Good Morning Thursday

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 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

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 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 ?.

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

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.

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 all. Cold and dark here today. I didn’t sleep well, worried about events in America. I won’t go into that heee as it’s political, struggling to believe it could happen in 21st century America.

Morning all from, yet again, a perishing cold North Leicestershire.

DH is off doing his drives this morning and I am waiting for the man to come and mend my fan oven.

I then have go to Sainsbury's!!!!! When l finished my online shop on Tuesday night, I must have forgotten to press the 'order' button. All we got on the delivery was 4 boxes of lager (my holding order!!) And 4 pints of milk, Maris Pipers, PG Tips, sugar and milk. Anyone like a and a baked potato?

Good morning Mick and all GNs from South Gloucestershire where it's bitterly cold and frosty with freezing fog and still dark. Brrr!

Hope Marydoll is home now and that all who are not well are feeling better this morning.

Take care if you go out, it's very icy. Special thoughts to all who feel sad or lonely.

Morning Mick, morning All from a frosty, misty corner of Somerset. Impressed with the MRI process yesterday, felt as safe as anything can be, kind and thoughtful staff. On to do battle with recalcitrant IT issues today. Am I looking forward to it? It comes way after my desire to clear all the cupboards and tidy the sheds.

Hope your friend improves soon GG and marydoll had a peaceful night. Good news your headaches have gone grandMattie. Special thoughts to all under the weather or with heavy hearts at the moment.

Take extra care out there everyone.

Good morning from a cold and frosty Essex by the sea.
Supermarket shopping this morning and that is all the excitement here today.
Sorry to hear about your friend GG, a worrying time.
I hope Mary had a good night's sleep and my best wishes to Travel and her DH.
What with the awful Covid statistics yesterday and the dreadful news from Washington last night the world is not a happy place at the moment.
I do hope that you all have the best day you can. We will get through this and come out the other side.
Love and hugs to all xx

Indeed Beechnut I usually came in second, right behind you. However I’ve gotten better at it over the years.
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Good morning from a cold and frosty Torbay!

It took me much of yesterday to demolish all evidence of Christmas here with the hardest part being the recalcitrant tree which was most reluctant to return to its box. I had to tell it to shed its concern about being broken into three as it will be reborn in 11 months' time! (I’m missing my “tree surgeon”!)

I’m pleased to hear good news re Marydoll's health and grandMattie’s eyes, especially with the amount of close work you do. “Yestytjough” is excellent, Scentia!

My thoughts and prayers are with all with worries, especially GrannyGravy13 with such young friends suffering at present. ?

I think we went to the same housekeeping school Urm. I always got top marks ?

Oh no GG13 that’s just awful to hear. I hope they pull through. My stepfather told me on the phone yesterday that his 83y old neighbour who caught COVID 9 weeks ago and was admitted straight to ICU came home on Tuesday. I hope that news gives you heart.

Good Morning everyone from a heavily frosted Severnside where it is also foggy or Misty.

I like to do my shopping very early Beauregard and as you say especially now.

My daughter bought me a special windscreen cover Gagagran. I haven’t used it yet though. I should go and put it on the car later.

Marydoll I hope that you are heading in the right direction as to getting well and returning home.

Changing the bed and upstairs cleaning. I might even dust where I haven’t for a while ?

Stay safe and warm all, those numbers are scary ?

Good morning everyone from (I hate my prompts still suggest ‘sunny’ and ‘Malaga’!) cold, icy South Manchester where I’ve woken up to snow again! Brr.

What a great start to my day that little exchange between you both Scentia and grandMattie. So funny! Yep, love the new word! Put a smile on my face already sat here grinning like the proverbial.

No plans today. Will vacuum and mop through the apartment as the Christmas decorations were taken down at teatime yesterday.. Seriously folks those are words you won’t see me post very often....
#lazygran

Although Sainsbury’s is just downstairs in the square (my ‘larder’ - I bet your’s isn’t as big na na ne na nah! - we are going to make a shopping list to last us until Monday. We will avoid weekends, pop down in an evening when it’s quieter etc to be more alert, as we were in the lockdown in Spain. It’s too easy to be blasé this time around and someone has to get this blasted awful virus. I really don’t want it to be one of us (obvs). I said to himself last night that in a development of 64 apartments the odds are that one person has it in this building. Lift buttons, communal door handles have quite rightly got me on higher awareness. Just sensible extra precautions for a few weeks really.

Hope Thursday is good to us all and that you are safely home Marydoll after your scare. Also hope you are brighter today dragonfly. Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x

Good morning Muck and all

Hoping our Marydoll is on the mend

We are rather subdued at Gravy Grange we heard yesterday that our dear young friend is in ITU with Covid and on a ventilator, they are under 40.

Please keep safe and be careful folks ?‍♀️

Good morning from a very cold Derbyshire.

I hope Marydoll is feeling better and had a good night.

I'm off shopping soon. DH thinks I'm mad to go so early but I like to go when it's quiet, especially now. He would go much later in the day when many things have sold out.

DD and family had covid tests on Tuesday but thankfully they came back negative. We'd looked after the boys on Monday when the school was closed at short notice. They went back on Tuesday (parents are key workers) but we were called by the school as the eldest was feeling unwell and we had to collect them early. We are their childcare bubble and they don't have anyone else to help them, so it was a great relief to us when the rest was negative. It felt very worrying. The parents are teachers, so are still involved with teaching children online or at school teaching other key workers children.

Hope everyone has a good day today.

Ha ha, yestytjough... love it! Good morning from south Cornwall where I've poked my nose out and it's clear, cold and starry. A sunny day forecast. A late evening out on my patio again last night, trying to identify various stars and listening to an audio book.

Today I'm painting my bedsitting room ceiling. I think. Maybe.

Marydoll my fruit trees are budding, maybe yours will be soonish too. Hope you're doing well.

The best of days to you all.

Morning all! 0.9c here on the south coast. We have a click and collect this morning between 8am and 9am and suspect the car will need a de-ice before we go. DH put a cover over the windscreen last night - amazing how effective an old sheet can be.

Another day of nothing much on the agenda but at least Himself seems back to what is normal for him, these days, thankfully.

I am re-reading Pride and Prejudice at bedtime and enjoying stepping back into the world of the Bennets. Feels good to escape the worries we all share here in 2021.

Keep safe and keep warm everyone. Soon be spring!

Good morning from Malta where a sunny day is forecast with a high of 20°C. Yesterday was warm as well although it was a bit windy.

Very glad your glasses are now doing a proper job grandM.

Hoping Marydoll is home and on the mend. You gave us a scare.

Have been talking to DD1 who lives in downtown Washington DC. I was quite concerned about her but she is fine and currently on night shift at the hospital where she works.

My weekly outing to the hairdresser today after which I will call on DD3 who is going to help me with something I have to do online.

Stay safe everyone.☀️

That’s terrific! ?

Grandmattie. You may see it again as it is now firmly fixed into my phone dictionary ?