Val's Cafe

Just a quick call to sneak the kettle on.. sounds as though we may need iced tea next week, are they really talking temps of 30 & up? :shock: sympathy in advance to those who don't like it. I have my appt still lined up, touch wood no cancellations barbara, just in the stages of juggling when to time blood tests, fix transport, blah blah. Not for a fortnight or so, will report in due course.

Folks seem to be going on with a few mixed fortunes, in the main. Sorry TK is having a tough time.

Hope mig's daughter is having a good trip. Lovely concert weather.

Glad Kath's x-rays were good. & the bees have buzzed off with a fair few of their number intact. Spiders behind fireplaces, oh don't, I have to peer behind mine someday & that's put that job right back on my can wait list.

Very little to report here, tackling a bit of sorting out as some things, I think I am getting to run out of tolerance for. A skip would be handy as well but don't really want to fork out for one. All the firms say to ring for a quote and anything where they won't even say 'prices from £...' in their ads annoys me no end on principle.

I can see how your sister went in for drastic tactics with her girls' stuff applerose.. can also say, would have been well put out in their shoes & at their age. Daresay they were too but did the trick, didn't it. I got my last lot of 6ft canes from wi*ko delivered as there was no sensible way for to get them in person, they were cheap & worth it if you wanted other things delivered but have just looked & they are out of stock just now. My garden has gone pretty much to pot this year peas are flowering at a few feet tall & everything's out of synch, can't be helped. Hollyhocks are looking good so far, that's 1 thing I got right.

I see there are no scones left, ahem *kath* ahem, so will ferret in the biccy tins til I unearth something. I have some cranberry & white choc cookies I can trade.

Glad your things went down well with the GC's Cate. All the supermarkets are scrabbling over customers aren't they so you can get some really nice things so reasonably. My delivery scheme thing with t*sco means I get free delivery on anything from their non-food side too, I know they need the business, but still don't know how they can afford to do that. :?

Hello to joan & sue, and hope peppa is coping in the heat too. Must feel a little hot & flaked out I expect. xx

Love to all, toady.

Hello everyone. Really fed up with myself now. Had this open in a second tab in my browser and typed up a long-ish post, then went to open another tab to search for something and closed the one I was typing in. Needless to say I lost my post.

So, wishing everyone well until I get time to repost (maybe later). :?

Hello Barbara, Toady, Christine, Elizabeth and anyone else I've might have missed.

Well here goes, I'll try again. :roll:

Elizabeth, this is a time of worry for you. I hope you get to the bottom of Lucy's limp and curved fingers.

Barbara, yes we've had rain too, but it's now sunny but quite breezy. Saturday was Armed Forces Day, and I was a bit disappointed when we didn't see any out and about. Perhaps we were too early for them. There is a chap who usually wears an American Army uniform, and an elderly gent in a bowler hat and mackintosh who wears his medals pinned to his coat. Very smart.

Toady, good to see you back. Glad to hear you finally have an appointment date. Fingers crossed they don't change it unless it's to bring it nearer for you.

Hope that Joan, mig and Toni are having a good weekend.

Morning all..very humid here...
Kath its so annoying losing post..I usually cant be bothered doing another :roll: apparently we missed most of the armed forces day..but what we saw was brilliant..dont think you will need your bed socks this week.. :?
Christine it is a small world.. my dad was in the Liverpool tank regiment..he wasn't from Liverpool but its were he sighed up I think..glad you enjoyed the school fair I do love things like that...especially with out GC
Elizabeth glad you are feeling a little better,but you must be so worried about your daughter, I hate to see children poorly ..I will have everything crossed for her and please let is know how she gets on..
Not doing much today its to warm...so goodness knows what wed will bring....the heat really effects me...mind you so does the cold... :roll: no win in this country..hope everyone's doing okish ..and can keep cool...

Hello Christine Barbara Kathleen and anyone else I missed.
Christine the fete sounds lovely your grandson did well.
Barbara the sun is lovely but it gets too hot I don't like the cold.
Kathleen flowers are lovely have you got a big garden.
take care all
joan xx

Hello all, very hot here..hope you can keep cool
Kath what briilint pic's l love the flowers one especially the white rose, and I can see your pidgeon proof feeder..is it working because I an going to get one
Joan it is to hot here, I used to sunbathe for hours but cant be doing with it now :shock:
I have own made honeycone icecream for everyone...made by my own hands and a borrowed machine help yourselves hope Christine is taking it easy at work..

Just nipping in briefly to check that I can!!

Haven't been able to login for days, but it seems to have been sorted now. Thanks Brynmor.

I will be back......Much love to all....Cate.x

Morning all...phew :shock: we are not used to this..
kath glad the feeder is working I am getting one these pidgeons are bringing there friends... :roll: even the little doves dont get a look in...hope you are managing to keep cool..
Cate glad you found yoyr way back to the cafe, dont forget its twicw round the roundabout... that was val and trishes saying...brillint..hope you are doing ok, and facetiming the little one
Christine... how lively the pepole are in yoyr town to help look after the chapel, we havw a pair of then in out cemetary and they are in an awful state, I take pics every year and post them in shops and libarys, but to no avail....wish I had the money to do them myself
you was a good girl...but I think you dexerve an icecream in this weather...thats my excuse
28 it is showing in our garden, yesterday it got to 39 in the afternoon..our back garden gets the sun all afternoon and gets to hot with the shrubs and trees around..goodness knows what today will bring...just watered my plants..so at least they are done but will have to do them later..my gd said 2 of the residece were taken to hosputal yeterday, and they had fans going...poor things...
keep cool everyone...better than raining...

Hello everyone, hope the heat isn't getting to you too much. I must be an odd 'un as I prefer cold to heat. I can always add an extra layer when I'm cold, nowt much I can do if I'm too hot, expect strip off. Don't go there. :? Stepped out into the garden for about 5 seconds, quickly came back in again. Indoor temperature is only 25c, outside must be well over 30. :shock: We did have a very short thunder storm earlier, but it didn't make any difference.

Cate, think I'll give the builders a miss today. Just dreaming of Christine's big tub of ice cream. We have some choc ices, but diving into a tub of the stuff sounds good to me. Let's look in my fridge/freezer Oh well, choc ice it is then.

Not looking forward to trying to sleep tonight. Last night wasn't too bad, duvet relegated to the bottom of the bed. OH didn't get much sleep, and he's closer to the window than I am. When we had a double bed, I'd put my duvet on the floor just beneath the window and sleep there as the cool air coming in would come down to where I was. It was obviously OH's body heat that caused my problems. He's always telling me he's hot stuff.

Applerose what a small world? That was a lovely story. Also I remember you telling us about the chapel.

Cate glad you got to see a video of the children in Spain. You've been very patient, I'm not in your position but it must be hurting you so maybe it wouldn't hurt to say how you'd really love to see them.

Lovely pics of your plants Kath. I must entice my Son out into the garden to take pics of the pink roses as they look so beautiful.

Shame 2 elderley residents were taken to hospital Barbara. I hope they will both be okay.It is scorching here, I think Heathrow was the hottest place in UK today. Strangely my breathing is the best its been for months! I've stopped Humira at the moment ad that is definitely helping. Trouble is it is so good for my RA but I hate having the coughing and all that comes with it.

Lucy went to see her new Senior school yesterday and met her new teacher and class mates. We had the usual battle beforehand about brushing hair, teeth and dressing acceptably!!!! I had to stay with Dan and I'll miss the 2 concerts for the same reason

Hello to Joan hope the Dogies are coping with the heat,

Much love
Elizabeth xx

Phew!!!! We only had a tiny thunderstorm, and no hailstones. There is a nice breeze outside, but it's still quite hot. Neck, shoulders and spine all painful today, as well as my usual hip pain.

On a brighter note, although our sparrows seem to have deserted us, we did hear a Song Thrush this morning. As they are on the RSPB red list, I was pleasantly surprised. It's the first one I've heard for many a year.

My pop man is off to Majorca this weekend. I told him to take the hot weather back there with him.

Cate, it sounds as if your little GD is having a lovely time. No wonder she doesn't want to stop to get out of the sun or to get sun cream on.

Kath, I used to love the heat but I'm like you now, I prefer the cold to the heat. I'm just wearing a very thin floaty short dress at home and am not enjoying having to cover up when I'm at work. I'm finding it difficult to leave the ice cream alone during the week with it being so hot. Thought you were going to climb in to the fridge there.

Joan, we had a big thunder and lightning storm here but watching the news tonight some places had it a lot worse than us. Hope you and the dogs are coping with the heat.

Elizabeth, glad your breathing is much easier. Hope the visit to her new school went well for Lucy. It's such a shame you can't get to the concerts.

Barbara, our forecast said we were to expect more thunder storms tonight and tomorrow night. Hope you don't get them if you don't like them. Sorry to hear about the lady who died. My boss suggested I do the ironing outside and showed me where he keeps the extension lead. It was nice today to be able to look at the garden and there was quite a bot of shadow next to the house.

Just found out that Joe Duttine (Tim Metcalfe on Corrie) attended the funeral at the chapel. Some of you might know who I mean. I don't know him as I don't watch it.