Good Morning Wenesday

Yes Sark I will be ice skating too! It's not so bad after the first 5 minutes you get the hang of it!

NanKate I hope you are ok

Good morning from a dry and bright NE.
Really enjoyed the lecture last night, I was surprised at how many very large clothing shops we had in our town centre last century. The town centre now has only the usual chain stores and lacks the quality clothing.
DIL and GDs visiting this afternoon, will be nice to catch up.
Thinking of all on tye sick list.

Good morning Mick and the GM team.
Good morning Mommawoolf ...and Zebedee and Soozie, (who look like they might be up to mischief today??)
Easy day for me today after the Injection Clinic yesterday, which was uncomfortable and physiotherapy which was v uncomfortable.

I started reading the paper this morning and put it aside, as everything seemed grim and very concerning ...and I am not in the mood for that.

All good wishes to GNs who are facing issues with the weather and to all who dealing with challenges. Have a good day.?

Good morning all from a wet Glasgow, no wind thank goodness. I wonder why you were all mentioning ice, until I looked at the weather forecast. Snow ? is expected, I must have missed that on the weather forecast.

Mommawolf, love your warm posts in the morning. I have been watching a programme on county shows, yesterday's was to feature alpacas. I missed it, DGD had other ideas! .

Another day in for me, I have been trying to summon up the energy to bake ??, since Sunday, today may be the day!

Thinking of all who are unwell and have worries. Dragonfly and the Gillybobs are never out of my thoughts and praying for strength for Luckgirl to get through today.

Hi there newbie IrishGrannyAnne ?
Lovely to have you join us! What’s your weather like over there today? It’s a bit of a tradition on Mick’s thread to share that news.
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Welcome to the Good Morning thread IrishGrannyAnne.

Forgot to add, I am thinking of Luckygirl today ?

Good morning from a bright sunny Essex. Lovely catch up with ex colleagues yesterday. 5 hour lunch with lots of stories and laughter! Both DGSs coming today. We will go to the library and have coffee in the cafe. They tell me they are too big to have babycinos any more!!! Then Poundland where they each have £1 to spend as they like. We are going to do some junk modeling this afternoon and bake some cakes before they go home. Have a good day everyone xxx

I wrote a welcome to IrishGrannyAnne and it has disappeared. I'm losing the plot!!!
My granny and grandad came from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, to Glasgow seeking work in 1900 and settled there.
I have always wanted to visit, but no chance now. I have a postcard on my fridge from there to remind me of what it looks like.

Thinking of luckygirl todayxx

Luckygirl

Hi Marydoll. I replied and my message disappeared also. Wexford is lovely. And it's the 'sunny south east' here, so mild winters. It's a dull day today but hopefully the sun will arrive. Living alone so its lovely to find a good morning site. I used to drive through Enniscorthy to Dublin but it has recently been bypassed. I work with lots of people from Enniscorthy, nice town.

Welcome IrishGrannyAnne.

Luckygirl

Thanks for the welcomes!

Like so many, will be thinking especially of Luckygirl and also the Gillybobs, as well as those dealing with the aftermath of the awful weather. We so need some sunshine and good news!

Craft group this morning - no idea what we are doing, but will enjoy the company and thinking about something else.

I’m on the Suffolk coast, Urmstongran. ?☀️

Good Morning All x.
Opened the curtains this morning and thought a neighbours house was on fire. It was the red sunrise reflecting on her windows and looked for all the world like a fire inside.

Dry so far but the forecast isn't so hot, so I'm glad I got my shopping done yesterday as I don't have to venture out.

Those alpacas are a delight. Like someone said, I'd get nothing done if I was surrounded by farm animals either. Soozie has a naughty face ! I love it, just like my Suzie cat full of mischief.

Thinking of those who are anxious in or near the flood areas, also those who aren't so well, Marydoll, Dragonfly, Luckygirl and the Gillybobs xx

Ooh lovely Ginster - lucky you!
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Goodmorning Mick and all x

It is bright here in SE Essex.

Sar53 we took GC to Lakeside to choose a birthday present yesterday, and got stuck on A13 coming home as there had been a bad accident, I was hoping desperately that GC didn't need a "wee"

Gym this morning, then a pottering afternoon, GrandpaGravy is out this evening so I will curl up by the fire with a book.

Hello IrishGrannyAnne

Thinking of Luckygirl and the gillybobs and all Goodmorningers who are poorly.

Keep warm and dry folks (and Mommawolfs alpacas and new baby lambs.

Good morning from the NE coast where we have a bright start to Wednesday . Older 3 grandchildren being delivered in about 10 minutes and they will stay until Thursday tea time . I will probably leave the girls looking after grandad (not the other way around) for an hour while I shoot through to work and pick up some stuff to do at home later . DGS will be happy to come with me as he loves to get in the workshop.

Well I had a complete meltdown with the hospital on the phone yesterday . They rang, as they said they would and offered an appointment for exactly the same time as DH has scans booked on Friday morning . I explained . They said that they didn’t have anything else available so I said well you had better find something, this is your fault not my DH’s . She then suggested I try and change the scan appointments or (wait for it) turn up early for the scans in the hope that they might do them earlier ! What ? The bloomin’ things are already booked in for 08.30 am. So how much earlier shall we turn up ? I tried to change the scan appointments and as expected was unable to, although the lady I spoke to in the department said that I should ring the pre assessment team back and TELL THEM that we will be coming but to make a note that we will be late due to an overlap of appointments. I did as she suggested and low and behold .....”okay I have made a note that you will be a few minutes late” ....... more like an hour !

I am so disheartened with all of this I will almost be amazed if this op goes ahead on Monday . Of course DH is all oblivious to this as he’s so poorly and sleepy .

It’s all just getting me down and I can’t even think straight anymore what with all this and my mouth being on fire .

Giving myself a good shake ! ! Come in woman....get a grip !

Lovely to see a photo of your gorgeous Alpacas Mommawolf I hope you manage to catch Zebedee and Soozie for their MOT’s . Your posts always cheer me up which was exactly what I needed this morning . Thank you

Welcome to this lovely good morning thread IrishGrannyAnne . This is a lovely gently thread with so much love and support .

Thinking of Luckygirl too this morning as it is her DH’s funeral today I believe . Poor lady has been through so much .

On the subject of your lecture last night , Have you ever seen Lucy Adlingtons History Wardrobe Harrigran ? (Or anyone else for that matter) . It is a walk through the history of clothes. Very good and quite funny too.

I hope Wednesday is kind to us all and those feeling poorly feel better soon.

Upwards and onwards

Love Gillybob xx

Welcome IrishGrannyAnne

Thinking off Luckygirl today

So much to read this morning!
Good morning all from N Bucks where it started fine but I suspect I got the best of the day during my strenuous bout of PJ gardening - pruning my sage plant in its tub while the kettle boiled!
I hope Grammaretto you don’t end up in “the jile ” for your “ticketless train journey” - sounds dodgy to me and if I might venture advice to Sar53 it would be to have a lie-in or at least put your feet up after your nightmare journey back from Essex. The Dartford crossing is a boon when it goes smoothly , do you remember the nightmare of the tunnels for both directions? But when it is closed it is chaos.
The alpacas are absolutely enchanting and brought a smile to my face.
To all with new or ongoing troubles - gillybob you are definitely head of that list- I send my sincere hopes for some relief.
Welcome Irishgrannyanne too. DH’s family lived in Wexford a long, long time ago and I have among some papers a letter dating from 1798 describing how an ancestor and her small children escaped their burning house which had been attacked by Loyalists during the Wexford rebellion of that year. Amazingly they all survived, although her husband was shot in the shoulder, she describes it so vividly and in the 1800’s the family returned and rebuilt the property.
Wishing you all a pleasant day!

Good morning all from a dry north Wales where I’m lolling abed after being up at 3am unable to sleep! I don’t often have a bad night so let’s hope that is the February one done and dusted!

Those alpacas are gorgeous mommawolf and I recommend you never watch Strangers on Netflix - I’ll say no more.

Thank you Urmstongran for your mention yesterday - flights are booked for end of March which will be DHs motivation to continue going for his daily walks! Friends from Spain rang last night and told me we’re missing some glorious weather at the moment so get yourself out there ASAP missus!

Can’t believe Gillybob has to deal with such inefficient folks to get her DH well! Hope you’re recovering after your physio Nortsat - I was surprised that my DH only has walking as physio after the hip op.

I also love tapas BlueSapphire - you’d love our town in Spain, dozens of places do them for 50c-€1 each and such a variety, all delish!

Welcome to the newbies - you’re gonna love this site, reading about the so different lives we all have in different places and all with difficulties at different times. The support we all give and get is heartwarming xx

Good morning Auntyflo and all

My thoughts and prayers are with Luckygirl

Good morning Michael, Annie to come and all others.
It's dull but dry here, at the moment, and there doesn't appear to be much of a breeze. I'll find out when we venture out later on. Both of us have prescriptions to pick up, and DH has some preparation to do for the Church AV next Sunday.
Gillybob, commiserations on your ongoing hospital saga. How do you stay sane?
Had a lovely afternoon in the charity shop yesterday, chatting to people I have got to know, and being busy, of course!
I was going to do some washing today, but that can wait until tomorrow, as I have some curtains to hang, and see if I like them.
Thoughts to Luckygirl and her family for today.
Have a good day one and all.