Good Morning Saturday

Good morning everyone from a very frosty Essex by the sea. Everything is white but the sun is out and it looks very pretty.
Shopping this morning, may buy some boots. GC's Christmas Fairs later, both at the same time a few miles apart !!!
Have a great time in N.Y. Mary. Love to Gilly.
Have a good day everyone.

Freezing cold and icy in the ne today. DH out at work will be glad to get back and put the heating on. Got plenty of jobs to do to keep me busy. Hope all well and you get your telly back on Mick would be lost without mine. Hugs to all struggling.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning from the NE coast where, as Harri said up thread it is fffffrrrrreeeeezing with a hard frost. ?

Apologies for missing yesterday’s thread but by the time I got turned around it seemed more like “good evening” than good morning. Early dentist appointment where he has packed the hole in my half finished root canal with more sedative . Dreading the next appointment on Thursday but it has to be done. I really don’t want to lose a front tooth. It seems to have settled a bit but still very painful when anything hot or cold touches it .

Massive news from ICU where they removed DH’s tracheostomy tube altogether and he is now breathing for himself 24 hours a day with the help of nasal oxygen . I can hardly believe it. They are very conscious of removing every possible line of infection to give his white cells the best chance of fighting. So now all he has left in is an arterial line, one other cannula, his feeding tube and a catheter which is amazing considering how many lines he had in earlier in the month.
His voice is still very weak and he has to kind of press on a plastic bung/button which is over the tracheostomy hole or else the air just escapes . They tell me this will heal itself in a few weeks . He is beginning to look almost normal again although he has lost a considerable amount of weight (around 3 stones or more) and has crazy long hair (he still has masses of hair....a million times more than me grrrrr). He is still very confused and suffering on/off delirium which again they tell me is quite common in people who have been so poorly in ICU for so long . I hate to think of him suffering. I think they are keen to get things moving very quick as they say they influx of flu (against which he has not been vaccinated) and norovirus within the hospital puts him at a huge risk.

Well Marydoll I hope you have an amazing time in New York . How wonderful for you .

I did a very similar thing to you last year and accidentally sprayed my favourite honey coloured suede boots with a black suede spray . I scrubbed and scrubbed them with suede cleaner and a rough brush and they are almost back to normal albeit a slightly darker shade . Grrrrr

Glad you are still enjoying the Spanish sunshine Urmstongran I confess to being a teensy bit [jealous] .

To all those with celebrations and happy times ahead I hope you have a wonderful time . Happiness has been in short supply around here lately .

For those feeling sad, or poorly I hope you feel better soon let’s hope and pray for a huge turn around in 2020

To all those sending their love, prayers and best wishes to my DH I am sure they are all working . Thank you all so very much .

Love Gilly xx

A fresh good morning all from a clear, blue north Wales- so didn’t want to leave that fleece duvet to fetch a paper this morning but the trot did me good!

Just scanning tv pages for Wales v Baa-baas game this afternoon and will make kedgeree for brunch soon. Hope Marydoll has a lovely break and everyone has a lovely weekend with good news aplenty x

That’s marvellous news Gillybob- keep it coming

Good morning from a VERY frosty Cheshire. Went to Cheshire Oaks, our shopping outlet yesterday, it was absolutely manic, with cars bumper to bumper all day trying to get onto the bulging car parks (we were ok as we arrived at 8.45am, well before the car parks were full). Spent all day there with 3 of my dearest workmates/best friends, and bought quite a few Christmas presents, all with 20% or 30% off the price. Even managed to buy my own Christmas present from my husband (needed a new black handbag and saved him the trouble of choosing it!). As it's so frosty this morning, may empty the freezer and box food up and place on garden table for an hour, whilst freezer is being defrosted, done this may times and the food stays frozen. Hope Marydoll has a brilliant holiday and that Mr Gillybob continues to improve. Have a lovely chilly weekend everyone.

Oh Gillybob our posts have crossed - so pleased to hear your good news, progress at last. Hopefully you can now relax a little, have a lovely weekend. X

Good Morning from a very cold Black Country. It is such a hard frost it looks almost like it has snowed!

Had a lovely day with my friend in Worcester yesterday, it was very busy due to the Christmas market. Only thing I bought though was lunch . It was so crowded on the train on the way back we had to stand all the way. Luckily it is only a 30 minute journey.

We are off to Malvern later. Book into a Hotel, mooch round the town, early evening meal, then to see a play starring Robert Lindsay (he of 'Wolfie' fame) . The play is called Prism.

Hopefully, if it is not raining Sunday morning we will have a walk on the Malvern Hills.

Hope you have a wonderful time Marydoll and don't get into too many scrapes please

So relieved that your DH's recovery is progressing in the right direction gilly it must be a weight off your mind, even though there is still a way to go Love and thoughts continue to be sent your way.

Gilly - so pleased to hear your good news about DH what a joy for you all. Just keep hanging in there and I'm sure everything will turn out well. Sorry to hear about your dental problems too, it's a pain - literally, hopefully it won't be too bad until your next visit. Try and enjoy your weekend - take care.

Good morning Michael, Annie, and all.
So good to hear upbeat news from Gillybob. Like others I did wonder if I had missed a post from her yesterday.
It is cold and frosty here, but as I haven't poked my nose outside yet, don't know how cold.
Usual Saturday for us, coffee with friends and maybe a small shopping expedition. Nothing vital, says me, until confronted by the shelves, then you know, you just have to have it, in case.
Marydoll, with all your alarums and excursions, we won't settle until you have landed in NY. Did you do something similar with your eyebrows once before?
I had a lovely afternoon, yesterday, in our charity shop, all Christmassy, and our customers saying how nice it was.
To all feeling poorly or under the weather, take care, and have a good day.

Such good news Gillybob always in my thoughts and prayers

Good news GIllybob

Good morning from a crisp, cold Essex. What lovely, heartwarming news from Gillybob and sure she never thought she would see this day! Shows what all those prayers from Gransnetters can do!
Marydoll I hope you have the best time as your thoughts go back to 8 months ago. Life can really turn on a sixpence. Keep us updated with adventures, unless it involves the arm of the law, ?‍♂️and then we can read about you in the papers!!
Thoughts, as always, to those with troubles or worries xxx

So good to hear gilly's news.

Morning all from a frosty South Notts. Chilly with white skies.
I plan a quiet day with the giant crossword and just a little housework.
I am inordinately pleased with a flat-pack storage mantelpiece which I got from a budget supermarket. It is now in place. I've wanted one for a few years and I'll have somewhere to put my Christmas cards at last. To my traditional mind a sitting room is not complete without a mantelpiece as it gives a lovely focal point.
Best wishes to all those with worries and I hope the gillybobs continue to get better.

What a nice thread! I am working a quiet graveyard shift so have a chance to catch up on Gransnet. It is cold and clear here, hovering around freezing. The hoar frost has been really growing the last few days turning everything white.

After sleeping until early afternoon, I will putz around the house, walk the dog, do a bit of Christmas shopping or wrapping and start to pack for a trip to Victoria to visit daughter and family.

All the best to those with ill loved ones. Nice to see such a sense of community here.

That's lovely news Gillybob, fingers crossed that things improve quickly.
It's chilly here in Wiltshire but not much frost on the cars, they were very white at 9.00 last night.
Off to see my very elderly parents with DH and DD, mum's birthday tomorrow so have made a cake for them.
Hopefully dad will be in a better mood than of late, it's so hard to hear him grumping about everything when in fact he has very little to complain about.
Then hoping for a quiet afternoon catching up with DD and I will cook a nice supper.

Great news Gillybob - so glad your husband is doing so well. Glad you got your tooth partly sorted too. Best wishes to you xx

So pleased to hear your news gillybob, hope your DH continues to improve. A long road still to travel for you both so will keep you both in my thoughts and prayers as always.

Wow - that really IS progress gillybob! Delighted for you all. x

Wonderful news gillybob.

Really good news Gillybob! Fingers crossed that everything whizzes along now.

Sorry about your tooth gillybob. One thing after another isn't it?! Sigh. Soon be fixed though.

Terrific news gilly. You sound so much more upbeat I’m so pleased to hear?

I don’t know if America will even allow you to enter Marydoll, you’re a blooming liability??. Enjoy your trip.