Good Morning Thursday(New Years Eve)

Good Morning all from East Staffordshire where it is still dark and feels cold.
Today I am off for a walk with DD and DGS, we will get lunch at the takeaway cafe on the trails, I assume it will still be open.
So we are nearly all in tier 4 and we have a new vaccine and by 11pm we will be separate from the EU. What a year 2020 has been, I for one will not be sorry to see the back of it tonight and have hopes that by spring we will start to see an element of normality. However, not sure our business will be normal now we are not in the EU it is an uncertain time for everyone.
I am offering my thoughts to all with heavy hearts snd leave you with my smile ???

Good morning Mick and everyone on this last day of the year from Hell.

Weather in Malta is fine, yesterday was really warm in the sun. I went for a walk with a friend but there were too many people about so I felt a bit anxious.

Hairdresser this morning then I must tackle the ironing. I’ve done a lot of laundry, changed the beds etc, so that will keep me busy for a while.

Wishing you all the best day possible and let’s hope the New Year brings better things for all.☀️

Good morning from a frosty tier four Teesside

Last day of 2020, lets hope that this time next year we are making our New Years Eve party preparations!

Slippy outdoors this morning, so take care everyone x

Good morning to Mick & co., from a cold and very frosty Torbay!

Despite relatively low nos. of cases, we are now in Tier 3. According to our esteemed MP, this is because......

“.......Sadly the evidence from other regions is areas with lower infection rates which stay out of a higher band, whilst their largest near neighbours go into it, quickly follow them as people and activities gyrate towards them, even when specifically asked not to. This includes Cornwall and Herefordshire where people travelled from some distance to take advantage of the Tier 1 rules there, even though this wasbarred.”

I shall be on the lookout ? for those gyrating incomers!

Seriously, I think a total lockdown is needed for a couple of weeks, at least, but what do I know?!

Have a good day and (it must be) a better New Year for us all! ???

A late (for me) good morning from clear icy E Kent.
You “gyrating”incomes sound interesting Ash, we were told not to -throng- at the beginning of the first lockdown. Being only a very small town, it would have been fun at any time...
Overslept this morning, full of peculiar dreams.
I’m very envious of your nail clipping, Mick, mine cancelled as her car wasn’t working and no appointment forthcoming.
Spending today doing all the turkey stuffing preparations etc., for my darling DS2’s visit tomorrow. We’re having the full Monty all over again. The things I do for those I love. He’s been isolating so as to visit us. We haven’t seen him for so long, even though he lives in Tier 4 like us, and only 30 minutes away.
If you are celebrating tonight, enjoy yourselves, especially you Marydoll, you deserve some nice things to happen to you.
Have. Calm day, everyone in pain, sad, or just plain cheesed off. Stay safe. X

Good morning everyone from a cold and snowy white Inverness.
Yesterday I had such a lovely afternoon, we met DD and DGC for a walk in the local woods. DGD was soon a bit cold and getting tired so she went home but 7 year old DGS wanted to carry on, so helped by a few biscuits as we walked we completed the circular trail of about 6 miles together ?
A quiet day and evening for us today, I too will be pleased to see the end of 2020 and am looking forward to a much better 2021. Thinking especially of everyone with worries and struggles, I hope things get a bit easier and wish everyone a Happy New Year ❤️

Good morning from the NE where we we still have snow and a very large bright moon .
Yesterday was a day of inactivity, pain and nausea for both of us. We gave up on dinner and had soup and a bun.
DH decided to set up his new phone, I have to admire his ablilty to transfer all the data. I would be calling in an expert, teenage GD.
What a strange New Year's eve this will be and like others I will be glad to see the back of this year.

Good morning from Morecambe Bay. As I looked out of the window I was greeted with a heavy frost illuminated with a full silver moon. Snow started to gently fall.....
Unfortunately we have an early click and collect!
When we are home and everything is disinfected and put away we will investigate our present from DS3. An Apple TV
Subscription. Not got a clue what to do with it!
Take care everyone, stay safe ?

Good morning Mick and All.

Another very cold day here in South Bucks but none of the white stuff.

Just another quiet night in, but we do have duck in a plum sauce, followed by a roulade with raspberries and some brandy cream.

Thanks folks for your company this past difficult year. It’s good to have a safe haven to share the highs and lows of our lives. ???

Good Morning all from a cold and frosty Severnside.

I’ve just been to the store for fresh milk and a few bits.
We went up a tier at midnight.

A few little jobs to do today and do a mini roast for later and that’s about my lot.

There are a lot of worries and wobbles so I am thinking of you all as we move out of this year ?

Good morning all from an exceedingly cold North Leicestershire.

Nothing much going on here!

Have a good day all!

Good morning all from a very cold Glasgow, its -3°C.

I've not had a great night, so I won't linger. Wishing you all as good a Hogmanay you can have.
I for one will not be sorry to see the last of 2020!
Thank you all for your lovely company in the last year.

Good morning Mick and all from the S Welsh coast. A thick covering of frost, a clear sky and a rose pink sunrise, it is really beautiful and looking west the moon is still visible.
I was awake early and am now back in bed with a mug of tea and some toasted teacake. Mr Lins has taken the puppy for a walk, I will wait until the streets are aired. I envy your visit to the hairdressers Bellasnana we should have seen ours on the 23rd but cancelled due to being put in Tier 4.
Some ironing and tidying up on the cards today, not much else. We will have sirloin steak, new potatoes and mushrooms today so looking forward to that and a bottle of bubbly this evening.
Hope that New Year's Eve will be a pleasant day for us all and stay safe.

Good morning from another frosty north Surrey
Yesterday I managed 2 long walks, one with the dog and the other with DD and DGSs
Shall pop in again on mum and dad this morning. Their neighbour is due home from hospital and I have to keep reminding parents not to go in his home or let him in theirs. Dad gets it but unfortunately mum, who has always been the kindly good neighbour just doesn’t retain the information
DD is working tonight and tomorrow night so the DGSs will be coming to stay until Saturday afternoon. They want to stay up to see the new year in but I am sure I won’t. DH always does so he will be in charge.
As others have said I will be glad to see this year gone. With the two vaccines on offer the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. Here’s to a healthy and happy 2021

Good morning from West Berkshire.
Grocery shopping this morning and then chilling for the rest of the day in front of the open fire ?.

Good riddance to 2020 and bring on 2021 and happy healthy times .

Good morning from a very frosty Essex by the sea.
I've not slept well as I had some worrying news from DD2 yesterday and it played on my mind in the middle of the night, as these things do.
Our local council has decided to shut all seafront car parks and suspend parking bays, to deter people from out of town descending on us over the new year. Good on them I say.
We are having a family Zoom quiz this everyone and will raise a glass to each other as we say goodbye to a miserable 2020.
Thank you all for your kindness and support and let's hope that 2021 is a much better year xx

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Morning all! By jingo it's a cold one here on the south coast. No snow but plenty of frost on the roofs and cars. Just glad we don't need to go anywhere and have a warm and cosy home. I always think of rough sleepers trying to find a warm spot when it's like this. Poor souls.

The end of a momentous year in so many different ways. Certainly for us with DH's cancer diagnosis and surgery (and more to come) along with covid stalking the country and all the political goings on. It is not a year I shall remember with nostalgia.

Onwards and upwards into 2021 and the old wish of "health, wealth and happiness" still seems apt to me so that is what I wish all Grans.

Good morning from a frosty Colchester. The temperature is forecast to be below freezing all day.
I won't be going anywhere.
Jay's online pub quiz tonight with the family and will probably kick 2020 into oblivion from the warmth of bed.

Morning Mick, morning All from a clear, frosty corner of Somerset. Slept like the proverbial log last night, I’m sorry your night was difficult marydoll, rest now if you can. No change to our Tier level, it’s a case of carrying on carrying on with as much good humour as we can summon. Sometimes not a lot of it here if I’m honest. Off out for a walk this morning, some computer faffing later then it’s a couple of phone calls before feet up time and relax. Look after yourselves everyone, special thoughts for those finding life hard going.

Good morning all from a cold and very frosty West Yorkshire. Looks like another day in, as I’m still recovering from a broken arm and have no desire for another. Thank goodness for YouTube exercise videos!

Wishing everyone the best New Year possible. Most people will be glad to see the back of this one, even though for us it wasn’t all bad, as it brought us our darling DGS6. We have a family zoom quiz tonight and we’ll put on our glad rags at this end and open the bubbly to toast better times on the horizon. Here’s to us all.

Good Morning. Jack Frost has been busy here in N. Bucks. Thankfully no snow.
We shall have FaceTime calls with family today which will be lovely.
Hopefully we will manage a short walk but otherwise just a few household jobs.

We won’t be staying up to see in the New Year but will be glad to greet it tomorrow and hope it will be far better for us all eventually.

Hope you all find a ?today.

Good Morning all, we have a dusting of snow overnight , no plans to go out so I just admire it from my chair !

Hello and good morning from a very cold and frosty Northampton. It's grey and dull outside and I have had to put a rug over my knees to keep warm.

Glad to say my hospital appointment went well yesterday, and the outcome was what I hoped for - all clear. I felt more worried about catching Covid there really, but there were not many people about. I kept my mask on tightly, tried not to touch anything, was sanitizing my hands frequently, and kept my distance (apart from being seen by the consultant and radiographer). I opened a mini bottle of fizz when I got home!

No plans for today, except put a load of washing on. Then I shall read, play around with my new coffee machine, watch some tv. Think I might make a Bolognese for dinner (which means braving the cold of the garage to get some mince from the freezer). Think I am going to make some porridge for breakfast.

We are now in Tier 4, which won't make a lot of difference - I shall carry on doing the same - stay in, shop online, let Sainsbury's deliver and only see DD and her husband who are in my bubble. Since last week people were coming into our county to shop and eat out from neighbouring tier 4 areas, and at least that has stopped now.

Take care everyone, and stay safe.