Soop's Friendly Kitcheners and well behaved pets.

number, it's so expensive for TV in certain hospitals, now. You'll remember my friend's husband was in Edinburgh Royal for a very long time and the cost of a TV card was extortionate even then, which was about 6 years ago. The high cost of parking at the hospital was an added worry for the family, too. Do you have to have to pay when you visit David?
I'm not always up-to-date with 'Soop's thread', and you and I are in touch anyway, but I just wanted to say that the warmth of the comments here can only be a wonderful comfort for you just now.

Happy anniversary soop and macsporran. Hope you have a lovely day.

Hi Marelli, nice to see you.

Happy anniversary soop and MacSporran

Many happy returns bellanonna, I'm sorry I missed your birthday.

What a lot of poorly DHs. I hope they all feel more comfortable soon. Number you are in my thoughts - you have such a lot to contend with.

(((hugs))) for you too Galen.

DH uses his iPad whenever he is in hospital, numberplease. Before that he used t get a card which I think worked out at about £5 a day. Is that system not in use in your hospital.
Can you get a season ticket for parking as presumably you won't be able to use DH''s blue badge while he is an inpatient?

Thanks everyone.
Yes db my heart really does sink and I felt quite sick yesterday. Realised by evening thst I'd only had cup of tea and toast at breakfast and nothing else. I think routine just goes into hibernation. He wasn't eating so I didn't think about food. I'm glad I took him myself as I felt more in control than waiting for an ambulance. I was impressed that, once in there, thing moved very quickly. Yes apparently it's sepsis either from a chest infection or from a UTI and he's being treated with I.V broad spectrum antibiotic. Here we go again, and as you say, each time they seem to stay a few steps behind once they've recovered. Hope your own DH is now settled.
number what a pain about the food intake. I'm sure there's a lot going on but perhaps you could ask the ward manager if a visit from Mia could be arranged. No harm in asking. If it turns out to be a useless exercise, well at least you tried. We've never used the TV they offer as it's extortionate but I can see it would be good to have it fir a spell as he must get thoroughly fed up. All the best to you.

I think your point Bellanonnna of never getting quite back to where they were is a very true one. There is nothing better for health than staying out of hospital! I think of it like shaking up a medicine bottle- the contents can take a long time to settle.
DH tends to have his hospital incarcerations in the first half of the year (!) and I feel that one complication sometimes just triggers another.
You are now back to the visiting/phone calls to all the family/washing the pyjamas/no actual time to yourself routine and my heart goes out to you. How good that you were there to spot the signs and take action. And why oh why, is it always a Friday night???
Wishing everybody a peaceful weekend (apart from soop, Rory, bracken and macsporran who will be enjoying a 24 hour knees up on Kintyre.)
Hope all the neighbours are invited, that way they can't complain about the noise!
Love and many many congratulations to you two though!! ??

soop happy anniversary, hope you have a nice sunny day with plenty of flowers and wine (think you said before that you can't see the icons).

To all those with troubles little or large I hope you have the strength to get through

daphne, bellanonna, number and anyone else managing difficulties sending good wishes, also strength and patience. Please care for yourselves, it's so easy to forget. Love to all.

Taken from my back door this morning

Thank you cornergran.
Goodness, what a view Tizliz

Just nipped in here to wish soop and MacS a very happy anniversary with lots of ?and ???? and ??
Sorry to hear that there are poorly husbands again to Daphne,number and bellanonna
Bella belated birthday greetings as well.
I'm a bit down as my lovely dd is really low due to more buggerations! Will she ever get over all this, I do hope so.

Just a fleeting visit, many congratulations soop and * MacS* , enjoy your very special day .

I'll read through and come back later x

N&G I need my honorary GC fix please! How are Jackson and Cooper? It will soon be half term, hopefully they are not so tired coming home from school now.

Is Sam okay?

Tara is going to the vet on Monday for her annual check up so I will bring her basket downstairs today so that it is lying around for a couple of nights. I am dreading Monday, she screams in the car on the way to the vet- one would think she was murdered each time she went but they are lovely to her.

There was only a short spell f rain and the sun is now out. It is not very warm though, I think autumn has arrived here.

You lot are amazing. I crept in (feeling a bit squiffy) thanks to lunchtime glasses of wine (2) and lo and behold there is a mountain of messages to read.

Tizliz Ten out of ten for your marvellous early morning photo. Beautiful!

Bellanonna What more can we say. As with your husband and number's and DaphneB's I want to cast a spell that will restore them back to the rudest of health. I had no idea that a television was an extra to be paid for in hospital, number. Aren't we so fortunate to have the NHS? The doctors and nurses deserve a huge thank you. More patients, fewer beds, and still the system continues to operate to the best of it's ability.

oldgoat something going into the post on Monday.

Thank you for all your good wishes. You are very kind. Our lunchtime treat was as good as it gets. Lovely premises and delicious, simple, home-cooked dishes. The puds were to die for.

NananandGrampy Yes please...more updates on the boys, please.

Torben phoned a short time ago. He sounds really grown up. I was also treated to a special photo of him on Facebook.

Dear Lona Not more buggerations for your daughter to deal with. Bless you, you are bound to feel fretful. Stay talking to us lot if it is of some comfort to you.

Charleyg At least Tara can be stuffed coaxed into a travel basket. We would NEVER get Rory to oblige. We have to pay for the vet to visit us...48 mile round trip.

https://signal-corridor.live/uploads/talk/201610/medium-638183-aj-28th.jpg%3C/span%3E https://signal-corridor.live/uploads/talk/201610/medium-837476-p9294433.jpg%3C/span%3E https://signal-corridor.live/uploads/talk/201610/medium-722809-pa014444.jpg%3C/span%3E

Galen for you. A beautiful sunset.

Hello Marelli Lovely to have you pop into the kitchen.

Thank you, bags. We didn't have fish and chips today. Our lunch was a home-made leek and Mull of Kintyre cheese flan with home-baked bread and chutneys and side salad. Apple, apricot and almond tart (warm) with cream. Ten out of ten. Perfection on a plate. and the sun is still shining.

Hello and welcome yogagran

Since we returned home, I've been glued to the computer. As the sun continues to shine, I shall log off until tomorrow and wish every one of you a peaceful and pleasant evening. Especially those of you with poorly husbands.

That sounds like a delicious lunch soop I'm glad you've had such a lovely day ?

Having caught up yesterday on 9 pages and a move to find soop's newest establishment, I popped in today to wish both her and MacSporran a Happy Anniversary and found 2 more pages!
soop, Congratulations, I'm sure you and MacS are having a lovely day. What a lovely wedding photo of you both.

Galen I feel sad that you you must want to share so much with your husband, including that magnificent view.

TizLiz I like the idea of visiting your beautiful part of the world but as you posted one day this summer that the temperature there was 15°C when the temp here was 30°C. I'm not sure which season would be best.

Bellanonna a late Happy Birthday to you and Best wishes to you, Number and also Daphne who describes so well the exhausting business of being the fit (?) partner of a couple.

I had a bit of a scare with my DH last week. We He had a very bad night with Kitty's bug and in the morning he couldn't sit up in bed without help and his voice was slurred.
He eventually got to the bathroom on his own and I discovered that he had taken the whole 24hour dose of Imodium in between 2am and 7am! He slept most of the day.
Although I did keep checking that his face wasn't lopsided and he was in a natural sleep.

Crossed posts soop. What a joyous photograph of you both.

So pleased to hear that you have had a lovely day- that lunch was delicious, rather better than the yogurt I had! I can live without desserts but the main course, home made would have been very tasty.

I was surprised to see Rory awake and outside. The two rarely happen together.

Yes soop, stuffed is the operative word for Tara!

Tizliz that is a lovely view daily.

Gosh dustyangel was that really from the Imodium?? He could be bunged up for a month now ???
Is his speech back to normal? Forgive me for sounding alarmist, but TIA's suggest themselves to me (been there, done that etc) it was Galen who prompted me into action back then.
DH has had a mammoth task this afternoon. A new hub and new phones with call screening has meant we (he) had to transfer all the names and numbers of people we will accept calls from from the old phones to the new. Only having disconnected the old phones we can't bring up the menu so he has had to print off a whole list of contacts frm the computer which I have amended/added to and it is taking him all afternoon to do this! Rather him than me!
I bet Mr Microsoft/green energy/solar panels/accidental injury/PPI still manages to get through (but probably none of our friends) )

Evening all !!

Just time to catch up before I head out. As a present for my recent big birthday my daughters have arranged a night out in a favourite restaurant near us just for the 3 of us. It will be lovely and a chance to catch up without little ones and husbands.

Very belated birthday wishes *Bellanonna" !! Sorry to hear you didn't make it out for your planned treat , please join us virtually there will be both wine and cake !!

How sad for your friend to feel so trapped soop I can understand his frustration but he's not really helping himself is he? Poor man .

Charley you DO have grandchildren by proxy - the boys are very comfortable with another Nana and Cooper is keen to let you know there's no such thing as too many cuddles !!

I like the sound of your shopping trip Daphne. Hope Dh is feeling just a little better .

Beautiful sunset Galen what a beautiful view you have. I'm sorry you're feeling a bit sad so sending you a bottle of champagne ( the good stuff) ..hugs are fine but bubbles are better !!

I'm sorry to hear your hopes were dashed again Number . I disagree about getting Mia in for DH though , it might be pointless but to him its important. My offer to smuggle her in still stands {smile]. I now have a blue police light for my scooter so Ill just flash my library card ...it'll be fine !!

https://signal-corridor.live/uploads/talk/201610/medium-408754-14517603-10155239101877366-5831384059376390112-n.jpg%3C/span%3E https://signal-corridor.live/uploads/talk/201610/medium-452094-14463129-10155239101892366-3468673889929685459-n.jpg%3C/span%3E

I love your picture Tizliz . It seems many people here have glorious views from their home. I hope that once we move we will too. Its truly food for the soul.

Sorry to hear you're feeling low Lona is there anything we can help with?

Charley Jackson and Cooper are finally recovered from the bug that kept them at home all last week. And my poor daughter succumbed too and we were cowards and did not visit as we are away next week with my eldest daughter and her family .

We didn't go swimming yesterday as I am still struggling with this stupid sinus infection but we did got to the café at the gym for cake and soft play. Jackson apparently dressed himself this morning for a trip to the shops. I have high hopes for an improvement in his sartorial choices !!

Sam is well thank you and hugely looking forward to a week in the forest next week. My daughter is taking her springer spaniel pup Holly too so I'm hoping for some good photographs.

Soop that is the most glorious picture of the two of you relaxed and smiling.

Hope you are all enjoying a relaxing weekend with no surprise visits to a and e !

I'm off for a cheeky cocktail or three !!