Soops Kitchen, a place of refuge, reflection and revelry.

Redcar thanks, the machine is now running again and the fellow gave me tips for my washing machine which will save me time, water and money. I was happy to pay £60 and I will be with that company for the rest of my life.

The forecasted showers never materialise so no rain as yet.

My printer and computer are being looked at tomorrow. Apart from the printer, nothing major.

Only the shower and stair lift then I can return to bed until Easter. Nothing is cheap but I spend little at Christmas. I will duck behind a chair having written that.

Nite, nite everybody.

Hello kitchen people.

That’s good news FGT2! 👍

I had a good day. I popped into Oxford using the direct road which had been shut for over three years! I bought quilting clips, embroidery silks and some Christmas fabric. I did my weekly shop in the large Oxford Waitrose and went a bit mad in the ice lollies section. I know I make my own iced cream but I love a lolly!

Sleep 💤 tight.

FGT I missed what your blood tests were for but I’m very pleased the results were good and you didn’t have to wait long for the results. I too love the NHS app, I can find all the info I need quickly and easily.

Good news fgt and blossoming. Delighted for you both.

We’ve had a decent enough day, the cherry on the cake was to learn I’ve been fretting bout something family-wise for absolutely no reason. When will I learn!

I’m settling down to read. Sleep will either come or it won’t. Either way I’ll be comfy and the time will pass quickly enough.

Night night everyone.

So pleased for you fgt hope it helps to put your mind at rest now
Please try not to worry Jax your dentist sounds very caring and I’m sure you’re in very safe hands. I hope you can sleep a bit better tonight
Thanks redcar I’m back from line dancing now, I really enjoy it and the other ladies are lovely. So many social events to go to as well, I’ve never been out so much!
Hope the work goes well GG without too much disruption, don’t think we’ll ever need aircon here 😂

Good evening dear Kitcheners. My brother is home! He’s very tired and still rather sore, but he’s home safe. The family cats are currently sat near him purring, they’ve missed him as have we all.
Goodnight, TOYA xx

Brilliant news fgt. Enjoy your celebratory nightcap!!

FGT2 good news👍🏻

Ironing all finished ✔️

Men in tomorrow early (fitting air conditioning throughout upstairs). DH is muttering about installing it downstairs but I would rather have doors and windows open.

Nightie night 🙋‍♀️

The best news FGT slainte 🥃

Great news, Fgt. Enjoy your malt

Whoop whoop! 🙌
My test results were on line on the NHS (fantastic app) by 7pm.
Great considering the bloods were taken at 10:30am.
So efficient.

I can’t tell you how utterly relieved I am tonight.
I’ve just poured a celebratory malt - Dalwhinnie WintersxGold - delicious!
Tastes all the better now I can drop my shoulders down from beside my ears.

Hi everyone, I hope all is well with everyone.

brook enjoy your line dancing, I’m sure you’ll remember the steps once you start! We used to have a class in the village hall some years ago, it was great fun and very good exercise.

I met up with a friend at our local RHS garden this morning, it was good to see her but she was quite sad as her youngest son is in hospital and not improving at all. On the way home I stopped at the farm shop and got some supplies, I hadn’t been for ages and they’ve got new fridges and loads of different cheeses, yogurts etc. so I may visit more frequently.

This afternoon I saw my dementia friend, who was rather distressed at times. She doesn’t speak now and so was unable to tell us why she was upset. I usually see her on Tuesdays but I’m on dog and granddaughter duty tomorrow so went today instead. Both her DH and I will now be totally confused as to which day of the week is which!

charleygirl I hope your dishwasher is now working properly.

fgt I hope your blood tests went well today. Fingers crossed for speedy and good results.

Enjoy the rest of the evening everyone.

Pleased normal services are resumed brook.
Cooler here today, the voluntary phone was very busy, I’m tired, awake at 3:15 in the worrying window, but my dentist rang today. He was reassuring about my imminent appointment, ‘we will look after you’.
So, not a lot else was done today and I’ll be early to bed, enjoy your evening all.

Hi kitchen pals,
I’ve a lot of kitchen news to catch up on but hope everyone is doing ok
It’s quite a nice day up here in Inverness, sunny with just a few clouds. I’ve done a bit of food shopping and also pottered in the garden for a while. DH has mowed the grass so I’m wondering it that’ll be it for this year and he can clean the mower and put it away at the back of the shed over winter. He thinks it’ll probably need one more cut but will see!
So pleased to read that Ripley is safe and well llfl and such good news about your stepfather fgt
Hoping your DH gets an appointment soon cornergran, definitely too long to wait
I’m off out line dancing this evening, it’s not been on for a couple of weeks as the instructor has been away so I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again and hoping I can remember some of the steps too 🤷‍♀️

My duvet is 13.5 and even with a hwb I still feel cold.
An engineer is coming later to fix my dishwasher. I can't wait for that.

I have been watching The Blame on ITV and I have found it to be well worth watching. They all speak so quickly unless it is my brain slowing down.

I can't remember the last time I ironed but it is around 7 years ago.

Showers are forecast for today, we haven't had rain in London for months.

Good luck with the blood test fgt. Soon over.

It was a strange weather day here. Although it rained regularly for a few minutes it didn’t seem enough for the garden. A domestic day for me, ironing, more laundry, produced a plum tart for pudding, updated some admin. All quite enjoyable as there was no time pressure.

It seems to me the closing of some NT properties truly marks Autumn ladylfl. Thankfully our nearest one continues to open albeit on reduced days.

I’m in the midst of one of my non sleeping times. Nothing to be done other than wait for it to pass and keep a lid on night time negativity. I sometimes think my thoughts darken with the sky.

Time to get into a book I think. Hope you’re all sleeping comfortably.

Hello kitchen people,

We had a good day. We met two old friends (they are both 87 so are old and old!) at our nearby NT property. It is the last weekend before closing until next Easter. OH worked with D in places like Lebanon and Palestine and have known one another for over 20 years. We ended the day with a delicious cream tea.

Sleep 💤 tight.

Do you know Redcar I have no idea what tog our quilts are! But the winter one is on, it does get pushed down a little overnight though.

Well done Redcar. There’s more ironing here, just up the road in Suffolk, if you are interested!
We were forecast rain today but got about 2 minutes of spots. Not much use! 🤞for this week.

fgt I hope tomorrow’s blood tests go well and that the results come through quickly and don’t show any problems.

We were forecast showers this afternoon, but only had a few spots which didn’t even wet the ground. Hoping for more later this week. In the meantime I’ll keep watering the plants that need it.

Both DDs and families called in this morning, they stayed about an hour as usual. DD2 put a cover on the 7.0 tog duvet, ready for any cooler nights. At the moment I’m still warm enough with the 4.5 duvet, the house is still at 23.5 degrees so quite comfortable. It will be quite a shock when it chills down!

I’m feeling quite virtuous as I finished the pile of ironing this afternoon. As I can only stand for 15-20 minutes at a time, it takes a while to iron a large heap!

Have a pleasant evening all.

Fgt I think it's the juxtaposition of evil with ordinary life which makes the horror deeper. We ask how can those people going about an ordinary existence commit such evil acts? It makes you think about the nature of evil.
Instead of salmon, I had mince and mashed potatoes and it was lovely. I am lying down for a little while then I will rise for a cuppa before proper bedtime.

DD and boys have gone home, dishwasher is doing its thing (sorry FGT2 )

We have had a couple of showers late afternoon.

I am now collapsed on the sofa with a glass of chicken wine

Nannatopsy my ironing pile is enormous, hopefully I will do it tomorrow.

I will wash up in a minute now my dinner has settled (no dishwasher here, Himself used to wash up, I made the dinner it was good teamwork).

Then I think I’ll read my novel for a couple of hours and listen to Classic FM. Take my mind off tomorrow morning’s blood test.

Not intent (sorry).
Interest.

interest The Zone of Interest is a 2023 historical drama film written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller.Overview and PlotPremise: The film follows Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig as they build a seemingly idyllic domestic life in a house and garden directly adjacent to the concentration camp.Theme: It dispassionately examines the mundanity of evil, contrasting the family's ordinary daily routines with the unseen horrors and mass murder occurring just beyond their garden wall.

Chucked it down here at 5pm for a good while. Then the sun came out.

I was invited over for dinner as I passed L’il Miss into her mum’s car but I declined. Said thank you, very kind, but I’d like to watch a film and do a small roast dinner with lots of veggies.

Plenty over for tomorrow now & I really enjoyed it by 6pm.

I paid £3.99 to rent ‘A Zone of Intent’ on Apple.TV. I’ve wanted to watch it for ages it got such good reviews a couple of years ago. Cheaper (and less energetic) than going to the cinema!
#lazygran