Val's Cafe

Good Morning Everyone

Toady (()) have a good day with no problems. Good luck with any auctions.Yesterday our gardener who does painting when he can’t cut grass came while we were having dinner I get so embarrassed I try to hide. He was painting the door frames so all the doors had to be open. He said he was coming on Thursday.

Barbara (()) have a good day love to Mr B (()) and your son (()) and Niamh (()) and your niece (()) and her fiancé (())

Toni (()) I’m sorry you slipped over again it shakes you up. That’s good you haven’t got more injuries (()) perhaps you’re having a go at being Frank Spencer. Love to Paul (()) and Charley (()) and Annie (()) and Lucy (()) and Tia (()) and Kari (()) and your friend (()) and your lovely neighbours (())

Reshmi (()) have a good day thank you for the photos love to your mum how is she (())

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day take things steady. Loanda does a good job (()) love to Sucr’e (())

Charlestown (()) have a good day. You did a good job taking puss to the vet.

Hi all 👋

Gosh frog this is not what we want, you going over like that 😱 what a horrid fall, nasty spiteful ice 😖 do hope you are none the worse, bruises perhaps but definitely still ok 'upstairs'! Poor you. It was nothing like as icy as that here, so sorry you fell foul of it. Sleek was concerned she did not stop too long she wanted to get back and check on you. Tommy seems philosophical about being temporarily parentless, perhaps he is of the 'saucer half full' mentality 😄. Hope Sleek makes you rest up & take care x. Have done very little today and what I have done I've mostly made a muck of so I am going to sit in the corner here where I can't do any harm, hopefully. Bags I the pot of tea with the cable knit cosy 😊. Room for another one will get you a couple of cushions 👍️☕️ xx

Joan I would be very cross about the lawn/painting man coming on the wrong day 😠 and I would be hiding as well given half a chance. I had someone turn up like that once and say oh I thought I told you, which was just nonsense - what it often boils down to is it suits them to come at such and such a time, and you don't matter 🙄. Hope you had a quieter day today. No auctions for me and nothing to pack either. People in next door though, ther's no such thing as peace & quiet is there 🤨. Love to Sue careful if you go out tomorrow, nice pink sky out there now actually, it might not be so bad by then :) xx

Hi to bosh, hope you're having a good day. Sorry group was rather awkward 😔 especially with nice M not having a good time of things one way & another (I hope the £50 was the end of it, and the person can't access anything else of hers?). Such a shame 😕. The cat looking through the venetian blinds is me today but not spying on any fights, just the fact someone has been in and out of the neighbours' twice, eek. No noise or disturbance today thanks not in the mood. Not as cold I don't think.. but it was pretty chilly first thing before the sun came out at all, after that it was tolerable. Right kettle on, and where's the biscuits? I mean, might there be any biscuits by any chance, where are my manners 😳. Have a good evening hope everyone well :) xx

Keef not you as well, slipping in the bathroom, sorry it jarred you hope it didn't set your head off too badly🤞. Yes quite happy not to go too far beyond my garden gate these days, can only hope any new neighbours when I get them stay behind theirs as well 😬 sadly don't have an actual front gate, the gardens are just onto the pavement here, wish they were walled off it might deter every tom dick & harry from wandering up to ask if you want your drive/garden/hedges/roof/gutters doing 🙄. Have a good afternoon what's left of it :) x

Hello @Charlestown glad you have some decent shops & banks etc, ooh I'd love a handy B&Q 👍️ only have one of those silly post offices in a shop arrangements here. Also the moved my GP a mile further away right at the start of the covid, just when you couldn't use public transport as easily, that was most helpful 🙄. Glad you made it back from the vets with no worse than a flesh wound 🤭 you are totally right, animals don't know what's going on and why should they go along like a lamb, every instinct will tell them to get away and unfortunately you couldn't even assure them don't worry it's lovely at the vets, it very often isn't 😬. Have a good evening :) x

Love to all 😘 xx

Morning all, just having what for me is an early cup of tea, well that was round 7, went to fetch bins in etc thought I'd call in & check up on things - no frog yet - hope you are ok 🤞😟 back later, see you all then xx

has anyone had a pm from Toni. Anybody know how she is???

Migraine city here. Catch up tomorrow. Hope Toni okay. xx

Quick post from me too to say goodnight - had the aforementioned rest but still tired & grumpy so it didn't do a lot for me 😉

Bit of an irritating day, it seemed cold & not nice even though it wasn't that bad going by the thermostat etc. Haven't got a lot done, half put together a tiny bedside cabinet, you'd think it was a double wardrobe 😕 but didn't really have any energy to start with. Going down now for a hot drink & some supper & find a bit of tv maybe, did you find anything decent to watch @Charlestown ? Hope you have a good night and are less tired tomorrow too and back less trouble 👍️. Ooh all that polishing, well done bet it looks super. Meant to ask, what kind of a gardener are you? 🌱 I had so much trouble with snails this year I'm going to focus on things they hate, it was very dispiriting. x

Hello joan, hope you & Sue have had a good day, mine has just been a bit dull really but at least nothing too annoying. It's good that Sue is more chatty she can talk to people you don't really want to much, I find it hard to make conversation in situations where you are just making polite chat, rather than say what you are thinking which is often quite different! People don't really speak their minds much though do they. Probably just as well 😬. Have a good weekend love to both :) xx

Hi bosh, glad the dentist went ok but sorry you're not finished with, how long til next appt? Sounds like all of us in the cafe today needed extra rest, maybe it's been a funny old day that way 🤷‍♀️ I think sticking with the cat mutation would be a very good idea, lots of sleep, just wake up for the occasional cat biccy as you say, should have thought of it sooner 😄. Especially no chores. I had to sort out one of my mobile numbers I let it hibernate again 🙄 this time they let me reinstate it just on the non-human line, press 1 etc, hurrah I thought, except that doesn't restore the credit, another phone call I suppose - so what's the point 🤷‍♀️. But one bit of good news my meds are back in and on their way. Hope nice M did change her pin so that side of things is ok but yes you are bound to worry such a shame for a nice person to be in that situation 😔. Hope all family well today, see you soon :) x

'Night SK too, sorry about the migraine do hope it clears up a bit (a lot preferably ofc) with some sleep, I'm sure I'll be poking around in here myself at some point in the night it's that kind of a day, will leave a tea with your name on it 👍️ xx

I worried anyone yesterday especially after whacking my head the day before. I was fine the post just didn't send see above.

Joan thanks I'm ok my knee is getting better I think I didn't make it any worse at least! Did you and Sue get out yesterday? The weather was quite nice here. Hope you ahve a good weekend. ((())) xxx

Dear Skinny K! Thank you so much for your genuine concern I am so sorry I worried you, but it was just the post didn't 'send' obviously i didn't press 'post comment' as well as i thought😳

You had my total sympathy all day yesterday too as whacking my head, didn't set my neck of completely, but the muscle everywhere especially the neck ones were just so sore! Headache persisted yesterday too. Today I feel a bit better.

Paul is off and you have Loanda so maybe we should take advantage and be looked after a bit?

You can be entertained by Sucré's antics too🙂

Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

Well done surviving the dentist. Sounds as though it all went ok. I am glad not so glad you have to go back in march though and for a possible extraction too. You'll have to get your sister to pay for a replacement implant. Sorry i never did ask how is she doing after hers?

How is your Mum too is her bs ok?

At least you walked - I did too with my sister. Not too far and very much on the flat. I think any walk is better than not walking don't you?

We had to go OUT last night too😣 a foodbank event fundraiser. Such a good cause so we forced ourselves to go. I was very glad to get home in my bed in the end.

Take care and thank you for caring yesterday ((())) xxx

Morning Toady - you did see me I was here and as you suspected needed to click twice on the 'send' button🙄 Typical.

I am so sorry to have worried anyone. I am ok gradually recovering although gosh these muscles must have been jarred!

Well done sorting out your meds! Phew! That's a relief and rescuing your telephone number too.

Sleek said she'd been and she was talking about people in the café wondering where I was too, but i didn't realise the post was still sat here😣 Anyway she's on her way, but wants to suggest she goes to the chippy tonight and pick up chips and erm mushy peas for you maybe a cheese and onion pasty! I hope you're up for it she seems quite excited.

I managed my walk with Kari we noticed quite a lot of new growth in nature so are feeling a sense of hope for this coming year. Hope it's not misplaced. I am going to use my free gardener's world seeds the kale ones for definite.

Take care

Sorry to you didn't get yesterday's cuppa!

Morning Charlestown Hope you're ok today?

See how lovely everyone is here to worry about me like that. I am thoroughly ashamed of myself failing to post my message.

I was very interested to read your gardening exploits we post pics often myself and Toady of what 'comes up' (or fails to!) I know you can post pics so hope we'll see some of your plants soon too.

Our garden is very exposed although I have planted about 3 years ago now two more trees to try to help with that it's not a quick process. It's also sunny so often very dry. We put in an arch last year and a pergola the year before that to begin to create shade, but ours is very much a work in progress.

Take care and enjoy your programmes on TV!