Soop`s cosy kitchen for sincere and pleasant peoples

Annsixty they are good fun. He's currently being toilet trained which has its own moments! I'll only have him for another five weeks as dd will be on maternity leave then and next March he'll go to nursery. So I enjoy every moment.

What fun your days with your GS sound Grandmabatty
It takes me back to our happy times when we minded our GD for2/3 days a week.
She lives with me now but she minds me!!

It did eventually cloud over here but another very pleasant day.

I missed your back incident GrandmaF I do hope it is easing off.

I should really enjoy a stroll round the shops with you soop and they have a little cafe where we could have coffee and cake, a scone with jam and cream or even a toasted panini.
We would sit, enjoy and talk our heads off.

That’s. good news Mr.Soop is feeling better.I do hope Mr.Muse is also not in so much pain today.
I had a much better night,the painkillers did there magic for once!
Tomorrow we will be going to the family wedding.It’s in West Sussex so we are staying overnight.Strange day on a Tuesday but the poor couple had to cancel twice in the last eighteen months.Third time lucky.
I will let you know if the outfit and boots were O.K.?We have another wedding to go too in December,looks like a another outfit.?
Take care of your back Grandmafrench and make sure you rest.
Enjoy your afternoon Kitcheners, hope the sun is shining in your area.

Babysitting today so a quick wave across the water to grandmafrench and sympathy for a sore back. When my sciatica kicks in, I can't raise a leg enough to put knickers on. Not a pretty sight! Dgs is currently eating a cake from the batch I made this morning. We've blown bubbles, looked for beasties, been at the swings and played with assorted dinosaurs and zoo animals of the plastic and wood variety. Now the crocodiles are coming so my cushions are stepping stones to safety. See you later

Whoa! Hang on, you lovely lot. Give a girl a chance to gather her thoughts.

A bright-ish day in bonnie Kintyre. Mr Soop and I strolled around the village. He still has little appetite but otherwise, he feels that he's on the mend. We had a phone call from a pal whose brother-in-law has had to take two days off work with similar reaction to the double vaccine. He felt that he had no strength in his legs.

annsixty If we lived nearby, I would accompany you to Dunelm. We could wander around together.

I enjoyed your post, Nannagarra.

Sorry to hear that you have hurt your back, Grandmafrench. Like toothache/ear ache/severe headache combined plus very much more debilitating. Take it easy, please.

Grandmajean I also turned around in the car and reached for something on the back seat. Lived with the consequences for some time. I couldn't straighten up. A chiropractor sorted me out over three sessions.

Urms I want some of that magical hair product. Must take a look online.

SueDonim Will follow your advice.

Good morning all from another bright and sunny start in Stockport.
soop Dunelm is a large store devoted to all things for the home from kitchenware, bedding ,rugs, pictures and mirrors, everything for the bathroom and small items of furniture.
I am having my new curtains made and fitted by them and joy of joys I have a date for that,October 21st.
I hope the long wait has been worth it,I am rather fed up with being “exposed” every evening.

Sorry to say it is starting to cloud over but I hope everyone finds a bit of sunshine in their day.

Good morning kitcheners.
Now returned to a flat-as-a-pancake landscape, I can wear jumpers and my flowery pink waterproof coat with relish though they were definitely not de rigueur in hilly Yorkshire and Lancashire. I’m not a fleece and walking boot person, no matter how hard I try. No one can level at me “all the gear and no idea”: “none of the gear and no idea” is more apt! Enjoy your time away Doodle and yours too Susan56 when it comes.
Whilst catching up with all your news a bionic man has been bobbing up and down in an advertisement at the top of the screen. It has been quite entertaining, almost as much as the image of muse, Jean and Jax sniggering in a corner of the kitchen about pairs of maturing melons. Behave, ladies!
Dogsmms - revealing you’re not old enough to remember Black Forest gateau is making me avoid looking at myself in a mirror! I’m pleased you’re on the mend from the painful twist as annodomini is after her fall and that Mr Soop’s adverse reaction to the double jabs is abating.
I do hope Mr Muse’s compression bandage exacerbating the pain of his leg ulcer is causing him less misery and that he is able to sleep better. That poor man has been suffering for so long as you are now, Grandmafrench, having hurt your back. Please take plenty of time to rest and copious amounts of painkillers. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for both of you.
We have Boris’s identical twin sister, Yiayia4. She pings round our house at 300mph, mews loudly with excitement and is an absolute bundle of love. No, she’s not a puppy, though 7 years on no one would know.
Sending a ? to Panache, Cherry and others reading but not posting.
Enjoy your day everyone. When I’ve researched yumyums, I intend to soak in the sun, revel in the autumnal colours and search out some smiles; I wish the same for you.

Yr welcome ixion! It’s brilliant isn’t it?
I wish ? regards commission!

Just so long as a run on the product thereby causing difficulties in supplies isn’t blamed on Brexit ha!
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Hello everyone! DGD woke me at 3 and although she went straight back to sleep I didn’t ?. I have fallen asleep every time I have sat down today.
It was a pretty dull day but a sunny evening. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Blossoming that sounds like a good way to spend an evening. We are always up for Cremant de Bourgogne! Well, any Cremant actually!
Have a good evening everyone.

Me too, Urmstongran ?

? Are you quite sure that you're not on any commission??

Now you've started something. Muse and Jaxjacky My brain is ticking over.

I did that yesterday Grandmajean I started a thread on suitcases, I was asked ‘hard or soft’…..

Really sorry about your back Grandmafrench . I did that once getting out of the car. It's awful.There are some good exercises on the internet for a bad back which really worked for me. Worth a Google.
jaxjacky I am doing childish sniggers at the thought of the three ripening melons. Have gone all Benny Hill.
Think it's a real achievement, though. The tomatoes and cucumbers look great too.

‘Evening All’.

We’ve enjoyed a lovely sunny autumnal day. You’re right annsixty the weather in our NW corner has been gorgeous.

Stepfather joined us for Sunday dinner as per. We strolled up the road for a pre-prandial drink. We counted 12 bars in the vicinity of our little apartment & decided that each Sunday we will check out a different one - as he said ‘it’s good to ring the changes in life’. Nice for him to sit, enjoy a pint and people watch for an hour. What else are we doing?
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He’s 90y young next birthday. I like his optimism, his outlook on life and I’m definitely having ‘whatever he’s on’!
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Ooh, shortbread! Mr. B has just handed me a mug of tea, perfect for dunking,

So sorry you’ve cricked your back Grandmafrench hopefully rest and avoidance of bending, lifting and stretching will put it right. Hope Mr. M has a better night Muse. It will be an early night for me, I can’t do these late night wine guzzling sessions anymore!

Oh grannySomerset I hope someone comes tomorrow to fix your boiler , it’s hard enough coping without this extra xxx

Busyness not business
Autocorrect!

Good evening kitcheners. Newly returned from a week’s holiday, I’m not up to speed with all your business but I’m leaving a box of all butter shortbread for your enjoyment this evening. ?

Oh no Grandmafrench crooked back, flipping annoying and painful, even more so as you don’t know how it was done. Do you have any Voltorol or similar to provide a little relief? I hope it eases and you get some sleep, a few shots of pastis maybe ?.
You may be pleased to know Grandmajean I have 3 more melons maturing, to make 2 pairs ?.
No wins on the meat draw, grateful recipients of cucumbers and tomatoes though and a good walk there and back.
I hope MrMuse has the best night’s sleep, in bed, it certainly rejuvenates, I always feel for those who can’t sleep well.
Well, gammon is done, been slow cooking with apple juice, shallots and carrots for some hours, potatoes and green veg on the way.
Another week looming dear kitcheners, may it be an excellent one for all, with healing of bodies and souls wherever needed x

Sympathy for your back, Grandmafrench since hauling DH about is really telling on mine. Do hope it eases soon and that you are able to sleep. French “hunters” are a nightmare and it’s only the start of the season, so sympathy there too.

Still heat and hot waterless since no plumber or gas engineer answers his phone on Sunday. I have four large thermos jugs full of hot water on standby so at least the frequent hand washing is in warm water. Hope tomorrow brings a solution.

A jolly good evening to all Kind Kitcheners.

You shall be spared much blethering. I need to move about and away from computer-staring. Heaven knows how, but I have hurt my back. Went out to lunch yesterday, was full of the joys of Spring, but when I got out of the car at home, I did a really good Quasimodo impression and have clearly moved awkwardly in some way and am still suffering today. Just as well we've had a quiet day. Lots of garden watering necessary, though, as hot weather and very dry. I'm safe with a nicely spraying hosepipe but useless at bending or stretching, so haven't been able to enjoy much else. Some of our lovely flamingoes have been joined by egrets and a number of swans and they put on a display for us as we drove past to the beach a while ago. I sat in the car like a very old person (wot I am) and DH and dogs frolicked for a short while on the sand.

Eldest dog has had the hump all day - joined by me and her Daddy - since 'hunters' (my most despised word) were firing at anything that stood still only yards from our home this morning from around 8am. Sunday morning and they behave like they're going into battle. It's a very irritating, selfish and worrying man-thing which carries on through the winter here and for far too long. Its not as if they are going out into the wilds to cull boar or properly hunt; they stand around in groups or crash about in the greenery and randomly fire at, presumably, a bird or a rabbit - and sometimes by accident the odd person! So the early morning walk through the vineyard was cancelled - Granddadfrench has this insane desire to live a long time and Chloe was terrified after the first 20 yards, so no one was reluctant to come back home again.

Some lovely news and stories on here. So pleased that Mr soop is on the mend; and loved Ann's tale of being kidnapped and carried off to the wrong shop! Still, it ended well, Ann, and you brought home some goodies.

Wishing you all a really good evening.
Warm wishes and a hug from me in France.

Pleased to hear that McSporran is feeling much better. Hope you are both resting soop

The music has started and the furniture is going in all directions ready for tomorrow morning first thing!

Soop it might be worth reporting Mr Soop’s reaction via the yellow card scheme. It helps researchers see what’s going on and maybe tweak things.

Jaxjacky yumyums are a concoction of sugar, combined with sugar and more sugar on the top. I suppose they’re a bit like a donut as I think they’re fried dough, with a sugar icing on them. Essential eating when you need a sugar hit. The only saving grace is that you really can’t eat more than one.

A quiet day here, having slept like a log last night. I’d been expecting the decorator to come this month to do the kitchen and utility room but I misremembered the messages we exchanged and he’s coming in January now. That’s ok, it’s only a freshen up and means I can delay blitzing the kitchen for a few weeks yet.

I need to track down some currants and then make a start on Xmas cakes & puddings this week. My youngest dd is visiting this coming week (should have been yesterday but she’s been felled by a bacterial sore throat) and my ds2 next weekend.

Oo EE ! Grandmajean likes Jax's melon s?