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Good afternoon kitchen pals, had a good but busy day here today. The gym this morning, coffee and a catch up with my pal this afternoon and then picked up DGD from school for a sleepover here tonight. She’s just watching tv whilst I get dinner ready ( and pop in here to catch up 🤣)
My favourite gym instructor told us today that he’s leaving at the end of the month so it’ll be all change from then on. Might need to have a rethink on the classes I do 🙁
Hoping soop has got on well today and Urms and her DH have had another good day in the sunshine
Will pop back later when a certain little lady is tucked up in bed!

Hello kitcheners. The photo was taken at noon today. The sunlight across those tables made me want a ‘memory’ pic as we strolled about. These lovely Spanish areas run parallel to the paseo and are a delight to wander. They were setting up for the lunch crowd.

Himself is asleep now. I will read my Kindle for a bit.
Ach, the photo won’t load - t’internet signal. No matter. You’ll have to take my word for it!
x

Try again. 🤞

Evening kitcheners, better news about your daughter in law corner, not so good that you’re awake at a daft time.
I hope she went off to sleep quickly brook I remember when ours were younger, trying it on to defer actually sleeping, little monkeys!
A lovely picture Urms like a stage set for action, sounds like your break is going well.
Fingers crossed the soops had an uneventful journey and a promising appointment.
A wet, breezy day today today, I picked up Imogen after one of her relentless exams, they’re on all week.
Boiler serviced this afternoon, various festive parcels delivered and a turkey pie has been eaten.
Looking to see if Yia has posted, I hope her celebrations were all enjoyable and her son is improving.

Thinking of you today and hope your appointment went well Soop.

It’s been a wet miserable day today typical November.
We are going to Derbyshire tomorrow.Out on Saturday for dinner with GF and her parents hope DS can cope.

Did you get some answers from your blood tests Grandmarie and your tiredness can be sorted.
Enjoy your evening and sleep well everyone.

Hello everyone!
Lovely posts from Urms & the Corners. Such happy news.
We are safely home, after a lovely couple of days. We had good weather and visited places along the coast, ending in Rochester cathedral. Came home to find that the painter has finished and WI went well this afternoon. This was a hangover from winter meetings in the afternoon but it means the members who work can’t come. Now we usually have evening meetings.
I hope all has gone well with soop today 🤞

Love picture Urms I can just see the gorgeous blue sky peeping though 😎
She wasn’t too bad thanks Jax just the usual delay tactics before actually going through to her bedroom. Hope Imogen’s exams are going well for her, it’s good that you’re there to pick her up afterwards

Hello again. Yesterday's travel was a mix of buggeration and beautiful scenery. Blinding sunshine for parts of the journey and torrential rain in between. We had to take a very long diversion due to a massive landslide. Left home at ten and returned home knackered at four thirty. The CT scan was painless and the staff were very friendly. It was awkward to walk with my arm crutch and the swollen foot and ankle. Putting my foot flat is extremely uncomfortable. Today, the calf is also swollen and the skin is tight.

I'm sorry to be lagging so far behind with reading and responding to your activities. Please bear with me for a wee while longer.

TOYA

Soop time for a visit to the doctor to get the calf and foot seen to. 💐

I am extremely behind with the kitchen news, soop sorry to see in your last post you have more buggerations to contend with.

I have come into this gentle place to vent, as it’s better I do it here than at my DH.

The day started well, I was getting ready to go with DH to our county town for a big Christmas shop when the central heating boiler started making the most horrendous noise (of course DH who insist he is t deaf didn’t hear it, apparently I was exaggerating) it was only when he came upstairs and opened the airing cupboard door and saw the pump moving and spluttering he excepted it was kn*****ed!!!!!

Phone call to plumber, who should turn up later or tomorrow.

So off we trot shopping and I asked him if he has turned the hearing off, of course he hadn’t. Quick phone call to DD to drop everything nd get to ours to turn everything off 🤬

Shopping was a disaster, shops were heaving, people had bags galore but I got hardly anything. I am desperate for a nice day dress which I can dress up for the evening, but no, nada, zilch.

We had gone in my car, which DH insists on driving like Lewis flipping Hamilton (it’s a sporty job, but I am a careful driver) I was goggling divorce lawyers on the way back 🤣🤣🤣

Sorry for venting, but I feel decidedly better for getting it off my chest 😘😘😘🙋‍♀️

A good vent never did anyone harm GrannyGravy
I needed todo that myself yesterday afternoon when I went to empty the washer which my S had put on before he went out.
He is living here, not communicating much but here and he put his stuff in…
Along with a cloth full of dirty muddy shallots. Such a long story condensed into the fact that they were the last of the large planted pots.
The rest had been dried off outside but these stragglers were brought in to dry out and put on an old tea towel as they were so muddy.
One of us had seen the cloth, scrabbled it up and into the empty washer.
Clothes on top, washer started.
It took me ages to shake all the clothes which were covered in orange skins, then I had to clean the rubber rims, the filter etc and then rinse and spin the clothes again.
Of course the shallots had to go into the compost.
Not a happy bunny at all.
I really didn’t need that.
Soop get you to the surgery and get yourself sorted, please.
Kindest thoughts to all .
I am wining and dining tonight with my GD two of her friends, sister of one and mums to both.
We are celebrating a birthday and two pregnancies.
One very much not planned but….

A tiring day for you yesterday, soop, at least the CT scan was painless. Not so, your foot, ankle & calf! You will need to get help for that very soon.

Oh, GrannyGravy, sorry that your day hasn't gone to plan.
I had read that you had planned a "C" shopping trip, I was feeling envious.
I'd love to do the same, but have no idea of what to get, mainly for our adult DC & 5DGC, (aged between 6 & 21). As for my sister, brother & sister-in-law...........?
I hope you get your boiler sorted soon, (& your DH)!!

Warm thoughts for you all, safe journey home for the Urms x

Annsixty, crossed posts, (it takes me so long to type!)
You certainly had a chore with your washing machine yesterday.
Enjoy your evening, wining & dining.

annsixty my sympathies on the washing machine fiasco, I had similar the other week I had left some peeled raw potatoes in a tea towel on the side, DH kindly helped with putting it in the washing machine with the white towels consequently as I put the whites on a hot wash I was cleaning out mashed potato from the machine and my towels…

I should add I do love him very much 🩷🤣

I’ve just posted and included a couple of photos of our beautiful sunset on the Good Morning thread when I meant to post them here.

Good evening dear Kitcheners. Yesterday we had an unexpected day out, a lovely bimble down country toads and across the marsh to Pilling sands. The roads were mostly dry, with a few enormous puddles where the drains hadn’t coped. The marsh road has deep well maintained ditches each side. The sun came out, we communed with Mother Nature and generally chilled out. Headed home as the sun went down. Brans on toast for tea, a favourite of mine at this time of year. Early bed and a lovely sleep until I woke up around 5am with the most awful pain in my neck and behind my left ear. The trapped nerve chose that time to remind me I hadn’t done my neck exercises, so not much more sleep for me. It’s OK again now and I’ve had a lovely nap. Chicken with rice and peas tonight.

Lots of kitchen news to catch up on, I haven’t had the heart for Christmas shopping and I’m dreading it. It will have to be a much simplified Christmas this year.

Glad your scan went well after a nightmare journey soop but please get your ankle and foot checked out.

Good heavens Granny Gravy never mind divorce lawyers, I’d have been googling “justifiable homicide defence”!

Words fail me Annsixty, laundry is one job I will never willing delegate to MrB after past disasters.

Have a peaceful evening and a restful night all.

GG13 oh dear what a day you’ve had! Hope you’re feeling a bit less fraught now and your DH has survived another day!
A good day here, lots of sunshine and I enjoyed a couple of hours pottering in the garden. DH is watching DGS play football and should be home about 7. Meanwhile I’ll have to rustle up something to cook for dinner
And ann what a fiasco with the shallots, so much extra work cleaning that washing machine. Enjoy your evening out and relax - you’ve earned it
Hope your foot and calf gets a bit better quickly soop and yesterdays long day was worth it, look after yourself
I’m just the same gillgran and never know what presents to buy for our family these days 🤷‍♀️
No worries dusty I’ve just seen your post on the other thread, gorgeous pictures !

It was cooler here again today, picked up Imogen, washing on, then a round of phone calls.
GG13 timing of the boiler malfunction is rubbish; all of my Christmas shopping is done from tapping on the iPad, much less fraught.
MrJ is at bowls, so I’m dithering about what to eat, probably a jacket potato.
Enjoy your evenings.

The 8yr old GS has been fed (steak, chips, mushrooms and coleslaw with ice cream for pudding, yes I am a total pushover for our GC)
I am having a glass of chilled white wine before story time.

DH has redeemed himself with the cooking of our steaks and managing to get the plumber here to replace the central heating motor 🩷

Aww how lovely GG13 pleased to hear all is fine now, enjoy your wine 😀

Meant to say a very well done with getting all your Christmas shopping done so early Jax - I must try to get a bit more organised 🤣

Not quite finished brook
My son, still waiting for his list..Having wish lists from everyone really helps, apart from MrJ, I just note ideas over the last six months or so for him.
The deal is, he wraps everything, apart from his own, that’s when he remembers what we’ve bought for people!

Just a quick visit - Hello kitchen people, especially Soop!
It is lovely to see our younger son who is home for a few days. His bus took 3 hours from London to Oxford.
Bon voyage to the Urms.🛩️
Good night. 😴

@Soop
Please read my PM as a matter of urgency xx