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

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[Ggrand]

Hello Quirky, mmMeKitty and everyone…..🤗.

I don’t really use the weighted blanket in the usual way….I roll it up and put it behind me so I have some back support, if I turn around I just hug it….Mine is a single bed one at 4.5 kilos which is a good weight for staying in place….my eldest son suggested this to me, I tried it and for me it works well…..I don’t think I could lay under it….

I overheat at night if I get warm, which causes me migraine type headaches, so mostly I have a sheet and my very thin summer bedspread over me…window open 24/7 in the warmer weather and a fan working if the air is still….

I have had breakfast cereal or porridge for dinner sometimes…I don’t allocate one food specifically for breakfast, lunch or dinner….I just eat what I feel like or what is easier for me to prepare…

I did make some Raspberry, lime, blackberry and multi coloured jellies today and brought lots into the cafe along with ice cream, custard and a large fresh fruit salad…help yourselves…its refreshing and light to have for a light dessert…

It was a very clear night where I live last night….I pulled back the curtains and feel asleep to a sleep story while I watched the twinkling stars…I am so grateful that I can do that… I don’t really need curtains on those windows, because when I look straight out I can only see the pretty bottle brushes, from next doors bushes….

Hope you all enjoy tonight…My knee isn’t as sore tonight and my bed looks good right now…another hour and I’ll be crawling into it…with my iPad tuned into a gently spoken sleep story and a bottle of water…

[mmMekitty]

Ah, Grandy, I see you've already gone to bed. Sweet dreams, dear heart. I'll keep quiet while i enjoy some of he fresh fruit. Okay, & a few jellies. [LRC purrs & grins while eating]. These are so nice, it's hard to not purr too loudly! Thanks, Grandy. I'm glad your knee wasn't so sore tonight.

Hugzies, for when you wake up.

If it's not too cool out there, I think I would like to sleep in one of those bottle brushes.

mmMekitty

[mmMekitty]

Happy Summer Solstice, everyone!

I think it doesn't matter much until I realise I want to mark the day when we have the longest daylight hours, & the shortest night hours, & are as close to Sol as we're likely to get. I really am m not sure why there is even this small importance in my mind, but here, in my mind it is.

It won't be easy, given the trees between my back door & the sun, to see when the light just barely creeps past the door frame, at precisely 6pm today, but I will try to see that. It only happens on the Summer Solstice, so I began looking every year since I moved into this flat, more than 20 years ago.

I'd like some sunny side up eggs, a little sunny yellow pineapple, & golden yellow toast. 

One of these years, I will try to get some moon cakes, for the night's desert. That sounds good to me.

It is a very comfortable day outside today, with, little cloud & light winds.I can't hope for much bettr. 

Hope everyone is having a good day, today.

mmMekitty

[mmMekitty]

I've got some Quiche tonight - I made broccoli & ham, with some of the pastry crumbled on top with cheese. Not a lot of cheee, but you are more than welcome to add more. Best do it while it's still hot.

I'm glad to say the pastry, although not like it would be if I was a chef, is still ecible - which is better than last time.

I have got everything I had planned, even a lump of ham. I couldn't resist that. It's not a big lump, & I have cut it into slices, which are about half a cm wide, & have frozen them. I kept a few small pieces aside to taste. I had some cherries with it, as a snack. I think that is a very good combo.

All we might need now, is some thin crackers, cheese, & we'd could have a simple platter.

if you are like me, on your own over Xmas & New Year, it's my wish to you that you will find ways to 

give a gift to yourself, for all the struggles & getting through 2022, say 'thank you' to yourself for getting you here.

& Hugzies to all

mmMekitty

[mmMekitty]

Today I decided to put new bed sheets & a new pillow siip, on a new pillow! (I've needed one for a long time) They are all matching somewhat muted purple. It feels so fresh & clean.

I know, another gift to myself - & besides they had reduced the price quite a lot.

Got a good amount of exercise just making my bed!

I had some leftover Quiche for lunch, while listening to the concert on ABC Classic, from the Tassie Symphony Orchestra.

Doing these things for me, really do make me feel good. My support worker bought some bath salts, even though it means I would have to use her bashtub or go to a hotel or something... but i thought, why not empty out one of my big storage boxes on wheels, & use that to give my feet a really good soaking in that. I can fill it in the shower, wheel it out & sit it in front of my new recliner chair, put some of the bath salts in it & enjoy, leaning back in my chair, while my legs dangle in the water!

I hope you have all come up with things you can do to treat yourselves with tenderness & care.

Hugzies

mmMekitty

[Ggrand]

Hello everyone,

mmMeKitty, I have never had quince, I have googled it, sounds nice I will try it one day…

When I put nice clean sheets on, it feels nice when I get into them…well done sweet mmMeKitty, good exercise isn’t it putting them on…what a great idea with the bath salts…I have a bath bomb that was given to me a while back, I do have a bath, but like your idea better, sitting on my lounge with my feet being soaked in scented water….something I might do tomorrow afternoon…thank you for that idea…

I haven’t bought any special Christmasy food or a gift for me…I did buy my 3 fur girls a bone each…ones that they can chew on for hours but cannot eat…

I watch carols in the domain last night and thought it was good…I noticed one of my favourite Christmas movies is on TV tonight…”it’s a wonderful life” looking forward to watching that tonight….I might sit in my lounge room by candle light tonight while I watch it…

I bought in some things for your thin crackers… cheese, pickled cucumbers, tomato, salami, ham, pickled onions, anchovies, beetroot slices….I’ll just sit here for awhile and admire out beautiful Christmas Tree which is decorated so beautifully….

Love the beautiful silver sparkling star on the top of it…and all the lovely decorations and lights on the tree…

Hope everyone is having a good Christmas Eve….

Christmas hugs 🌲🤗 everyone….

Grandy..

[mmMekitty]

Hello grandy. Good to see you here.

Wonder, do your dogs share the bones, each having a chew on all of them?

You can find ready-made Quiche in most bakeries, or as frozen, big or party packs of tiny Quiches. I wanted to try to make one my size, making the pastry too, & evn blind baking the pastry before filling & baking putting it into the oven again. I can put in whatever filling I want, with the egg mix, & I thought topping it with cheese & pastry bits turned out pretty good.

I don't like that the ready-made foods so often have pepper added, & other things I want to not have.

Of-course I'm making aanother salad, kind of greek style, with olives, tomato & feta in it. I've got some croutons, & tonight, I would like more ham - with cherries on the side. Later, I have a fresh plum for my dessert.

That'll quite fill me up.

I have my own movie, 'A Muppets Christmas Carol' to watch, while soaking my feet.

So have a "jolly, holly Christmas ..."

With some "Silver Bells ..." later.

mmMekitty

Can we put in a skylight for the Christmas Tree, so it can get more sun on it, to keep it green?

[quirkywords]

Seasons greetings and good will to everyone. 

[mmMekitty]

Hi quirky, & Merry Christmas to you!

How would you like a light dessert plum - they are firm & very refreshing, straight from the fridge. I've just cut them into thin wedges & cut around the seed. No extra sugar needs to be added - but you could if you really want 'sugar plums'.

I'm getting a little old to be staying up to hear sleighbells in the sky. So let me leave this glass of milk & bikkies for Santa & 'Reindeer Carrots', which I bought at the supermarket, for the the reindeer, on this table covered in a green tablecloth, with the golden stars all over it. Makes a nice still life, don't it, near the fireplace? I'm sure Santa will be impressed.

Warmest thoughts & wishes to you, Quirky, & to everyone.

More gentle hugzies

mmMekitty

[Ggrand]

Hello everyone,   🌲🤗..

Just calling in to wish all the posters and readers of this wonderful Cafe a very Merry Christmas, wishing you all a peaceful and happy day today…

M🌲E🌲R🌲R🌲Y…..CHRISTMAS🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻…✨ 🙏✨..

Grandy..