Val's Cafe

Hello Barbara Christine Toni Mig and anyone else who's in
i hope you all have a good weekend.
take care
joan xx

Toni, thank you. I'll pass your message on to Erin. I think most of us could have our showers in the garden at the moment. Rained quite a bit here today. Hope you managed to find somewhere under cover for your meet-up today and you and Lucy had a good day.

Mig, today's meal sounds good, as always.

Barbara, I put all my wages in the bank just in case I was tempted. Most of it will go on bills. My boss's wife said the 18 year old knows how to use the washing machine so she is going to leave him a note telling him to wash the clothes he needs and I'll iron them. I'd put a bet on that the clothes are still in his suitcase when I get there. I keep buying things so don't need to do an online shop. I really need to get organised again.

Joan, hope your mouth is a little better today.

Sorry you're being affected so much with this weather Kath. I don't blame you wishing for winter. Wish you could get your itching sorted out. I was itching quite a bit the other day with thunder flies crawling on my arms and neck but it won't have been like yours. At least mine was sorted with a shower.

Finally got the dog to go for a proper walk. I've been taking her to the park round the corner. We need to go past the play area to the wooded area where I let her off the lead. The first couple of times, right after the play area, she stopped and refused to move so I had to almost drag her so she could do what she needed to do. Today, I threw a ball, she ran for it then walked off and left it and set off home running. Managed to catch her and walked her the long way home round the estate. Funny how she was fine with that. At least we missed the rain. Didn't go to dad's today as I hadn't slept for 2 nights but only managed 2 lots of washing and washed the dishes. Oh well, the rest will do me good but please don't tell my physio. He told me not to sit for long. Oops.

Morning all
Been up since 6 watching the cyclist go past in the iron man..had all sorts of languages ..think they were saying good morning ..hope so anyway :? ..there were quite a few women has well..they swim in the flash nearby..many laps..cycle for miles and there are really steep hills on the rout..then they run the marathon :shock: Lycra everywhere...
Toni the instructions were very clear ...must give it another go..thanks for the coffee I haven't had one since we got this machine..nice to see you are having a little normal time. ..that's if you count us lot has normal
Christine hopefully the teenager will wash his clothes..not something teenager do...very wise putting your money in the bank ...the doggy made me laugh , we had a Jack Russel and when she didn't want to go anywhere she would just sit down...they have this extra sense we don't have, so it makes you wounder why he wouldn't go..at you are getting the exercise with him...
Kath I hope it is cooler were you are ..very humid here..not good for scratching ..I wish they would find you something to help
Joan I hope you and Sue have a good weekend.....with not much thunder
We have done well for thunder my youngest son that lives 4 miles away had it quite bad...
Right I am off to try the coffee machine again... :?

Hello mig, christine, Joan, Barbara, Elizabeth, Toni and whoever else is around.

Thank you all for thinking of me. I've decided that from now on I'm titled Her Itchiness. My next dermatology app is on August 13th, but I think my rheumy might be my best bet and I don't see her until September :?

Mig, I'm going to turn up at yours one day. You do such delicious dinners. We had veggie fingers, goats cheese and caramelized onion slice, with tinned tomatoes. But I love lamb.

Barbara, how exciting to see all those lycra wearing cyclists. I used to cycle to work years ago - but never in lycra.

Toni, you've baffled me with science explaining the coffee machine. I'll stick to chilled water for the moment.

Joan, hope your sore mouth is beginning to recover. I'd be stuffing ice cream in my face all day if it was mine.

Well I managed to get a line full of washing dry before we had a brief shower this morning. Sun's back out now. Hope you are all relaxing this afternoon.

Toni, what if I put a tiny cup under and press for a big cup. Oops! i will clean it up. Promise.

Barbara, sounds as if it was worth getting up for.

Glad you're a little cooler Mig. Enjoy your chops. Glad you got your washing dry. I've got a few things out just now.

What a night/morning. I didn't sleep too well to start with then the dog woke me up at 4 needing to go. I let her out in the back garden where she quickly sat down for a minute then disappeared down the bottom of the garden. I stood for about 5 minutes then had to go and look for her. Don't think she wanted to come back in. Got back to sleep after a while but then woken up at 6 with a motor bike going past and again at 7.30 with the woman over the road banging loudly on the door then screaming 'Get out, get out.' After 15 minutes of this, I got up to have a look. Eventually, a young lad of about 10 or 11 climbed over the fence and walked off down the road wiping his eyes with his t-shirt. Hope he's ok. So I got up and took the dog for a walk. Got in to the park, said hello to Oscar, the greyhound, then she lay down and refused to move so we came home. Managed to sort through some books and stuff and have a big pile ready to go to the charity shop. Must ring them tomorrow to come and collect everything.

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

Hello Kathleen Christine Toni Barbara Mig.
i hope you are all having a good weekend.
Barbara what did you do with the big one. Kathleen i hope your ich leaves you soon
Christine my mouth is still sore i think it might go when i've finished the med.
Toni Peppa and lexi dont mind the thunder or lightning.
take care all
joan xx

Morning all
The sun is shinning and a nice breeze..
Christine I do worry about young people I know there is more pressure on parents and the young these days and with all the shouting at the parents on telly no wounder..the poor lad..I am glad to see they had him back in.. blimey you must have been shattered getting up with the doggy..I used to dread :roll: mine not doing anything last thing at night I just knew she would have me up..must say you don't need physio with all that exercise we have a rented house down the rd from us...and a young couple did the same disappeared whilst in arrears and took everything even the boiler by the way my GD say she doesn't know the name of the place they are stopping... :roll: but the girls dad met them at middlesborough..
Joan we made chips with the bigger potatoes..and they were good...and I had boiled with cheese on..dont worry I have save some for the cafe
We have the middle GD here ..she wants to do some baking...and there's me trying to diet.. ..hope everyone's doing okish..xxxxx

Love dandelion and burdock save us some Kath,just remembered got some d & b teabags.
Spag bol and garlic bread for tea.Mig

Barbara, the main bus station is in Middlesbrough so all the long distance buses and coaches go there. Hope your GD has a good stay. Glad you're enjoying your potatoes. I have a cherry tomato plant with quite a few tomatoes on. One of them has grown to the size of a normal tomato although the others are small. Hope you and your GD enjoyed your cakes.

Oh Kath. Dandelion and burdock. I could just do with some. Feeling really thirsty.

Mig, I love spagbol and garlic bread.

Hope you enjoyed your coffee Joan.

Another hectic day. Took the dog for a walk before I went to work. She seemed to settle down as I left for work but I decided to go home at lunch time to check on her. I heard her barking and howling as I walked up to the door. When I went inside, I saw she had scratched at the door and pulled off the ventilation grid on the bottom of the door. What a mess. She was frantic so I sat for an hour but had to go back to work. Came home earlier than I should have done and she'd been at the door again. My neighbour said he hadn't heard a thing. I'd not been home long when I got a phone call from my boss's mum saying the alarm was ringing. She came to pick me up and we went to have a look. The alarm had stopped but there was definitely something wrong as it wouldn't reset again. So I ended up getting home later than usual. I'm supposed to be at work most of the day tomorrow and all day on Thursday but not sure what to do. I'm going to wear myself out going home every day at lunch time.

When my boss's mum dropped me off at home, she sat in the car talking to me then suddenly she started to pull off. I had to ask her to stop to let me out. We did have a good laugh about it but it was a bit strange.

Afternoon everyone. As you have all (well some of you) mentioned that you liked Dandelion and Burdock, I've put three 2 litre bottles of it in the 'fridge. I don't usually drink a lot of 'pop', as it never quenches my thirst properly. I prefer squash, plain water, or a cup of tea. My problem is that whatever I have, one drink means at least two trips to the loo. :?

Barbara, glad your rheumy appointment results weren't too bad but hope you don't have to wait too long to see the neuro surgeon.

Christine, how upsetting for you to get home and find the dog barking and howling! I hope she settles down soon.

Mig, stop it, you're making me hungry. Spag bol is another favourite of mine.

Hope all are relatively pain free and coping with the heat. I bought some Aloe Vera gel from H & B, to try and keep my legs cool. Working at the moment, tonight will be the big test.

Morning all
Thankyou Kath and Christine
Kath ..I really do hope the Aloe Vera helped last night..I really feel for you in this weather.and thanks for the DB my favorite drink from years back there is something about it..
Christine..glad the neighbour went into your bosses house..wouldnt like you to come across someone in there..I am sure the teen will cook his steak...but then again...it would do him good to learn.. aww you having to have a day off for the doggy..they know how to work things ...my jack Russel used to wreck the house if we left her in...she knew we would leave her again but we got her out of it eventually :roll: glad you got some jobs done...
Phew its 26 in my living room already the sun is at the front in the morning...I have my fan going..but my middle GD doesn't like it make her cold... :shock: :roll: our eldest GD is till in Stockton and might come home tomorrow...she has got the hang of the megs bus
Today...I have topick an order up at As**..so might has well get some bits of shopping in..and maybe a coffee nearby...see you all later xxxx

:x No, the aloe didn't work. :x

Hope all are feeling ok - ish and not too hot. Glad you are enjoying the D & B, think I'll have a glass of it myself. Not stopping long, too tired and too fed up. Sorry. :?