Val's Cafe

Just popped back for another hot chocolate drink. Sunny but freezing here.

Christine, it was a suicide and it was the London to Sheffield train, so it wouldn't have stopped. He was fairly local and only 22. So terribly sad. :shock: :?

Hope all have a good weekend, it's supposed to become a bit milder tomorrow. Let's hope so.

Hello all.. just catching up with how we all are, mixed fortunes at the moment, glad Barbara is at least on the mend.. well I hope so.. and Kath is coping with the cold and the 'head' issues too, eyes/nose etc.. i'm sure there's a snotty smiley out there suitable for you, but for some reason I feel disinclined to google it :? . (But no itching last I can find?) And I hope joan and sue are warm now! It is cold enough here with the heating on, though that is down to my rackety old windows and not brilliant insulation. One day I fear the Govt coming round with a compulsory order to up my loft insulation, they are v hot on it aren't they.. they will have to get up there first.

Still quite tired but don't know entirely what to blame. Meds partly, also they may be on the verge of working less well I wonder; winter too and I suspect a vicious circle of being less active (ie sitting on the internet too much!) may have summat to do with it. Trying to go outdoors for a bit every day as I can't expect wonders if I get no daylight etc.. Bright here all day, doesn't half help compared to grey and blankety.

Hope TK has had some better nights since the beginning of the week, and that the school meeting went ok. Well done for making it into W**trose & hope the old freezer is coping ok even if you haven't bought too much for it. CBB final tonight, I am not holding out much hopes. :roll:

Applerose & others are being annoyed by children dropping litter - they annoy me full stop last time I was at the docs a small boy deliberately went up to his sister in a pushchair & kept nudging her & poking her, completely ignoring his mother telling him not to wake her up. Made me so cross, & not even my business (children of the world, rejoice I'm not your mother )

Had my shopping delivered yesterday, so I'm stocked up, plenty bics, shortbread fingers &c. Still got some mint hot choc with choc bits in it, that goes well together if anyone wants to join me.

Was very pleased with the condition of my book when it arrived the reason I did well, is that it was listed in several places across the internet (firms seem to do that a lot), but where I bought it was cheaper than all the other possibles. I know it was 'the' copy as they took it off the other sites straightaway, not sure why the price difference but it was well in my favour. Well pleased. Wonder if barbara has recalled the site she uses? I've ordered 2 books today that I feel I have almost no hope of getting, I've got so disillusioned with firms not monitoring what's actually in stock properly. But at least I'm one up.

Very sad to read of the suicide near Kath, and that it is not uncommon in others' experience. I have to say, someone to maybe keep an eye on these areas and try to help may (in my opinion) be better than the street pastor schemes to help people coming out of the pubs at night. It is v difficult to legislate that everybody should be talked down for their own good but the opportunity to be helped should be there, it's just a very delicate judgment. Those we felt there would be an organised presence at a given place would likely go elsewhere.

On that note I'll go & sit by the fire I think in the quiet for a bit. Love to all. xx

A couple of ps's that I forgot:

That spelling mistake in the greeting card is shocking, applerose, I always think the same thing, that how didn't someone spot it along the way? I could spend half the day correcting mistakes on people's websites etc, but they would thank you to your 'face' and (I assume) call you a pedantic nitpicker with nothing better to do, behind your back. :roll: Also I think there's some sort of law that anyone correcting someone's spelling, will make a spelling or grammar mistake while doing so.

Also I meant to say, that did people hear that this year's flu vaccine is not very effective, not to scaremonger but just to be extra aware around flu-y folk that the jab may not be up to snuff & doing its job. :?

Late kettle on for night owls. xx

Morning all..cloudy at the min
toady its good to see you in the cafe ,only sorry you are suffering with the tiredness,I read about this so often on this forum, why don't you keep a diary and when you have had a walk write down how you feel later..go on you can say it more shattered...but you know what I mean.. :?
the books were from Abe books..I got an old Sunday school one from the 1940s I remember reading it when I was 11..and couldn't believe I tracked it down ,the story was about an old man that went around the streets with a barrel organ..and was very poorly and wanted to know what heaven would be like..very cheesy but it stuck in my mind..I have had a few books off them..they have lots of seller so you can get a good price...bet you wish you hadn't asked now.. hope you feel less tired soon and hopefully the meds are still doing there job..
Toni is good to see you in the Cafe ..how is the gym going.. my youngest son and I had one many years ago..but the multi machine was never put together properly :roll: so it wore off, I still have my cross trainer..hope Lucy is keeping well..and you come to that.. no they didn't take her tooth out but took and Impression..
Joan I am hoping that heating is fixed..and you are both nice and warm
Christine..even the blackbirds fly away when I go to the window.. it wont belong before you can sit in the garden at work..on your break of course..my head isn't has bad thankyou..
Toady sorry thanks for telling us about the flu jab...I haven't seen the papers for a few days..that is all we need..its normally the baby that gives me these things..
The baby and her sister have just started with Chicken pox..is it shingles you can get form it.. :shock: so they are staying away for a while..
Very quiet here..no GC one is going into Manchester shopping and our eldest is taking it easy..she runs up and down three flights of stairs at work.. will go and look what biscuits there are in the tin....

Hello Joan, Elizabeth, Barbara, Toady, Toni, Christine, miserable looking here, thick cloud and not much milder, so I'm disappointed really. :x

Joan, did your heating get fixed, hope you're beginning to feel warmer now.

Barbara, Abe books are good, and they usually tell you the condition of the book. We got an out of print local history book from there once.

Toni, love that smiley, although perhaps not quite graphic enough.

Toady, think I've told you before that one of my triping errors is putting toady for today, and sometimes vice a versa. :?

Christine, my goodness, how on earth do you manage to walk that far. Worn out just reading about it. Several years ago, when I was still working, I used to ride a bike. :shock: Couldn't do it now.

Bought a box of mixed flavoured cuppa soups. Help youselves.

Toady, yes I heard about the flu jab. They said it would still help some strains but not the main one it was supposed to keep at bay. Hopefully everyone can stay away from that one. :?

Toni, yes my daughter does miss Mango. The kids do too and sometimes they phone him on their toy phones or ask if they can skype him. I had forgotten how awkward toilet seats were to fit. Took me a while but I go with slowly but surely these days. The 'karma' weather was on the subtitles at the bottom of the screen so someone must have been using auto-correct when typing. Hope you and Lucy and the the rest of the family are having a good weekend.

Barbara, how wonderful to find a book from Sunday school. It's things from back then that bring back memories of our childhood. Glad your head is a bit better. Yes you get shingles when you are older. It's a shame not to see your GC but it's best. Your GD will be very fit with all that running up and downstairs. It was my eldest GD's 13th birthday on Thursday so she is going shopping with mum tomorrow.

Joan I hope your heating is working properly now and you both get warm soon. It does take a while when you've been cold.

Kath, I used to run half marathons and go to exercise classes so was very fit. I think that's the reason I can still do so much. My feet do hurt all the time and sometimes I do hobble with my knees and ankles but I'm determined to at least keep walking. People who live near me have never understood why I walk the 10 minutes to our High St when they take the bus.

Elizabeth, things not so good for you at the moment. Hope you do get your lie-in with breakfast tomorrow. I'm sure Lucy is just going through the normal teenager stage. My eldest GD has just turned 13 and she has been a 'madam' for a year or so.

I'm watching Take Me Out. Did anyone see it? One man didn't get a date at all. All the girls switched their lights off. Then one of the girls burst out crying. She was upset for him. The next man's ex-girlfriend was in the line-up. Another girl said 'Sorry but he's my boyfriend now.' They were the only 2 with lights left on so had to choose one of them. He chose his ex.

Went in to town today to see if B*yes had the Sk*tchers I want in the sale. They didn't. I could really do with a new pair. I did find some drawing pencils and a sketch book and a small jigsaw for my dad. He needs more things to do as he's bored. And I bought a pole (one of those you twist to lengthen it and tighten it against the wall) to hang a curtain over my back door to try and keep the draught out but it's an inch too big. :roll:

Some daffodils for the table.

Oops, please don't eat the daffodils. Wonder if I can rig the pole up for pole dancing. It could go in the corner of the cafe for us all to use. I can't remember the 'shift' mistake. Oops! Was it a long time ago? You're looking good on the cross trainer Toni. We've got sunshine here so better get up and make the most of it.

Just spotted you Christine...do you know I thought I had seen chefs using daffs in food...shows what I know... :shock:

Whoo hoo, Daffodils, very tasty with a bacon butty. Seriously, thanks for the breakfast. I know it's a bit late, so I made it an all day breakfast.

I've posted this on the poetry thread, but will put it here for you as well:

For those on Prednisolone

I've a question for all those on Pred,
how to cope with the craving for bread?
Are you like me
sitting on the settee
as you watch the TV,
with a plateful of sandwiches
there on your knee?

And then of course there is pizza,
cheese and onion, tomato, Chorizo.
it isn't a crime
whenever you dine
just take your time
with a crispy side salad
with flavours sublime.

But sometimes it's crisps that I need,
my desire for those carbs I will feed.
I should have pineapple,
orange or apple
as I get to grapple,
with weight I have gained
my efforts are really quite laughable!!

Toni, don't overdo it on the cross trainer.

Haven't done this for many a year:

That's my exercise done for the time being. Nice and sunny here, but very cold. Off to see the rheumy nurse tomorrow. Wish me luck. xx

Morning all..it very cloudy here but feel a little warmer
Kath I love the poem, you are very clever... you keep on writing the poems ...
When we use to take our GC to the park I was always tempted by the swings... but someone would have to get me on and off..
Joan I am glad you have the shower..at least you could do that..hope you are both nice and toasties now..
Christine..bet you was shattered..but happy after playing with your GC ..its the same here with the little one peppa pig..I know every episode...
Abe books are brilliant they have thousands of sellers with them..
Did anyone read in the paper about the old lady that was killed with a van, and then robbed..its was a mile and half from here.. :shock: I just cant get my head round this...apparently a man stopped and took her belongings ,not sure what and people were taking pics on there phones and posting them on Facebook...this poor lady was someone mothers and Grandma..what a way to find out she had been killed.. :x
Right I have ranted enough ..I am putting undercoat on a door today.... :roll: ..hope everyones doing ok..

Hello Kathleen Christine Barbara and anyone else i missed.
Kathleen i will be thinking about you tomorrow.
Christine yes i would have the same problem with the bath.
Barbara yes i heard about that lady i feel sorry for her family.
have a good week everyone
take care
joan xx

Evening all
Joan hope your week goes ok...think you have both had your share for a while
Kath you are not the only one that has put on weight..I.must try and get more exercise...not easy but there must be something I can do..yes there are some not very nice people out there...but also some lovely ones..glad they are reducing your meds ..hope it stays that way
Toni I love the poem... how brilliant that Lucy it eating so well, and yes sadly the story is true...so very sad... just a thought I might try pole dancing to get the weight off..