Good Morning Thursday

I missed whatever happened with Ellen Vannin please don’t leave EV, you are valued by the vast majority and I always enjoy your posts ??

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Ellan,I can only echo what others have said,I look forward to your reports from Costa Del Mersey every day.Please stay, at least here on the good morning thread?

Good morning everyone,

It's a grey, gloomy looking morning today, and the forecast is for heavy rain from mid morning unfortunately.

Wishing you a happy anniversary, Ashcombe ??.

I've got my Pilates class shortly which I always enjoy. After that, a few cleaning jobs and catch-up with the GM thread. After that, I'm not really sure. One thing, though, is I'm going to limit how much tv news I see as it's becoming increasingly depressing - perhaps just the early evening news as it is important to remain up to date.

EV if you're reading this thread, please don't stop posting. NannyJan53 sums it up perfectly.

Take care folks.

Good morning Mick and all from a wet Suet on Sea in Lancashire. A job being done in the kitchen this morning so have opened the windows and will keep my distance from the workman, I’m surprised work is allowed in the house frankly, but glad for people with businesses AND it wI’ll cheer me up to see a new kitchen floor? I can’t face having a completely new kitchen installed, I remember the upheaval years ago, so am just tarting/pimping it up. Next step, new tiles!
Good wishes to all with troubles ??

Please, Ellan, don’t let some ghastly person put you off sharing life with us. We would miss your wise comments on life, never mind the crumpets.

Wet start to the day which will contain U3A book group on Zoom discussing “The Boy with the Topknot” (well worth reading) and this afternoon the joy of clearing out a cupboard which is so full the door barely closes.

Hard to stay positive in the light of ever-worsening news but we need to try because it feels like a long winter ahead. I will need to look for joy in small things like winter pansies.

Congratulations Ashcombe and I think ‘semi detached* is a great idea. I’m widowed and would find that would suit me just fine (halfway there!)?

Ellan Don’t you dare!
You are soooooooo much better than that, so don’t punish all your mates here.

Good morning from a very dull and damp Northampton. Looks like it will be another day in. I managed a quick walk to the postbox yesterday and got back just as the rain started. I spent a lovely afternoon watching a couple of Cliff Richard programmes I had recorded recently, and then topped that off by watching 'A Hard Day's Night', and singing along to all the songs! Happy memories of the Sixties!

Just the usual few jobs to do today, plus hoovering upstairs, and a quick downstairs run-over with the Hoover as the cats seem to be shedding an awful lot at the moment.

Will be putting a goulash in the slow cooker this morning. Hopefully enough for two meals, eat one and freeze one. Will add a tin of beans and some lentils to bulk it out. I am being very lazy and have bought chopped onions and sliced carrots for the freezer, as I found that fresh veggies were going off before I could use them up.

Hoping things go well today for all.

Good morning Mick and all his followers. Grey and wet in Suffolk too. I have had enough rain now thank you - a few days of autumn sunshine please!!
Urms I have hair too - any chance of a photo?
Happy Anniversary to the Ashcombes and best wishes to Gramaretto.
I hope the day is kind to everyone.

Morning all from a dreary South Notts. I hope to go out for a little drive shortly and then mosey about for the rest of the day. We go into strict lockdown (Tier 3) on Friday, I think. What a year! Oh well, we must take pleasure in small things.

Take care everyone, especially those with illness or worries and our absentees.

That’s not lazy, Blue - that’s just doing what you want. Why not?
Sounds like a cosy afternoon trip down memory lane. Perhaps for Christmas you’ll need a tea towel printed with :

Nostalgia - maybe a thing of the past? ??

I'm popping back to add my pleas to EllanVannin. Please stay. That poster would get what they want if the decent folk like you leave. Many of us can see right through them, even if the powers that be can't.

Good morning everyone from a grey and dismal north Kent. DH has gone off with a spring in his step to play golf; think he will need his waterproofs and umbrella as rain is forecast.
So, I have a Marydoll “empty” this morning.
Not a lot planned for today; some more watercolour painting and then will have to decide what to do about the bathroom redesign planned for next month. We are still Tier 1, but cases are rising as they are everywhere. Will make a decision re tiles, sink etc and then wait a week or so to finally decide. My inclination is to postpone until next spring, but we shall see.
Happy anniversary Mr and Mrs Ashcombe.
Hello BlueSapphire ?. Add my plea to EllanVannin not to leave; there are some nasty posters around who disguise their vindictive and spiteful remarks as the right to have their own opinion - please don’t give them the satisfaction of driving you away. The mornings wouldn’t be the same without your news from Merseyside and your crumpets.
Have a good day everyone. Stay safe

Grandmabatty couldn't have put it better myself...

Good Morning All you lovely ladies and Mick. x
I actually have a new format here which I've been getting accustomed to though it's probably the one which everyone has been used to and it's been me who's been behind the times
A dreary rainy day and much cooler than of late, at 8 degrees so the chart says and looks as though it's in for the day. Yesterday there were sudden showers of hailstones, an indication of how cold the atmosphere is getting.

Ashcombe, how lovely that you were married at Cockington. I remember the place well and felt like a child again when I visited the place, it was magic. Then when in Oz, on a visit to Canberra, I was back in Cockington again to which Green had been added on to it. It was an exact replica of the village in Torbay and also the place where I saw my first ever bluebird, not much bigger than our wren.
Enjoy your Anniversary day as best you can

Must do some polishing of the sideboard and fireplace and wash the ornaments for their annual " do "----so many of them and so fiddly, especially the dangly crystals on the Victorian lustres. Not sure any of the family would entertain them in their more modern homes
Other than that a bit of ironing later and a macaroni dinner to prepare.

I was on the phone before to a support officer who rang to see if I was still in the land of the living and she was saying she'd been working from home for 32 weeks now and didn't envisage a quick return to her usual face to face visiting until well into next year. I did tell her that a pandemic can run its course for at least two years , so by 2022 we should be okay. A long way to go yet.

At the moment I've started a shopping list for a big Asda shop next week to try and get as much as I can to cover over the festive season. The things you tend to forget when engrossed in other things nearer the time. Present shopping will be mostly online.

Hope everyone's still well and coping alright. Also that hospital stay won't be too long for the poster's DH ( forgot who it was, sorry ).
Take care and stay safe everyone xx Gilly too.

Morning all..Oldbutstilluseful I love the boots..
EV dont leave..you are such a wonderful person ?

ELLAN. I don't know who upset you and I'm sorry that someone did but from your posts I think you are made of sterner stuff and won't be defeated by nasty remarks.
You are a very popular poster and I always picture where you are as I used to live on the Wirral.
Looking forward to hearing from you when you have your crumpets and fed the cats

Sorry crossed post!

Good morning from a cold wet Lancashire. I’m tidying the airing cupboard today, it’s a small room with the boiler and hot water tank also in there so it’s lovely and warm

I’ve just refreshed my page and am very pleased to see you here EllanVannin. I’m in agreement with everyone upthread. ?

Good morning from a rainy NE.
Slept until 9.20 this morning, I think it has something to do with us getting up during the night, DH is up at least once an hour.
There are a lot of cases of the virus around here, yesterday we heard that a policeman in his 40s had died, he lives just down the road from us.
Nothing missing from supermarket delivery so perhaps some cooking of meat today.

Good morning all from wet and dismal Harrogate! Seems we are heading for tier 2!! Which is why i went to Ripon yesterday, such a quaint city. This morning I was reading in bed, when movement caught my eye. To my horror it was a large spider coming down from the ceiling - it's legs were flailing in a most undignified manner. Unfortunately it disappeared into the pattern of the curtains, so no idea where it can be!!
Ashcombe, have a lovely day, difficult when you are separated.
All those who are ill - please get better soon
Have a good and safe day

Ladies may I thank you all for the support you've given to me, you're the best. Those who know me, outside of here, and there are many, all know that I wouldn't say a wrong word to anyone but it's clear to see that someone has got it in for me here no matter what I say so from now on I'll steer clear of that person, and will also be wary of different names appearing on other threads too.
xx

We are all very wary now, EV. I'm delighted to see you posting this morning.