Good Morning Thursday

Good morning from North Yorkshire. It’s bright and breezy today. Some ironing to do this morning and catching up with our charity chair this afternoon as she needs to hand some documents over. She will come into the conservatory from the garden.
Reading on FaceTime with DGS after school.
Hope everyone has a good day.

Gingster our children used to love going over the Orwell Bridge, our GC are just as enthusiastic.

mellowyellow I’m dying to know what you make with your concrete? ?

Good morning Mick and all

Bright blue sky, sunny and mild here in S E Essex!

We had some troubling news yesterday, one of our sons MIL has tested positive for Covid and her husband is awaiting the results of his test, she has underlying health problems. They have been so careful, working from home following all guidelines.

Sar53 I do hope your insurance problem can be sorted out. I have a cross stitch ready on its frame since April, I really must make a start!

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️

Morning Mick, morning All. Clear skies over out corner of Somerset so yesterday’s postponed walk is on the agenda for this morning. Mr C ploughed on with the task list. Me? Err, nope, just hadn’t the oomph once the dust removal was achieved. Sounds as if we won’t be seeing our bubble-son this weekend as planned, too much covid in his office for his (and our!) peace of mind. So far he says he feels fine. As ever thinking of all with worries of any kind. Take care out there.

Good morning from a bright Suffolk coast. It got very cold and windy last night but it’s a bit calmer this morning. I always worry when we go back to Essex as we have the Orwell Bridge to cross and if it’s very windy they close it. I’m always glad when we’re over it . ?

Little pooch ate a birds fatball yesterday . The ones with green netting around it. She ate the lot, netting and all. We couldn’t get it away from her. I’m just hoping it will come out the other end and not cause her any internal problems. She’s fine at the moment. ?

pittcity good luck with house hunting. You’re in a good position now.

dragonfly hope the radiotherapy goes well today. You seem to be getting through it without too much discomfort. Thank goodness.

I hope Marydoll had a better night with no weird dreams.

Thoughts to all with upset, worries and illness. ???

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. The sun is trying its best to put in an appearance in South Yorkshire. We are planning a trip to the bank and a walk this afternoon, followed by a quick doorstep visit to DD and her menfolk. I made trial run mince pies yesterday so will take some over. Now all I need is the freezer space to store some more. It’s full of soup we don’t feel inclined to eat! Have a good safe day folks.

Good morning all from a grey S Hants, it poured yesterday evening and windy but calm now. Day 4 of kitchen refit and boiler now on the blink. I got my letter yesterday to register for state pension next year, straight on it! I’ll walk later to post garlic to our friends in the New Forest as I can’t drop it in. Up early tomorrow to bagsy Christmas slot with Tesco. Ashcombe Stig, watch out! Pittcity how exciting.
Have a peaceful day all.

Good morning Mick and all his followers. While I have been catching up on your posts, the clouds have parted and we have quite a bit of blue sky in Suffolk. It must be cooler though, as the bedroom radiator has come on.

I hope to carry on gardening- there are still bulbs to be planted. DH has a shed to sort out, to make room for a small chest freezer. Nothing very exciting.
Our new dentist seems to know what he is about and certainly knows how to charge. We signed up for a payment plan pronto when the bill was over £2000 for fillings etc!
Have a good day everyone!

All the talk up thread of car MOTs reminded me that I had mine done yesterday. I told the garage that they might as well service it while they had it, but when he brought it back to me he said he hadn't done so because I'd only done 4,000 miles since the last one and it didn't need it. I'm always impressed by that man - he could so easily just have done it anyway and earned himself more money. It's just a wee 'back street garage'.

Good morning from Shropshire.Looks a bit brighter today.

We are going to set up an Amazon fire stick on the tv in the living room today.We have cancelled sky as we very rarely watch anything on the sky channels so hope the fire stick is straightforward to set up!

Scentia, our DGD was slow to speak but like your DGS understood everything.She will be five next week and doesn’t stop talking now!

Dragonfly, thank you for the news about Ellan.So glad she’s ok?just need to hear from gilly now.

Cherry,I hope you had a restful night and are feeling better today?

Sar,hope you get your insurance claim settled soon.

Urmstongran,I used to plough through any book I bought but like you if a book starts to become a chore I give up on it now.Hope your DD starts to feel better soon.

Grammaretto?

Thinking of all our absent goodmorningers and all with illness or worries.

Have a good day all.

Morning everyone from south Cornwall, where the sky is a pretty blue with apricot stripes. Makes me yearn to go further afield but hey ho of course I won't! Well, made my Christmas cake yesterday, finished at 11pm. It's full of ginger and nuts, yum. I'm truly not a baker so an achievement for me.

Today I must make myself press on with sorting my workroom so I can get concreting and generally messing around. I talk about it more than get on with it at the moment, I notice.

Scentia, my youngest son babbled a strange language until he was well past two. Also didn't walk until was 2 plus, crawled everywhere at 100 miles an hour. He grew up fine!!!!

The best of days to all you lovely people.

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, hopefully no rain today.

Another night of bad dreams, I won't tell you which poster featured in it this time. ? I need to get a life!!!

I had such an exciting day yesterday, cleaning out the fridge, ? and looking for hidden Christmas and birthday presents in the former linen cupboard.
Like Kitty and her missing threads, I'm beginning to wonder if I actually ever bought DD a coatigan and DGD a Frozen activity set!!
What I did achieve, was making sure my hospital bag was easily accessible for DH to just lift and go, after the fiasco on the previous hospital stay. I have planned for every scenario. I hope! Of course, it will have gone in one ear and out the other.

My plan for today, is do as little as possible. I'm very tired today and my angina is quite troublesome. I may lurk on GN, but posting can be a dangerous business,
Dragonfly, thank you for news of EV.

For all those struggling, take care.

God morning, lovely day here in South Wales after lots of rain, we're off for a long awaited puddle jump walk with our 3 year old granddaughter and our daughter.

Good Morning. We are forecast some sun in N. Bucks and it looks promising outside.
A bit of housework today, a short walk , prepare Toad in the Hole for dinner this evening.
By this afternoon I shall settle down in my craft room.
Hope all find a ? today.

Good morning. It will be sun up soon on the Angus coast and there is a break in the clouds waiting for it! Scentia your little DGS is an Einstein in waiting - he'll talk when he feels the need!

Well, this morning sees my last four classes til goodness knows when. I shall miss it and also seeing all my tai chi-ers - they're such a chierful bunch! ( See what I did there? ?). But needs must and apparently the incident rate per capita is growing alarmingly here. Nothing else happening so I'll just wish everyone a good day and pin my 'I can do this' smile on. ???

Good morning All. It's dry and breezy in Polmont. I have an extra day babysitting so I'm up and on my second coffee, but definitely not my second or even first wind! I think we might go for a walk today as my writhing insides seem to be staying put. Sorry if that's too much information. Homemade soup later and maybe a boiled egg. scentia my dgs didn't say much at 18 months. He's now 20 months and is starting to say more, in fact sometimes phrases but most of the time he babbles away in baby talk. Pittcity that's excellent news about your house! I hope you find one just right for you. When I downsized and bought my bungalow two years ago, I could see past the clutter and dreadful carpets. I knew it was cosmetic as the kitchen and bathroom were good. It was the right decision for me as I love my wee house. I hope everyone has a good day.

Good morning Mick, morning all. It’s another damp, drizzly morning in Lanarkshire.

It’ll be a day of pottering methinks, nothing huge to be done.

Look after yourselves.

Good morning from a promisingly bright East Midlands! I haven't posted for a few days on this thread but I do try to "drop by" to see how you are all getting along.

Sar53, I do hope you get the property damage resolved very soon.

Have a good day everyone, stay safe & look after yourselves!

Good morning from sunny Colchester. Looks like another mild day.

We accepted an offer for our house yesterday and so now have upped our hunt for a new place.
All systems go for a big clearout. I just wish that the charity shops were open.

Jay's pub quiz with the family tonight.

Good morning everyone from Inverness it’s still dark but I think it’s dry and hopefully a bit less windy today.
Today I’m looking forward to meeting my friend for coffee in the local garden centre. It’ll probably be a long chat as although we meet up most weeks there’s always lots of things to chat about. After that I need to get cards and presents sorted out for some birthdays coming up soon...
Hope everyone finds something to enjoy today and take care whatever the day brings ?

Good Morning from a much brighter Black Country.

Taking my car for it's MOT shortly, I need to be there for 8am.

Hard to think it has only been a week NanKate, it seems longer. Heard yesterday of more people affected. My cousins teenage children have tested positive. I just hope my cousin and her husband will be ok, as they are in their 50's.

Scentia my brother was well over 2 before he uttered a word! When he started he never stopped though

Meeting a friend for a walk later

Pleased to hear that EV is ok, thank you for letting us know Dragonfly

Wishing you all a lovely day

Good morning from Manchester where the tree are blowing a little bit and there are pink streaks in the sky. Taking my car for a small service today. It's a while you wait appointment. Normally like going to the dealership, nice lounge area, good selection of refreshments, magazines, can read my kindle in peace, TV, car washed and valeted but none of the above available due to covid?. There is an aldi nearby so will kill some time topping up fruit and veg. I'll go out for a walk later if still fine. Some nice walks around here by the canal or through fields. Have a good day everyone. Glad to hear EV is OK, just missing Gilly for those with extra cares and worries

Sun’s up here! ?

Good morning everyone from Malaga where I’m sat on the balcony (windows folded closed) with a cuppa watching Mr & Mrs Duck waddle across the grass with their cute orange feet. The garden cat is sitting watching them, only a short distance away, still as a Sphinx ...

I rang an 95y old friend in Birmingham yesterday. She lives alone in a huge house, still drives once a week to Waitrose and does her own cooking and vacuuming. The gardens are a ‘bit much’ so she does have help there! She told me she received her first Christmas card on Saturday! Not from abroad either as I posited - it came from Knutsford.
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Glad to know EV is okay. I dare say she will return when she’s ready. I rather fear though that gillybob has left as it’s been so long now. I rather think she’d have just popped by even if only to say ‘having a bad time all round’. At least she has Miss Evie Buttons in her life. We miss you very much if you’re reading anyway dear lady.

No plans for us again. I’m struggling with my book on Kindle. It’s a bit long winded and boring now. It’s the autobiography by Noel Fitzpatrick, the ‘Supervet’. It began so promisingly too for the first 30% but needed serious editing in my view. I think I’ll ditch it today. Life’s too short to be disappointed about reading!
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Hope Thursday is good to us all. My COVID warrior continues to concern me. I know I won’t properly settle until she is well again. Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good morning from a breezy Essex by the sea. It's not raining now but we had a lot of it during the night.
I've been awake on and off since 4, lots on my mind.
DH is off to look at the footage of the Veolia truck from last Thursday. They say they didn't hit our gates, one of our neighbours heard it and saw the truck immediately afterwards. Yesterday we had a long visit from the loss adjuster re the other insurance claim. DH and I are both pretty fed up with it all, hence my bad night.
I have no plans today apart from some ironing, there's always ironing and I need to do a bit more of my Harry Potter cross Stitch. This one is taking some time as I'm partly following a pattern and partly following a picture.
Have a pleasant Thursday and stay safe everyone xx