Good Morning Thursday

Glad you liked the meatballs Gingster.

I am sitting here with late DH's phone next to me. Something has been beeping on and off in the kitchen for the last couple of hours. It's not my phone, my tablet or the laptop, and his phone is the only thing I can think of; don't know why I've kept it because I cancelled his account two years ago. The battery is flat as well. Sods law there is nothing beeping now of course!

Urmstongran, I am the same as you. I seem to be in a permanent state of anxiety in case I've touched something and didn't wash my hands. Especially as I seem to have a blocked ear and earache, so am worried that this could be a new symptom of the virus. I need someone to talk some sense into me.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning everyone from sunny Essex again! Looks like it's going to be another warm one. Busy day yesterday, as ventured into the big cupboard in the kitchen and managed to sort half of it. Looked very neat when it all went back and found as secret stash of "washing liquid" that I had forgotten about. Small pleasures!!
My Easter gifts for the DGC arrived yesterday. Luckily they can play with them anytime now.
Going to "dance on the doorstep" at 3pm today when the DGSs come for a end of path visit. Not sure if it is just Essex doing it, as on our local radio station, but a lovely idea! Also clap for NHS tonight so a busy day.
Hope everyone has a good day xxx

Good morning all, another beautiful day in East London , how I wish I was by the sea , I would love to be on a Cornish cliff top ! I’m going to pot up my seedlings today , obviously they have been happy with the lock down as everything has popped up even though the seeds were out of date.
Looking forward to seeing some of the family at the gate for a while today when they bring my first wonky veg box !
Enjoyed my bluebell walk yesterday , even though I don’t live near the sea ,I’m so lucky to have some beautiful walks nearby despite living in London .

Good morning from a calm and sunny NE.
Beautiful day yesterday, no wind so spent the afternoon reading in the garden.
Meals box arrived from Morrison's late afternoon, left in porch in an insulated box. Unfortunately the box was not placed the right way up and the boxes were on their sides with contents oozing out.
Nice idea but will not be repeated, better to have the ingredients delivered if we can obtain a delivery slot.
Will finish my novel today and select a new one from those that arrived on Tuesday.
Take care everyone.

Bright and sunny here for DHs 82nd birthday! Just gave him a card as he is impossible to buy for, I'll take him to his favourite restaurant when all this is over! I lost yesterday as I woke with one of my headaches, nothing touches them so I spent most of yesterday in bed and returned to it after evening meal at about 8 o'clock. Still feeling a bit wobbly. Zooming this morning with my upholstery group which should be fun.

Good morning from, as dragonfly says, a sunny North Leicestershire.

I had an exciting day yesterday as I eventually got a Sainsbury's Click and Collect. I'm afraid I bought as much as possible in case I never manage to get another slot!

Today I am doing some training for making Companionship phone calls.

Good morning all,

It’s a lovely bright and sunny morning, though still a tad chilly. Due to warm up though.
Your greenhouse is like one of mine, Marydoll. They are so useful and take up little room. Ideal for my garden which is not very big.

Good news that your DD is arriving home fromNZ tomorrow grandMattie. You must be thrilled.

I hope your DD dog behaves for you Dragonfly and lets you apply those drops!

Well, I got out into the garden yesterday and planted more seeds. I decided to leave the potatoes another week or so to make sure risk of frost has passed then I will plant them up into tubs.

Pilates via zoom again this morning. These Thursdays soon seem to come round.

Keep safe everyone and try not to worry about not washing your hands Urmston - it’s an easy thing to do,

Didn’t realise so many people are awake and have started the day already...!
Another beautiful day starting in West Yorkshire..Problems with BPressure mean I’m confined to my armchair a lot..but I try to potter about the house&garden as much as poss. Catching up on the crafts...and wondering this would be a good time to start making my own Christmas cards for this year? Luckily, there’s plenty of card &paper left over from previous festive card-making....They say there’s no time like the present....and I do like a bit of glitter!

Hi everyone ??
Another sunny blue-sky day in Godalming.
All is still and not many birds making a clatter.
A friend remarked that there seems to be more traffic than in recent weeks (she lives near a main road into Petworth) but I guess it's more non-essential workers being allowed back into work.
An email from a friend today showing her latest painting effort after online tutorials and I have to say, it was pretty darn good. I liked it a lot.
Dog walks, YouTube musicals and cooking fill her days, none of which amuse me but I might give the art a go.
I've nothing planned, had fruit delivered by a local farm shop, 2 boxes blueberries, raspberries and strawbs plus 3 each apples and oranges.
The biggest surprise was a large foil dish with chopped and sliced uncooked veg in. Peppers of all colours, red onion rings, courgette ribbons and sliced aubergine plus cherry tomatoes all drizzled with olive oil.
He said wife thought I might like it...from Tesco.
Never thought of buying it before but after cooking it and eating with baked cod, it was sweet and delicious. One for the shopping list in future. ??
Oh BTW, tried audio books but I don't like them. The voice overs don't seem to match the characters in my head, so I'm back to reading the actual books myself. I thought the audio versions would be pleasant to nap to...drift off listening to mellifluous tones describing life on the 1950s French Riviera.
Ah well...?
As usual, I hope everyone enjoys at least some part of their day and we hear positive news re the lifting of movement in the next couple of weeks.
3 cheers for Cap'n Tom and his MEGA- MILLION NHS fund-raising walk, £12m and counting. Whew!!
Best wishes to all and take care ?

Thank you for your good wishes everyone. DD wasn’t allowed on rescue flights as they weren’t homeless nor penniless. They are due in UK tomorrow morning , sometime. Yay! ?

Good morning from another bright and sunny Black Country.

Urmston it is something easily done, as brook says, try not to worry, easily said than done I know

I woke to a Whats App from DD to say my youngest DGD has a place at the Middle school she wanted for September. So a glimmer of happy news!

Good news grandMattie I imagine you and they are so relieved.

Joe Wicks exercises at 9am then shower and breakfast. That brings me to about 10.30!

Wishing you all a good day, and stay safe everyone.

That’s my husband’s attitude as well Urmstongran! I suppose it compensates for me being a worry wart!

Thank you ladies. I’m still ruminating on how I let me guard down so easily. Worrying.

Himself just shrugged and said ‘we can all only do our best. What will be, will be’. He didn’t seem stressed so I must try harder not to let it get to me.

Urmston it’s so easy to forget the hand wash bit with so much going on in our heads. I forgot yesterday until I scratched my nose! Panic stations as I soaped hands, face and neck. Just to be on the safe side?

Hope the video call goes well Marydoll and enjoy putting on a bit of make up for the camera ?

Urmstongran try not to worry it’s so easily done - I did the same last week when I collected our post and forgot to wash my hands directly afterwards. I worried for a little bit but then decided what’s done is done and no point thinking about it any longer.

Marydoll So much easier to dye anything nowadays, just toss the lot into the washing machine?. Progress indeed from hand dying in an enamel pail on top of the cooker?What a messy business that was.

Beautiful start to the day here on the Suffolk coast. The sea is calm with just a little ripple today. We went to the local fruit and veg nursery yesterday and stocked up . Quite a few customers all keeping their distance. These small businesses are doing well and I’m pleased that they can make a profit in theses worrying times. This particular nursery is family owned by such lovely people - they deserve it. Continued to cut down the pampas and should finish it today. Nothing is a 5 minute job , as my DH likes to tell me. ?. I tried the turkey meatballs yesterday and they turned out lovely. Thanks for the idea. A friend of mine sent me a poem by Kitty O’Meara. It’s titled ‘And the people stayed at home’ . Do google it and read it. Really struck a chord with me. Enjoy the sunshine everyone and have a good day. ???????

Elizabeth1, I'm absolutely delighted to see you posting and hope you continue to make good progress!

That’s you and me both with worries then this morning dragonfly. Hope your daughter is better today. x

Good morning all from a very sunny Glasgow, but it's only -1C. A bit chilly to say the least.

Up early, so as not to disturb DH. My RA has flared up big time, ( hardly any sleep) and I have the most awful cough, due to hay fever. ?I'm a real bundle of laughs this morning!!

I have a video conferencing call with the hospital this morning and spent ages rooting through my emails to find the time and the link. I forgot to take a note of it.
As I will be seen, I will need to do something with my hair and put on some mascara for the first time in weeks.
The cardiac department are checking up on how I'm feeling and to see how I'm coping with sheilding and no access to hospital appointments.
If I look like my usual, casual self, complete with wild hair and no make up , they will think I'm slobbing about and feeling sorry for myself! . You all can confirm that's not true..can't you?

I plan to potter about in the garden later, planting the rest of my seeds.
I got a lovely surprise when I came downstairs yesterday morning to find DH had been busy in the garden.
When we built our accessible shower room a couple of years ago, I lost my wee greenhouse and it was never replaced.
Just before my BIL died, he had ordered a couple of small, portable greenhouses, but when they arrived after his death, my sister in law brought them to us, as they only reminded her of what might have been.
They had lain our garage for months, but I don't have the strength any more to build them, so DH had put them together as a surprise.
I was like a child on Christmas morning, simple things give us a boost in these difficult times.

grandMattie, you must be so relieved and excited at the prospect of seeing your family again.

Kalu, I love those Dylon dyes! I once dyed two sets of sofa and an armchair covers, it was a marathon exercise!

Dragonfly, I sorry to hear about your dog.

Have a good day, everyone and for those struggling, ?

Morning everyone from another sunny day in north Wales- really can’t believe the weather we’ve enjoyed for the last few months.

What marvellous news grandMattie I’m sure it’s been preying on your mind for weeks!

A quiet day again for us before I psych myself up for a Tesco run tomorrow- DH thinks I’m overthinking it all but I’m terrified of bringing the lurgy home to him! Stay safe folks x

Good morning everyone from Malaga where it’s another grey day and in fact it’s just started raining.

SuperSol day today. Himself is just getting dressed having made me a cuppa. We make a list during the week adding items we need.

I had a horrid thought at 2am when I woke. Cesar, the gardener knocked on the door yesterday and passed me a birthday card that had arrived from the U.K. for Himself. (Early, as our eldest daughter wasn’t sure how long the post would take). He wasn’t wearing a mask, smiled, asked how we were doing. I let my guard down... put the card on a shelf and realised, in the middle of the night, that didn’t wash my hands afterwards.

If we had gone to our letterbox for it we would have been more aware. Oh dear. A kindness gone wrong. I was terrified and couldn’t get back to sleep for ages until sheer tiredness took over.

Hope Thursday is good to us all. Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good Morning Mick and all. Lovely morning here on our part of the S Welsh coast. Sat in the garden for a little while yesterday afternoon, it was very warm.
You must be very happy and relieved to have your family back home grandMattie.
Have a good day everyone, stay safe.

Oh Dragonfly that is a big task ahead of you. Hope the dog stays still and calm for you to tend his eye. Mainly hope your DD gets well soon and nothing else develops to worry you both?