Val's Cafe

good night from the sauna everyone bye for now tc xx

Ps Toni toady and I are dancing below the moons again - what’s in the R Brek?!😂😂

Morning Joan how are you is your throat better? I am feeling much better now thank you for asking😊You do have a good neighbour. Paul is working in London with my nephew so Kari is bringing anything I need. Thank you the cross stitch is now finished I need to organise a frame and get it framed for Arya. Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

Oh dear not feeling great yesterday I hope today is much better? Are your arms ok?

Thank you for asking the good news is my cold is much better this morning😊 I will do another covid test though before I leave the house probably tomorrow.

Sorry group isn't walkable, but well done going on the bus even though you felt a bit ookey. I am very impressed many would stay in and have a duvet day.

Mind you at yours that means a hot hot hot sauna day. My own Dad would have said that would sweat out a cold or anything like a vaccine reaction. Mind he also sowre by a large whiskey - YUK!!!!

Redbull in the ready brek sorry I ran out of cows milk! Still it was a lovely dance wasn't it we did?😉

Take care ((())) xxx

Morning Toady

Oh no! Infuriating🤬the minute you are free to go out someone else is outside. At least it was quiet for me outside. I collected seeds hollyhock ones and hope I labelled the envelopes correctly fingers crossed. Cut the side grass and yes started the tidying. I will take some photos some things are still flowering beautifully😊

Well done you also not wasting the day by going up the loft though. More titivating up there in readiness for the boards going down. Are you putting that vile insulating stuff down yourself or getting help with that bit?

Sleek as I said has a great memory for lists especially food lists. She is also full of ideas when it comes to food bless her! She has been very caring while I've been feeling rough - Paul is in London now until Friday so it's just us girls. I have at times actually had to stick half a loo roll up my hooter in order to protect my work which is now finished

I just need to get a frame sorted 🙂

My thumb too yes it and my fingers and arm (shoulder a tiny bit) have said "Toni enough is enough now"!

Take care Toady the cat with the slippers I know😍 ((())) xxx

Morning Stuartknee You are doing exactly the right thing catching up n sleep in the day when you can is very wise indeed.

I do hope your OA isn't moving to another joint just when you know where it is. Sorry the tramadols aren't working anymore they are really strong tablets. How many days now before you have your consultation with the GP?

I don't mind this sort of sp***r at all 😊

hi Toni Joan toady and Stuartknee

How are all?

Mums ok 👍

She had hospital phone appointment today

Diabetes is getting better under control

Mxt plus ookey side effects today

But at least I have opportunity to rest today

👋 toady sorry saw your post too late

Saw it on well mannered Wednesday but now it’s thermal vest Thursday - at least it was early morning

Energy levels really not so good

So bye for now all tc xx

Ps Bill is on the caffeine again 😱xx

Hi all, just a quick one - not much going on with me it can be summed up as 'the usual', bit of loft, tut at noise next door, bit of internet shopping, teabreak, etc. I have managed to rummage up a few items of clothes frog so won't need to call upon you for dressmaking 😄 (I happened to see a couple of old paper patterns on nosegay in passing, and shuddered, omg school sewing 😱). Nosegay gets worse & worse, I bought a jumper and after checkout a huge popup box came up (this is new) might I like some pet hair lint rollers? and get this, click for 'go and make this extra purchase now?' or 'no thanks' 🙄. No thanks, I should say so (except I never click any boxes, they file all such responses away for the AI to chew over for useful data no doubt. Ugh). Your sewing is a little triumph especially under the circs, glad you have stopped dripping a bit 👍️ and test will be all clear I hope. Look forward to seeing the frame. Didn't get in the garden 😳 I need a major rethink for next year I really do. Ooh seed collecting, lovely 😊 and other things too. I will follow your example I must, I have done some agapanthus, that's it. The loft insulation isn't the horrid stuff it's just polyester-y, no need to handle it at arm's length etc though I'll still be careful. I can't run to something lovely like sheep's wool 🐑 so this is a 'will do' option, no doubt not super effective & a bit amateur all round but that's how I roll (pun intended 😄). Must then move on to the boards especially as they are right in the way in the hall 😬. Have put miceland off a bit so Sleek has plenty of time to think of any late additions 😺 love to all :) xx

Hello Joan, yes I do wonder if anyone has their milk etc go missing 😬 hopefully there's not too much of that goes on, but it's why I get up in the dark if poss; the odd early-hours jogger or dog walker is probably not too much of a threat to your hovis 🤞 but I wouldn't like to leave it til morning. Once upon a time I left the porch open and he'd shut it after him but that's when he came at 6 or 7 so it was ok to do it. The loft, well it will never be my favourite place, someone asked me how much I'd have to be paid to spend all night up there 😱 good question!! Much happier in the garage poking about 👍️ but I don't want to leave too much up the attic just being practical. Have a good day Friday already, glad you had a decent lunch hope you feel better tomorrow too :) xx

Hi bosh, I am not energetic enough for a moon dance tonight so it is just a nice thought, you & Toni will have to manage 😂. Instead I have been playing the g**gle half moon game, rather good, quite hard though and I am only winning by accident more than brains 🙄. Glad you've had rest time today 👍️ and that's great they are pleased with your mum 😊. Not much happening here except PN is singing I believe as we speak, make of that what you will, it's a new development 🤨. Have a good night :) xx

Hope your upcoming appts go well for you Stuart, and that it's helpful to have the consultant one first then the physio. Have a better night I hope 🤞horrid to have various pains, you can't settle and try to get in a good position for one thing without another suffering for it 😔 take care xx

Night all 😘 xx

Morning Joan

how are you today? You ate well yesterday that is a good thing. I make my own hot lemon for two reasons one because of medication clashes with the 'real stuff' but also as vegans don't eat honey. Then I add vegan honey. I make it for Lucy too because of clashes with her meds so I totally know what you mean. So unfair isn't it?🙄 Well hopefully we are both on the mend now. The baby is possibly poorly she's suddenly losing weight the Drs are investigating.

Take care Joan ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

I can see you were exhausted yesterday I do hope you feel a lot better today. I don't suppose the vaccine helped without the MTX.

It's good you had a chance to rest at least.

I am on the mend my cold is retreating😊

Please can you remove all caffeine from BIL and your sister's house. Maybe Sleek can sneak into all of the coffee shops in MH and swap their supplies for decaf too🤔

Great news that 'they' can see your Mum's diabetes is under better control. You yourself must feel so relieved about that I know how much you care for and worry about her. Do you think it was the patch which helped?

Sending ((())) xxx

Morning Toady

Hope you are well and your little bit of this and little bit of that moved things forwards? (ignoring the tutting)

Well done sorting out some clothing I was very worried about Toady in her jammies all winter. Kari loves those old patterns she uses them for her art. Having said that she can make clothes too on her sewing machine she really can! Though I certainly remember those lessons at school all I wanted was to do woodwork and metalwork😕 Cooking and sewing that was my options no choice.

My covid test is clear and a good job too as Arya isn't well and I might be needed. She has suddenly started losing weight and is in Stoke.😕 Could be something to do with that gestational diabetes.

I had a lovely lovely afternoon outside yesterday cleared two whole beds of weeds. I took some photos please bear in mind they were 'pre-weed'. Just lovely there is still so much colour outside.

I really did enjoy myself out there. We are having a tree heavily pruned today (it is a holly and a true monster) so might go out again unless I am needed elsewhere. It will keep me occupied maybe less worried.

Love the 'roll' pun😁 glad it's not the fibre glass insulation stuff. You can do that but please be careful getting it up there I doubt it's as light if much less vicious.

Pet hair lint rollers? Oh dear was that Sleek using your laptop maybe?

Anyway better get on sending ((())) xxx

Morning Stuartknee hope you had a reasonable night. Maybe slightly more than 5 hours? You are on 50s of tramadol. They do them in slow release and do you take any anti-inflammatories too?

good afternoon Toni

How are you?

Mums ok 👍

I’m ok

Almost lunchtime where are my chicken nuggets LA?😂

More later

Bye for now tc xx

Ps milk is a broth or something like that lol xx

Hello all. Have just joined on Line and found you all. What is Vale Cafe please? Sounds like a safe place to vent about where the pain is going as well as what you are up to for the day - like a cuppa with old friends.

hi Toni toady Joan Stuartknee and everyone

Sorry I thought I’d posted this morning but I was in such a rush to get out of the sauna house for a walk in the fresh air that I may have just saved the draft or something like that

How are you all today?

👋Toni Jabs - side effects are almost over now

I’m feeling almost fully human as it were lol

I’m glad you’re on the mend 👍👍

Thanks about mum, yes I think the patch is definitely helping mum a lot

Poor LA woke up crying as he had a nightmare in which he lost his daddy in the forest aww ❤️

(luckily he didn’t fall into the fiery lake of hot sauce lol)
I think mum has taken her eye off the thermostat temporarily so

I need to make the most of the temperate house - related energy

And do the ablutions etc

Lovely flowers Toni

Ok more posting later

cheerio everyone- I know a cheddar - cheesy joke there

Bye for now all tc xx

hi Toni

Sorry I only just picked up on the baby being so unwell, very sorry to hear about that

You take very good care 🤗 xx

bye for now xx

hi again toady

I have so many things to say but I’m so cream crackered now

I think the way the days balance each other is interesting

But I think maybe your nice summer are balanced by my more temperate days

I thought I lost my only decent pair of autumn tights

But after foraging around I eventually found tights mushrooms and Hobbits ok last two are probably fiction

Ok neck is starting to ache

So have a good night toady and everyone tc xx

Morning Joan how are you today how is your cold/throat? I feel much much better. The baby is home safe and sound. The GP had given her lactulose for constipation and it caused weight loss and dehydration, but all is well now. She just needs the surgery for the tongue-tie then she will be able to feed better.

I didn't see the awards programme no aww poor little girl bless her. Vile isn't it cancer?😣

Thank you it is lovely to have some flowers still in the garden in October. Two of them are Delphinium and the white more daisy like ones are white cosmos.

Is it clocks back tonight?

Take care Joan ((())) xxx

Morning @Iwillsucceed48 lovely to meet you. Welcome to Val's café started by a lady called valval. The idea was to just come in and chat, have a moan some virtual food and tea/coffee.

Over the years members have come and gone, but we still have a friendly group of us who pop in pretty well every day (although you really don't have to unless you want to). We are like a real group of friends almost a family.

We do talk a lot of rubbish at times to be fair and use our vivid imaginations to distract ourselves from our pain. We make up silly names for shops such as 'nosegay' for ebay 'al fresco' for tesco so if you are a bit silly you'll fit in.

I live with my husband and have been a member of the forum since 2008 at that point i had all three of my girls at home. Now two are married and I had my first Grandaughter born on 7th.My girls are Charley, Lucy and Tia our Grandaughter is Arya. I have a cat called 'Sleek' (who isn't!) she is 15 also has arthritis and as part of my total cafe-madness she can talk, type has her own catazon account and visits Toady!!! Oh dear me I am totally mad.

I love gardening, walking and my new electric bike (all within limits of course) we also have a motorhome and try to get away when we can.

Shall I let the others introduce themselves? Stuartknee is our most recent member.

We have no rules at all here - just to be nice to each other and to try to make each other smile and support one another where we can.

Do you think you can cope with us? I do hope so 😊

Morning Reshmi

I am very glad to hear all vaccine side effects are gone and you are back to normal. I hope otherwise that you are well.

Hope your Mum is still doing ok. No recent hypos or near hypos at all since the patch I think?

Don't worry the baby is ok she's safely home now. Thank you though. These littleys are such a worry aren't they?

I am very glad to hear you've found your tights can't have that. Best buy a spare pair or two. Bee too warm in the sauna though I expect. Did I misread? Or did you manage to turn the thermostat down for a while yesterday and actually breathe?!!!

Poor poor LA he must love his Daddy very much and fear losing him in real life. I personally do not think that is at all likely he might eat too much, not care about his reflux or waistline, but he adores your sister and his boys🤗

Have a good day my friend ((())) xxx

Morning Toady

Hope all is well at Toad's today. Please don't worry the baby is fine. Sleek is on her way looking forward to helping with the loft and making you a cuppa.

The delphiniums were phenomenal this year. Must collect seeds…. must collect more seeds. Yesterday the weather was not so good although it started out well the man came to get the holly tree next door (our shared tree I think) down to the correct height o the same as the hedge. A huge job but it's fabulous it's let in so much light. Why did I not take a before and after photo???🙄

You and I need to spend more time outside this coming year.

Then by the time he'd left it was raining again so I didn't get outside again 😕 never mind we'll see what today brings.

Hey grumbling is good! This is a good place to grumble I like moaning! Does you good I think.

Take care Toad see you later ((())) xxx

Morning Stuartknee I hope you had a better night? Might well be worth talking about slow release on the 5th Novemeber than. Also can you take anti-inflammatories? Like Ibuprofen? I used to take arcoxia which was slow release, but I am on blood thinners now so banned😕 I also took amitriptyline for many years at night that really did give me some sleep. I know there are lots of other options of course so a good chat with the GP is what you need now. Oh and recent X-rays if you haven't had them just in case surgical options are possible for you. Take care.

Cuppa anyone?

hi Toni

Good afternoon

How are you?

So glad the baby is ok

I didn’t sleep that well so I went on a longer walk

I feel better now thanks🙏

But poor mum almost had a hypo this morning even though she was wearing the monitoring patch

I also did the longer walk as I was stressed about mum’s diabetes

BR got very angry when his mummy tried to make him eat spinach he shouted furiously “ I don’t like spinach, LA likes spinach!” Oh dear, let’s hope Dr Burger King never has to ask him if he’s naturally increased in his folic acid intake 😱

yes you’re right about the tights, I kind of got fixated on finding them yesterday as I was so tired but it would be sensible to buy spares 👍

👋Joan and toady

How are you both?

Ok more later

Bye all tc xx