Good Morning Thursday

Good morning everyone from a freezing cold Inverness , temperatures still below freezing and due to stay that way most of the day ?
Good news that your readjusted glasses have stopped your headaches grandMattie and love the new word Scentia!
Very wise precautions you’re taking Urmston we need more like you?
Sorry to hear about your friend GG hoping things improve soon
No plans again for me today except the usual walk, I’m trying to find places close by that we’ve not been to yet. Yesterday we discovered Aldourie Castle on the south side of Loch Ness and enjoyed a walk in the woods there
Hope everyone finds something to enjoy today, however small and take care out whatever the day brings ?

Good morning from North Yorkshire. I have no idea what the weather is like. The heating has just clicked on so I’m staying in bed till it warms up a bit.
Nothing much on the agenda today. Will start a new book today. I finished my last one late last night in between checking the news from Washington. Shocking scenes.
Hope all those feeling poorly have a better day. Stay safe.

Oh dear kitty the exact same thing has happened to me ... Easily done ! ?

Good morning everyone from the Gower. A balmy 1°c here.
We haven't had any snow here whatsoever yet, I suspect it's because we live too close to the sea, like you grandMattie.

Sorry to hear about your friend GrannyGravy. I was and am sorry to hear about Susan's family members who've been hit by this wretched virus too.

I hope you are feeling a bit brighter today dragonfly and that Marydoll is much improved and that the rebalancing of her medication means she will be all the better for it.

We've got a gas engineer coming today to do the heating service. We also have a click and collect to ... well collect.

Whatever you all do today, keep safe, warm and cosy, wear nice warm clothes and a smile ?.

Good morning Mick and all from a frosty S Welsh coast, it isn't often that we get so much frost here. The sky is clear and there is a rosy pink sunrise and only 1 degree.
The workmen did a very good job of cleaning our fascias, so much so that they have been engaged to clean our daughter's today. I was surprised that they could do it so quickly, I don't think there is much work about.
Nothing much going on here today, little motivation for anything except a walk at lunchtime. We let the 7 month old puppy off the lead for the first time yesterday and he loves it. We were a bit nervous about doing so but he came back when called - for a treat of course, progress.
Hope that Marydoll is home and thinking of everyone with pain and worries. Stay safe and warm everyone.

Good Morning All x.
Don't know what it's doing out but it smells cold. Very dark too---roll on the lighter days.
A bit of a disturbed night again, this time an owl in the distance and I lay awake listening to it ( to woo ) If it's not that it's the fox yapping. Like living on the edge of a nature reserve, or a graveyard.

Anyway I have my cup of mud builders tea so all is well.
Tried to ring D yesterday so she could have been on the road then missed the call later, so I'll try again today. I like to keep abreast of how things are going.

There a lots of little jobs I should be doing but the motivation tends to come in fits and starts with no proper organisation as once was. My excuse

Hope everyone had a decent night with Marydoll safely in her own bed. A better day for Dragonfly and Susan as well, although the days are trying in general for the majority of us with no end in sight .

Whatever everyone does, stay safe and warm and keep as well as is possible. Mr and Mrs Travelsafar are in my thoughts with anyone else who has the misfortune to be unwell xx

Make the most of each day and count your blessings xx

Hello and good morning from a very cold and frosty Northampton; temperature set to be below freezing all day, so will stay in the warm.

Surely I am top of the class for househeeping, Beechnut and Urmston? My Shark will come out today for a very infrequent outing, as I got the tree down yesterday, then it will go back in the cupboard under the stairs, maybe till spring. I may even have a cursory flick round with the duster. Hate dusting, it's only back again the next week. I glanced at the study yesterday and tried to remember the last time it had seen a duster - last spring I think. It tends to be the dumping ground to quarantine stuff.

Sainsbury's delivery came yesterday, and the driver phoned to say he couldn't find my daffodils, and would refund me for them. However, as I unpacked the bags, there they were, right at the bottom! They are still in bud, so looking forward to seeing them open.

Not sure what else I will do today, probably get on with my book club book 'Where the Crawdads Sing'. I started it in bed last night, but will probably have to go back to the beginning again.

Hoping that Marydoll is feeling better - take it easy, girl!

Stay in the warm, take care, and stay safe, everyone.

Good morning all from a dark and very cold east coast of Fife. I was either too hot or cold through the night. Can’t get my thermostat to say even. Felt sick I think due to my lovely dinner of roast pork must watch my diet more closely in future. Mind you the dinner was really delicious. I went off pork during my first pregnancy a very long time ago think I’m making up for it now. Gluttony comes to mind. Have a warm and cosy day in today everyone stay safe you lovely people

Good Morning all, a wee smattering of snow here , it never thawed at all yesterday so it’s crunchy and slippy !

Good morning all. There's a light covering of snow in polmont and it's cold so I have put the heating on and retreated to bed. Groundhog Day for me. No plans and nowhere to go. I got a new phone yesterday and I am struggling with inserting the sim so I'll have to wait till my DD has a look. I'm fighting hard against a fit of the glums this morning. I hope you have a good day.

Good Morning from a cold and frosty N. Bucks.
DH has gone to take my car for MOT and service. It’s a local garage so he will walk back.
No particular plans here otherwise. More knitting/ crochet or other craft work. Maybe a short walk if I can find the enthusiasm .
Hope you all find a ? today.

Morning Cherry it is so clear I can see you from a back bedroom window, hope your heating is tickety boo. Will give you a wave from the beach later.
Best wishes to Susan's family.

Good morning Mick, morning all from S Lanarkshire where we’ve had more snow overnight. Yesterday I wore my new ice cleats and what a difference they made, walking on the ice and snow was so much easier.

Today is my DD’s 40th birthday, we all should have been going away for a few days to celebrate. That’s been postponed obviously but I’m beginning to wonder if it will even be possible in the summertime. Hey ho!

Hope Marydoll is tucked up in her own bed and that everyone else with worries or sadness has as good a day as possible.

Where The Crawdads Sing is an amazing book! I couldn’t stop reading it, highly recommend.

Totally agree*JanetG*! One of my top 5 reads of last year - and there were some strong contenders!
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Good morning Mick and the GM team from east London where the weather seems reasonably mild.

All Christmas decorations safely packed away, cards recycled and dusting of living room and hall completed.
I have bought several new bird feeders and have installed them in the garden, so I hope the birds had a good breakfast, especially the cheeky robin, who I love to see.

Zooming with a friend this morning and I haven’t seen her for over a year. She will have a coffee at hand and so will I and we’ll pretend we’re in the coffee shop of the National Portrait Gallery, or St Martins in the Fields, where we usually meet.

A bit of housework today, which I now seem to do in instalments, then a walk. I walk daily to the park and noticed yesterday that the dwarf narcissi were showing signs of life. As soon as they open, I will take some photographs to share on here.

Hope Maryd had a good night in her own bed and sending best wishes to Travelsafar and of course gilly.
Have a good day all, keep those chins up and ‘let’s be careful out there’. ?

So much for our trip to get the click and collect. Car won't start - dead as a dodo. Fortunately our DD has ridden to our rescue and has gone to get it for us and we now await the rescue service to turn up and tell us it's out battery - at least I think it is.

The car just isn't going anywhere much under present covid constraints so I think the battery has decided it's not needed. Probably means I need to drive round to recharge it but does that count as essential travel?

Hey ho! KBO is the plan.

I like your ‘let’s be careful out there’ Nortsat. I used to love watching HSB.
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Good morning all from a frosty Essex. No frost on the grass but roof tops and car roofs are white.

We put our decs away in the loft last weekend and I was congratulating myself that I hadn’t left anything out. There’s usually a little ornament or sprig of holly left somewhere . Until yesterday as i went out to the bins , there on the house wall was a small Xmas wreath hanging from the hook where my baskets go. . It can stay in the downstairs cupboard now. I might decorate it for Easter with chicks and eggs. ?.

My old work friend from nearly 50 yrs ago, phoned me yesterday and told me her husband, sister and family and brother and family have all had the virus. She has miraculously escaped but has been super careful with spraying, washing and disinfecting everything continually. They have all recovered thankfully.GG so sorry to hear about your young friend. ?

Let’s hope we hear from Marydoll today. ?.

No.1 son (whirlwind) did our shopping last evening. He finished work (at home) at 5 and was with us,plus shopping , at 5.40. He doesn’t hang around. ?

Wishing you all health, warmth and something tasty. ?

Another good morning from S Lanarkshire, snowing here at the moment. Local DD works in Edinburgh but started her holiday period today and I’m so glad, the road to the capital from here is challenging in this kind of weather. Sat up far too late last night watching the events in Washington in disbelief so better make a push and get on with the day, hope Marydoll and others who are struggling, have a better dsy

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a very cold frosty South Yorkshire. We had a scare this morning when our boiler wouldn’t fire. After much fiddling about in the garage it came on. Phew! Will have to keep a weather eye on it in case it happens again. Nothing much on the agenda for us today except a stroll, and some paperwork to attend to. Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning from a cold Colchester. Frost on windscreens but not widespread. Grey enough to need the lights on.
This time last year Thursday was my "day off", the day I had nothing on so I could get big household tasks done. Now that everyday is a "day off" Thursday is a highlight as I join my wider family online in the evening and we do Jay's weekly YouTube quiz. Otherwise the day is much like every other.
Much love to all xx

Good morning Mick and all from a very frosty S Hants, it looks slippy out as it was damp yesterday. Another early shopper here, I was at the farm shop just before 8 yesterday, the only customer, stocked up on veg. DD is working her normal 4 days in school, first lockdown she was p/t, a lot more people have now declared as key workers. Hoping progress is made today for those who are poorly. I have no real plans today, DH is off as no work, probably a swift walk if it defrosts.
Let’s all continue keep our heads down and stay safe.

Lins, I'll wave back when we go for our click and collect ☺️
Happy birthday to your DD baubles.
I meant to say I'm glad that your readjusted glasses mean that you are no longer having headaches grandMattie ☺️

Good morning all from my bedroom, where it's extremely cosy and where I shall be for the next few days!! I'm so glad I got home, its snowing and it would have been so difficult for DH to come and get me.
No family are allowed in the hospital, so I went home in my pyjamas, looking extremely chic, as always, wrapped in a beautiful mustard coloured cape, a Christmas gift from my friend, supported to the car park by a nurse pushing my matching, bright yellow case. The yellow case scenario is yet another tale to tell.

The whole experience of taking ill was quite traumatic to say the least. A hospital full of Covid patients, no beds anywhere, including Coronary Care, exhausted staff, trollies of patients in A & E corridors etc..
I'm usually very stoic and resilient, but this experience took the feet from me. I had tried so hard, for so long to stay out of hospital, but I knew I was in deep trouble and needed help.
However, there were some moments of humour amidst it all, which I may share another day. ?

Although my medicines have been tweaked, there is little more intervention to be done. The prognosis isn't good because I don't fit the usual profile for this condition. I don't have furred arteries, nor leaky valves, have low cholesterol, eat a Mediterranean diet, don't drink, never smoked, etc. It is so unfair, ? I should have just led a debauched life, as it would have made no difference and I could have had so much fun! It looks like my RA is winning!

The way that the NHS have adapted to the pandemic and the inventiveness in getting round issues is astounding!
I have have nothing but admiration for all the staff, labouring under this massive strain of trying to cope with Covid and delivering the best care they can. The heart technician said to me that she hadn't signed up to put her life at risk, but she would still be doing the best she could. ?

The bed situation was so bad, that I could no longer shield ?and I could have wept for the staff nurse, who told me that she had four staff phone in the night before, to say they were now shielding. She had no idea how she was going to run her ward.
For anyone thinking of going out and about, just get your necessities and stay home, protect yourself and the NHS.
I had a Covid test in hospital and will need another one done tomorrow. Just to be on the safe side, I need to stay away from DH just in case I'm infected. Never in my wildest imagination, did I think I would be in this situation.

Unfortunately, I have lost track of everyone's news, in fact I've totally lost the plot entirely, so I'm sending my love and best wishes to all my virtual friends, especially those who are struggling. Feeling so overwhelmed by all the kind messages, and some PMs from people I have never seen posting. ?

The best thing of all, my estranged son arrived in the garden yesterday when I got home, with my darling granddaughter, I wept buckets!!!

Take care dear friends, I'm off to write my latest novel, novella. ?