Val's Cafe

Hi frogmorton yeah I think I'm mostly sorted ready for them going back to school I'm at my mams house weve just been to a donkey sanctuary near my mams house with the kids and husband and my dad we all enjoyed strokeing the donkeys.

Hi dachshund I do the ironing standing up. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

Hi toady I swear that strokeing the donkeys took away the stress and mabye some of the pain especially since I lost my footing on the path going down because it was uneven mabye I should have sneaked a donkey home no one would notice. I hope your pain isn't too bad today and I hope you are having a good day.

Hi Toady

Toms are 7 inches tall & about to flower 5 red ones 5 yellow toms, 6 baby cucumbers. Just put my maincrop potatoes (Cara) in. Ankle still pounding still being a pain in the butt..

Another night struggling to get to sleep I just keep tossing and turning all the time.

Morning Joan I'm so glad your cold is going Paul's is too thank you for asking. Yes Eric was a boy Sleek a girl. I have had 4 boys in the past too and one other girl. I loved them all but the girls are better hunters. In her hey-day she could catch 4 small animals in one day. The vet was sick of me. Take care ((())) xxx

Jojo how lovely I love the donkey sanctuary! I have a memorial plaque to my parents in the garden of the donkey sanctuary in Devon. Their ashes we scattered according to their wishes, but you sometimes need somewhere to go. My Mum loved the donkeys and used to sponsor one each year for my girls. It actually makes me really emotional. Hope work isn't too bad today and Well done being ready for the children to go back to school on Monday. Take care ((())) xx

Morning Reshmi I am glad your Mum is ok but how is your stomach today though? I do hope much better so you are able to get out for a walk.

It can make you feel proper weak can't it if it's really bad😕

Louisa will indeed pave (or tackle) the way for more girls to join in the football at school hopefully. She is a trail-blazer ⚽

Oh no! BR is growing up far too fast the little sweetheart! Already nearly ready for big school?!😯 I am sure a small burp is acceptable there will be worse behaviour that that I am sure. Lucy was caught with another girl in the toilets eating chewing gum at 4! The other girl had brought the offending item in and as far as I know she never did it again. Tia wouldn't eat at all at school. Anyway as you said anyone who says anything will be as flat as a pancake!

Love these funny little cat pictures you keep finding😁

I am happy to sit near Paul again now his is unlikely to pass on any germs!

Take care and feel better soon((())) xxx

Morning Skinny Keef hope all is well with you all. Back to school (nursery) for a certain small boy tomorrow is it?

Weather definitely picking up this week so you can get out of the bikes - one at a time please safety first😉

take care ((())) xxx

Hello Stuart Look at that adorable little boy all curled up❤️ Hello Ollie!. Sorry about your ankle. My toms got off to a really slow start this year only two took but to be fair that is enough for me and Paul. I ahve never grown yellow ones although i ahve eaten them. I will be very interested to see how they all get on. Take care (())

Morning Toady hope you are still ok and yes so much the best idea to have a super quiet week if at all possible. Rest and recuperate R&R.

Elfie is a great packer so tidy (I believe it's an Elf thing?) he is horrified by my packing when I bring my case home after a holiday😳 There is every possibility you will find some of your drawers extra tidy when you take a look. I rather like your idea - Morbid-midlands clean yes that could work. Just be nicer to leave in a less cluttered environment wouldn't it?

If you want help just shout Sleek is pretty good too although she does tend to get straight on catazon and catsy etc looking for new stuff to buy….

I did indeed get outside and have a good pile of weeds to show for it. Take care and enjoy the weather ((())) xxx

A quick hello to Carol in case you pop in I hope all is well with you all. Any results from your blood test yet? ((())) xxx

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day. Yes I read that about the chocolate biscuit I dip mine in the coffee chocolate side up. But I have ginger nuts at the moment. Do you have a quiet day tomorrow. Charlie has a blood pressure monitor fitted for 3 days.

Toni (()) have a good day we have the sun. I still miss Aidan and his cakes and his tiptoe walk. Enjoy your coffee the days go so quick.

Jojo (()) have a good day sorry you hurt your foot.

Reshmi (()) I hope your cold is going love to your mum (())

Stuart (()) have a good day lovely photo of Ollie love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) have a good day I hope you haven’t got a migraine. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucr’e (())

Carol (()) and Mr T (()) have a good day

Hi all 👋 hope your Sundays are going well.

I am trying to behave frog but still seem to be doing things anyway, a bit like when the boss comes into work when he's meant to be on holiday 😳 never mind all good stuff this weather, like washing. Yes me & Sleek both, with the tidying & shopping, that's the thing - you tidy something, you notice x or y looks a bit faded or out of date, you go browsing for replacements 🤭 can't say I'm a good influence there, more like we egg each other on heehee. Oh well it's only pocket money 👍️. Well done weeding 😊 I bet Elfie couldn't wait to go and check on his seedlings 😀. I'm v envious of Stuart and his flowering toms, and you both have cucumbers doing well, I will have to buck my ideas up. Well I have had 'other stuff' on I suppose. Btw I never said, the seedlings I posted were Euphorbia they did indeed look very beet-y. The daft thing is I think that in fact I did get them to grow last year, wrote them off as a weed, and chucked them 😳 silly fool. They just didn't look like pics I'd seen but they sort of have to be right🤷‍♀️. Must get some salad in now - I saw some good compostable seed trays recently, made so you can plant out a trayful of lettuce etc as is, if you're in the market for such a thing. Have a good evening love to everyone 😘 xx oh another thing I meant to say, have you ever tried 'cat soup'? just thinking of Sleek's diet.

Hello Joan, such a nice day, am getting towels etc out on the line so nice to have things dry so quickly. Haven't had ginger nuts for a while I only get them if I shop from 'Fresco', do like ginger very much though 😊. Glad that Charlie has at least agreed to let them monitor him, that's good I hope. Have a good Monday yes I intend to not do much, though I do have my grocery shop as I put it off, but that's no trouble. Have a good day yourself love to Pepper, how is your garden? 😘 xx

Hi bosh, yes there was a rather pessimistic slant to my bite comment wasn't there 😂😂 glad it isn't too nasty, annoying though that you skirted two dangers people & dogs and ran into another, rather sneaky of life. Did you manage a walk and not a custardy swim down the road 😬. It will get hot for walking this week I don't want to go later in the afternoon when the kids come out of a school so unless I find a sudden talent for getting up early like you & Toni it may be midnight rambles for me again 🌘. Have you done any interesting shopping lately, online or otherwise? Hope you've had a less tired and less ookey all round day today, take care :) xx btw I love that knitted frog so much! what beautiful work, he's gorgeous 😍 I want.

Jojo oh a donkey of your own just imagine 😀 glad it was such a nice calming experience they prove this sort of thing scientifically I believe. Sorry you didn't have a good night last night though 😞 hope you have a better one tonight 🤞 xx

Stuart I am very impressed with your toms, they sound brilliant 😀👍️ thanks for the update. Sorry you were awake too, I was at around 4 I think, between us in the cafe we covered most hours of the night I think 🙄. Hope your day is ok, lovely picture by the way 😊 xx

Hope all well with you today SK & family 👋 xx

Love to Carol hope you and Mr T are having a nice Sunday 👋 xx

Kettle on ☕️ xx

good afternoon, Toni

how are you today?
Mum is okay, thanks👍

my cold is a lot better today thanks I’m wondering if it wasn’t actually allergies for the most part

so I followed SK’s advice and had some organic honey just a little bit this morning and it seems to have helped a lot already which is great
I don’t always like the taste of Honey - Shelagh Delaney - did anyone else study that play in school? - sorry I digress, but this particular honey was very nice, so that was good as well
Yes ookey temperatures again, but I did manage to walk so that was really good

and my foot is healing and it’s almost fully better. I’m wearing the soft shoes and it does get a bit sore from time to time but it’s definitely improving and it’s not like before when going on a normal walk was difficult

yes Louisa of the trailblazer I like that👍

oh dear, chewing gum in the toilets - very naughty indeed

that was a shame about Tia

Yes, little BR is growing at a rate of knots, indeed my goodness, before you know it he’ll be a grandfather I think according to the physio will be a grandfather by Easter next year. Let’s hope he doesn’t feed all his grandchildren the dubious diets of double jam toast, and not much else.

Someone - probably Bill - needs to be flattened like a pancake but that seems an extreme weight loss solution ha ha

👋 hi toady, how are you today ?

I did manage to swim through the custard- filled streets thank you and today I have acquired no more bites and the honey seems to have helped with both my throat and allergies

Yes midnight ramblings are not ideal I understand it is a nuisance when the weather gets ookey like this so we have to decide the best time to brave the Sun or not, as the case maybe

Interesting purchases of late nothing really springs to mind I’m still very slowly reading the book called the burning Chambers by Kate Mosse - Definitely not the model ha ha if that counts

and I got some posh no added sugar free choccies that I purchase occasionally

other than that nothing really springs to mind to be honest, how about you?
👋 hi Skinny Keef

how are you today?
Thanks for the tip about the honey that was really helpful my allergies and throat are already starting to feel a lot better

👋Joan how are you doing today? My cold and allergies are a lot better today Thank you

Mum is okay too

have a good afternoon

👋 hi Jojo how are you doing today?

have a good afternoon everybody take care xx

Ps bills plant - based diet - oh dear 😱😱xx