Val's Cafe

Im here Kath,i keep popping up here and there,had to go away last week to london for a couple of days for a funeral. Mig

Oops, sorry Barbara. The lollies are very nice though. They save me from eating huge tubs of ice cream. My daughter did find Mango's owner but she said she didn't want him, that's why she'd thrown him out. Some of the Spanish think it's ok to do that. Hope you had a nice trip out at the garden centre.

Elizabeth, it was a lovely day yesterday for a drive. Hope you have managed to rest after shopping. Ah, of course it's Mother's Day on Sunday. I wasn't thinking about that. I think my mind can't cope with more than one thing at a time these days. It is difficult finding somewhere to eat that day. My dil managed to get us in to a pub/restaurant in the next town. Hope you find somewhere.

Toni, Mango has been hard work at times. It took a long time to get him healthy and even now, he's fussy with his food. I do think a cat would be easier for me but I am very much a doggy person - the bigger and hairier the better. I used to have Pyrenean mountain dogs. Although how I would cope now, I don't know. I'm looking forward to hearing all about the charity night. It sounds as if it will be a fabulous evening.

Kath, yes I did think I'd caught the wrong bus because I did last week. I'm quite good when it comes to opening presents and can leave them until the day. Doesn't mean I don't feel them though.

Hope you are well Mig.

I'm off to the cinema tomorrow afternoon to see The Second Best Marigold Hotel. I enjoyed the first one so looking forward to it.

Morning all..
The ABs haven't worked...not a clue what next but cant go on with headache and coughing..I have tried steaming and the netti pot but it is fighting back.. :roll:
Christine..I am going to look for the lolly's today didnt get thee yesterday..I am more a dog person than cat..but even when young we had both..plus tortoises and rabbits, and a budgie.. you enjoy your film today..must say I would like to see the Marigold but with these ears at the min...
Joan..how is pippa doing after the chest infection...hope you and Sue are ok...
I wish I could have a good spring clean...we did say we would hire the carpet cleaner again before summer that makes things fresher...I would highly recommend the Rugd**tor..but very heavy so needs someone strong to push and pull it
Off fora cuppa ..see you later ...xxxx

Hello Barbara. sorry to read your AB's did not work. I think you should let the GP know. How awful for you.

I'm just going to bump up Elna's post as her op is due shortly.

Hello to Toady and hope she is well enough to pop in.

E xxxx

Hi all hello TK, thanks for the greeting. Things are a bit mixed at the moment :? am still trying to sort a rheumy appt (as it turns out, the usual staff problems) - there might be an earlier appt if they can rummage up a new bod. Til then I'm on a waiting list to be bumped up sooner if poss. The sort of good news, is I can have a steroid jab at the drs if I feel the need, which means being able to decide at short notice. So that's handy to have up my sleeve. Glad you had a good birthday Enjoy the Sewing, I have watched some, even while thinking how much I don't want to do any! those fiddly waistcoat pockets, oh dear. Good luck with the freezer switchover.

Yesterday, along with this months bloods & the above, was a bit of a day and a half, as I nearly locked myself out again, different set of circumstances, got stuck down the side between back door & side gate on my way out with a taxi waiting. On way back, found bus timetable had changed again in the space of a few weeks (there was me with it printed out so I didn't get caught out :roll: ), cue the usual saga of hanging about & trying 2 closed cafes before I could get a cuppa.

Others have been for bloods too, I see, so we are swimming in the stuff. Glad Kath's went ok Here's someone else who, having wrestled with hair-washing yesterday, is tempted to go for the short chop too. *Looks speculatively at the scissors* Here is something cup-a-soup themed for you (may have seen it/them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWksvwqM3Ok). Sorry about your post we'll take the good intent of your messages, thanks.

Barbara what will we do with you if the AB's are so useless. There was a poster in the GPs saying Keep Calm and Antibiotics Aren't Always the Answer (which apart from the clumsy grammar, and can they please stop it now with the Keep Calm and.. everything :roll: ,) - that's all well and good! Have they nothing useful to suggest? Though I see you don't want to go to ENT if poss. I haven't put in any new bulbs but what's already in is coming up nicely & some should be 'clumping' & making more hopefully. Can't see that much getting done in the garden but like you I will be fiddling with pots of herbs & bits & bobs if I can. I did wonder about some dwarf runner beans.

Applerose, Mango looks like such a dear. Glad the handover went well. You are not having much luck with the buses either. 45 mins, I would be half asleep by then, & barely know where I was getting off. :? Have a nice outing to the cinema.

Toni is busy on FB.. here is where a Keep Calm (and keep the coffee machine going!) probably would actually be appropriate.. hope it's all going ok! Re talk of photos, I am updating & revising the thread at the min or will be, so if anyone has anything to add or ask - like a query you've found or a handy tip, have a think & let me know.

Hope joan & sue are keeping ok and warm. The dr would like me to have a bone density test joan, but it will have to go on 'the list' of appointments for now. You can't get to everything. Hope Peppa is better now?

Glad mig is around although sorry a funeral was part of your week away.

Hello to Cate and Bubbles too. I have the answer to our overcrowded bed situation - Box and Cox. 8)

I am currently in the middle of self-inflicted comp problems, so am going to try & get somewhere with them. Shouldn't have started fiddling.

Love & teacups, toady xx

Evening all
Elizabeth bet you are looking forward to the fridgefreezer coming...hope you didnt have to pay for it ..I know you didn't have the other one 2 mins :roll: red nose day already..blimey it soon comes round..think our middle GD can just go in there own clothes and donate a£1...I will see the GP on Monday, :roll: I hate going to see him...thanks for bumping Elnas thread up I saw it before I saw this
Kath oh no..not you losing post..I know id someone post at the same time it can go missing ..thanks I will get there even if I have to use a brush up mi konk :x
Toady...you do type interesting post... sorry you are struggling..but glad you can get a jab when you feel it necessary good to have back up..these buses do catch us out or they use to with me..its to far now to walk to the bus stop....glad you didn't lock yourself out..blimey that is a fear of mine..and now I have a door that you lock from the outside..so what do I do but leave my key in it... :oops: good job we have a good postman..what a lovely pic you have put on..mine have not flowered yet , but the daffs are not far off..the herbs I bought are still in the kitchen... :roll: right I will have a cuppa and take it to bed..anyone seen bubbles around..hope you all sleep well ..xxxxx

Morning all..pouring down here least said... :roll:
Christine its so frustrating losing post but glad you are resting those eyes.. today I have booked ring and ride to visit my niece..it will stop at the bus station then a bus take me to her front door..I have made a lemon drizzle cake for her and one for the cafe.. so help yourself...
Hope everyone has a goodish day...xxxxx

Joan, retrievers are lovely dogs.

Barbara, I'm glad you are going to see your GP. It must be draining you having a headache and coughing all the time. Did you manage to get some lollies?

Elizabeth, Hope your freezer arrived ok and is now up and running. Did the kids get sorted out for red nose day?

Kath, I lost my post last night too. I clicked on a link then deleted it so deleting my post too. I've found that sometimes when I click 'submit', it takes me to a page which says someone else has posted so do I want to change my post before submitting it. If I don't notice that and go to another page, that's when the post disappears.

Toady, hope you got your appointments sorted out. You did have a bit of a day, didn't you? Glad you finally got a cuppa. I'm with you about the Keep Calm stuff. It doesn't sound clever at all now. Beautiful crocuses.

I went to see The Second Best Marigold Hotel yesterday. I loved it. It was much better than the first one so I can't wait for the next one, if they do another one. It was a very nice day today, only getting a bit colder at teatime. Did any of you see Benefits Street a while ago? They are making another one in a town near us. Our Borough Council are not happy and have arranged a lot of things to make the town look good. They have had people taking photos of the good areas to post on the internet. Today and tomorrow, thousands of people are whispering a message to each other and passing it on all round the borough. Tomorrow night, it will be revealed what the message it. I think it will be I Love Stockton. Might go in to town so I can take part in passing the message on. A clown is going to take the message down the river in a boat from Stockton to Yarm, where I live so I might go and see him.

Morning all..
Kath thanks for the mop..it might just do the job... if you post at the same time as someone else it will say ,but you can just miss it and go away only to find your post is no longer there,,
Christine think we went to the wrong shop..Ald*..did you say Lidl*..so will have to go there..but don't worry I will find them ..glad you got to see the film..it does look good from the trailers but I haven't seen any..and I used to love going to the cinema..will have to buck up my ideas..they could make benefit street near us..we have a council estate and might I add I was born there in the 50s and what a lovely place to live...but not it has been taken over..there are still some lovely people living there but bit by bit they go..
I hope they get it stopped in Stockton..its not nice when they film and bring a place down..good for you getting involved.. good luck
Just off out to find the lolly's... hope you all have a goodish day..
Morning Christine you nearly pinch my post..thanks for the breakfast...

Hello Christine Barbara Kathleen and anyone else who's in.
Christine I've had where some one else has posted do you still want to post.
Barbara have a nice time with your niece.
Kathleen I hope you have a good day
take care everyone and have a good weekend.
joan xx

Hello everybody, applerose catered fro breakfast so I'm bringing up the rear with egg & crinkle cut chips and bread & butter, frothy coffee (from a sachet sorry, the poor man's 'pod' but they were on offer ), tea if preferred, and a strawberry and clotted cream sponge cake. Also 'bought'. Never mind. If fussy, opt for barbara's lemon drizzle. Hope you had a good visit with your niece and good luck for Mon if I'm not in before.

Cold, as predicted, so I'm not shifting far from the fire today. We must try & get Kath something better than the floor. You can have my bed while I try & get 'something done' this afternoon.

Glad the cinema was good applerose. I never go either, even though we have a small independent I'd like to support. Always mean to sit & watch films on the laptop, it couldn't get much easier, but don't often. How are the chinese (stockton) whispers going? Oh, the temptation the keep passing on odd messages! Who had to start it off and is it strictly one at a time?

Comic relief was the donation option going through the e*ay checkout (with the new laptop dvd drive I needed) so that's my best as I shan't be getting on the bus with a funny face on (well, only my own) or a red nose - though it has been known in the distant past.

Nice to see Cate & joan in, love to anyone else reading. xx

Evening all freezing here...
Joan hope you and Sue are having a good weekend..and yes I enjoyed seeing my niece..
Kath what a brilliant pic,I will have to see if I can dig ours out when we were retro..OH was really annoyed when I decided I wanted a change we had a bow cabinet like that one full of old things it was lovely while it lasted..do you remember the peg rugs we had one of those...
Toady ..glad you enjoyed the lemon drizzle cake..I make it because its easy.. thanks for thinking of me...so you have an independent cinema..hubby wanted to start one in an old building in the town he was born...but interest faded.. we had 3 in our little town but I only remember one and loved going but its these modern ones Im not keen on am I rambling again... hope you managed to get your appointment for the injection or are you not ready for one yet..keeping it for when needed..
Cate I have heard about the op to clean the sinuses so am doing everything..got the steroid nose spray ..and steam and neti pot..so will carry on with them but he wants to see me Monday if they are no different might just not go what have those GC been up to..sorry I have forgot were abouts they live.. :?
Christine I will look again next time we go to Ald*like you say they are all different..I remember having May queen walks around our estate and the grown ups putting a party on for us..and my mum helping out with lady's having young baby's..sadly those days have gone..I was the only one in our family to get there own house and it was more luck than anything
right I have gone on enough...think I will have one of toadys coffee I do like the sachet ones...

Love the sewing machine me and my sisters learnt to sew with one of those.
Just made tomato soup in the soup machine,we got cherry tomatoes from the market but the skins are a bit tough so used them and one of those herb pots by o-o. Mig