Soop's Kindly Kitcheners

A daughter has been born!

pompa Don't even think about it! You be one of us lot...so come on in for a buttery shortbread and a freshly made ...or else...I shall send Galen to apply some "friendly persuasion"

Good morning dear Bellasnana. I trust that you are well. Is your darling husband still in hospital?

Mishap Perhaps the babe is waiting to make a right royal entrance into the world. Are the reporters camped outside? Give them a friendly wave. Please keep us nosy lot updated.

loopylou Your enthusiasm for your new job is infectious. It's a treat to hear that you are feeling happy, confident and fulfilled. Well done.

I love all wild flowers. I believe that an area of uncultivated garden can seem like haven to which one can retreat.

What has happened pompa? Please don't go. We need you and your sense of humour, so please don't be put off posting.

Hope you are still with us pompa

Pompa, please don`t go!

Oh don't be precipitous pompa Most of us can distinguish between you and CMPs. Come back tomorrow when you have cooled down.

I am now leaving Gn for good, I can't cope with some of the narrow minded posters (Present company accepted). I will be deleting my account asap.

Bye all and I hope life is good to you.

Thank you!

Loopy - I ran a research project into getting elderly people home from hospital when they had been assessed as needing nursing home care - it was very interesting and the elderly patients came up with some brilliant ideas. You are doing a worthwhile job - well done!

Still waiting Mishap? At this rate (if it's a boy) he'll be born with a beard

New job is a scheme supporting the elderly on discharge from hospital, for those not eligible for statutory services, all very new and exciting.

We are covering the whole county so will be kept busy, it's just what I love, face to face contact, and the plus of being able to work with volunteers for up to 6 weeks.

I've never had forget-me-nots before so another puzzle! Oddly they're only in a section of border that was previously lawn.

LL, what are you doing at Age UK, I worked as a day centre carer for Age concern for 6 years.

I love forget me nots, but why can't I get them to seed where I want them ?

loopy - good to hear the job is going well.

Little GD here all day with her (massive) Mum - come on baby - time to say hello!

I am also overrun with forget me not Loopylou and also bluebells. Sadly a lot of the latter are Spanish or hybrids so I do try to reduce them. I put them on the compost heap before they drop seeds and sometimes pull up their leaves to try and weaken them. I also pull up the forget me nots before they drop their seeds but I still have loads and loads of new seedlings.

End of first week in new job with Age UK, and I'm loving it!
Hopefully this weekend and Bank Holiday we'll get some sunshine, won't we?

Garden has been overtaken by forget-me-nots, I must yank some out or next year we'll sink under a sea of them. I love them but I have a few hundred too many

My hellebores had vanished for several years but strangely I seem to have a number of seedlings appearing, which I need to pot up, so plenty to do outside, weather permitting

Pleasant days shopping with DW today, sat and watched the world go by with a coffee outside Costa. All went well until we headed home, an hour in a traffic jam due to an accident closing the A12.

Dear POGS only you could get away with such a truism. Yes, the ladies still have memories to keep them smiling. It's those that don't that make me feel so sad. There were fifteen residents in the lounge. It's possible to hold a conversation with four. I'm afraid that the remainder had no idea where or who there were. My husband and I never fail to say...please, don't put me there... Old age can be very cruel. If only we could all have a whale of a time in our dotage. We deserve so much better than sitting alone in a chair staring into the abyss.

I'm off to feed the pussy cats. It's been a beautiful day...wall to wall sunshine. Aren't we the lucky ones. XXX

soop

You are sounding like you could fit in very well with your pals in the home with your last remark.

What do they say when the policemen start looking younger it's time to book your bed!

janerowena Christopher looks dishy. Funny thing is, when looking back, how a mate of my sons from boarding school days, has matured from being a long-haired "hell raiser" to become a first class surgeon/consultant. I still think of him as being a carefree lad...how time flies!

A very happy first day of May day to all our Kitcheners The sun has shone since daybreak. I didn't need to do the ironing after all. Will do so on Monday, instead. We visited our dear pal in the care home. He has a Zen-like approach to life...and by gum, does he need it. Four new residents have joined the throng. I sat with the two lovely ladies (of whom I'm very fond) and we chatted about knitting and farming and the joys of memories related to a time when they were very much younger. We seem to have much the same conversation every week. Does it matter...No! The two ladies enjoy recalling a time when they were happy, busy and fit.

I always thought that 'white rabbits' was for months with 30 days; 'rabbits' for months with 31 days. I can't remember - or never knew - what worked for February. 'Piebald rabbits'?

mishap If only I were younger... He's only 30 and going grey already, it could work.... No, he's lovely but he's the same age as DD!

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I'm just so pleased he is managing to make a living, and is so passionate about it, because he used to have such angst about it all when we talked, he really wasn't sure if he had the drive.

Hi Kitcheners, been out all day, just got back and heading for bed. Catch up with the days news in the morning.

We say it every month Mishap. I know we shouldn't kill a pig unless there is an R in the month. (I do come from a family which used to rear, and eat, a pig from time to time.)

Bags pleased to hear you had such a good day with dunnit. Sorry I missed it but hopefully will meet up with you both next time.

Appointment with orthopod resulted in a lot of prodding my shoulder, 'ouch' and he wants an x-ray done before making any decisions. Had my lower back and hip x-rayed today as I am still having problems after my accident last year. Physio appointment for that tomorrow as it has been decided acupunture may be worth trying. Moving on, GDs are coming to stay at ours on Saturday night so something to really look forward to.

Oh Nellie. How I envy you having those cuddles, especially when they snuggle into your neck and you get a sniff of that baby smell. Lovely. I met a friend for coffee this afternoon and she had her 11mnth old GS, Magnus, with her. Very happy baby who was quite content sitting on my lap and I was rewarded with a bye-bye cuddle and a gurgle

Nellie - that is wonderful news - many congratulations indeed. Don't they smell lovely?

Can you ginger up my latest GS please? - he is still in utero and showing no inclination to venture out!

Ruby - isn't "white rabbits" only for months with an R in them?

Jane - sucking up to the conductor eh?