Soop's comfortable and convivial kitchen.

I meant to wish everybody a good New Year. Look after yourselves. I have enjoyed this last year in soop's kitchen. We have had some sad times but also fun.

I have had a couple |+ of the red vino, decided I no longer like it because it goes straight to my head!

Tara has gone to bed to rest her eyes, I may as well join her especially as the bedding is fresh. I always have fresh bedding bringing in the new year- mad? Possibly.

I hope I sleep through the fireworks.

Oh soop I’m so embarrassed you found my Argy (see through slinky sexy) evening dress behind the sofa. I can’t think how it got there . I can only think I’ve been going backwards and forwards between the kitchen and the Argy to check on marydoll’s condition I must have had to do a quick change behind the sofa.?

Mind you soop I think you might have been a bit of a norty girl yourself when you were at the Argy. It might have been a slip of the keyboard but were you really doing the okey pokey down the high street ???

Hattie thank you for your New Year cartoon. Made me laugh. Hope you and mummy have a happy new year.

Happy new year to everyone else too. I am going to indulge in a and wish you all well. x

My goodness so many visitors to the kitchen. Where to start.
ann sorry to hear your DH is poorly. Falls and infections seem to occur more often with those suffering Alzheimer’s or dementia. Hope he is not in roo much pain.
panache so pleased to hear things are looking up. Well done mamissio and luckygirl. So glad you were able to get some action.
dragonfly good to hear GP has things in hand.
kitty I’m sorry your visit to the hospital did not bring you better information. You always hope for clarity and build up to finding out things at these visits and then to find you still haven’t got the full answer just prolongs the worry. My DH had numerous bladder problems and prostate too. We ended up phoning the senior consultants secretary and asking to see the man in charge on our next appt as we felt the Registrar, pleasant though he was, didn’t give us a clear enough picture of what was going on.

Very heartfelt good wishes to our hostess Soop, mcSoop, the P’s, the Lesters and everyone else in the kitchen for all that you wish for yourselves in 2019. Xx

Well it’s been a funny old year and while the New Year’s Day optimism of my youth is noticeable by its absence I nevertheless wish you all whatever you would wish yourselves. Health, yes, wealth would be nice but I’m making no promises, peace and love whatever.
Thank you for being my friends (and for all the ????)

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Wishing all you kitcheners a good new year and all you wish yourselves. Thank you for making me so welcome. Off to clean and catch up on the ironing before the bells. I have left some cheese straws and iron bro on the side.

Catching up with today’s posts I’ve been smiling for so many reasons, from boots to the antics of small boys.

My thanks also to mamissio and luckygirl, I’m delighted and relieved SSD listened and acted.

The prospect of practical help can only be positive panache, I’m hopeful that there can be a compromise which meets your needs and those of your husband. Phew.

I’m not sure your hospital visit has helped ease your minds kitty , hope you can both relax a bit this evening.

Please try not to worry ann, your husband is being cared for, it sounds as if he will sleep well tonight, my hope is you will do the same.

Your GP sounds superb dragonfly, the outcome must have been a relief. Hope your husband is more comfortable now.

We’re just returned from an excellent meal, our new year treat, a glass of Prosecco is most welcome, thank you gaga.

Posh chocolate mints on the side from me. Thank you for providing our warm and comfortable space soop, thank you all for your company this year. Wishing you all a gentle beginning to the new year.

Sorry to hear that your hospital visit with dh raised more questions than it answered, kitty, not what you’d hoped for.

Lovely photo of you both soop, you do make a very handsome couple! Good to hear that help is at last on the horizon for mr and mrs p, its a fine line between maintaining independence and accepting help to allow some level of independence to be maintained. Not sure that actually makes sense written down, but I know what I mean!

Hopefully there will be no more middle of the night calls for you Ann Sorry greyduster but i did laugh out loud at your account of the mud incident....isn't it amazing how someone whose nappies we changed way back in the day can put the fear of the almighty in us now!

It doesn't seem quite right to be wishing kitchen folk a Happy New Year this early in the evening, but as I'm not sure I’ll get back in later its got to be done. So sending you all my good wishes as another year will draw to a close and another will begin. We’ll all have our own highlights and sadnesses to look back on as well as our hopes and fears too for the year that’s to come. x

Just popping in to wish everyone a very happy New year.

I'm so glad something is happening for the Panaches and thank you to mamissimo and lucky for being proactive.

So glad your DH is being well looked after ann and that you got your DH to the gp dragonfly.

gd mud is a magnet to boys and rarely does them any harm.

soop best wishes to you and macs. The kitchen is a real haven.

We had a funny time at the hospital - DH went with a problem in the prostate and came out with no definitive answer to that and a potential problem with his bladder too plus a few more appointments to look forward to. We would have had to rush to get to the theatre so didn't bother but came home to update the children and I suspect we will have an early night.

Just calling in to leave a case of prosecco for the kitchen to welcome in 2019. I wish health and happiness for us all, and for Soop with grateful thanks for the endless hospitality. This is a real refuge from the hurly burly of GN and long may it continue to be so.

Happy New Year everyone!

Happy New Year to all the Kitcheners and anyone else who may wander in here tonight. Special good wishes to our lovely hostess, Soop

Happy new year to all! To those for whom life is difficult at the moment, may you have courage and hope for the future.xx

Ann I am so glad a placement was found for your husband. His latest UTI and fall would have been too much for you to cope with alone. He has staff to look after him 24 hours now. I do hope, though, that you have told them not to ring you at unsocial hours. They dealt with the fall, they can surely dispense medication, and tell you about it afterwards. I can imagine how worrying it must have been for you to get a ‘phone call at 11.30 at night. It would be worrying for anyone I think. No wonder you didn’t sleep. Maybe you could have a word with the manager?
I hope you are managing to sleep ok now and as well as visits to your H, I hope you have some days out planned for yourself. Wishing you all the best ann.

Coming in from lurking in the hedges to wish all in the kitchen a very happy, peaceful and healthy New Year. Special good wishes to those who are going through hard times, particularly the Panaches and Ann60. Words fail me when I read your messages. Keep strong and keep positive all. Soop a special thank you for being you and for running the kitchen with a 'rod of love'.

Just missed Panaches post. So pleased that the wheels are beginning to grind albeit slowly. Many thanks too to Luckygirl and Massimo for perservering and making it happen. It is wonderful here that people care so much.

Anne I am sorry you are still worrying about your DH. My mum falls regularly and I just hope that she is going to avoid breaking her hip again as I think that would be the end. Fortunately the carers made her walk again when she got back from hospital.

Happy New Year to all who frequent this place and especially to Soop for providing a quiet peaceful haven on GN.

I'd just like to wish everyone in the Kitchen a very Happy and Healthy New Year.
I'm so pleased that the Panaches are now receiving some help, well done to all those who went the extra mile to help out.

Maw I found the boots on an iffy market stall. A cheeky chappie was calling out...^one for 5.99 and a pair for 10.99. I can't resist a bargain

You mean they weren’t on a “buy one, get one free” offer?
Great news from Panache - onwards and upwards!

I echo your thanks to our two proactive gransnetters, soop. Well done them. Delighted you are now “in the system” Panache. Not before time though. Let’s hope that on Thursday your lives begin to take an upward turn. It’s shameful how you’ve been treated but thankfully (and hopefully) things are now going to look up. You’ve both had a really dreadful time. Here’s to a more settled 2019.

White Shire Horses? Well I never. Must admit I always had a yearning for a white stallion but my steeds were decidedly bright or dark bay plus a prancing little madam Connemara/Arab X of the most delightful grey hues. One of my 'moments' in life was running along a beach in Andalucia when a guy galloped through the surf bareback on an Andalucian followed by a string of riderless, un-tacked stable mates. I must have stopped and had a look of wonder on my face as when they returned he stopped and asked if I liked horses. I replied in the affirmative and he said if I was on the beach next morning he would let me have some free tickets to a dress rehearsal at the Spanish Riding School. Yeah right I thought ........ Readers (too much Austin methinks) he was indeed there - and myself and 6 friends sat through a most amazing performance a few nights later.

I read your post with a degree of relief Panache I think you are absolutely right. There comes a time in life when you have to admit it is the time to ask for help and support. If not, things fall apart around your shoulders with no plan B in place. I think putting your husbands stress levels and privacy above all else (and I say this with the greatest of respect) is doing you absolutely no good at this time. I sincerely wish you both all the best as you move forward to a solution that supports BOTH of you. You are a team remember?

annesixty and dragonfly

To all the rest of you lot and the various antics, keep on rockin' ??? and I hope to see you all the other side of the year.

Great news Panaches both and a Happy New Year

We wish you all a kindly 2019...this photo was taken a year ago.

First and foremost...A massive, heartfelt thank you to Mamissio and Luckygirl for intervening and making a significent breakthrough in the long and sorry saga of Mr and Mrs Panache. Thank you from the bottom of us lot's hearts. And breathe. Phew! in abundance.

dragonfly Good news, indeed. Thank goodness that your husband was seen by a caring doctor. I hope very much that the pain killers will do their job. It will be a big relief once your husband's wretched pain is under control.

Charleyg Ha! No wonder the wretched thigh-high boots were so inexpensive. I have checked. You are right...the left one appears to be blest with a stiletto heel, and the other, is a cuban heel. Is it any wonder that I fell around the Argy Bargy and had to be scooped up several times and be re-seated on top of that tall bar stool. I knew that it wasn't for over imbibing on the poteen (whatever that is, I'd rather not know.)

Greyduster Boys will be boys. Boys love mud. Boys thrive on being daft as brushes when let free to run amok with their kindly grandparents. Tell your daughter from me please. I shall be hiding behind a certain sofa.

Dear ann, the staff at the care home are doing their best to keep a beady/caring eye on your husband. Far better that he is being monitored by staff whose job it is to be watchful. As for the coming year. I hope for each and every one of you that it is kind. I'm not interested in prosperity, we have sufficient, although we are far from wealthy. Good health is the most precious gift. That and peace of mind.

A little later, wMacSporran and I will raise a glass of cheer to our family and friends and you lot are included in that friendship list. You are special peoples...as Torben would say.

After the care home visit tomorrow morning, I shall pop in to exchange an enormous (((group hug))).

dragonfly I am pleased to hear that your GP is on the ball because a fracture would be the first thing on her mind considering the amount of pain he is in. I hate to say it but he may have exacerbated the OA with his dancing around over the Christmas period. He forgot temporarily he is over 29. I hope the painkillers kick in soon and he is up and about again.