told me its Kath's Birthday today,,so these are for you.. hope you enjoy your day
Toni thanks ..my hair looks the same has my neighbors... but its tidy..they retired me has well from giving blood, I remember my Mum having badges for it :balloon: bless she never missed..good luck with the house hunting..
Kath you are right about our Joan her and Sue are so positive..they could learn me a thing or two..my hairdresser doesn't live in the rd..but come to my neighbour so I go there ..like I said we both look the same.. hope you are doing ok..
Today is sunny and cold again so dont mind that, but I cam smell spring in the air.. :valentine: I cant wait..started with the jewellery making , but I need a large magnifier..so will have to look for one..
Hope Elizabeth is getting some rest in half term..and love to all that are missing..xxxx

dachshund

Hello Barbara Kathleen Toni and anyone else I missed.
Barbara thank you its better that way than to worry all the time things seem easer when your happy. have a good day.
Kathleen thank you. you are a lovely kind person who has a lot of pain and you are a fighter and a winner. happy birthday.
Toni good luck how long do you have to choose between them all. have a good day.
take care all
joan xx

Kitty

Happy Birthday to me 65 today, 65 today. Oh shut up woman you know you can't sing.

Barbara, thank you. My YS and his wife sent me something very similar. I was so surprised when they were delivered this morning. There's a photo on my status page on FB.

Joan, I'm blushing now. :oops: People like you and Sue make being kind easy - but I do have my moments of not being kind. :? :?

Toni, I hope you're right about spring being close. Lots of buds on our plants, the Camellia has open flower on it and the birds look very busy already.

I've already got this week's menu, so will put it in a new post. It will make up for making you wait last week. :P