Soops kitchen, a place of reflection, refuge and at times revelry.

The mind boggles FGT! I can’t wait to see a picture of you with knickers on your head!

It’s been another hot one. OH did the Waitrose shop for me as I knew I wouldn’t manage the heat. I also cancelled Book group. One of the attendees popped round afterwards and said not many were there and the heat encouraged them to talk nonsense.

I had a migraine. The brightness of the sun was too much for me. Fortunately a triptan did the trick and I recovered enough to eat dinner.

I have to go out tomorrow. I am due to have a hair appointment. OH has to pick up a honey collecting device. One of his hives is bursting with honey so he needs to take it off. I think we’ll do that on Sunday.

Have a good rest of the evening and sleep 💤 tight.

Another hot ‘un! I was grateful for an early hair appointment at the salon this morning as I’d booked it weeks ago - serendipity!

My lovely hair salon owner of many years asked me after doing my roots and cut “Am I blow waving or pinning it, in an up do?”

Turns out there’s an art to this in getting a professional ‘messy’ top knot! Who knew? 🤷‍♀️

I was delighted and said I wish this could last for tomorrow in the heat when I have a funeral to attend and suggested I buy a hair net …. Shades of Ena Sharples here 😮

She said “Have you got a large pair of cotton knickers?”

We’ll surprisingly Dear Readers,
I had (I know you’ll be amazed!).

“Pop them on your head each night, you’ll be good for the weekend”.

Wowzer!

“Just don’t forget to take them off before you set out” she cautioned. Tricks of the trade eh?

Ps I’m rubbish at taking a selfie! 😂

I've just been speaking to MrSoop. He is pleased that I've shared the link with those who want it. He says to tell you that he is doing okay, keeping busy. That does help as I have found too.

Could those to whom I have sent the link see if it works? As copied with some of the message it does not come up in blue and underlined but I think if you copy and paste it into a browser search bar it should work. I've tried it both blue and not blue and it seems to go to the right place though is not currently active obviously.

MrSoop said he might one day pop into the Soop Kitchen and say hello. He thanks you all for your kindness since Soop died. He sends love to all.

The service will be available to view for 28 days.

I would have liked to be able to join in Soop's celebration of life but I am travelling to Anstruther in the car with my GD and would be relying on mobile signal.
My thoughts are with Mr Soop and her family, she was a lovely lady and feel privileged to have met her in person.

Thank you Baggs I do hope you are keeping well.
Unfortunately it’s my daughters 40th on the 3rd, party afternoon and evening on the 4th, I’ll be very busy.

We had a pool in our garden when the boys were growing up A never ending assortment of boys attended every day in summer.🤣🤣

I have 2 swimming pools in my back garden … in Málaga. Shared with many neighbours though! 😂

Another glorious day here. Yoga was good, in an air conditioned room I could’ve stayed all day! Funny isn’t it how some classes just go better than others sometimes. Today I was more bendy and found my chakras … 😁

Lunch was delightful - spending time with two good friends one of whom is very witty so had us giggling away and the time just flew past.

I’m melting. “It’s the same for everyone” my mother used to caution me when I moaned.

Thank you Baggs nice to hear from you and I hope you are doing ok.

Hello everyone. There is to be a Celebration of soop's life on 4 July. I have received a livestream link for it which can be shared. Please PM me if you would like me to share the link with you.

Welcome home Yia that sea looks very inviting.
I’ve done little today, 35 at least, today’s record has been broken a few miles away at 36.1.
There is chicken in the slow cooker with veg, but neither of us are bothered for a while yet, if at all.
My Mum and Dad had a full size swimming pool from when I was in my mid 20’s, both of my children learnt to swim in it, I was reminiscing today.
Have a good evening all.

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Good morning very early but still on Greek time.Journey home was fine,assistance at both airports excellent.Spiros had a good time and made lots of friends but seems happy to be home.My friend in Corfu is looking after 9 cats at the moment so,plenty of choice Charleygirl! We had a lovely relaxing holiday with the added bonus of showing our GS our part of Corfu.

DH loved being back to his special place but has became very breathless,probably the extreme heat.
I had a call in Corfu from the hospital to remind me of my heart stress test the following day!Of course I knew nothing about it and ironically I’ve been waiting since February,anyway it will be rescheduled,not that I’m looking forward to it at all.

Sorry to hear your leaving us Grandmabatty do hope you come back soon.
Leave you with a few last pics of Corfu,keep cool everyone.

That sounds spot on Nannytopsy

My friends took me out for a belated birthday lunch and to a rose breeder to choose one. We had a lovely time then stopped at one house to enjoy her swimming pool and a glass of fizz! A perfect end to the afternoon!

So pleased the wedding went well Suedonim.

Thanks for the recommendation I’m going to buy it on my Kindle now for my holiday next week 😊

I’ll have to look that novel up teabagwoman 😁

‘Evening All’

Delighted to hear how well the family wedding went SueDonim you’ll have been happy then relieved. I bet it was very emotional at times, quite understandably.

I’m not long in from Bury (by tram then bus home). Jumped straight into a cool shower - bliss! It’s been sticky and humid. I loved seeing my two friends we had an awful lot of catching up to do.

Mug of tea beside me now and more Clarkson’s Farm. I won’t mention it again I’m sure I’ve banged on about it enough now!

I hope England win but I shan’t be watching as to be honest I’m not interested, World Cup or not.

So pleased for you SueDonim I love a wedding, so full hopes and dreams

SueD that wedding sounds wonderful.

My lovely son in law came over this morning and put in a new shower unit for me; I’m so lucky that my daughter married a man that can turn his hand to anything. She forwarded the Whirlwind’s school report which, mainly, made pleasant reading though I did have to smile at the various teacher’s attempts to use gender neutral language throughout.

I’m not getting very much done and meals are very simple as my kitchen gets unbearably hot in this weather. The upside is that it gives me plenty of time for books. I’m reading A Far Flung Life by M L Stedman and enjoying every word.

Now it’s time to do some watering.

sueD I’m so pleased your DD’s wedding was such an enjoyable occasion.

cornergran/thank you for the thunderstorm last night! A lot of welcome rain too, although the earth looks dry again now! I’m not watering tonight anyway, the pots are all sitting in saucers of water and hopefully the roots of the plants in the ground are still damp.
jaxjacky both DDs have checked that I’m ok this evening! But usually one or other will ring most evenings. DD1 has a migraine so was feeling out of sorts. DD2 was standing in the paddling pool! I’m tempted to get one myself!

Enjoy the rest of the evening everyone, keep cool if you can.

Wonderful Cleaner has done a shortened version of her usual weekly blitz and the house is clean and I plan to very little for the next few days - choir has been cancelled tomorrow which does not surprise me as we are an elderly bunch and all the advice seems to be not to exert ourselves.

Am about to enjoy a cheese salad and glass of white wine and hope that eventually I will be able to get some sleep. Inertia is surprisingly exhausting.

I’m very pleased SueD it sounds delightful.
A warm day, no storms overnight, bedding dried in a jiffy, we had a good breeze this morning, then it went.
MrJ is at bowls, my son rang to check on me in the heat, not sure how to take that!
My daughter rang for a chat, her school isn’t closing (years R to 6) tomorrow or at all, but the children aren’t allowed outside - madness.
Our cleaner has been, as well as clean, it smells lovely.
Have a pleasant evening all.

So pleased for you and your family SueD weddings are emotional at times and yours must have been.
I have stayed indoors most of the day.
I don’t really need an excuse for laziness but the hot weather is a sound one.
Stay hydrated and cool everyone.

Just popping in to report that my DD’s wedding at the weekend was absolutely wonderful. Even the drab weather forecast turned out to be wrong and we had sunshine and pleasant warmth for a perfect weekend!

Two of my young GC were so enamoured of the whole thing that one is planning to get married there themselves (even though they’re still at school!) and the other says he needs to find more weddings to go to at weekends because it was so much fun. 🤣🤣