Soop`s superbly supportive,caring and fun loving Kitchen.

And may I be the second? Happy Birthday, panache. I hope you jave a good day. The kind kitcheners will certainly do their best to make it virtually so ?

May I be the first to wish Panache a very Happy Birthday! ???

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Well Freya certainly seems to have reached our neck of the woods, it’s wild outside. The fence separating us from the house next door is a poor fragile thing, I hope it makes it through the night! Our neighbours, whose responsibility that one is, keep talking about replacing it.... after tonight’s winds it may be a necessity!

An 80th birthday bash for Panache sounds like a good idea, love the balloons and bunting. In case I don’t get into the kitchen tomorrow I’ve left a bag of sparkly table confetti on the side, some party poppers and aan extra bottle of bubbly just in case it’s needed. After all you can never have too much bubbly can you?

soop your sense of adventure and humour are inspiring. We’re all here rooting for you. x

Sorry to hear that Mr gd’s efforts at germ sharing have succeeded at last greyduster, I hope he is a good nurse and keeps you well supplied with hot toddies and the like! Get well soon x

Ann your poor little Molly and poor you too, having all that upset and mess to clear up. Hope tonight passes off without incident for you both.

n&g well done on sorting out that dental treatment. Not exactly the way you’d choose to spend either your time or your money but needs must. Speaks the woman who’s studiously ignoring an intermittent slight niggle!

It’s been an enjoyable weekend here, a pleasant jaunt out yesterday, good times with various friends both yesterday and again today. We even managed to catch up on some outstanding domestic bits and pieces amidst it all.

Apologies to all I’ve missed, if it’s you it wasn’t intended! I’ll leave you with a couple of photos (not the best of shots as I only had a my phone with me) of the beautifully calm skies of yesterday, in stark contrast to the gales of this evening. Wishing you all a restful and restorative nights sleep, especially those with aching hearts ...or bones! x

The bunting is a brilliant idea Maw i love it as it always makes an event look festive and cheerful! All these red balloons ? such fun! I lost count but I’ll take your word for there being 80 of them. It smells like a rubber factory in here though but I daren’t open the door too wide as it’s blowing a hooley outside. I shall have to watch wear I plant my feet as I’m off home now - I don’t want to pop any! x

Lovely bunting maw . ?

Ooh I love a good party ?
I’ll help N&G . I’m fully qualified to operate a balloon pump so will get cracking on that. I’ve put a box of party poppers in the corner for when the birthday girl arrives. Here goes with the balloons???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? There we are 80 balloons for the birthday girl just don’t go popping any or else.
As for a birthday gift I’ve decided on a nice scarf ? to keep panache warm in this windy weather.

Hello, this is the first chance I`ve had to visit the kitchen today, I`ve probably missed almost everyone.
Panache, so sorry to hear that your husband has had a setback, I hope that he`s back with you very soon. In the meantime, HAPPY BIRTHDAY for tomorrow, as it`ll probably be almost over by the time I get here.
Anno, so sorry to hear of your fall, it`s getting to be a habit, please take care.
I`ve just had a look at the Knitted Knockers site, what a wonderful idea!
I too am probably using my stick on the wrong side, i.e. the same side as my TKR, but it just doesn`t work for me the other way round.
Soop, I`d love to paraglide, but what I`ve really always hankered after doing is wing walking. Everyone I tell says I`m crackers!
Ann, I hope that Molly has recovered from last night`s trauma, and that the cat flap is well and truly secured tonight.

May I contribute the invitation?

Cake is in the oven, I have retrieved the candles from the back of my larder cupboard, have got bottles of fizz and balloons, looking forward to “Panache’s 80th party “bash”” ?

I usually wear a mask so that I don’t frighten the horses!

PARTY!!!!!!!

I am up for celebrating Panache Birthday.

While you sleep tonight I shall burn the midnight oil and decorate the kitchen , balloons, bunting etc .

Then all we need to do is load up the table with party food!!

Who is making the cake by the way? Please think of a suitable gift from you to Panache ! We should do this in style! ( no crotchet penis please !)

Grey , please wear a mask if you attend so we don’t catch your germs. By that I don’t mean one of the full face Halloween type things lol

Sorry to hear about the intruder ann ! Hope you have a decent sleep tonight.

I’m off to batten down the hatches as storm Freya comes in like a lion !

Urmstongran your post reminded me of my wee Scots granny who used to say that I was 'a gey clean lassie but I made gey dirrty tea'

My mum makes tea like boot polish. I didn't know you could make it any other way till I left home and began to make my own. Boot polish tea is probably why I mainly drank milk until I was eighteen.

The place from which the fridge was moved today was preferred by both MrB and me to where it used to be and was removed from so that that corner could be painted (only base coat so far though). The freezer is now in what, some months ago, was the fridge corner, and the fridge is now where the freezer used to be. The space that was emptied of fridge today used to be where the tumbledryer was, which tumbledryer we inherited from the people whose house we bought in Oxfordshire in 1998. It was already old then and lived in the garage, but it did work. Recently it died and we took it to the dump. So, in a way, the death of the tumbledryer—which didn't get used much anyway because we have two gnus (old-fashioned overhead airers on a pulley system) but was still useful once in a while—was the catalyst that got the hokey-cokey of fridge and freezer which allows, eventually and in due course, the painting of the wash-house bit by bit over several eras. This is how we roll on the Boggy Brae.

There's still the washing-machine corner to get at. It shall be moved minimally!

It's just as well I'm good at hey-ho really ?

Fennel, funny you should ask if I have a stick. I use one when my knees are bothering me. I'd left it in the car because it's such a short distance from the car park to the shop and I get good support from the trolley. Grey, the frame is titanium and it must have taken a good clout to bend it. The lenses survived well - apart from a noticeable blood stain.
ann, poor you and poor Molly. That invading cat is a destructive beast. I wonder what measures you can take to keep him at bay.

No milk for me, Urmstongran! My tea is not top notch either!?

Just slipped in someone left the door to. Happy to sit quietly and listen. I’ve put the kettle on. Considering I love tea I make a pretty awful brew ☕️ My husband thinks I do it on purpose.....

Well, what a busy day you have had! It’s taken me ages to catch up! Anno, that eye is going to develop some fabulous colours before it’s finished - perhaps make up the other to match?!
I have knitted knockers for my midwife DiL to demonstrate breastfeeding. We have almost finished tidying upstairs - the estate agents will be summoned before too long!

? soop ! A tandem paraglide for your 80th. What a girl ??
Panache. Many happy returns for tomorrow. Needless to say I shall be on hand to help clear up (eat any) leftovers ?
ann what an upset for you and Molly. Hope the cat flap is firmly locked tonight.
annaliese sorry to hear about your DGD. She sounds a lovely girl. Hopefully they will find some treatment that works for her.
baggs a chrocheted penis ?. In the kitchen! Certainly not. That sort of item belongs firmly in the Argy Bargy.

panache sorry to hear Mr P has had a setback. Hope he improves soon and you get your appointment reinstated soon.
* anno* sorry about your mishap. Hope your cuts and bumps heal soon.

I had my left hip done so use my stick on the right , I know that is the correct way , but I find using my left hand for anything is so uncomfortable and always found it hard to persuade anyone to take the stick with the left hand !

So my husband tells me Charleygirl.But I'm just a stubborn old woman .

Fennel are you aware that if you use a stick and it is because you had a THR on the right, you should use the stick on the left. Lecture over, I will retreat and drink my lovely cup of coffee.

Anneliese Sorry to hear that your granddaughter has colitis. Life can be so unfair. Her happy disposition is in itself a blessed gift.

Anno - so sorry to hear about your fall. I know the feeling all too well, I've done it twice in the last few months, but not stitches . b'h.
Do you use a stick? Or one of those 3-legged walkers?
I use a stick now. I know I'm weak on my right side where I had a hip replacement.