Good Morning Saturday

Absolutely beautiful throw Maw, she’ll be thrilled I’m sure.

Good morning Mick, morning all. It’s yet another damp, drizzly one here in South Lanarkshire.

Sweet photo GG13

I’ll take a walk later to deliver cards to the neighbours then I really must start wrapping.

Have a peaceful Saturday everyone.

Good morning everybody- yes, it’s grey again and raining but I have no plans to go out as I am waiting in for Royal Mail to collect the first of my parcels. Felt a great sense of achievement setting it up yesterday, I can be a bit clueless with this sort of thing and swearing at the computer doesn’t seem to help.
Far too late last night - finished my Icelandic wool throw, watching the Barbara Windsor programme on TV but felt too “wired” to go to bed, then even when I did, I was ordering my Nespresso capsules, amending my Waitrose order and finishing my book - until just short of 2am .
So low on energy today but relieved the throw is done.
Wishing you all a gentle day- as good as it can be and for those in pain or with worries, hoping you get some relief.

Good Morning. N. Bucks is murky this morning.
DD2 was thrilled with her birthday gift yesterday. It was a commissioned water colour of her house with little pictures of some of her best loved things. Difficult to describe.

Nothing definite arranged today but plenty to keep me busy . We might put up the tree and a few decorations if I can muster up the enthusiasm.
Hope you all find a ?today.

Good morning from a damp NE.
Enjoyed the service of nine lessons online, thrilled to see GD2 centre stage in the choir, she has a beautiful voice but never sings around the house.
My sister's SIL was supposed to be moving yesterday, her removal van ready to leave incomers van waiting to unload and the transaction didn't go through. She is the widow of an only child and her MIL died at the weekend so she has to arrange the funeral and empty her home too. I think her stress levels must be sky high this week.
I had a message from DS last night "what are you doing about Christmas " ? Oh and that was just as I was putting the bedside light out at 11.30 pm ?

Good morning all. It is looking a bit grey and damp in Malta today.

What a tragedy outside your DD’s yesterday BlueSapphire. It does make you think just how fragile life is and how it can turn in a moment.

I’m about to get up, I am so lazy these days. Been awake for a couple of hours but after I feed the dog and let him out, I bring my tea back to bed and spend ages playing online scrabble, scrolling through Facebook, catching up on emails. The time evaporates and here I am still in my pit at 9.30.

Have a good day everyone and please take care if you’re out and about.☀️

Good morning all from a dry S Hants, up later today as no DH alarm for his work. The kitchen furniture arrived yesterday, so an assembly job today, I also need to check if the swede and parsnips in the garden are fit for consumption.
A lot of news on here, I won’t remember all...Urmston enjoy your family meet and your first day of freedom. gM gosh, you’ll be sewing a lot, admirable. GG13 lovely photo..what temptation!
Wishing you all a gentle day.

Forgot to add our tree which I decorated earlier in the week.

Good morning Mick and all. Dry here on the S Welsh coast. Our daughter is finally having her new patio laid today, the builders have found it difficult to get the three different sizes of slabs due shortages.
Decorations day here too. A fruit and veg delivery and hopefully a walk. Enjoy your day with your family Urm, Christmas come early indeed. Hope you are feeling better and Cherry too.
Have a pleasant day everyone, and stay safe.

Definitely brook I’m about to spontaneously combust! Totally fizzing with excitement! Himself reminded me I’ll have to put on some clothes today - pj’s for a fortnight meant I didn’t open my wardrobe since coming back from Spain! Way I saw it was what was the point?
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#lazygran

GG13 what a gorgeous baby - you can tell he’s into everything at this delightful age. My money’s on the baby not the tree! Hard work though as you don’t even get a cup of coffee in peace when you mind them at that age do you!

Good morning Mick and the GM team from east London where it is grey. (I write that sentence so frequently that it now pops up on my predictive text...)

Hermes are coming to collect the Christmas parcels today. I couldn’t log on to their website but downloaded the app and got everything labelled and booked. I hope it works.

On line groceries today and I will include a few seasonal treats ...

Thinking of those facing challenges today. Good wishes to Iris. Hoping Grammaretto has a gentle day.
Gosh Pittcity my heart skipped a beat there ... don’t let your new wealth go to your head!

Have a nice day, all. ?

Good morning, everyone from a bright Torbay! If only I felt the same...! Not a great night hence my later than usual appearance here.

Beechnut that dampness must have felt uncomfortable - the price we pay to be beautiful!
Your family must be so grateful to have your sewing expertise, grandMattie, coupled with the imagination to create suitable clothing for Iris.
Dwmxwg: I should think you’ve earned your break and I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
The accident near your family’s home sounds ghastly, Blue Sapphire, and upsetting for all concerned.
Hope your DGD remains mildly affected by Covid, farview, but it is disruptive to everyone's work routine.
Lovely photo, GrannyGravy13! Initially, I thought you had a little elf by the tree but, on enlarging it, I could see it was your GS, a little imp by the sound of it!!
A wonderful feeling of freedom, Urmstongram! My old eyes can only see what looks like a railway station in your photo, even when I’ve enlarged it.

I’m spending today with my “bubble mate” so it will be good to catch up with her. I hope everyone has as happy a time as possible. Keep warm and well! ?⛄️??

Good morning all and it’s very dark here In Essex.

Urms hope you get meds for your ear and your ache eases. ?. Enjoy seeing your family , after all this time. ♥️

GG that pic is so cute and I love his Christmassy onesie. By the way did you manage to get into M and S ? I walked up to town yesterday and it was very busy.

My DG 1 is Home from Uni until the New Year and I long to see her but we’ll have to be patient and wait, until Boxing Day.

Is anyone watching Queens Gambit? I’ve watched 2 episodes and enjoying it. I wonder if it’s based on fact?

Take care Mick

Take care all ?

Yay !!! Enjoy your day urmston and seeing your family - I bet you’re so very very excited! Christmas come early ??

Good morning from a still dark Colchester. Feeling a few degrees warmer here.
A quiet weekend here.
I woke to an email saying that I had won the Euromillions and am now planning how to spend my £2.90.

Sorry to hear about your DGD farview hope she’s fully recovered soon

GrannyGravy love the photo. ?

Good morning everyone from South Manchester where it’s still dark but dry and seems mild. I just took this photo. The illuminated star is a decoration on the Anglican Church round the corner. It’s an attractive church to look at (I’ve never been in). What is the design called when it is square with four spires/towers? I used to know ...

Anyway - today we are RELEASED! Yay! Cannot wait to see my Covid warrior, son in law & the two grandchildren. We are going to join what is called their childcare bubble - I can pick the children up from school and bath them if asked to help. Also we’re popping over (on the bus which stops at the entrance to these apartments) to go and see my 88y old stepfather. We can go into his house or him come to us as he will be in our support bubble. I checked government guidelines and we can be in both bubbles it seems. That’s handy as apart from our Yorkshire lass, that’s all my immediate family - only small!

My lovely GP rang me yesterday. I have an appointment now to see her early on Monday morning. She reassured me as she thinks the ache (not pain now) might be due to Eustachian tube dysfunction which can linger for up to to 10 weeks.

Hope Saturday is good to us all. I’m off for a free ‘flu jab at the pharmacy downstairs mid morning - my first port of call ha! Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s still dark, dry and fairly cold. I think I’ll be going for a local walk today but nothing much else planned. DH is doing a bit of decorating in one of the spare bedrooms, it’s the one that DGD uses when she stays over and it needs a bit of a refresh. Best leave him to it I think!
Well done with all your sewing grandMattie I’m sure it’s a very big help for Iris and much appreciated
Sad event bluesapphire and such a shock when it happens close by. Thoughts are with the family concerned.
Hope everyone finds something to enjoy today and take care whatever the day brings ?

Good morning Mick and All.

Dreary grey sky here in South Bucks.

On my own this weekend so am trying to avoid binge watching on Netflix and get on with packing gifts and all the other things on my To Do list. I’m good at writing the lists but not actually doing the tasks, I’m easily distracted. ?

Good morning all. It's raining here in Derbyshire.

I suddenly have a queue of jobs this weekend. I have been buying so much food just lately I need to sort out some freezer space and organise everything better. The big freezer is 3/4 full of veg we grew this summer which we're not getting through very quickly, mainly because our cooking has become more adventurous since retirement and we're eating different foods. I regret growing so much now. I'm not very keen on eating frozen veg either. Doh! Note to self for next year - don't grow so many brassicas!

I still need to make the outside door wreath and finish the last few Christmas decs then tidy up everywhere. I've also been planning to make a Christmas fabric face mask so if I don't do that this weekend it will be too late. I know, I should be better organised, and sooner!

I hope Saturday is a good day for all.

Good Morning all, it’s chilly out ! I was trying to take a photo of the moon ?

Good morning Mick and all

I hope you get your haircut Mick I am having a cut and colour on Thursday its two months overdue.

blueSaphire how dreadfully sad for all involved outside your DDs house.

Urmstongran hope your ear is better.

I have had an awful night hardly slept due to the fact that after waking up with a dodgy neck yesterday it got progressively worse, kept going into spasm with pain killers being absolutely no use.

Our 11 month old GS was a handful yesterday not sure if the Christmas tree will
survive his attention ?

Keep safe and well folks ??

Morning everyone..dark and wet in Bolton..
My 13yr old granddaughter tested positive for covid yesterday,doesn't feel poorly, just slight cold symptoms, but obviously affects family, d.i.l cant go to work,practice nurse, son working in Glasgow so he is staying up there now to run the job until the 23rd....
Keep safe and be careful ?

Morning everyone from a dry north Wales where I’ve just trotted out for a paper, actually it’s the TV guide that I like!

Oh dear Beechnut- soggy britches☹️ - not a nice feeling is it - I ve had a soggy bra once when a trainee was a little over enthusiastic with the rinsing!

Will pop back later and hear about Urmstongrans (r)ear....and other tales ? - missed yesterday’s post so will catch up on that as well!