I love laundered money 

I made a gorgeous Pavlova today - the meringue was perfect and guess what fruit i used?........................................Rhubarb from the allotment cooked in elderflower cordial. We didn't have enough raspberries so I blitzed them up to make a sauce. Yum, yum!

Soozy that sounds lovely, my Dad used to bring home lots of fresh rhubarb from his friends garden when we were kids and my Mum would stew it and serve it with custard.  I haven't had it in years though.

I could murder a bit of rhubarb crumble with custard right now..!  

Ditto as Ells; haven't had it in yonks though... and Mr C can't abide the stuff.

How's your head, Ells?

I'm all good now thanks Cosmo  

Just watching the end of grey's anatomy then off to bed for a good sleep.

blue skies, sun is shining and i'm off for a few days - see you Friday

Have a great break wherever you're going 

It's grey and drab here this morning after a day of itty, bitty sunshine yesterday.

Who stole the summer?

summer was supposed to come back this week but alas

dark - dank - chilly and drizzling this morning 

Stomach ulcers,I hate loathe and despise them,28 years of having them invited inhabiting  my body alongside their friend excruciating pain,

Oooooh Lee - sounds horrible . Hope you get some respite soon.

Sooz I had the kids for a sleepover on Saturday night,got them to bed and was tidying up,bent over to pick a few things up and wham ,the most awful pain exploded in my tummy,I ended up sitting on the floor puffing and panting like we do in childbirth ,.I am on meds for it so took a few more it finally settled ,it kicked off again at 5.00am this morning so I've been up since then.

Lee   I've seen my mate in awful pain when her's is playing up and I wouldn't wish it on anybody.  Is there no other treatment for ulcers?

I'm a right grump today, I've so much cleaning and clearing out to do and need to go food shopping and all I really want to do is stay in my PJs and not leave the house.  One more cup of tea then I'm going to start....

Just as a quick response............ (You probably do have ulcers and I both  apologise and sympathise) Are you and the medicos absolutely sure they are ulcers? My Mum had the same trouble for years and in the end they discovered that she had some sort of recurring infection which was easily treatable.

Joe I've had the cameras down numerous times for over 20 years and yes it's definitely ulcers...In the past I had the eradication treatment for Heliobacter pylori,I don't think there is a  med they haven't had me on at some stage or another,I'm on Lansporazole 30mg daily doubling up if need arises.I'm glad your mum has managed to get her symptoms under control Joe ,it's a nasty pain...

Ells I am starting to think I'm just a lost cause tbh,,seriously I've tried loads of meds and combination meds for years but still have flare ups which will progressively get worse until I'm forced to go seek medical help,again.....My dad had ulcers too,are they genetic I do not know,mine flared after I'd had my kids,I was sick 24/7 throughout all my pregnancies and wonder do I do damage of some description then.either way the pain imo is best described as toothache in the tummy,nightmare.

Sounds like a nightmare Lee

I'm not 100% sure my mate's problem really is ulcers as they've told her it's 'most likely' after not finding anything else wrong with her.....they even took her appendix out at the start of it all because they thought that's where the pain was coming from.  The tablets she's on help sometimes but not all the time and she's lost loads of weight because she can't eat for days sometimes or the pain gets worse.

Hangover  Some days just get you like that   

Lee   Hope the meds have kicked in for you by now.

 But I wasn't drinking last night for a change 

I've felt a bit sick all day and the youngest has a tummy ache so I think we might be in for a bug or something equally as inconvenient. 

Oh no, Ells    Hope it doesn't develop into anything.

Can we all come to yours, it's been pouring all day here!

This weather's a joke - except it's not in the least bit funny.

Hope you're feeling better today Ells, once one of you gets something like that it goes round the whole household!

Flu like symptoms going round at work like a rocket

Beware !!!

Now I know why I get out of bed in the mornings in a bad mood.

As if it isn't enough to have to sleep beside a snorer he then decides to set his alarm for stupid o'clock and THEN not get up.  He just kept hitting snooze and then snoring like a pig inbetween alarms.  I wake with the first alarm and sometimes I can get him straight out of bed and then I can go back to sleep but it's hell when he refuses to get up and just lies there snoring.  LOUDLY.

I've no teabags left  Somebody help me, please.

Aww Ells

 That just makes me need tea even more now!

I've sent him for teabags, let hope he doesn't get lost on the way to the shop.

Some morings I wake up grumpy and at other times I let him sleep.

I've just watched 'the boy in the striped pyjamas'. I've stayed away from this film for years because I am the post war generation and have been indoctrinated to think all Germans were bad. Well, they weren't. My dad managed to get about a 1000 Jewish people out of the country and he paid for it by going to prison for 2 years. It took my mum 6 months before she even found out where he was. He was in Berlin, the distance between Glasgow and London and a wee bit more.

Things change but stay the same.

I am expecting my 2nd grandchild in Dec, due on my Birthday infact....We find out in 2 weeks whether it is pink or blue...I am well excited!!....

Awww congrats Lal....that's very exciting  

Aww congratulations Lal,another little bundle of love ,there can never be enough of those .

Update on my dilemma,had another bad episode last night and another during the night,rang doc this morning and had a 11.30 am appointment,...Well he thinks it's my gallbladder,I refused to go to A&E today so bloods done in surgery and he's contacting hospital to book scan.

kitchen today

Ohh, I remember watching that film Cologne. I didn't read the book because I knew it would be upsetting ... my daughter put the film on one Sunday afternoon and my mum and I watched it with her. I found it very moving, you must have found it even more so

Noooooo!! The Disco Kitchen !! Where is it ??! 

How lovely lal ... I keep telling my children that I want to be a grandmother ... they just laugh at me

Congratulations Lal...!  

Lee, behave yourself  and do what ever's necessary 

Cinds, that brings back many messy memories.  It'll be fab when it's over 

It's like living in a really bad bedsit.  I've got a microwave balanced on a chair in the living room.

I keep retreating to the 'happy toilet'.

love the 'happy toilet' although the name sounds a bit wrong

The attic 

For now.....