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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,632

    Feel better soon bosh ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ˜˜ xx

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 260

    Hi toady yeah I had flu symptoms felt a bit rough this morning starting to feel a bit better now thanks I hope you are well and I hope you sleep well.

  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,244

    3am tea ๐Ÿ˜

    Got sore head so got up before my blood pressure makes it worse. Will snooze in beanbag in bunker.

    Sore throat still hanging on. My 2 often have lurgie which I blame on Sucrรฉ being ar nursery, but until now I never got them. Thanks MTX.

  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,632

    Thanks I'll join you โ˜• a few in the cafe could do with one by the sounds, or something medicinal ๐Ÿค’ hope you feel better soon SK, you too Jojo xx

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,259
    edited 5. Apr 2025, 05:53

    Morning Joan How are you? is it trigger finger you've got? My MIL used to get that and steroid injections always helped her a lot. Thanks for asking I am trying to rest the shoulder as much as I can without stopping everything i do. Not anywhere near as bad as when I went on holiday. Have a good day ((())) xxx

    Jojo is off on her hols!! How fabulous. Were are you off to and when? Will you be able to post - no pressure you can tell us all about it on your return. Some people won't post on Social media while they are away, but would rather wait till they get home. I hope you feel better today ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi how are you? Coping ok with the ookey the so ookey hay-fever season? What antihistamine do you prefer if piriteze dries your skin? I will actively watch for this myself now and feed back to you) I see you had a possible vaccine reaction are you feeling ok now? If not best rest up today your stomach too I noticed you haven't been on the rota for a while so yes probably it is your shift๐Ÿ˜’

    Oh Reshmi I adore your poem about your dear Mum the last 4 lines especially I do hope you have read it to her so she knows just how very very much she is valued and loved by youโค๏ธ

    Don't worry too much if you're too unwell to post a line will do sending some ((())) xxxand another box of these ๐Ÿคงtissues.

    Morning Toady

    I hardly got outside myself yesterday - what did I do? Please tell me!! I know I emptied out all the bedding towels T towels spare toiletries from teh motorhome ready for it to have it's treatment in the boot (garage? explain that name I haven't got car in there!) today.

    I helped the Foster Dads make easter bonnets for the children for nursery.

    I did hoover round and clear up some mole hills too and study my seeds a lot, but surely that wasn't a whole day?

    It's 'Ron biggis' compost mine peat free sounds as bad as the Piddle stuff is Toad. I just have to keep on top of it. I've been adding extra fertilizer too it and would like to add some leaf mould like Monty did last night (no I am not really up to date but Paul was late home so watched it out of sequence!) if i knew where it was. I suspect Paul has binned it.

    A compromise is indeed the answer one day (she says) we will have so much energy we will be super-gardeners. Our houses will keep themselves clean, someone else will cook our meals and bring them to us. Then we will be like Monty and Carol and Sarah R. Until then it's compromise.

    Little Vi has a big sister now to keep her company! Oh an idea๐Ÿ’ก Send Sleek round to the lady's house with her phone she can video for you! How about that?! That should do it๐Ÿ˜Š

    take care Toady ((())) xxx

    Gosh Skinny keef do rest up and look after yourself that's you, Jojo and Bosh!!! Must be a computer virus. Stuart, Toady and Carom and me must all mask up when we come into the cafe!!!

  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,267

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) I hope you have a good day. Where I take pepper itโ€™s called the Lawns it belongs to the Goddard family. I keep seeing we are having snow. It could be on higher ground.

    Toni (()) I hope you have a good day. I hope everyone is well (()) pepper seems happier now.

    Reshmi (()) sorry you have a cold I hope it soon finds something else to put is germs on. love to your mum (())
    Jojo (()) have a good holiday all of you

    Skinny Keef (()) have a good day I hope you havenโ€™t got a headache today. love to Loanda (()) and Sucrโ€™e (())

    Stuart (()) is little puss alright now love to your mum (())

    take care
    joan xx
  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,402

    hi Toni

    How are you?

    Mums ok at the moment ๐Ÿ‘
    im feeling decidedly ookey

    Yes Iโ€™m resting ๐Ÿ™

    Thanks so much about the poem

    Bye for now Toni tc xx

    ๐Ÿ‘‹Thanks Joan ๐Ÿค—

    Bye for now all tc xx

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 260

    Hi dachshund thank you I'm sure we will I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 128

    Hi

    Ollie is fine now catching up on sleep now the gasmen have stopped drilling. My ankle will hopeful get sorted on the 8th of the month seeing a guy with a long needle & some Lindocane. Sat in greenhouse with my foot up.๐Ÿ˜Ž

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 260

    Hi frogmorton yeah we can't for our holiday it's nice to get away from home for a bit. We are just staying in this country we are going to whitley Bay. Hopefully I will feel better by then I'm full of cold and got no voice now. I hope you are well and I hope you have a good day.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,402

    Hi toady Joan SK and everyone

    How are you all?

    Iโ€™m feeling a bit less ookey after paracetamol and sleep

    Stomach issue seems to have gone ๐Ÿ‘

    But Iโ€™m still being careful with food of course

    ๐Ÿ‘‹ Toni

    Mum had low bs in early morning unfortunately

    EF are going to Dubai on Monday - not a joke

    My goodness I do hope they will be ok, my sis and BR have very fair complexions, so hopefully with lots of sunblock theyโ€™ll be ok, I hope theyโ€™ve packed a lot of salmon in their luggage otherwise BR wonโ€™t be happy lol

    Iโ€™m back on fb mainly because of one good friend who may have vanished due to a glitch but Iโ€™m being very careful of course

    BR has eczema too of course so I do hope heโ€™ll be ok in such a hot country

    Itโ€™s not the hay fever thatโ€™s bothering me so much right now Toni

    Mum liked the poem but said lots of it wasnโ€™t factual, like only being able to afford wooden bangles lol, but I was glad that she like it really

    She really was a teacher in India before she got married and she did a Masters in English Literature, but there was the family pressure to marry of course, which was very much part of her culture in those days, sheโ€™s much cleverer than my dad, but we donโ€™t say that too loudly around here๐Ÿค
    I read that you helped the foster dads make Easter bonnets for the nursery kids, that sounds like fun, Iโ€™m so bad at anything arts and crafty unfortunately, but thatโ€™s definitely one of your superpowers ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

    Have a good afternoon Toni and thanks for the tissues tc xx

    ๐Ÿ‘‹Have a good afternoon all tc xx
    ps someone is brewing up mxt in advance ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข

  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,632

    Morning all ๐ŸŒž nice day sorry if we can't all get the full benefit of it one way & another.

    My day yesterday was just like yours frog, I did do things, but this shortfall between what you see yourself getting done & reality is a mystery to me too ๐Ÿ™„. Energy, well yes please; do you think we need some seaweed liquid, or comfrey tea? Oh I know, vitamins & diet &c, but what we want is visible results, a picture of oneself looking like a twice as healthy petunia with than without, like the fertilizer ads ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒผ if only. My compost is Kevingtons with Ron Biggis ๐Ÿ˜„, I ordered 'Bro sure' ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ but as it was peatfree didn't bother to quibble. I can't see me getting a lot more done today either, I was awake on & off (our 'old friend' indigestion ๐Ÿ™„) but I have also studied my seedlings and planted out a climber, maybe this is the year I will get it to climb and flower ๐Ÿ˜‚. Any sign of the leaf mould? ๐Ÿค”. I'd love to watch some GW but dare not atm it would only give me ideas ๐Ÿ˜ฌ I will make time soon though I miss it. Your jobs were all good ones anyway, Easter bonnets ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿชบ๐ŸŒป& motorhome sorting. Are you saying that Penelope doesn't live indoors?? Surely not ๐Ÿ˜ฑ. Glad to hear the shoulder is not bad keep up the good work. Oh yes we'll send Sleek round on a secret mission, like Tiptoes the Cat Burglar ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ธ it need not come to actual burgling but very appropriate pic of Reshmi's. Have a good evening and Sunday ๐Ÿ‘‹ xx

    Hello Joan, oh the land near you is still privately owned then ๐Ÿค” so I suppose it's at the mercy of what they decide to do with it. Glad to hear Pepper has brightened up a little bit, that's good. Snow, really? hope it's on really really high ground then, just one mountain peak in Scotland preferably ๐Ÿ˜„ I'm relying on it staying nice for a bit longer you get so much more done. Have a good evening ๐Ÿ˜˜ xx

    Hi bosh, love the 'ladybird book' that's very sweet ๐Ÿ˜„. Nice to see 'me' there yesterday too, well my fantasy self in my fantasy garden, I have a terracotta pot like that's about all, well it's a start ๐Ÿ˜‚. Do love the Pre-Raphaelites. I was so glad to read that the bit about your Mum's MA is true, that's amazing ๐Ÿ˜Š admire her enormously for that. Sorry she had low bs this morning though ๐Ÿ˜” perhaps related to a busy spell with visitors hope she'll be stable again now ๐Ÿคž. No EF for a while then if they're away, I would rather go where Jojo is going, to Whitley Bay ๐Ÿ˜€, but each to their own, yes I hope it all goes well with the heat! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ–๏ธ๐Ÿ๏ธ. Hope the FB goes ok and you maybe track your friend down. I was reading about a village where the water pressure is so low the neighbours WhatsApp each other before abluting or using the washing machine otherwise there isn't enough ๐Ÿ˜ฎ you can see that working well round here, can't you ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚. Have a good Sunday glad your gastric situation has abated ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ xx

    Well that sounds like the place to be Stuart, in the greenhouse ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š not long til the 8th to see long needle guy ๐Ÿ˜ฌ all the best with it. Very glad to hear Ollie is doing ok xx

    Really hope you shake off your bug in good time for your break Jojo, should be enough time ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ hope the weather stays nice too. I don't remember Whitley Bay but I must have been there I think, my Dad was from the area but wasn't living there when I was little. Hope family are ok :) xx

    Love to all, SK, Carol and anyone dropping in xx

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 260

    Hi toady thanks yeah I've complety lost my voice today has been a very quiet one just chilled out ready for a busy one tomorrow. I'm sure I will fight it by my holiday we've never stayed at whitley Bay hopefully it's a good week weather wise. I hope you are well and I hope you had a gd day.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,402

    oh dear Jojo

    I lost my voice completely once too

    (I was in hospital at the time)

    I hope you get it back soon

    Remember to have lots of hot drinks and take care xx

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,402

    hi toady of the seaweed / pond liquid energy drink (I might not try that one lol)

    How are you?

    Glad you liked the book pic and the potrayal of your fantasy self lol

    Thanks about mum ๐Ÿค—

    Yes she has been very busy and as you said once I think, sheโ€™s too independent and very rarely accepts help unfortunately

    But the cousinโ€™s daughter staying here overnight was a bit much I think

    I mean if people who keep in touch then visit itโ€™s one thing, also my cousin is a very nice person but weโ€™re all aware when someone is on strong immunosuppressants like my mum of โ€œadding germs to the householdโ€ as it were, is never a good idea, well at least thatโ€™s over now

    She used to eat scones for breakfast every day a few years ago, the young woman I mean, oh dear, someone find me a hotline to the gi joe physio ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

    Maybe she has eaten the golden scone - thatโ€™s why we canโ€™t find it lol

    Yes I would also prefer Whitley Bay but thereโ€™s no accounting for taste haha

    Thanks about fb - Iโ€™ve decided if someone seems even 1% ookey I will block ๐Ÿ‘

    And as Toni said peri menopause canโ€™t go on forever- it just feels like it ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข

    My dad using cats nap to declare ablutions! Oh no that would never happen haha

    Thanks - it really was a terrible gastric situation yesterday, itโ€™s not been that bad a long while, maybe partly pneumococcal vaccine side effects, I donโ€™t know

    But yes good thatโ€™s itโ€™s gone, indeed ๐Ÿ‘

    It seems that this bad cold type thing whatever itโ€™s origin gets worse in the evening and night I think

    So while the kettle is steaming- thanks toady

    My nose is streaming basically lol

    And a bit of a congested throat too

    But hopefully tomorrow will be better of course

    And Iโ€™ve ordered some no added sugar choccie for us here at the cafe

    But we can only partake when the stomach problem has 100% left the country and gone to Abu Dhabi or something like that if it can get a gastric visa .

    Have a good evening toady Jojo and everyone tc xx

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 260

    Thank you bosh I think my cold is easing up I feel a bit less tired so finally on the mend.

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 260

    Thanks bosh I hope you have a good night too

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 128

    Hi all

    Attempted to do some mowing yesterday did 2 stripes then mower went bang, off to get another one today..

    Ankle really swollen got a bag of peas on it

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,259

    Morning Joan how are you today? I hope doing ok. How are your new plants in their pots? I am very glad to hear how well Pepper is doing it is such a lot for him he doesn't understand like we do does he? ๐Ÿ˜” ((())) xxx

    Morning Jojo Whitley Bay! That will be lovely - all kids need is a beach and some half decent weather isn't it? We used to go to Wales and rent a caravan a lot when ours were really little as we are in the Midlands so it was the nearest sea to here. Hope the cold is even better today ((())) xxx PS thank you for putting yout sp***r photos up like that so I don't accidentally see them. I am very sacred of them even the fairly small ones we get here sorry. My Eldest and her wife would love them though.

    Morning Stuart thank goodness it's not too long before your ankle has it's jab. Shame we can't replace them as easily as we can mowers isn't it?๐Ÿ˜ Take care and enjoy the greenhouse in the sun. (())

    Morning Skinny Keef I am just hoping all is well and wondering whether you are cooking a Dad/husband Sunday dinner special today? Take care see you soon no doubt ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi I hope your cold is not too ookey today although I suspect you are still feeling pretty rough๐Ÿ˜” Hope your Mum is ok too no low BP.

    Good news is the wind seems to have dropped here this morning it feels cold obviously (very frosty here) but so sunny I put the dishwasher on already to use the solar panel power on not pay for it!

    We took Lucy to Dubai for her 21st birthday (and a reward for getting over cancer and all her surgeries too) I really did not like it at all it was ludicrously not. We went new year or just after they had beautiful lights and fireworks and everyone was lovely but gosh it was HOT!!!! No air at all except inside the buildings. The Burg Khalifa was incredible too we loved that and had a meal there watching the 'dancing lights'.

    I do hope little BR copes ok with his skin.

    Your Mum is really clever - I just knew it! That's where you and your sister get it from๐Ÿ˜ Certainly not BB but we will say not one word๐Ÿคซ lips sealed๐Ÿคfirmly zipped. Glad she could appreciate your poem and the poetic license you used.

    I hope you can find that good friend on facebook.

    Take care and thank you for my ladybird book! Purrfect! The wind has dropped it's going to be warmer today ((())) xxx

    Morning Toady