Val's Cafe

barbara12

Morning all..lovely and sunny..
Toni I hope things get moving very soon..I can only imagine how you just want to be in the new house and all unpacked..fingers crossed
Aiden I love to people watch and to earwig has we say.. so the scone was saying come and get me..did you buy some for the cafe for later..the med is called Repatha..you can read about it on the mail on line..
Christine that is all you need...I do remember you saying you couldn't hear out of one..but 2 must be awful..my OH is the same they wont syringe his..wounder if its because its gone wrong now and then..he is still using the oil but its not working that good..hope it works for you..
Not seen Kath around hope all is well..
Not sure what today will bring..will let you know later...
Love to everyone..xxxxx

dachshund

Hello Barbara Toni Aidan Christine and anyone else I missed.
Barbara I hope you are not in a lot of pain. have a good weekend.
Toni sorry yesterday dial a ride turned up early and I was writing to you. have a good weekend all of you.
Aidan I hope you find a cake you like. have a good weekend.
Christine sorry about all your problems. I hope you have a good weekend.
take care all
joan xx

bubbles

You have a good week end too Joan. Hope everyone else is managing to enjoy, and or avoid the sunshine I am with you on the summer Barbara, we don't like it too warm.

I looked up the new anti cholesterol drug, Repatha. Seems that you can get it on the NHS, and I seem to meet the criteria, so I think I will be asking either my Cardio boss or my GP. The cost is nearly £5000 a year, per patient. :shock: so I don't hold great hope, but, you don't ask, you don't get.

Yes, the scones were talking to me, from under their dome. There are always spare ones for the cafe. Endless supplies, although quite a few have gone on the plane charter, which is turning out to be quite dramatic lol

Hope they can do something with your ear Christine, it is terrible, my late Mum was stone deaf in one ear and had to wear a very strong hearing aid in the other. I am sure they could refer you to ENT, to let them see if they can syringe and or offer a solution.

Kath, hope you are ok, Toni, you as well hun, sat with all those boxes and no date set. I would be on the ceiling. Is Lucy on a night out with her new gentleman friend?

Hugs and take cares, to one and all. Time for T and a shortbread or three. Then a nap. XXX Aidan

applerose

Barbara, I think I've got full hearing in my right ear now so I can turn the tv down a bit. I usually have it on 8, 10 is too loud but I've had it on 20 and it still sounded muffled. I'm back down to 11 now. Hope the oil works for your OH. How long has he been using it?

Joan, I've got hearing back in one ear now so better than I was. So far I am having a good weekend. Hope you are too.

Aiden, I set off this morning wearing a jumper and jacket but was melting on the way home. Couldn't take them off because that meant carrying them and I had enough to carry. You definitely should ask about the Repatha. The worst is they say no. I will be kicking up if things don't improve in my left ear. I'm ok now in my right.

Didn't mention yesterday that I saw the vampires yesterday and they took a whole armful. 49 donations so far. I was hoping to make it 50 in August but they're not coming back till October and it's too dark in the late afternoon for me to walk back.

Went in to town to the Farmers market today for pies, which I got (had one for tea and it was delicious) and ginger wine but they hadn't made any. I'd been looking for a glass chopping board for around £1 and found 4 for £1.25. Bargain. Also got a skirt, a top and 2 light jumpers. Errrm, wasn't supposed to buy clothes. :? And I got an edging hoe thingy to cut my lawn edges back.

Got back, quickly made some scrambled eggs then sat at the back bedroom window and watched a typhoon doing loop the loops and twirls in the sky over the airport, which I could see properly if it wasn't for the trees. A short while later the Red Arrows did a display. That was brilliant as usual. A while after that, there were what looked like spitfires doing dives and looping about. And I made a chocolate cake. Yum. I'll leave the rest for you all to share.

dachshund

Hello Aidan Christine and anyone else I missed
Aidan how is your dryer getting on
Christine i'm sorry about your ears your eyes are enough I hope it soon clears up
take care all
joan xx

barbara12

Morning all
Aiden I hope you get the new statins I am going to ask when I next see him..I was naughty yesterday got a friut flan form Sainsb*rys..my OH go on lets have a treat...not sure it should be every day though...
Joan hope you and Sue are doing ok..do you still get the help in the morning and evenings...
Christine ..I can just see you trying to get on the bus with all your bags..glad you get a bargain with the glass boards you cant beat that..we have to hunt out farmers markets here..they are few and far between..OH has been using oil for years... :shock: at least...
We have Niamh coming today with mum and dad..so we have cleaned the slide down.we got it when our eldest GD was 2 and now she is 18..so its had some use...we were smoked out yesterday with our neighbours barbecue..so they cooks us some chicken and sausage to make up..not that we complained..
Love to everyone..hope you have a good day..xxxxx

Kitty

I seem to remember posting, but can't find it. Oh well, it happens from time to time. Apart from being exhausted (morphine?) Just the usual aches and pains, so I'm mostly OK. Yesterday I managed to get down on the floor, and spread bad leg out and press down on my knee. Avert your eyes, it's not a pretty sight and I regretted it later. :roll:

Barbara we've been having too many treats just lately. Egg custards, cream caramels, bars of caramac, anything chocoate. Dread to think what I weigh. :?

Christine, I'm glad your ears seem to be working again.

Toni, glad to hear that Lucy's appointments are gradually appearing on the horizon.

Charrisse, yes, the cafe dwellers are a lovely caring lot. What with all the delicious calorie free food, beds in the cafe and Aiden (our matron) dispensing suitable meds when needed. We are caring and sharing.

mig

Can you still get caramac haven't had one in years. Mig

Kitty

Te**o sell packs of 3. I usually buy 3 packs. They don't last me long. :oops: I'm such a piggy wig. :splash:

applerose

Joan, I'm getting there with my ears so improving. Hope you have had a good weekend and managed to get out.

Barbara, I was talking to a friend the other day. We were both saying we deserve a treat now and then. Only thing is now and again was usually every day. We must be lucky. We have a Farmers market once a month in our town and another one in the next big town once a month except in the winter. The slide has lasted well. Hope Niamh has fun. Your neighbours obviously think of you if they disturb you. That's good.

Kath, I'm glad you aren't too bad at the moment. You sounded very down on FB. What lovely flowers. They certainly brighten the café up.

Mig, I think I've seen Caramac somewhere. One of my favourites.

Our next door neighbours had a hot tub buzzing 24/7 all through last summer and this year they've had a blow up bouncy castle up all over the weekend last weekend and this weekend. The noise is horrendous with the blower going the whole time. Hope it's not going to be up all over the summer.

bubbles

Hi to all, Joan Barbara Kath Elizabeth Toni Mig Charrisse

A warm day today, borderline glowing, but managed to keep just below boiling point.

Joan, the dryer is still a law unto itself. All singing all dancing sensor this and sensor that, like heck it is, it is a battle royal. Hopefully, all will be fixed next week, when it has its brain replaced. How hand would that be - me first. :shock: :?

Christine its good that your hearing is improved for you. Let's hope it continues. You have had an exciting day with the air display, shopping, bargains, clothes, pies (most important) I will be hunting down the chocolate cake, thank you for sharing. I have just read about the bouncy castle and the blower going all the time - no consideration some folks. I would take a big pin or knitting needle

Nothing wrong with a fruit flan Barbara, treats are very important, especially cake ones. It is good for you, with fruit in, a bit like scones, they are full of goodness. Hope you had a good visit with Niamh and that the slide came into good use again.
At least the neighbours cooked some things for you, after you had been smoked out :roll:

Kath I hope you are in less pain, I understand the feeling of exhaustion, it all seems to roll into one, with arthur and the pain dullers. I bet you regretted getting on the floor. I don't think I would get up without two strong men and a winch. See, treats, a bit of what you fancy does you no harm, therefore quite a lot of what you fancy does you the world of good Thank you for your kind words about us all. We all help each other in many ways, no matter how small.

The one thing I could never take to was caramac, eew, don't know why, it just used to half choke me.

Toni, hope you are ok, enjoying the week end.

We had coffee and scones this morning, at the garden centre, we went early ish, just after 10, it was already quite busy. Most people were sat outside, so that suited us, it was nice and quiet indoors. Sit in the sun, with wasps, no thanks. The scone was delicious, as always, freshly baked every morning, to a secret recipe. One day I will have two, I just won't be able to stop myself.
We have family up this week, staying in a big holiday van, on a nice country park not far from us. So apologies if I am not about as often.
Staying at home tomorrow, Bank Holiday.

Everyone take care, enjoy the fine weather, stay in the shade, those of us who are wrinkle phobic (myself included) lol. XXX Aidan

frogmorton

Hello everyone

Sorry to have been AWOL, but internet explorer has been playing me up a bit - hopefully it will let me post this ::)

Aidan - have two scones go on, you know you want one, go on, go on

Everywhere has been very busy over here not that I have noticed too much...I pottered in the garden yesterday can't do any today though Silly me :deckchair: Will sit on my backside instead.

How lovely family visiting! You enjoy them and of course you are utterly forgiven if you can't get on as much

You can get caramac in Tesco Mig!! they were on offer 3 for something!! Probably not now and probably for the best they aren't eh
Kath - Oh they ARE!! I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that - I can eat all 3 :oops:

Well done for stretching that knee flat very good even if it is sore you were very brave.

Christine I very much hope your neighbours were just celebrating a birthday or something. I hate those stupid trampolines they all have too - they can see in your garden!! Hehehe!

Still I can't moan I had Charley's OH's nephew here yesterday and we were all outside shrieking and laughing with him he is 14 months and gorgeous

How are the taddies coming along?

Nice neighbours Barbara


Hope you didn't have any washing out!!

I also home Naimh enjoyed the slide bless her and you enjoyed the visit too

Hello Joan I hope you Sue and the doggies are having a good weekend?

Well onwards and upwards Paul is working this afternoon in Manchester yah booh!

dachshund

Hello Barbara Kathleen Mig Christine Aidan and anyone else I missed.
Barbara that was nice of your neighbours I bet that tasted good.
yes sue still has the carers.
Kathleen do you do your exercises led down on the bed. how are your patches doing mine are making my arm itchy and red but they are better than the liquid.
Mig how are you doing.
Christine that's good I hope it carries on working for you.
Aidan I don't like Caramac too sickly. I hope you have a good day. Hello Toni you popped in there. I hope everything is going well for you all.
take care all
joan xx

dachshund

Hello Barbara Kathleen Mig Christine Aidan and anyone else I missed.
Barbara that was nice of your neighbours I bet that tasted good.
yes sue still has the carers.
Kathleen do you do your exercises led down on the bed. how are your patches doing mine are making my arm itchy and red but they are better than the liquid.
Mig how are you doing.
Christine that's good I hope it carries on working for you.
Aidan I don't like Caramac too sickly. I hope you have a good day. Hello Toni you popped in there. I hope everything is going well for you all.
take care all
joan xx

barbara12

Morning all..its lovely but already getting hot...
Toni we do have mostly good neighbours..just a couple but you always get them..its down to give and take..Paul could have called in for a cuppa..depending on what side of Manchester and how far out.. stop apologizing for not getting on ..blimey you are in the middle of moving..any word yet..
Joan I am glad you get the help , I know you couldn't lift Sue..I often wonder how alike you are for Twins..I have seen the pic you sent me when your heating was mended..but do you like the same things..
Kath caramac I love them.they are so creamy...now you have done it.. hope the tiredness lift for a while ...
Hello Mig I would share my caramac but too late...
Aiden.. apparently the smoking out was caused by a wind change..anyway we got fed...I'm not a fan of barbies..I always wonder if the food is cooked properly.. Niamh had a good day up and down the slide..she never stops..not even when eating we have to try and make her sit.. did you say you had family coming to stay nearby...you enjoy.....and dont worry about not posting we will still be here..
Christine..I know what you mean about the noise off the generators..and pumps..I was saying the other day there don't seem to be much peace and quiet these days with all the mowers and strimmers..I am from the era when mower weren't electric..how brilliant having all those farmers markets..
OH is working today at his BILs sorting his boiler..so I will have a little sit in the garden..just wish I had an umbrella for shade..
Love to everyone xxxxx :cheers:

Kitty

I told you I'd regret my acrobatics. I was fine yesterday afternoon, but today the pain is back in my groin with pins and needles all down my leg.

Joan, I've tried both floor and bed. I just don't lie on my back when on the floor, but I can when on the bed.

I will have to stop visiting FB first thing in the morning. That's when I feel worst. :?

Tuna wraps
Make flatbread wraps with tuna, warm white beans, a drizzle of olive oil and lettuce and tomato.

The New York supper
Bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon. Serve with tomatoes, watercress or rocket, and sliced red onion or shallot.

Bacon bagels
Grill bacon until crisp. Toast 2 bagels, butter, then slather with cream cheese and lots of black pepper, and top with the bacon.

Open chicken sandwiches
Dip thinly sliced chicken breasts in flour; cook for 2 minutes each side in hot olive oil. Place on bread with lettuce, tomato and mayo.

Chard on toast
Sweat some chard leaves with butter and garlic. Poach two eggs. Serve with the pan juices on buttered, toasted sourdough.

Upscale tuna salad
Mix good tinned tuna (packed in olive oil), capers, dill or parsley, lemon juice but no mayo.

Sausage and pepper sandwiches
Cut Italian sausage into chunks and brown in a little olive oil; chop onions and peppers and add them to the pan. Cook until sausage is browned and peppers and onions tender. Serve in sandwiches.

Egg in a hole, glorified
Tear a hole in a piece of bread and fry in butter. Crack an egg into the hole and allow to cook. Deglaze pan with a little sherry vinegar mixed with water, and more butter; pour over the egg.

New Joe's Special
Brown minced meat with crushed garlic and chopped onion. When almost cooked, add chopped spinach and stir until wilted. At the last minute, stir in 2 eggs, grated parmesan, salt and pepper.

Fig and prosciutto salad
Chop prosciutto and crisp it in a pan with olive oil; add chopped figs. Serve over greens dressed with oil and vinegar topped with crumbled blue cheese.

Cobb-ish salad
Chop bacon and begin to brown; cut boneless chicken into strips and cook with the bacon. Toss romaine, watercress or rocket with chopped tomatoes, avocado, onion and crumbled blue cheese. Add meat. Dress with oil and vinegar.

Pesto with anything
Put about 40g basil leaves, a garlic clove, salt, pepper and olive oil as necessary in a blender (pinenuts, walnuts, parmesan are optional). Serve with pasta or on grilled fish or meat.

Aiden busy making more scones. bless him.

applerose

Aiden, so your drier is getting a new brain? I'd like one too. I'll get in the queue behind you. I have been working out how to sneak in next door with a sharp pointy thing. Talking of cake being good for you if it has fruit in - my chocolate cake didn't have any so I covered it in cherry compote - problem solved. Have a great time this week with your family. Don't worry about us. We'll still be here when you come back in.

Toni, hope you managed to sit in the garden for a while today after being so busy. I agree it's probably a good thing that Caramac isn't on offer. I always wish shops wouldn't put chocolate, ice cream and other goodies on offer. I can't help myself when they do. I don't think there was a party next door. There was only the 5 year old playing on it most of the time and her birthday is just before Xmas. The bouncy castle was till up at 9pm last night but it looks as if it has gone now. Hopefully that's the last of it. I don't mind the kids shouting and laughing. It was the noise from the blower. Sounded like a very loud electric lawn mower. The taddies know when I'm around the pond. There are splashes all over and I see a flash of them as they dive for cover. I did see a couple coming up for air when I stood still. Getting big but still no sign of legs.

Joan, sorry your arm is itchy with the patches. Hope it isn't too bad.

Barbara, it used to be very quiet here. The neighbours on one side seem to make noise all the time. There are a few young kids out the back of me but they are just playing. it's good to hear them laugh. Don't hear much else. I keep thinking about getting a sun brolley but don't know where I'd put it.

Kath, I'm sorry you are in so much pain again and with pins and needles too. Hope it eases soon. Joe's special sounds good. I make my own pesto, often with wild garlic which I collect from a huge patch growing in a wood about a 15 minute walk from where I live. I use lots of leaves and some flowers so don't need the basil. I leave the bulbs in the soil though so they will still be there the next year. I see Aiden is very busy up to his elbows in dough.

I've now got a porch stuffed full with bags of clothes and ornament and books. The hospice charity are coming for them on Wednesday.

dachshund

Hello Barbara Kathleen Christine and anyone else I missed.
Barbara yes and we fancy the same things at the same time.
I hope you have a good day.
Kathleen I have never been on face book. I hope your pain is easer today.
Christine thank you I hope you have a good day.
take care all
joan xx

barbara12

Morning all..boy was it warm last night... :shock:
Kath I wont say it serves you right we all do things we shouldn't..but I always say its called not giving in..hope the pain settles today..think I will have the bacon bagel for breakfast..
Joan I find twins very interesting..we have or had twin boys that lived across form us ..they would finish each others sentences..you enjoy your day...
Christine..I have yet to find some wild garlic.does it grow near water..or just in woods..glad to hear the bouncy castle has gone..hopefully you can have some peace and quiet..I dont mind the children enjoying themselves... till they start screaming.. :roll:
OH still working at his Bils today...and in this lovely weather...so I will be pottering about...and sitting in front of my fan... :splash: might climb in the pool they have next door..but dont think the kids would like it...
Hope that Toni has a date not fingers crossed it is so stressful for her..
Love to everyone xxxxxx

frogmorton

No house-move date yet Barbara, but saw othopod re hip for Lucy today.

She has had all her pre-ops done ready for the percutaneous core decompression in the summer hols. So ready to go

That was the good news.....

The bad news is he had access to her shoulder MRI and Xray. the humerous (sp) bone (looks like hip bone) has collapsed. he showed us on the images. It's not a great sight and a wonder she has been able to do anyone's hair!

This means it will need some sort of arthroplasty he thinks. We will know more when we see The professor regarding her hip next Wednesday.

I hope everyone is well

Love ( a tearful) Toni xxx

dachshund

Hello Barbara Toni and anyone else I missed.
Barbara our cousin went to school with us. we were known as flip(me) flap(cousin)and flop sue. I hope you have a good day,
Toni i'm sorry about Lucy's shoulder I sure it will be alright when its all sorted out. I hope you all have a good day.
take care all
joan xx

frogmorton

Thank you Joan

I love that Flip, Flap, Flop!!! I bet your cousin loved having you two at school with her

barbara12

Hello Toni..sorry I forgot to ask about Lucy appointment ..my brain is getting old..what a blinking shame she has to put up with this now after all she has gone through..but..it is treatable..bless I can only imagine the pain from that shoulder..have they gone into the ins and out of what the hip involves..I haven't heard of the hip decompression ..she really is a trouper..it must be so hard on you..but keep strong we are all here for you both..my hip op was called arhtroplasty.
Joan I love it flip. flap and flop...brilliant.. you must have had fun the 3 of you...
The weather is lovely again not quite has hot with a breeze so that will do...my niece is coming to visit today and do some jobs..I try to stop her has she is a mum and works long hours in a shop..but she wants to do it..
Love to everyone xxxxx

Kitty

Oh Joan, you do cheer me up. Flip, Flap and Flop.

I spent most of yesterday at the hospital. I have cellulitis, so called the doctor. They sent an Advanced nurse practitioner who wanted to rule out DVT. Confirmed it wasn't, but was Cellulitis, so sent me home with Flucloxicillin. I did get tired and stressed, BP went sky high. :x But I did get food, and transport. The staff were lovely.

Toni, poor Lucy. Here I am carping on about my problems and brave Lucy has much worse. :?

I must live in the wrong place, nothing but rain and very cold wind. :shock:

applerose

Joan, Facebook can be a good thing for keeping up with people but there is such a lot of rubbish on there to sift through so I don't blame you for not going on there. Flip, Flap and Flop. Ha ha, I bet the three of you got up to mischief.

Barbara, the wild garlic grows in the woods near me and in the woods in the big park in the next town. I don't know of anywhere else and wonder how it actually got there. Glad you've got some good weather but hope it's not too hot for you. It's grey, wet and freezing here. I had the heating on yesterday and this morning for a while. It's lovely to hear that your niece likes to help. I'm sure she wouldn't do it if she didn't want to.

Toni, I had to look up the decompression. It sounds as if things will improve a lot once Lucy has it done. What I read said that you should get a professional surgeon to do it. Who else would you get to do it? :? Lucy must be in a lot of pain but she still keeps going. I'm sure once her shoulder is done too, there will be no stopping her.

Kath, sorry to hear you have cellulitis. I hope the Flucloxicillin helps. Nice to know that the staff looked after you well. We have grey skies and rain here too. Even had to put the heating on for half an hour yesterday and this morning.

The hospice charity have just been to collect all the bags I had waiting for them. I've got an empty porch again. Well almost empty. I've got peppers and some flower seedlings growing in there. My oven has a double glass door. The inner one was desperate for a clean so I started on that and ended up doing the whole oven. Phew thank goodness that's done. Wish we could put our ovens in the washing machine. Oh and last night, I was sitting watching tv and on my laptop having a cuppa. I put the cup on the table then, for some reason, my hand flicked out and sent the cup flying on to the cream rug. I sat feeling a bit bewildered and then had to giggle. I've managed to clean it up and am glad it didn't reach my laptop.