The (not so old) Crocks Cafe

zzzLazyDaisy

Good morning Horace - my my it sounds like you had an eventful night! Hope the basement tenant soon slings his hook and leaves you in peace

Here you are, I've given you a nice fried egg in that sarny as well

take care not to drip the yolk down your front......... oops........ too late.....

*passes Horace a wet-wipe*

M.E.

Tis rather a dull day compared with recent bright weather. So to cheer me up I've invited you all to my place where we have croissants and coffee, with or without cream and brandy.
I think I've moved the cafe to a 5-star hotel for that added indulgence without virtual cost!

margaretclare

Hello all, can I join you?

My DH nearly died last week but is getting better slowly, thank God. And just because it was such a near thing and because I've been forced to think about it, I've been on the phone today and arranged both of our funerals. £2,500. Ouch. But exactly as we'd discussed, agreed and decided what we want.

DH is probably going to have a permanently stiff left leg with no knee joint in it. He's been an insulin-using diabetic since 1981 and although he's a very strong guy, led a very healthy active life in his youth, doesn't smoke etc, the diabetes has obviously been nibbling away at his defences. I am not sure whether we may have to replace our IKEA suite with something he can get in and out of more easily with a siff leg. And I am going to insist that he applies for Attendance Allowance. Because he does need help by day and by night, in fact if I hadn't been here over last weekend, and especially Sunday night, he would have died of hyperglycaemia and the infection.

His son, daughter and her husband have been fantastic, very supportive, as has everyone at church. Thank God for friends, and thank God we are not poor!!! Not rich, but still able to save. And thank God we had that lovely holiday in Germany last month.

Fried tomato and fried egg on stoneground wholemeal bread, please. With a mug of coffee. Thanks.

zzzLazyDaisy

croisssants, huh? I guess that means we are in France today?

In that case I'll have a cafe royale, ta

zzzLazyDaisy

Oh dear MargaretClare, sounds like you have had a rough time of it this past week! I do hope your OH feeling a bit better now? What a scare!

Sorry, we only seem to have stoneground wholemeal baguettes today (something to do with M.E. moving us to France, I think) will that be okay?

sleepymy

Is there anything sweet, vegetarian, dairy/egg/yeast/wheat & oat free behind there? I've one of me heads coming on and need sommat to take with a coffee *slumps overly dramatically into chair*

zzzLazyDaisy

*wraps a bag of frozen petit pois in a cloth for Sleepy's head*

Home made, locally grown, organic fresh fruit salad in pure fruit juice okay?

altocumulus

one cup of black coffee, with tia maria please - go easy on the coffee ta.
bacon sarnie'll go down well with a big dollop of ketchup..
then i'll get apron on and start on the dishes....

rosieben

Hello everyone! Bacon sarnie and a cuppa please and I'll be back later for a cake!!

I've just visited my aged aunt/godmother (83 yo) and taken her a lunch, sorted her out drinks etc and left her comfortable for the rest of the day. I'm really glad to see her eating well after she was so ill last week. I enjoyed scuffing up the leaves on the way home too, something I loved to do when I was a littlie ...

Margaret, sending positive vibes your way; Sleepymy, I love the quote in your siggie

have a good day peeps :hello:

margaretclare

Thanks to all. Yes, last week was one of the worst of my life. Possibly the only other as bad was in March 1992 when my first husband died.

I can live with French food, but for coffee, no one makes it like the Germans and Austrians. A few weeks ago we were having that lovely holiday in the Rhine Valley, now this...

Best wishes