Soop`s cosy kitchen for sincere and pleasant peoples

Just popped in to say I’m another who will be thinking of you today soop. I hope your appointment goes well and the private consultation can deliver all you are hoping for - as it did for your friend. I bet you’re quite excited at the prospect of a resolution to all this after so long. Good luck. ?

Good morning Kitchen, and especially to soop.
Fingers crossed for you today that you are given hope that your long suffered condition can be rectified. And soon!
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MIL had a twiddlemuff BladeAnnie and it gives restless fingers something to do. She was a dementia suffered and prior to having one of these she would shred tissues.
I think you are doing a grand service knitting them and gifting them to the NHS. ?
Have the best day you can all. ?

Good morning, lovely Kitchen people !

Soop, I'm just popping in to wish you all the best for your appointment today. My sister had surgery at Ross Hall earlier this year and was very impressed with the whole experience.
Safe journey to Glasgow in all this rain!

We will be thinking of you today soop and hope the consultation goes well??

We had a lovely day yesterday celebrating Henry’s second birthday with family and friends.It was just what we needed after our stressful Saturday.

Hellogirl, what a lovely photo of you and your sister.Both glamorous ladies.

muse, loved the picture of your new house and how brilliant you have kept a diary of the whole process.

We are in Staffordshire today looking after B.I have been tasked with taking him to look at the nursery attached to the local primary school today and deciding if it is the right school for him.DD and SIL are both teachers so unable to take him.They have read all the ofsted reports and talked to some of the staff members but it is just me and B today.Quite a responsibility but nice they trust me!

Will pop back later to see how soop has got on.TOYA

For Birthday Ladies and everyone ?

Best of luck to you today Soop. Popped into the Kitchen to see if LauraNorder had posted,

Best wishes to Soop today from me too.

Good news re your Grand-daughter Urms and yes now we think Covid whereas before we'd just think 'its a cold/cough etc. I had a heavy cold a few weeks back and tested twice (almost convinced it was Covid despite being double vaxxed etc) both tests came back negative.

to all celebrating birthdays today, and to those who might like for other reasons, or for no reason at all!

Hope to hear that you had a successful appointment soop. You’ve been so patient for so long.
Beautiful flowers TT

Hello darling Kitcheners. Appointment is tomorrow, not today. I shall most certainly be reporting back to you all on Wednesday.

Wishing you well for tomorrow soop

I wish I had not listened to the BBC weather forecast and Alexa because the sun has been shining here for hours.

Lovely flowers TT- and beautifully arranged. I would have plonked them in a vase of water.

My tank is half full so I will preserve what I have because Boris is not organising anything any time soon it would appear.

Ooops it looks like we’re a day early soop but no worries it’ll be double the best wishes for tomorrow
Beautiful flowers in the kitchen today, thanks TillyTrotter ?

TillyTrotter The delicate colours of the beautiful roses are perfect to behold.

We were invited to call in to have a catch up with pals in the village. That was at eleven this morning. We stayed a very long time and had lunch. Now, of course, I have to get a move on in order to catch up with jobs around the house. Later, I shall need to return to catch up in our bustling kitchen. It's all go!

Not much happening in the dusty household at the moment. I’m very impressed by Urms’ lil miss’s collection of princesses though and glad that she has ‘only’ got a nasty cold, also that your journey back was swift and safe Urms.

Muse the amount of work that you and your husband have put in is tremendous and the house is looking very impressive now. I like the idea of an open weekend for everyone involved when the time is right.

Tilly Trotter hello, the roses are beautiful and the way you’ve displayed them with their leaves sets off their colour so well.

DH who did too much this morning and is looking very washed out has just decided to go down to the local supermarket to pick up two essentials that we ran out of yesterday. He said it was because I would like them but I think the thought of the evening meal with out either an aperitif or a digestif ( the ice cream !) overcame him.
The essentials being the evening treat of a glass of wine before and a mini magnum after dinner. We are obviously addicted.

Sorry soop. So all the best for tomorrow!

Teacher daughter has just become positive - lots of it going around the school. I hope she has it mildly.

She has cancelled my birthday lunch at the weekend (a trivial matter by comparison) and we will have it later on when she feels better. I think teachers are particularly at risk. I’d love to think that this time next year the virus will have mutated to something less harmful.

Soop please let us know!! Best of luck

Bellanonna I too hope that your daughter's symptoms remain manageable. Out granddaughter and grandson have had Covid. They didn't need to go into hospital, although they still feel somewhat "washed out".

You have all been busy coming and going and doing stuff. We have an early start tomorrow. We shall not be home until very late. You will be in my thoughts throughout the day. I would like to believe that, on Wednesday, I may have something of a positive nature to share with you. My fountain of hope continues to spring.

Thank you for all your supportive comments. They matter. They make a difference.

Away to have a long shower and wash my hair. Bye for now. Please continue to take good care of yourselves.

PS BladeAnnie Duncan is to have his portrait repainted.

Good afternoon dear kitcheners. Beautiful flowers Tilly ?. We had a torrential downpour early today but after that we've had the sunshine again ? although rather cooler than of late. soop you really mustn't - it's perfect ?. It sounds like Duncan is up to mischief somewhere - I'm just hearing Mr BA telling him "no!!" Haha!! Prawn jalfrezi here tonight - mine will have lots of yogurt to cool it down - I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to spicy food ?. Enjoy the rest of Monday everyone

Talking about Mini Magnums dusty I think I’m addicted too ?

Blummin heck Bellanonna that’s a shame about your DD, hopefully she’ll have it mildly and your birthday lunch can be rearranged soon

Good though about L’il Miss Urmston hope she’s better soon though

I’ve had a good day, at the gym this morning for the Aqua splash about and then coffee and a cake in town with a pal. I had my usual shopping list from DD2 too as I’m her personal shopper or so she thinks.
Funnily enough there’s no frozen peas or much frozen veg at all in Tesco’s today but no shortage of petrol and no queues …

Salmon for dinner tonight, just going to pop it in the oven, enjoy your prawn jalfrezi BA hope it’s not too hot!

I think it was on a What's for Dinner? thread that I read of a combination of bacon, leek and mushrooms in crème fraîche served with pasta. I tried it today and it was really good. We only had couscous and spaghetti so I used couscous.

Baggs recommends ? and thank you to whoever mentioned it.

No fuel around here.It’s not a big deal for us, but our sons are key workers so I hope it resolves very soon.
You are both lovely ladies Hellogirl. Your home will be wonderful Muse I’m sure you will be so proud of it after all the hard work.I’m a wuss when it comes to curry BladeAnnie always chicken Korma for me.?

Have a pleasant evening everyone.Soop ??

Crumbs Hellogirl I see two smashing looking women, don’t know one from t’other, don’t put yourself down.
Result tonight, an unusual Monday visit to the local sorting out meat for the festive event with our butcher friend. Another friend came in ‘xxx garage up the road has a delivery of diesel, no queue’ MrJ was off like a shot, £40 later back happy. If he hadn’t got fuel by Wednesday, he couldn’t get to work, the value of a local.
Wishes have no expiry date soop, nor does our hope and love, tomorrow it is then ?.
Lovely flowers Tilly thank you, I’m another ‘shove them in the vase’ person, you are more considered.
Bellanonna my DD works in a school, ironically caught it on summer break, I hope it’s a minor episode.
Dinner nearly ready, wishing you a peaceful evening all x

‘Evening All’.

I love coming into your kitchen soop. It’s always a place of kindness and company.

We’ve had a busy day. All of the family are delighted that L’il Miss had a negative PCR test. She is over the worst and may well be back in class tomorrow. Thanks for your good wishes.
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We called in Bevano (one of the ‘Lounge’ group - maybe some of you have one nearby too?) for a pint for Himself and a large glass of Sauvignon Blanc ‘Pulpo’ (delicious wine) for me. See the photo of the place. (Hence no ‘Dixon’ tonight folks).

It was taken from our table up on the mezzanine - a great place for people watching as you can imagine! But my - prices in the UK compared to Spain. Wowzer! £13.40 for our drink each. No wonder we enjoy being in Malaga!

Anyway, home now (we live next door & only had to come up in the lift, second floor) and chicken thighs in the oven, covered with peri-peri sauce. A bag of Tilda mushroom rice is ready to ping in the microwave. Eat your heart out Delia - we dine at 8pm.
#lazygran

Life’s good. x

Good evening kitcheners.
No swim for me today as I had to visit the dentist, travelling in my car as DH wants to save his petrol! Happily I squeezed in a detour to IKEA…their meatballs are better than those I make.
That’s good news about your DGD Urms. Thanks for the pics of the beautiful flowers and the very pretty, glamorous sisters. I hope your DD only has a mild dose of C19, Bellanonna; what a worry for you. I’d like to think that you’ll have positive news by tomorrow night, soop, rather than by Wednesday. Like others, I’ll be thinking of you.
Have a very pleasant evening everyone.

Good evening kitcheners. Good luck tomorrow Soop. So many people here will be crossing their fingers.
Lovely day with toddler gd. Another stint tomorrow. Have just done attended a Teams meeting for a charity I'm involved with.
Tea was the first few things I pulled from the freezer. Not Magnums...We buy the vegan ones. Yum.
Both DDs recovered from Covid though tired. My thoughts are with anyone who has it/is worrying about someone with it. Wild weather earlier. Now calm. Sleep well everyone.

I am already in bed.