Val's Cafe

This is were all the food goes...then they move to the back of the house, I haven't the heart to move them on...
Didnt see the space station it was to cloudy.. :roll:

Custard Danish for brekie?

ta very much Bubbles and welcome HOME !!!!!!!!!!!

Christine - a GUN??? A GUN???!!! What is the world coming to it's like you and I are describing somewhere in America!!!

Thank you all Charley is doing ok. She's still not sleeping well as you say Joan - the shock of it all. She has adjusted to the loss of her precious car though. Already saving for the next one.

Barbara - we have the same windows as you and I think the bird has been seen in my garden...I will work on getting a picture!!!

Hope the itchy fingers ease off soon :?

Joan - I hope all is well with you and Sue and the doggies Yes we have had enough of all this!! Oh for a quiet life Keep warm yourself xx

I hope Toady is ok and Elizabeth too....she wasn't great last time she posted Now I'm off worrying about our AWOL café friends....

Love

Toni xxx

Hello, I'm Cate.

This looks a nice cosy place. Could I make some tea and toast please? I've brought some home made orange curd - I didn't make it! - to slather all over it. Also some lemon, and some lime.....I bought it from a farm shop.....delicious.....Cate.

Hope you are well Joan and the weather is good for you.

Barbara, is your head better now? No, not you being itchy now? Hope that disappears soon. And black eyes? Sounds painful still. I have pigeons too. They eat almost all the food. I open the door when they've had some and they fly away then the others can get some. The flash sounds a good place to watch birds. Sounds as if there are some unusual ones. That's the smell when the windows are open just now - spring. Lovely.

Bubbles, good to see you back. Hope you enjoyed your curry and sticky toffee pudding. Sounds yummy. Maybe you could have some cafe maltezers. They are calorie and fat free. Thanks for the custard danish pastry. I love them. :jheart:

Yes Toni. These things only happen somewhere else, don't they? Will Charley get anything from the insurance for her car? I noticed Barbara mentioned claiming if it was a crime. Maybe victim support could help with that. At least it hasn't frightened her off driving.

Kath, it was lovely this morning here. I had the upstairs windows and the back door open for a while. Love letting the fresh air in but it did start to get a bit too fresh.

Hello Cate. Welcome to the cafe. Help yourself to as much toast and tea as you like. As Barbara has said, everything is calorie free. :jheart: Thank you for bringing curd. Will go nicely on toast.

It seems like a lovely day outside but I can't be bothered doing anything. Feeling tired again. I'm going to force myself out for a walk with Mango.

Hope Toady and Elizabeth are ok.

Son has had to go into school to do some 'catching up' so I had to get up earlier than usual.
Having some toast so I'll read back.


Elizabeth xx

Morning all raining here... :loverain:
Elizabeth what a shame you had to get up early in half term...I hope you can get a nap today..or is that out the question with children at home...thanks for asking I have slept well but the ABs have not kicked in yet,,
Christine no Im no itching...I was asking about Kath...don't worry though we have to read so fast sometimes..did they resolve the gun episode safely... :shock: yes the pigeons like there food but suppose they have to eat..we are going to put an extra feeder up for the little ones..still not seen the SS..its been to cloudy..but not giving up..glad you get out with Mango...but sorry you felt so tired...it hard to get motivated when you are like this..
Poor bubbles..the nurse must have the odd sweet...but it cant be easy..you live in a woods how lovely we had a little walk in one near the flash ..and said how peaceful it is and would love to live there..glad you enjoyed your chocy biscuits.. :balloon:
Right off for bloods in a little while..kidneys and all that...so will have a cuppa its nota fasting one.....hope you all have a good day...xxxxx

Morning to one and all, hope everyone is as well as can be. Antibiotics working and no more firearm incidents. We live in a troubled world. I won't climb onto my soap box, (because I can't), instead, I will heat up some porridge and have lavender honey on top.

Out for lunch with family today, which will be nice, they are only up for a flying visit, so lots to catch up on and very little time. Best start thinking about getting ready.

Take care, be back soon, thanks again for the welcomes. xxx Bubbles

Hello everyone, and thanks for the warm welcome.

It's rather strange, but when you are able to talk to others in pain, it somehow helps.

I should know better by now, but I'm trying yet another pain relieving gel. T****(think of a large striped jungle beast) Balm. Lots of good reviews on A**zon, so fingers crossed I might get a bit of relief......Aw bless the poor deluded soul, I can hear you say!!

I hope you all have a reasonable day. Not long now until some warmer weather......Cate..x.

Hope you managed to get some sleep Kath and that the itching has subsided. Of course, we have cooling gel packs and eye packs, failing that they say lie down with tea bags on your eyes, never tried it myself, zopiclone is my preferred medicine.

Cate, I had a bad, well, let's call it an "experience" with Txxer balm , :shock: just make sure it is well washed off your hands !! We will draw a veil over the rest.

Gels and creams have never worked for me, with regard arthur, Father in Law swears by them, mind you, he thinks that a "fisherman's friend" is as good as a course of antibiotics, even after 14 years of telling him, there is nothing in them apart from liquorice and other horrid things.......Some do help, perhaps not quite as effectively as the adverts would have you believe, a bit of a case of trying them one by one. If you have a nice kind GP they will prescribe something like Emugel.

Off back to the Dr's Barbara? Don't want things getting worse.

Lunch was wonderful, good to see niece and nephew (as well as S and B in law). Nephew is in the teens years and nothing and no one can tell him anything, as he already knows it and the whole world is against him, lol. :roll: I guess we were all like that at one time.

Pooped now, heading for nap time, I don't think I will take much rocking. Back is screaming at me, as it does when you sit for any length of time for a meal, you go chair shaped. OH wheeled me round the lovely interiors shop next door, I was totting up the 1000's I had spent before we had gone 10 yards. One day, when the lotto coughs up.

Take care all, lovely sunny evening here now. Almost spring. XX Bubbles.

Oh Bubbles my Daughter is the same and she hasn't even reached her teens yet! I'm quite angry with her nowadays the way she speaks to me!

I got an early phone call this morning, from the hospital chasing up blood results. They haven't had any since October and cannot reorder my Humira without proof it isn't causing liver damage. I have to chase the GP as the hospital is busy. Luckily I have poediatry appt on Thurs at my GP practise so will ask about it then.

Anyway so as I don't have a headache but plenty of ironing to do I've got up rather than had a lie in.

I love interior shops Bubbles! They had a lovely one in Balcombe(where they have all the fracking issues) I always found something to buy and even made my own curtains once (by hand as hate sewing machines). Does anyone watch the great British sewing Bee? I love that programme.

Sorry to read the itching is back Kath. I always get it when I go to bed. I think the scabs have all gone now, still itching but not quite as fiercely as before. Heat could be an issue, I agree. I'm making sure I have a good scrub in the shower to remove the old skin. I know your itching is for different reasons and you probably have to be very careful with the skin.

Joan glad you managed a walk out with the dogs even if it was raining. I like rain as I find there are too many other things in life to worry about. Do the dogs mind the rain?

Hope Toni's D has recovered now after her frightening experience. Guess the girl likes prison and wants to return!

Applerose I hope you manage to get out with Mango especially as the weather is nicer,well it is here although I can feel the chill in the air. I can't open the windows at half term due to any noise issues but try to when they are at school.

I'm hoping to book tickets to see Magna Carta and try to match it up to a hair cut. I used to go to Trevor Sorbies salon but haven't been for many years now but would love a new fresh look.

Hope Toady is okay and finds time and energy to pop in.

Hello to Cate. Did you used to be on this forum as I recognise your name and avatar together?

Elizabeth xxx

Hello Bubbles Kathleen Cate Elizabeth Barbara and anyone else I missed
Bubbles have you tried teasers. Kathleen sorry about your itch I hope it clears up soon.
Hello Cate how are you getting on. Elizabeth mobility scoota's must not be out in a lot of rain it get's to the motor.
Barbara i'm sorry you still have your head ache.
take care all
joan xx

Hi there Joan, Cate, Kath Elizabeth Barbara

Glad the Tig** balm helped a little. I cannot take Anti I's either, plays havoc with my stomach. I would not be without my scooter, it gives us freedom to go places, it comes in three parts so it is easy to fit into the car. I had to give my license back, due to neuropathy / pain and all the blessed drugs and their side effects.

Hope you manage to get your bloods sorted Elizabeth, I think all departments are getting more and more cautious these days, crossing the t's and dotting i's. We could not miss the Sewing Bee for all the tea in china, just love it. My late mum was a seamstress in her younger years, she could make things without a pattern, suits, shirts, dresses, trousers, was great to watch her.

We have sunshine here too Kath, went into town with OH and in laws, for coffee, after saying goodbye to rest of family, as they headed back down south. Didn't take a coat, thought it would be fine, well, the wind was howling round the corner near the cafe, frozen to the bone, that will teach me to think it is spring already.

Not heard of teasers Joan, are they chocolates? If they are, they sound good.

We had new beds delivered this morning, so looking forward to a trial nap in a while. Mine has 3000 pocket springs in it and is nice and high, bet I fidget like mad, while I get used to it. OH mattress says Stress Less on it. Anyway, they look very smart, love the smell of new furniture, with posh headboards too. Will let you know. Take lots of care, XXXXX Fresh cream horns in the fridge (not had one of them in years).