Soop’s cosy kitchen for kindly and caring folk

Hello kitchen people.

JaxJ - I’ve had a very relaxing day. I swanned around reading the papers, popped into Waitrose to click and collect some new bedding and made a sausage, tomatoes and pasta concoction for dinner. OH is clearing up and it’s his turn to feed the cats.

I hope all is well with the FGT2s.

Oh Happy Birthday GG13 I hope you’re being spoilt, I’ll join you in a glass 🥂 your good health.
Blossoming that sounds most distressing for you, I wonder if your GP could arrange for your pharmacy to issue antibiotics in future?
I’ve had a pretty lazy day, some bedding washed, newspaper collected, bought some sunflowers too , watched Gardeners World then went to the pub. Where they’re having a cider and sausage weekend, I resisted both! But caught up with some people I’ve not seen for a while - MrJ has just rung, he’s played golf today near Belfast with his family, he didn’t win.
Hope you’ve had a more relaxed day llfl

GrannyGravy13 I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to miss your birthday. Many happy returns 🌹

One of my birthday cards 🤷‍♀️

Signing off for the night, DH is cooking, I am partaking of a nice cold white wine.

Hopefully the picture will post, some of my birthday flowers 🙋‍♀️

Good evening dear Kitcheners. I’m not feeling great, no antibiotics yet! The lovely district nurse who visits is arranging for someone from the incontinence team to come and see me. They can give advice on skin care and avoiding infection and will be most welcome. It’s been a lovely day here after a cloudy start, we had a circular walk via the little footbridge and back over the swingbridge. Steam trains were running as they do on every Saturday in summer. Hope you are all well, lovely to hear your DH Is being so well looked after FGT2. TOYA xx

Hello kitchen people. I’m worn to a frazzle!

Such a busy day. I collected a newly framed small oil painting. I’ve hung it in the downstairs loo and it looks great. Next an Arts Society lecture on Henry 8’s Cloth of Gold thing. Then to an I T shop to buy a new cover for my iPad. The next stop was Waitrose to buy a sandwich. Finally to a salon for a pedicure and facial wax.

I drove home and went out again 5 minutes later to see a friend. She had asked to buy two jars of OH’s honey. It was nice to sit in her garden in the sunshine and have a cup of tea,

Sleep 💤 tight - I hope I will too!

That is excellent care fgt. Sleep well.

Some good care came my way today in a minor sort of way. A routine blood test at the surgery, timed to be while I had my volunteer hat on, caused a kerfuffle. All seems to go as easily as usual. I trotted back down the stairs and across the waiting room wondering why my fellow volunteer was waving her hand at me and pointing. Looking down I could see blood dripping from my fingers and a trail across the floor. Not a good look! I’d not felt a thing, the receptionist hustled me back to a nurse who stemmed the flow and reassured me it would soon stop. I was just fretting in case I’d dripped blood on my only pair of white trousers. Priorities you’ll understand . All mopped up I returned to my post to learn the blood could only be cleaned up by a nurse, infection protocols. I was just embarrassed by that time and wanted the fuss to stop. Once home I slept for an hour, the excitement was tiring. All well now. There’s a decent bruise as you’d expect. I’m not sure I’ll dare go for my next blood test, they staff will see my name and run from the hills. Always something for sure.

Good news about your tyres redcar, I’m also paranoid about tyre damage so understand. Congratulations on the bingo win. Every little bit helps as the advert says.

A change of scene sounds an excellent plan sued. Enjoy your quiet weekend jax.

Hope blossoming and all poorly folk are comfortable

Hope you get some sleep utbb. Rest well everyone. .

fgt it must be reassuring to know that your DH is receiving such good care in hospital.
brooke and jax I’m paranoid about my car tyres because I had to have two new tyres in March. I’d damaged them by hitting the kerb at the end of my road earlier in March and they were in danger of blowing out!

A good night for me at the bingo in the village hall - I won £20, no doubt I won’t win anything else for months now!

Night night everyone, sleep tight.

10pm and the consultant looking after Himself has just been on the ward to see him. He was meant to have called ‘sometime today’ but with the junior doctor’s strike he said ‘it’s been hectic’. Such care & attention. Himself just reading his book assumed it would be tomorrow. Brilliant care and attention to duty from this guy.

I am thank you brook after I dropped MrJ at our local airport I was in our butcher collecting a special offer meat box, swiftly decanted into our small chest freezer. Then Tesco delivered, put all that away, took me through to pub time - busy there as it’s now warm and sunny.
Under way is cod loin, jacket potato and broccoli for one, MrJ’s fish preference is in batter or fingers!
Fingers crossed you have antibees Blossoming so you can be healed over the weekend, good news on your wheels Redcar.
👋 to the quiet corner, I wonder how the soops are x

Hi kitchen pals, it’s been cloudy all day here but very warm
I enjoyed my gym class and then walked back into town and had a restorative coffee in a riverside cafe. The sale was on at M&S, I had a quick look but didn’t see anything I really liked. There were lots of very wide leg trousers, I’ve already got a couple of pairs but not sure I want any more 😕
Hoping Blossoming is feeling a bit better today, there’s good news from FGT and Jax is enjoying the peace and quiet
Good to hear there’s no tyre damage done redcar
Take care all, especially Soop and everyone in the quiet corner

Special hugs to Suedomin Fgt tonight. Both very strong ladies

I’m pleased that your DH is making progress fgt and hope he comes home at the weekend.

sueD I hope you get your six week break and are able to get away for a few days to relax.

I had my car checked today and the air pressure in the tyres was a bit low so they’ve been pumped up again, no damage done when I clipped the kerb yesterday. I need to wrap them in cotton wool to protect them I think!

blossoming I hope you feel better soon, UTIs are quite debilitating aren’t they.
A grey drizzly day here, hope tomorrow will be better, I’d quite like to do a little gardening. I’m a fair weather gardener. I had my paved driveway jet washed earlier in the year and there are dozens of weeds coming up everywhere. A session with the weed killer is beckoning I think. I also need to get a wash on in the morning.
Enjoy the rest of the evening everyone.

Baby steps FGT2 😘

Today was busier than expected, including an impromptu meeting with our accountant.

Nightie Night 🙋‍♀️

Getting there SueD, yes a break would be really good for you both.
FGT 👍

Good news Sue D, I think a break is a great idea. Thanks for the update FGT2.

Hello everyone thanks so much for your kind & reassuring posts concerning my trepidation when Himself comes home. He’s not home just yet, likely the weekend the doctor said this afternoon. I left him comfortable at 7pm, getting ready to watch a film on his iPad with his earbuds. Good man, much loved.

I’ve just been over to the Italian restaurant across the road for a takeaway of spaghetti Bolognaise. Home cooked, just not by me.
#lazygran

Blossoming I hope you feel better soon.
SueDonim another dose of magic medicine administered. ✔️

Thoughts with all in the quiet corner. x

Oh SueD thank you for the update, so good to hear your DHs treatment went ok. I hope you get the 6 week break and you can enjoy some time away together somewhere, take care x

I hope it’s been a good day for the FGT’s today. Get well soon, Blossoming.

My dh’s treatment went ok today. They seem to be in a perpetual state of disorganisation in the department but as far as I can ascertain, Dh now has about a six week break from treatment. We’re going to try and go away for a change of scene at some point.

I didn’t sleep much last night so am looking forward to bed very soon. Xxx

Hi everyone, just back home now from my Fitsteps dance class, I really enjoyed it
So sorry to hear about the UTI Blossoming hope it’s sorted very soon - gorgeous picture thanks for sharing
Hoping to hear good news from Fgt soon
Jax hope your DH enjoys the family golf and your DS the boys weekend away - put your feet up and just do exactly as you please, you deserve it!

Sorry Blossoming I was called away, I hope you get treatment for the dratted UTI quickly.

Hi all, oh FGT I’m not surprised you’re feeling a little jittery, but you’ve been 10/10 thus far, now you’ll get a gold star, along with himself back to hug.
Grey day with glimpses of sun, I’ll be home alone this weekend, my son (moved back for a little while) is off on a boys weekend, MrJ flying to Belfast for the annual family golf.
I will eat fish and liver, not together!
Today was farm shop, they also have a nursery, I resisted flowers for an empty pot as we have a hosepipe ban. Some tedious housework and a phone catch-up with my brother.
Our local has a sausage and cider festival this weekend, not fussed about cider but I might manage a sausage.
Enjoy your evening

Good evening dear Kitcheners. The blasted UTI appears to be back, I have a sample form from the GP and MrB will drop it off tomorrow. So I’m feeling a bit off colour. We have had quite a good day nonetheless, the weather has been beautiful. We collected my prescriptions from the pharmacy then had a walk across the swingbridge and around the Marina. This afternoon I have made another bracelet for the charity shop. Looking forward to any update from FGT2 and in the meantime I will sneak off into the quiet corner for a snooze. TOYA x

Perfectly understandable FGT.
The people who know your H’s medical needs are no longer there 24/7.
It is your responsibility to deal with him.
However they will ensure he is ok to be home and will ensure you are capable of caring for him, after all you have his very best interests at heart.
You love him and your instinct is to care for him to the very best of your ability.
The same goes to all you wives caring for your very dear H’s.
Many of us have been there and know just how you are feeling.

Another night awake for me, it is getting to be the norm for me, tired out early evening , early bed , a few hours asleep and then wide awake for several hours.
An odd day for me, I was going with a friend to see a mutual friend, now deemed housebound after several illnesses.
My friend didn’t turn up, I called her house phone, then her mobile, several times, no response so I called a taxi and went to said friend’s.
Eventually driving friend responded to my messages, she had completely forgotten the arrangement
She was so apologetic and embarrassed!!
I am sure such things happen to us all.