The BB cafe

[Kazzl]

The BB cafe is open for business!
Welcome all to a new chill and chat place for everyone on the forum.

The BB cafe is whatever you want it to be. There are comfy sofas, tables and chairs, coffee machines, a kitchen stocked with everything. There's a pool outside, a bbq area, an annexe with comfy beds for a quiet sleep, tv, dvd, books and whatever else you would like to have here.

Most of all, it's a place to meet friends and fellow travellers for a bit of company. Talk over problems, tell jokes, share your day, escape into a world of your making. Grab a coffee and pull up a chair ... 

So, with a nod to the wonderful Carole King (Hard Rock Cafe) ...

Now if you're feeling just a little bit lonely
Don't sit at home just mopin'
Come on down to where the friendship flows freely
You know the door is always open

At the BB cafe
Come to the BB cafe
They will help keep your blues at bay
At the BB cafe

Important Message from ModSupport: 
The main intention of the BB Cafe is to encourage light conversation. Please look after your fellow community members by nuturing the BB Cafe as a place to escape some of the more pressing issues in life and save those conversations for personal threads. 

[mmMekitty]

I don't like not getting enough sleep. I woke before sunrise & couldn't get back to sleep. Got up & was feeling too cold, & remembered I wanted to post more on my old thread, & got hungry too. Thought I was hungry too early, but realised the sun had risen by then, & I'd therefore, spent more time composing my post than I'd thought. I still felt I didn't want to be up yet! & it's become a bit of a rainy day. -hence the pouty cat today.

There's a lack of sunshine on the windowsill.😾Now I want comforting fish chowder for lunch. The bright side is, I don't really have to go fishing & catch whatever fish I can, then descale & clean before even putting a pot of water on the stove.😸

mmMekitty

[sister moon]

Hello Everyone,

I just quickly scrolled through to catch up a little on the conversation before I jumped in.

mmMekitty - If it wasn't so late and cold I'd give that oil and water activity a go!

I can relate to time getting away while composing posts or emails or messages, I can sometimes spend hours on something that should take 5 mins.

speaking of I was going to write more but realised if I go back and review other posts my reply vanishes and I'll have to start again.

So a short hello to everyone tonight it is : )

[mmMekitty]

Hello, or Goodnight, sister moon, 😸 whichever feels appropriate.

I'm up late, again, looking around, reading posts, & adding to mine or another... You do have to be careful about wanting to look back over previous posts, especially when you have to go back to previous pages. If I remember, I will draft my post in a word document, & do my own editing there, too, before posting, so if I want I can refer back to previous posts.

Time gets away from me so badly.... I really find it hard to credit how I have spent so much time writing so little! Spell checking can only have taken so much time, right, not even half, surely. Getting up to move a bit, get water, take evening meds, too doesn't take that long, does it?

Oh well, since the BB Café is open whenever anyone is here to wedge the door back, you can have anything you like, maybe to help you sleep? A hot chocolate with my famous mmMarshmallows in it? Or 🥛with my version of ANZAC Bikkies 🍪with cinnamon, various breakfast grains & flakes, extra oats & (next time) chocolate bits🍪?

Since I have only seen you around tonight, let me say how happy I am to be here now, to greet & welcome you.😺(Or is it 'good morning', as you read this? If so, add breakfast!)

mmMekitty

[sister moon]

Thankyou for the warm welcome mmMekitty

All those options sound delicious I would post an emoji here but can't work out how.

I haven't been around much for quite a while, it's nice to meet you.

I should be off to sleep, I'm not sleeping well lately, will try an audio book I think

[mmMekitty]

Sister moon, how to make emojis depends on what device you are using. I'm using my big desktop PC, with Windows, so I can right click my mouse & an option appears. I know I can find a small icon which will open emojis when I am using my iPhone, writing mail messages & txts - but I don't use it for this site.

Oh, you can also copy emojis & keep them in a document & copy & paste what you want from there, or if it is convenient, copy directly from a post, asking first of-course,😸. You can use mine, if you like.

I have only used emojis from a couple people's posts, because for some reason the emojis available to me don't always work properly. Like the red heart doesn't show as red. I 'borrowed' from someone here, & spread it all around now!

I hope someone else can help more, "Please"! 😺

I listen to audiobooks too. Have to be careful when the book is TOO interesting. Or on YouTube, I don't want any ads interrupting, even one or two, ooo irritate me.

My sleep is poor for a number of reasons. The audiobooks I find are better for distracting my mind, giving me something to focus on, allows me to ignore my tinnitus, too.

I'm in need of that snack I was thinking about two hours ago...

mmMekitty

[sister moon]

Thanks mmMekitty,

I'm on my phone this morning and have discovered I can use them on here 😊 😀

There is a podcast and audio book called "nothing much happens" that has stories where (you guessed it) nothing much happens. They are designed to fall asleep 😴 too. I find them helpful sometimes, definately not too interesting, though some nights I need something a bit more interesting to hold my focus. I listen on Spotify because it has a sleep setting so will turn off and not play all night.

[mmMekitty]

Now that sounds like it could be a good podcast, sometimes. It would be okay if the writers use a lot of imagery, detailed descriptions of people & where they are & such, to have you recreating the scenes in your mind.

I'll take a note of the name & go a-searching. Thank you.

mmMekitty, almost snoozing where I sit....💤

[sister moon]

mmmMekitty I hope you slept well 😴 🥱

[mmMekitty]

🙀I think I did sometimes, in the last century, maybe...once or twice. Hope I do it again, soon...💤

Just put me onthe pool table or the window sill, please... I'lll be right.

[On The Road]

good evening everyone

I have been quite stressed recently, that's why I didn't post a few...

How are you? it's been a bit cold and grey already from where I live...