Soop's special kitchen for like-minded folk and treasured pets

Yes crafting well said indeed. soop I hope you know what a special person you are. In this time of feeling low please do be as kind and forgiving to yourself as you are to others.
Ann sorry to hear you’re plodding just now, I hope you get a bit more of a spring in your step soon.
Hope all goes well for your op aggie, not much time to get your mind around it all but then not too much time for fretting in advance either.
I had an unexpected surprise today. What I thought would be just a quick coffee squeezed into a dd’s busy working day turned into a lovely lunch and a rare chance to have a proper catch up - just the 2 of us, such a treat.
That cartoon was spot on Maw, showed to my daughter while her dog was desperately trying to squeeze herself in between us on the sofa this afternoon! That dog doesn’t do subtle.
Wishing you all good nights sleep. x

Hello everyone, I'm just sticking my head around the door to say how lovely it's been to see soop in the Argy Bargy Bar this week. She's raised a big smile (and our kudos) and we hope she pops in again soon. And we'd love it if more of you came to say hello too! We're a bit muckier there than this lovely clean kitchen but we offer a lovely welcome. Xx

I have developed a belief that every positive thing we do makes a difference somewhere. Can't agree more crafting. Huge thanks to soop and all of us lot! for just being.

Hear hear Crafting

Good luck tomorrow aggie and a speedy recovery.

Not sure there's much we can do in the big scheme of things soop so I try when I can with things closer to home. You, however, do help. A lot. From the time I joined GN (the kitchen was my first post) you have always been there with a kind comment and thoughtful message for all who needed support. Plus a wonderful sense of humour to cheer things along. Do not make light of the importance of your kitchen soop. Many a weary soul has come in for comfort. You deserve a big hug and all our thanks.?

ann

Aggie that's the way to do it (With apologies to Mr Punch!) No time to think about anything other than packing your hospital bag with some biscuits and good books. I know several people who've had hip ops and all have nothing but praise for the difference it's made to their lives. Will be thinking of you

PS welcome Jamison

Best of luck for tomorrow Aggie!

Mr Baggs says oil paintings are never finished, merely abandoned (quoting that da Vinci chappie ?). I'll get him to send me a pic for you. Sleep tight tonight and I hope you, and other Kitcheners who are a bit low, feel better tomorrow.

Welcome Jamison - we like to think that we have a sense of humour here but we are also very caring as and when necessary.

soop if you are in the mood maybe you would fancy tackling this entire house? I remember before I got married having my worldly belongings in a couple of suitcases. I am sure if I owned or lived in a 15 bedroom house, every room would look "lived in". My parents were the opposite, when they died there was hardly anything to sort apart from clothes. All the paperwork was in a couple of drawers.

Jamison what a lovely comment, and how true.
Aggie - best of luck and good recovery

Soop, you and all the kitcheners make a great difference to lives, I have laughed and cried with you all for a long time,
I'm a newbie at posting but a longer time enjoyer! So thank you dear soop you have helped me many many times.

Wishing you luck, aggie, far better not to have the time to worry. Hope the plodding becomes lighter ann.

Youve put me to shame with your kitchen clean soop, don't ask how long I've been meaning to clean out the cutlery drawer. .

Well, 8am hospital appointment was a doddle, free parking space in the road outside and in and out in minutes. Then off for a cooked breakfast on the sea front and a short walk. Nothing to complain about there. Late this afternoon it took nearly 20 minutes to find a space in the hospital car park which then relieved us of £3.50 on leaving. Definitely prefer early appointments .

In between did the food shop and tried to sort some financial stuff on line, think I did it, time will tell. Definitely the most frustrating part of the day which I must continue tomorrow. . Will keep me quiet anyway.

Take care everyone

Another day almost done! The depression has slowed me down at times. I decided to give the kitchen a thorough clean-up this afternoon. Where does all the fluff that collects in the cutlery drawer come from! It's a mystery. I'm not really sure that it matters in the big scheme of things. Famine, persecution, war...these things matter. If I could I would try to make a difference. All that we can do is count our blessings and be kind to each other.

Until tomorrow.

ann

Hello soop and all.
Plodding on is the best answer, not getting out much at all and feeling very low but, "this too shall pass".

Hello ann how are you?

Baggs I remember the moment you walked into my private room (thanks to my case being delayed for whatever reason)...it was a wonderful first meeting. We hit if off immediately. Do you remember the very charming surgeon? He was a real sport.
Has Mr Baggs finished the portrait of you? I would love to see it.

aggie very best wishes for tomorrow.
How nice not to have the wait to worry about.
You will be fine, do you have other "spare parts" already?
I look forward to your posts when it is all over.

Good luck, aggie. I first met soop when she was in hospital for a hip op. .she brought me a watercolour portrait she had painted from a photograph of my grandson. The photo was taken at a milestone in his young life: when he first had his hair washed in the bath as a toddler without screaming the house down! I credit my son-out-law with the skill of talking him through it carefully beforehand and during. Son-out-law's dad almost cried when he saw the picture, it was that good and had captured Littlun's expression perfectly.

soop told me she had only painted two portraits of people previously. Her talent, therefore, is awesome.

aggie Positive vibes from us lot. Remember to take a good book with you. Please continue to update us.

Thanks for the encouragement , I have to be on the ward for 7:30 am , so an early start

aggie Do you mean that you will be admitted tonight? Best way to go about it. You will be fine and the op will make you feel like a new woman.

The good thing is that it does not give you time to worry about it. Good luck.

Gulp ! Have just got a cancellation for hip OP ! Tomorrow 7:30 am