soops kindly kitcheners and perfect pampered pets.

Can I join you crafting. Thoroughly fed up. Miserable day, I'm dog tired after a sleeplesss night and the family difficult to feed child decused to eat the rather nice bread roll I had been out to buy in awareness she wouldn't eat the garlic bread her sister and Mr C would enjoy. I know, I really do, that it doesn't matter but lack of sleep makes me less inclined to tolerate the foibles and there is only so much food I will throw away with a smile on my face. I'm also worried she hasn't had much to eat. So having grouched at her I am hiding in the kitchen with a much needed and some . I may be here all night ☹️

Sorry for your health worry, lona, the doctor sounds a gem though, hope she can continue to care for you

Pleased you are back with us soop, long may your internet connection last. That's me done, ashamed of myself now for not being able to ignore the food rejection, she's 8, not a little one and I do worry for her sometimes. Wishing you all a good evening and a restorative nights sleep.

Crafting I just thought about it being too early for then decided it wasn't really as by the time I've drunk it, it will be well after 6pm

soop it's lovely to see you found your way back to us lot and that swan photo is so beautiful. Big thanks to bags for keeping us informed of your dilemma.

We have a small goldfish pond in the communal garden and last year a heron or crane (didn't see it flying so couldn't tell the difference!) lunched on 7 or 8 occupants. Another couple had wriggled free but died of their injuries, leaving one poor solitary fish. Apparently the pond has been there for many years but this was the first time a murdering marauder had appeared. Today at last the 'pond man' has brought us 6 beautiful replacements, so I hope they settle well and enjoy their new home.

Get well soon to all who are feeling under the weather and best wishes also to those coming to terms with changes in their lives - noisy hearing and poorly knees spring to mind!

soop, so glad you are back. It hasn't been the same without you.. Thanks to bags we knew you were ok (but there was a lot of concerned whispering about our move to the Cafe and what soop would say when she got back )

I wish we'd stayed in chat, if only so that we didn't have that huge paragraph at the top of the page telling us to be nice. I thought we always had been

However, life is looking up - Lona's left us one of her lovely lemon drizzle cakes
I hope you're are ok Lona and whatever is wrong gets sorted out quickly. Love your photo by the way.

I'm off to sit in the corner with and as it's a bit early for ....oh I don't know though.....

Lona oh Lemon drizzle ............... Perfection

Lona Thank you for returning to tell us about your visit to the surgery. You did the right thing in not delaying. Now that your GP is on the case, I hope that your appointment is arranged very quickly. If you need treatment, the sooner it starts the better.

I must get away from the computer. Sigh. I've really enjoyed being back and now feel refreshed.

Well we are certainly glad you're back. I always feel chirpy when something gets fixed

I've seen the most delightful young woman doctor, she was very thorough and reassuring and she has fast tracked me to the appropriate clinic in the next two weeks.
Whatever it turns out to be, it hopefully is early days. I do feel slightly wobbly though

NanaandGrampy Some time ago, you shared a lovely photo with us. At the time, I mentioned sharing an image of a swan's image reflected in the water. Naturally, at the time, I couldn't locate it. Today...I happened across it. It was in the wrong folder. So...better late than never,here it be...

bags Yes. We passed the Open Reach van about half a mile along the road. The engineer was having a fine old time attending to something that looked complicated. It was pouring with rain. About an hour later, hey ho, the same van pulled into the drive. I almost (not quite) jumped for joy when he came to the door. Bless him, he was drenched. He got to the main box and did fiddly stuff for a good thirty mins. The internet was back. Although he did mention that there was still a fault somewhere between here and the exchange...five miles away. Fingers crossed. I'm making the most of being back in circulation. It doesn't take much to thrill me.

Glad the machines and hubs and whatnot are doing what they should be doing, soop, and that you're back online. Does this mean the 'engineer' came early?

Bags is a super cook. Her flapjacks are to be scuffled over.

Greyduster Goodness only knows how much time I've wasted spent in the kitchen since the internet was restored. The washing machine needs emptying. I need to do something useful. Being here is the best tonic ever, after a few naff-awful days.

The sun is shining brightly. Such a welcome contrast after a grey dreich morning.

The first sunset was not taken on the last day of January. The second photo was.

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There was a beautiful sunset on the last day of January. Here is a wee sample...I think that I've possibly uploaded the wrong images. If so, apologies.

Welcome back, soop! Hope you and McS have recovered from your tech traumas!
Lona I hope your symptom turns out to be nothing to worry about.
I was going to do some baking this afternoon, but I started, inadvertently, to sort out a few bits of paperwork and ended up doing a full scale clear out (where does it all come from?) while DH sat on the sofa eating biscuits and watching some politics thing!

Rose I think bags mentioned a good and unusual scone recipe here the other day ! I might be wrong but I thought it had lemonade in it .

Thank you baubles. I've printed out three pages of messages. Need to sit down and read right through them this evening. Also sorted (and binned) dozens of those irritatingly rubbishy emails.

MacSporran is giving the final fiddly finishing touches to the bedroom floor. I love it. It will then be my turn to sweep and polish and faff around putting things back in their rightful place. I have just the one more night to sleep on the sofa. I've enjoyed it. It's a comfortable sofa and the view through the window is lovely.

Good to see you back in your rightful place soop.

{{Waves}} to all the kitcheners

Hey...^you lot^ no need for dismay. The kitchen is safe. Thank goodness. I was beginning to become fretful. Daft as a brush...me!

Lona AHHHHHHHH! Thank you for making me see the light. That's perfectly fine by me. I imagined that we had been guilty of not playing by the rules.
Please share (if you wish) whatever it is that is concerning you.

rosesarered As you so rightly say...life will carry on. And so it does. As for a good scone recipe...there are a number of good cooks in this 'ere kitchen. Sadly, I'm not one of them.

jollyg Do you suppose that the kitchen as was appeared to be cliquey (is there such a word?) It most certainly wasn't meant to be.

Hello soop
I really don't think the Café makes any difference to us, we are just under that heading instead of Chat.

Just off to the doctors with a slightly concerning symptom back later.
Leaving cake (lemon drizzle of course) as soop has a lot of catching up to do xx

I have to ask.....why does it matter that the Kitchen is now under the umbrella of cafe?
as long as we can find it easily, life will carry on.
I really came here in search of a good scone recipe ( plain or fruited) my own scones are ok but never really rise enough.

Reading the posts on this thread, itsaddens me that we only post her to enrich GNs coffers.

A strike of posts for a few days might make the penny drop.

However with such a disparate bunch as us, I guess no one would like to put their head above the parapet.

I am willing to start a petition. Subject GN MOD TEAM REVERT TO THINGS AS THEY WERE BEFORE.

WITH A SUBTITLE OF RESTRICTING DISCUSSIONS number to be debated

I've only just discovered that I can print out the pages of messages that I need to read. I'm an awfully slow learner. Back to the printer...

NanaandGrampy I cannot begin to tell you how much I've missed you lot. Will you forgive me if I cannot reply to all the posts. I shall read them. It was good to see that Ann popped in. We'll not cease from rooting for her and wishing her better days ahead.