Good morning all from a very chilly Glasgow. My first thoughts were with Grammaretto and her difficult day ahead. I checked the weather where she stays and it is heavy snow. 
Maw a difficult day for you too. Be gentle with yourself.?
DH should have been golfing, but the roofs/rooves of the cars are covered in white stuff, ? so my empty has been cancelled.
The good news is that DH can lift the Tesco order into the house for a change.
Does anyone dislike those plastic liners as much as me? Try to lift them and everything falls out!
Talking of deliveries, I was so excited yesterday (# sad person) to get an email from Morrisons offering me delivery slots for the first time ever.
Before lockdown I shopped weekly in Morrisons, but obviously can't go nowadays. Although I have weekly Tesco delivery, there are some things I just can't get from them.
Anyway Morrisons were offering £12 off and extra points.
Since DD was planning to go to Morrisons on Tuesday for me, I messaged and said not to go, which protects her too.
So far so good. Logged onto Morrisons and it was so much easier to navigate than Tesco's site. To my delight, I found the items I couldn't get, and a few things for DD as well. I even managed to get the £12 discount.
Later last night I was shopping doing some internet reesearch when my phone kept beeping. Eventually I went to check and there was frantic message from DD:
Sorry mum, I tried to add to your Morrisons shopping and Mastercard have blocked your credit card, I need the code sent to your phone.
Of course it was too late and I then had to phone M&S Bank to get it unblocked!!
We do this all the time with Tesco and it's never a problem, but DD had triggered a fraud alert.
I have to give M&S credit for protecting my account and I'm not complaining about the hassle. I could hear myself gibbering on to the agent about being stuck shielding since March and DD doing my shopping. I had to convince him I actually had my card in my hand and then go through all the security questions like : What was the middle name of your great granny's best friend? ?
Then the embarrassing bit. Have you just been shopping in TKmaxx and ......and .......... No, I don't need to know what you bought
When we put up the second tree yesterday, we found some of our musical, nativity snow globes were on their last legs, so I was looking for replacements. We usually bring them back from our annual Rome trip and they hold many happy memories. Some not so happy, like when DH was taken away at Fumicino airport, for carrying a suspected bomb! ☺
I also spent an hour trying to find out which bulb on the candle bridge was faulty. None were, I hadn't switched it on. 
I have turned into a doddery old woman. ?
The best part yesterday was when my (semi estranged) son messaged to ask if I would like a Zoom chat with my wee granddaughter today. ? Christmas has come early for us!
Hoping wee Iris is making good progress and sending hugs to all who are struggling, whatever the cause.
I believe Grandmafrench hasn't been too well either. ?
I must go and salt the drive, before the Tesco driver falls on his bahookie! ❄⛸
I lived near Colchester in the 70's in a village called Thorrington. My DS was born in Clacton hospita.