Soop's Friendly Kitcheners and pets...

Good news for you all Daphne but it seems very hard to put the poor little chap through an MRI to diagnose a Baker's cyst. Both H and I have had them as have millions of others and the GP has diagnosed them straight away. I did have a Doppler ( sp) scan as mine had ruptured. I do hope he wasn't upset by the procedure.

Morning all !!

soop no I don't usually sell my stuff but all those are going to a charity coffee morning in Dumfries where a lady is raising money for a Cancer ward, so hopefully someone will pay for them

Lona that IS good news. It sounds a horrible process so less will be much better I'm sure.

WB ouch! That is all I can say!!

Tizliz oh yes I have tried to get a urine sample from a dog so I KNOW what you mean. So glad Anlon is on the mend. We had a ragdoll cat with stones and had to change his diet radically but he did very well on it.

Daphne lovely picture of your little smiling DGD , what a charmer !and good news too !!

well its a tidy round this morning , which we now have down to a fine art for an open hour ....which currently no ones is coming to so I shall refer to it as housework !! I am getting tired of this house selling lark already!!! It looks like we are in the long haul, so after our break away in a couple of week I have tasked Grampy with doing one of the 2 last jobs to do. We're going to redecorate the craft room , might as well enjoy it whilst we're still living here .

Happy Saturday all....welcome back to the world of the interweb Galen and soop ....long may it last!

Soop I hope was your computer man was genuine? I get phone calls from abroad about my computer.

I find the best thing to do is to say that you do not possess a computer as you have not a clue how it works, technology passed you by, bye.

A very good 'though soggy afternoon dear Kitcheners.

DaphneB I am relieved to hear the good news. You can relax and put your concerns behind you. Your little granddaughter looks delightful. Simple, repetitive games can be enormous fun at her age.

Nelliem and Charleyg We often get suspicious calls from so-called legit internet experts. Every time I say...'I intend reporting you to my husband who is on the fraud squad', things go quiet (until the next time). *MacSporran called the helpline listed in the telephone directory.

Thank you for your advice re "the pin thing".

NanaandGrampy Your buttons will sell well and raise funds for the Cancer ward.

Tizliz One of the problems we pet lovers have is that our animals cannot tell us how they are feeling. I'm happy that a diagnosis was made and that from hereon Anlon will begin to improve.

Galen Has life returned to a fairly normal routine since the lift was tiddled with?

NO! It's still stopping. I think it might be tied to the swivel.
Broadband seems to be working though (swiftly raps wood)
The work load has quadrupled and the tax people are playing silly bs and saying their computer won't let them apply the correct tax codes! Really?

Galen Buggerations galore! As if you haven't enough stuff to worry about. I would love to be a fly on your wall when you get ardy-bargying with the next outfit that annoys you. In fact, I wish that you lived close by. There are times when I need a straight-talking, no-nonsense ally. Is Garry back at home?
I'm pleased that you managed to name that tree. It was a beautiful specimen.

It's in a very rundown area of Bristol on my way to work

MrB and Minibags have just left to get a new desk for her from Ikea.
Up till now she has done her homework on the floor. Her choice. She's getting serious about studying and possibly even being organised now she's in her Highers year.

They started "just leaving" about an hour ago. Then Mr realised he needed to pump up the tyres of the truck. Then he came in to get the directions on his iPhone (never been to Ikea before). Then he plugged his iPhone, of which the battery was nearly flat (obviously! He doesn't do being prepared ) into the truck charger only to realise the charger wasn't working. Then he came in to ask me how long that thing was and would the desk fit in the car. This is me at that point:? <<< my whatonearthishetalkingabout face. Happens quite a lot.
Meanwhile Minibags was running up and downstairs to her room on various errands... perhaps to see if her phone would charge....etc etc.

At some point I began to understand that the plan might be to take little car instead of truck so I said the extending window washing pole (the whatonearth thing; comprehension had dawned eventually) had fitted into little car but only with a bit of it into the passenger seat space at the front, but since the longest length of the desk bits was less, maybe....

Then I just sat down and left them to it.

They went in the truck.

I'm going to eat chocolate and drink tea. Anyone care to join me?

thatbags an excellent idea but I have a feeling that you will not see them for hours! Perhaps he should have charged everything up today and driven to Ikea tomorrow or is that being too sensible?

charley,

I am trying to make a space shuttle cake for DGS1 this year and I tried putting royal icing on not realising how long it takes to dry.
Crumbs everywhere on the icing (that icing that hasn't yet slid off the cake.) I need this wretched cake for Monday.

I am seriously thinking of stripping of the icing and replacing it with fondant icing does anyone have any cake rescue remedies? I am out tonight.

bags I had to laugh. Oh, I know only too well what face you were wearing when Mr B and Minibags had finished faffing.
Ikea...a decent place to spend an afternoon. Plenty of choice. Too much, methinks. It's the waiting at the till that bugs me.
As for chocolate...last night, I realised that I still had a bar of the darkest, bitterest choc unopened in the fridge. I therefore treated myself to two or three squares. MacSporran nibbled on a large oat biscuit instead.

Nelliem Fret not. Fondant icing will both look and taste delicious.

My daughter should be in ikea - she is doing the three peaks challenge soon and needs some up hill practice so decided that the stairs at Coventry ikea would be ideal. 6 flights I think. ?

People have been know to disappear in IKEA you know and search parties have been sent out to find them with those doggies with barrels of brandy round their necks. I know whereof I speak (nods sagely)
We have come back just in time for Strictly after celebrating DD's MIL's 70th birthday at a big lunch buffet/party at one of our favourite gastro pubs. I should not drink wine, champagne or indeed any alcohol at lunchtime because now I feel in need of a nap!
Perhaps I can maintain it is because I am tired from yesterday's early start and -50 mile drive??
Hope everybody has a lovely weekend.

Tizliz may I suggest the stairs at two of my local tube stations? Bad enough without baggage but carrying a suitcase for me is impossible.

My local Ikea does not appear to have any signs showing the exit- I have no idea what would happen if there was a fire.

In the days when I was fitter, It took forever to get around, find my way out and then find my car.

Daphne enjoy the rest of the weekend, put your feet up and please give Grace some cuddles.

bags, will the fun really start when they have to assemble the desk? I managed to assemble an Ikea desk with only one screw left over - never found where it should have been! I hate instructions in only diagram form, unlike one of my GSs who can interpret a diagram for the most complex of Lego models upside down and inside out. If I ever buy anything from Ikea again, I am kidnapping him.

Meant to say, what's wrong with doing homework on the floor? I used to do that with an eiderdown wrapped round me through the 6th year and a lot of university. Maybe my essays would have been better if written at a desk!

Just popped in to check on daphneb's DGS. Glad to hear it is all ok. Lovely photo of DGD too.

In the middle of typing this on my iPad it flicked over to Sticktly Come Dancing ......what on earth is going on? I must have gremlins.

Not only have I got gremlins but my iPad can't spell either

Yeah, right, crafting the iPad flicked itself over to Strictly and there you were doing serious writing on it A likely story!! Just as mine keeps flicking over to the new Woolovers Autumn / winter styles or the Hotter website

Daphne once Woolovers get you in their clutches, they never let go. Emails and brochures by the dozen. I do like their long cardigans.

Nothing wrong with homework on the floor, anno. Minibags is an expert in making herself into a duvet pupa. I think the plan with the desk is to do with the box-like shelves that come with it: she can make piles for each subject she's studying. Something like that anyhow.

They bought a swivelling desk chair too. She's going to have fun with that.

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