Good Morning Monday

Good Morning all from chilly Harrogate (mainly dry)

Dwmxwg It must be very difficult for your husband, Christmas can be a tricky time of year for us oldies!
Gagagran hope your DH is soon sorted.
Nothing really planned for today. will probably continue taking my Xmas cards down. Will possibly have a go at some woman who has scammed me out of nearly £600 - if she dares to answer the phone!!
Will phone my School friend as soon as I post this.
Have as best day as you can.

Good Morning All x.
A lovely bright start after another frosty night. It feels quite raw outside coming from an Easterly direction.

Wide awake at 4am and thought it was time to get up as did the cats, so they needed to be let out. Made a cup of tea but could willingly have started on the housework at that point.
However once the cats were back in I snuggled back down again and slept until 8.20 minus the energy I'd felt earlier.

I must get stuck in to some cleaning though and put the Christmassy things away. I hadn't bothered with a tree this time it's remained boxed up in the cupboard. I can't dust around things any longer.

Not sure if all the children have gone back to school ,I know D had mentioned that various attendances were being staggered as to age. It sounds pretty quiet around here without the sounds of children on their way to school so it could be closed for the time being.

Don't need any groceries and dinner is the same as yesterday with mashed potatoes and not roast, so a slight variation.

You've certainly been busy grandMattie , quite a little sew and sew
I hope things ease for DH gagagran, it's always a worry especially through the night .

Condolences too to DWM that's a lot of sadness for the family

Hope everyone stays well, take care underfoot and keep warm as this next couple of months can take us by surprise.
Thoughts to anyone under the weather and I hope * harrigran* is feeling better.
Also thoughts go to travelsafar and her poorly DH in the hope that there's been some improvement x

A New Year wish to Gilly xx

Good morning from West York's meeting friend for a distance walk hope rain stays away . Stay safe everyone .

Good morning from Durham. Wet and cold, but I can see a bit of blue sky. Hospital again this afternoon with DH - hoping he can have the treatment postponed last week. While he’s there I shall drop clean laundry off for DD2 and collect more, then to DD1 as she left a few bits and pieces here on Christmas Day. No physical contact of course.
Got my car insurance letter at the weekend - £5 cheaper than last year but still £352, so I’ll shop around online later.
Very sorry to hear that 2021 is already bringing sad news for some.
Stay safe everyone. X

Good morning from snowy S Lanarkshire. I’m very sorry to hear of you and your husbands loss dwm, a very hard time for you both.
I’m late on the go this morning, read till 2am, lovely old book by Norah Lofts, How Far To Bethlehem?, the Christmas story written as a novel. A friend who reads it every December lent it to me and I’m anxious to return it safely and soon.
Thanks Kalu and Marydoll for kind responses yesterday, definitely something to look forward to.
Wishing a good day to everyone.

Good morning from a grey but, for the moment, dry South Yorkshire. I don't think the weather knows what to do today.

Started putting away some decorations yesterday, which took quite a long time, but have left the tree until 12th night. The place is starting to look bare, but it's getting to the point now where I want to be as straight as possible so it's not such a big job in one day. I think I might not put as much out next Christmas (?).

Woke up with cramp in my calf muscle this morning. It still feels tender all these hours later. It will wear off.

Must stir myself as I've got some washing to put in the machine.

Sorry to read your sad news, DWM. ?

Take care everyone. I'll come back later and read all the posts properly, as I've only skimmed through them.

DH fell in the bedroom this morning and has taken the tissue-like skin off the back of one hand. Rang local surgery to see if I could get some dressings (he has done this before) but all their nurses are off with COVID so have to take him to the local walk in centre. Wish me luck!

Fortunately nothing planned for today so will have time to deal with getting blood out of the carpet. What a performance!

Good morning all. It's a grey showery nothing sort of day on the Angus coast. I feel a grey, nothing sort of person to go with it! Yesterday was a bit more lively as a friend popped round for a doorstep chat, which was lovely, and then I decided to top up the pond. Six hours later I realised it was still topping up overflowing, so I must just go down and see whether the fish made a break for freedom! Have as good a day as you can everyone, and I shall come back and read all the posts later. Stay safe and find your smiles.
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Sorry to hear that, GrannySomerset. You’re probably already aware, but you don’t have to go to your nearest walk in centre, and can get reviews of them online. We use one that’s in a small town 45 minutes drive away, but that’s more than made up for by the fact that it’s wonderful, and we never have to wait.

Good morning. Minus three here in the north of Scotland and treacherous underfoot. I also have a new jigsaw to start. Chores done and settling down with my one cup of coffee I allow myself. Best wishes to all especially those of you doing lots of “looking after”. hope you all have something in the day to enjoy.

I am late again! Good morning everyone.
I haven't read the thread yet so just a quick hello from me from a freezing cold Surrey but still no snow.
The courier has just been with one of those v shaped pilows I am going to try when lazing in bed! cant sit up with just the ordinary pillows behind me so I am trying this then I can stay put with my cup of tea longer!
Not a lot planned for today, as usual!
Stay safe all.

Good morning.....just!!! First post on this thread though i do read it daily, usually in the evening so far too late to post. Sooo.....in keeping with the "rules"...I am in Cumbria, weather here this morning bright, sunny and cold with a distinctly chilly breeze, house value definitely priceless . Wanted to wave hello to jelisjams from the otherside of the bay

Morning all from a drizzly and fairly chilly South Notts. Have been getting a few jobs done in the housework department which is not really like me but needs must.
A bit of reading and knitting later. Very mundane, but I'm safe and well and that's what matters.
Hope today is kind especially to those with illness or worries.

Welcome Happpyme to this warm friendly thread.

Good morning Mick and all from dry sunny Anglesey.
Hello Happyme.
Hope the anti biotics work quickly for your dh Gagagran.
Sorry for your dhs bad news Dwmxwg, very sad.
Good luck Urms, hope you get reassuring news to allay your anxiety.
Thanks for the sunshine share Grandmafrench, even if it’s chilly.
Longer days, more vaccines, hope.
Stay with it everyone, nearly there.

Just in time to say Good Morning Mick and everyone.

The weather can't make its mind up here in S Wales, grey one moment, the sun looking as if it will break through the next.

I had started sorting out paperwork at the weekend but the big cleaning and sorting will have to start tomorrow after the decorations come down. Would it be unlucky to leave the outside lights on - they seem so cheery?

Oh, I forgot, we have a Tesco delivery this afternoon (any time between 2 and 10pm) so I must clear some space.
All this excitement is overwhelming.

We're hearing nothing about the vaccine in Wales so must be way down the list; at least we don't have to work so that is fair enough.

Have as good a day as possible, everyone.
Wondering about those who have troubles at the moment, stay safe and well.

By the time I typed this it is Afternoon

Morning everyone..welcome Happyme..lovely name!
Snow still on the ground in my part of Bolton...
Very difficult to type as I've put a home made splint, lollipop stick..on my forefinger that I slashed open on a fence last week,..every time I bend my finger and its impossible not to..the wound keeps opening wider yuk.
Lots on here today with far greater worries and sadness...??to you all..keep safe everybody ?

Morning Mick and all from Damp Dowers, northwest coast. (just scraped in here..)
Hardly know what day it is but yesterday forced myself out in the sun to walk and walk and walk until I had had enough. The local park was busy and the lake frozen, but the cafe doing takeout hit drinks etc. The clever owner always has bits and bobs for sale and I bought some nice black woollen gloves with a white band and rose round the wrists. My mother’s ashes are there so I pay my respects at the same time. It’s not like an ordinary council park as it was once a paying ‘pleasure garden’ so has lots of character.
Then up and down the village. I ventured into an antique shop, not posh but not junk and with steamed specs, really enjoyed poking around, it felt more like normal life. I bought a dainty 30s style cake plate, the two tier style, v inexpensive and won’t it be nice to have friends in for a cuppa sometime?
Must keep these pretty independent shops going.
However, my back always seizes up after walking awhile, it’s a nuisance. Had it as a young woman too. I have a back support belt but forgot.
Looking forward to reading all today’s posts and thinking of anyone troubled.

grandMattie

Regarding sewing - it only takes me 2 hours to make a pair of trousers. 4 pieces to join. No, my whinge is that I have it up to here with making stuff:- 5 pairs of trousers, one black crushed velvet skirt and 15 pairs of knickers altered in less than a month... ???

I got fed up with making masks, GrandMattie!

Now DH has taken over the table with puzzles so there's no room for the machine.
I'm not grumbling.

farview ouch!

Could you get it glued at the GP surgery?

Many thanks NannyJan53, farview and Laura Norder. I do enjoy reading this thread as it is always friendly and inspiring, sorely needed at the moment. My target for the day is to clean the cooker.......as you may guess i am procrastinating .....though the shelves are steeping in hot soapy water so that is a start. Oh and I must start doing some fitness exercises again, sadly missing the gym....and some motivation.

Happyme you forgot to say how much your house was worth. Thought I would jump in before Urmstongan asked you...

I've got no excuse, Callistemon, I've got my own office/study/sewing room!

Actually grandMattie you may notice that Happyme told us house value definitely priceless grin
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Welcome to you Happyme ? I too love your name!

Thanks for your good wishes LauraNorder the phone hasn’t rung yet ...

Hi grandMattie, house defintely priceless....to me anyway. Love my home. Married 46 years, moved 11 times in the first 20 years , family joke that we would move rather than redecorate, then lived here for last 26. And yes we have occassionally redecorated, although thinking about it the wallpaper in our bathroom has been on for 20 years . Tempted by warmer climates but no place like home.