Soop's Kitchen Extension

Some years ago. I was watching someone really struggling to park in a back street near work. When she got out of the car I said something to her and she recognised my voice and said are you "N"?
I discovered she was someone from a work partner agency I had been working closely with very frequently for several years but we had never met.

She jokingly asked me not to tell anyone about her poor parking.

After that whenever we spoke I would tease her by saying, "Hello X its me I am still being discrete!!!."

I am so sorry but am coming in here having a s**t day and can't talk about it. Isn't it amazing how things can go from good (well okay at least) to horrid at the blink of an eye. I am in dire need of chocolate is there any hidden away please nicely?

LizG have a (((Hug))) for whatever is upsetting you. |It's what Soop's kitchen is here for. We all have days when we need one.

I have TWICE now tried to post about 1) David Tennant in Richard II in the live screening from Stratford tonight which blew me away. Anybody else seen it?
and 2) tried to write about DH's probable TIA at lunchtime when he went blind in one eye for about 5 minutes. However, the fates are against me as both posts just disappeared so I will leave it that his sight returned gradually and he is fine now. I rang the surgery on advice from an optometrist friend but our GP didn't ring us back for over 3 hours and then just said sonething like Oh well if it's better now just log it and get in touch if it happens again.
Anyway DH wanted to see Richard II so we went ahead with that (me keeping my fingers tightly crossed)
LizG I am so sorry to hear you have had a bad day , when you are ready and if you feel it would help - we'll be here,

Oh Gracesmum and I thought my day was bad! So very sorry that your DH was not well. Has he had a TIA before? Whatever else I think you should be back on to the surgery today as your call should have been taken more seriously than that. Today's health service is not good news and it makes us all into angry people when what we want is help and support.

Take it steady today and best wishes to you both . Thank you too for those kind words to me, and also to you Nelliemoser those hugs came just at the right time.

Another (((hug))) from me too Liz and, as gm says, we are here if it helps.

What a worry for you gm. Your gp sounds remiss. How is your DH today? How are you?I'm cross that I missed David Remnant because I was watching the recording of the David Remnant thing from the night before

It's a good thing that this kitchen exists as a place to find some TLC.

I'm popping in to share my woes too, my family is in crisis yet again, and I fear for my son's health.
Liz and gracesmum . Why indeed does life go in such peaks and troughs?
Sometimes the fake smile and false cheerfulness just gets to be too much.
A lot of tears shed this week.
Hope your dh is ok gm.

Please don't tell David Tennant that I called him David Remnant - beeping phone

(((Hugs))) Lona yes peaks and troughs is the way to describe it. I hope that today is better for you Thanks Kitty you are all a great bunch. Next time I see my friend David I won't tell. Well I can dream!

Bringing big hugs and a large box of chocs (with whatever fillings you like, they're magic!)
Off on a walk soon with friends, will need to wrap up, it looks chilly, but I do find these walks energising.
OG diagnosed with the most common genetically inherited condition in N. Europe.... DGS 1 and 2 now have to be tested ( in case you're all wondering: Haemachromatosis or too much iron in the blood) treatment is blood letting. What a waste, wish they could coordinate this with the blood transfusion service!

Chocolate is just what I need this morning - feeling washed out for no apparent reason. Tonight I'm going with U3A group to the Matthew Bourne production of Swan Lake. I have already seen his Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, so am sure to enjoy this one.

{{{hugs}}}to you all that need it, I havent read all but the last few posts, I havent been on Gn much the past few days, I cant drag myself away from my baby knitting #obsessed
Off to hopsital with DD to see physio, she is in terrible pain with her back and not due until mid January.
I am hoping they can talk some sense into her, she is insisting on staying at work until the 13th Dec so she can tie up all the loose ends before she goes off on maternity...silly girl, the job will still be there when she gets back.

I'm coming in with an armful of hugs, hot toddies or chocolate, buttery shortbreads and a listening ear.
I'm truly sorry to hear that far too many of my Granspals are feeling well below par. I've read your comments and wish with all my heart that I could make the bad bits vanish and let into your lives. I'm glad that you feel at ease in the kitchen. We need each other. Sometimes a crisis can send any one of us into a downward spiral. I've been there...and ^you lot^- whether you know it, or not, have come to my rescue. Talking things over with each other, in the event of having no one else to confide in, is vital.
Lona I'm sending good vibes from Kintyre. Try to stay strong. You are doing so well. I wish that I could put my arms around you.
OGM I've not heard the word Haemachromatosis before today. It is very difficult to say the right thing. No wonder you are stressed.
anno I'm envious. I hope that the performance lifts your spirits.
glassortwo keep knitting...it's a good means of stress relief.
Nellie
kitty David 'Remnant' made me chuckle.

Lona. I'm so sorry to hear about your family problems. This is your safe place. x

gracesmum Get an opinion from another GP asap. It needs following up that is appalling treatment.

gracesmum I agree with Nellie you need backup. x

Thank you for the hugs and kind words. I have just visited my dd, who is also suffering.
To see both my children in the depths of despair because they are both kind and generous, is so difficult. I can only comfort them with words and hugs too.

I also appear to have some sort of bug, which is causing extreme griping pain in my stomach.

Hope I don't pass it on to you lot in here!

Lona There is a very nasty virus on the rampage. Can you lie down and keep warm...take plenty of fluids. You need comforting. Feeling unwell and having to deal with family trauma, is too much for you to bear alone. I wish that I could help.

Virtual hugs Lona - I wouldn't want to catch anything Send hugs to your children too. I think we hurt more for our children than we do for ourselves. Take care.

* gracesmum* I replied to your Richard ll post as soon as I read it, because of as it was sold out by the time I tried to book!

I am not hurting today (WHY???) but I send (hugs) to everyone who is, or who is worrying.

Now, about those hot toddies...we shall all feel better quite soon. As soop says, we are safe here. And I do so appreciate that.

Reading all the kindness here makes me cry. I do so hope that things improve for all of you who are in troubled waters and send you my very best, for what it is worth. Lona, LizG especially big hugs.
Take care all, the love for our near and dearest, especially children, gives us the worst of times, as well as the very best.
(I truly wish I had been a Gran / Gransnetter this time last year, when I was in suicidal desperation from something horrible that had happened to me. I couldn't even talk to my close friends but I think I could have done so here). Soop you are amazing.

Oh dear, I just called in for a quick dram for my cold and find so many GNetters with health problems. Must be the weather - or the clocks going back. I do wish we could stick to BST. [chocs] or [whisky] to all.

(Gracesmum - my DH had a TIA. We only knew because there'd been a bit on Woman's Hour the day before. I took him straight to A&E and they immediately tested him and yes he had had a TIA although by then he seemed fine. If you're in the least concerned go straight to A&E.)

DH had what I can only imagine was a TIA too. He was sitting at breakfast, and went all pre-occupied looking and started pouring his coffee carefully from the cup into the butter dish. Then he sat and just stared into space for a minute or two until I got his attention and brought him back to the real world again. He had no memory of it at all, and never did it again.

More than a bit late today - not that anything has been wrong but thanks for all your kind messages. DH has seemed fine today although I am "on eggshells" - for those that may not know he had 2 TIA's in quick sucession ) last Feb when his speech became very strange - he just couldn't find words - simple things like "orange"just escaped him! In hindsight it was quite funny but at the time terrifying as I thought he was developing Alzheimers. Galen wisely said Get to the doctors pdq so I had already made the appointment when the second incident started and he was rushed off to the Stroke Unit at our local hospital. Of course I should have taken him yesterday but he wanted to wait for the Dr's call (useless) and now as he feels fine we are just waiting and seeing. He is having a mastoid op next Wednesday and I know he doesn't want anything to get in the way of that as he is in a lot of pain with that ear and in his jaw.
So, today we went to a fascinating NADFAS talk on the St Ives artists from mid 1800's to 1914, then to our local market for some fresh fish and then lunch in a little Italian which has just opened - and might as well close for what they served us, a small portion of a very forgettable Spag Bol. If you are ever in Olney, don't bother with La Cantina in Rose Court! Then this afternoon he caught up on last night's Poirot while I had a go at the side of the car where some t***er passed too close while we were parked in Olney. There isn't actually a lot of damage just a bit of a superficial scratch but not right through to the metal, a bit like Soop's willow twigs incident and a wash then the furniture polish trick has nearly worked. Question is - is it worth having it seen to or do I leave it as we have no intention of trading this car in?
I have a lot to catch up on GN this evening but I hope you are all well and that LizG's day has been 100% better than yesterday!

Just got back from driving to Gloucester and back. No 1 DGD is still playing up about the arrival of No 2! Do my best to make a fuss of No 1. Today I ended up with both of them on my lap and an iPad and dying to go to the loo, while dd. washed the kitchen floor and caught up with paper work. Her SO goes back to work on Monday so I'm going up to help again.