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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[Paw Prints]

Hello everyone,

Grandy I love the sound of rain on my tin roof too. 

Yum pancakes!! I love pancakes with Golden Syrup & lemon juice or occasionally jam. They are much nicer than that horrible garlic bread, I think I might be part vampire I loath garlic in anything., though the other sandwich suggestions sounded yum. The egg & lettuce, cheese & vegemite, plain tomato are all favourites here, I also like curried egg or using leftovers for a simple sandwich. Grandy I agree 100% that ham, cheese & tomato sandwiches are best toasted.

I hope everyone's brought in their furs as I have a bubble machine that makes bacon flavour bubbles for them to chase & try to catch over on the grass by the pond. Meanwhile over where the humans are sitting is a bubble machine that makes bubbles of calm & sunshine when you pop them. 

Hugs

Paws

Remember new posters are always welcome

[mmMekitty]

Oh, can I have pancakes for a late night snack? Now you got me thinking I could have vegie pancakes tomorrow. It's been cool enough for me to want hot food, so that would be great.

I, LRC, would definitely love chasing & pouncing on bacon flavoured bubbles.

The calamari rings I bought today were large, so I have some for everyone here. With lemon if you like. Since I do like garlic, I'll have aoli with mine.

Nowadays, salad is always on the menu, so put some between your bread slices & have a sandwich. I put enough cheese in it to allow for toasting.

Hugzies everyone

mmMekitty

[Doolhof]

Hi Everyone,

Just dropping in for a chat and to say hello. It has been some time since I have bene on this thread.

People have been mentioning pancakes, we used to have a friends child that would love to help make pancakes when they came to visit, he is older now and not so interested in the making only the eating part! Ha. Ha. 

With this cooler weather I am thinking it is time to make a pot of vegetable soup. I like to add lentils to mine.

Hope you are all doing okay, cheers form Dools

[mmMekitty]

Helllo Dools & everyone,

I'm sorry I missed you earlier, Dools.

I made my vegie pancakes the other day, & they were fantastic. I managed to not put too many vegies in the mix. There's got to be a balance of batter to vegies to make them really work, & I think I did pretty good the other day.

I haven't really gotten into lentils, but can accept them when someone else puts them in.

Now, it's getting late. I'll just curl up on the pool table. Hope you can play around me.

Hugzies

mmMekitty

[On The Road]

Good evening everyone, just dropping by to check in with you. is there anything new going on? Is there a new dish on the menu? My laptop has been going slow recently, still not sure what causes this problem...

How are you Mekitty? I would like to have some veggie pancakes.. Recently I tried out one of the most popular pasta restaurants in here, the sauce was too watery and the pasta itself tasted like not fully cooked... I don't understand the hype... but anyway, there are always good pasta out there that are more for my taste 🙂

[mmMekitty]

Hi OTR

I've tried making pasta from scratch, but it really isn't as simple as it seems. From packaged, pasta, I can do a better pasta & sauce than you describe. Do you like tomato or creamy or pesto sauces?

For a really easy pasta main, using some pasta from the packet, I stir in some stock powder, (maybe you'd like to use liquid stock instead of powder & water), then begin to cook that & halfway through I toss in some frozen vegies, then let the mix cook, then add butter or I just use margerine.

Tonight, because I had too much for lunch, I'm not including the pasta - just vegies & flavoured water, like a soup. That 'll do me tonight because I am feeling very tired & my leg is achy from the walking I did at the shopping centre.

I got 4kg weights, a new pair of compression socks (another brand), new nail clippers  I've been wanting & some more talcum powder which I don't really need, but this one has corn flour in it, & I think it works better on some parts of me, than the usual talcum powder. & we had lunch. That took nearly 3 hours. So much walking!

It wasn't so bad; this time I wasn't huffing & puffing as much as I have done in the past, since exercising regularly. Still hips hurt, toes go tingly & numb, but I wasn't out of breath at the end of our shopping.

Hugzies, OTR & everyone

mmMekitty

[Ggrand]

Good morning everyone,……🤗..

I woke up this morning to -3 degrees….so cold, even now a few hours later…I had a nice hot bowl of porridge along with a hot milo….to warm me up, and it did, on the inside…😂😂😂outside I’m still cold 🥶..I don’t mind the cold, but don’t like feeling cold…if that makes any sense🙃.

Plenty of porridge for everyone, I had blueberry one, there’s a good variety of fruits and some spices I brought in to add to yours if you want some…

Stay as warm as you can and have a good day….I’m a bit excited today because I’m able to drive my car again…after 5 months of pain stopping me….

My late husband was European and pasta was a very (too much) regular meal we had a couple of times a week….and making it from scratch….so time consuming…. I don’t have it much anymore, I do like it but making it for just me…Nah….I now use those ready made pasta sauce jars..

Nice warm hugs everyone….. 🔥🤗…

Grandy..

[mmMekitty]

Hi Grandy

I have had some porridge with dried (now moist since cooking with the rolled oats) cranberries & a little cinnamon & milk, although it's not nearly so cold where I am. I feel the cold, though & it makes me reluctant to change from my jammies to my clothes for today.

I'm going out to have some hydrotherapy, in a heated pool (indoor), so I need to get ready to leave when my support worker arrives. We're leaving when I'd usually be wanting lunch, so I will have a little something now, & more after the hydrotherapy.

With the wether getting cooler, it's not so easy to be happy with salads, unless I make them into warm salads, by including pasta or potato, maybe rice, which I normally wouldn't want to do.

I have mostly convinced myself that getting up & moving around, doing things, warms me up more than staying huddled in blankets.

I'm so glad you can get out & about driving yourself again. I bet you can't stop smiling. Having a day off work? Just drive around, enjoy the feeling & whatever you find out there. Take some lunch, just enjoy.

At least, that's what I'm hoping you are doing today.

Hello everyone! I'm hoping today is a lovely day for you all.

Hugzies

mmMekitty

[blondguy]

Hey Kitty Grandy OTR and everyone!

Im just delivering a pallet of Kentucky Fried Chicken and a pallet of Subways for everyone! Just help yourselves

Special Note to readers/members that are thinking about posting on the forums yet are not confident doing so. New posters/members are always welcome to 'test the water' in the Cafe prior to posting on the main forums 😀

The Beyond Blue Cafe 'isnt a çlub' Its a friendly thread where you will be welcomed. There are many super gentle members in the Cafe that can be here for you.

my kindest always

Paul

[mmMekitty]

Hey Paul

Can I take mine to bed, so I can snack later if I wake up at 4am, although I don't want to get up that early?

Hello to all reader & new members.

Yaawwn ... I really am needing some sleep.