Good Morning Thursday

Good Morning to you all from a very wet Cambs.,
Your Parsley meals sound good, Mick. & well done sorting your computer, that's beyond me I'm afraid!

Urmstongran & Gingster, I, too enjoyed watching "The Pembrokeshire Murders" on TV this week, (looking forward to the true story behind it tonight.)

Pleased to see some of you & your families getting the vaccine, my sister & her dh should have theirs today in East Cambs., hope ours in the NW of the county get going soon.

I'm sure that seeing your DGD is like a small dose of medicine Marydoll, it's great that you can help out like that.

Good idea to make a list of questions ready for your appointment Auntieflo.

Warm wishes to you all,

Take Care Folks.

Good morning from a wet Norfolk.

Sorting knitting today, so much wool and can’t decide what to make first. Made lots of twiddle muffs and lap blankets for local care home and DD dog has new woolly coats ?.

DH ensconced in his study (not sure what he’s doing but it’s not tidying! ) so a day to myself, hoping for a walk if it dries up.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Good morning all from, as Marydoll has reported, we had a heavy snowfall overnight in Glasgow. Very pretty but thankfully, I won’t have to go out in it.

It’s lovely to hear about your time spent with Dollie Mary. Our youngest GD is Lucy but I have always called her Lulu, who is now 11, can’t believe how quickly the years have flown.
We are both desperately missing our cuddles.

A warm welcome chiggi. Sorry to hear you have the winter blues to contend with. Hope your SAD lamp does the trick to lift your spirit. ?

Hope everyone has a pleasant day

Morning from West Yorkshire! Woken up to heavy snow for the third time in a fortnight...
DH and I both have sore arms as we had our Covid jabs yesterday. Won’t be going far today at all...a day for pottering about, numerous cups of tea and catching up on the knitting &sitting in front of tv!
Stay safe and warm everyone...

Good morning from north Surrey, it’s wet rain here as opposed to damp rain yesterday (DH thinks I’m daft)
Another poor nights sleep in DD’s bed, whoever described as a washing machine, it is so true.
Drove boys to school as so inclement and then straight to supermarket to purchase the items I managed to leave at the end of the conveyor belt yesterday (don’t they usually say “are those yours?”)
Had a “Happy Birthday” zoom for DGD’s 3rd birthday yesterday, she looked overwhelmed, 3 sets of grandparents and 2 aunties and cousins on the screen was a bit much for her
Having 10 minutes feet up and then off to mum and dad’s.
Another night at DD’s tonight and back to work tomorrow, am feeling anxious, been a month since I worked but anxiety is more about being back to looking after Covid patients. Will give it a chance and see how I feel over coming weeks.
Wishing all a good day

Good morning from Airdrie in Scotland. White with snow again this morning. It had all gone but its back. Got my sad lamp on this morning to combat the winter blues.

Good morning from a wet and gloomy South Lincolnshire. I don’t often post on here but read avidly every day. It’s such a supportive and kind group. Those of you/us going through particularly difficult times find it so helpful. I’m really here today to wonder whether Marydoll has tried Teams, rather than Zoom. You have to have the app but it’s pretty easy to use and has lots of good teaching-type features e.g, a whiteboard (although I haven’t had much luck with that yet) and a screen-sharing facility. The sound and picture quality are better than Zoom, I think.

Good morning Mick and all GNs from a very wet South Glos.

Well done with sorting out your computer Mick. I have got that Windows 10 for Seniors book myself, and it's very useful. I am so non-techy that when anything goes wrong on the computer, I'm filled with dread.

Stay safe everyone, and thoughts to those who are struggling with ill health or cabin fever. x

Grey and very wet this morning so apart from rescuing the recycling containers from wherever the bin men have put them, nothing much needs doing.

Took DH for his jab yesterday - very slick and efficient operation, almost entirely elderly subjects (including a very lively 101 year old) and not even a sore arm afterwards. I look forward to my turn in two or three weeks. Rather wish we had had an end of the afternoon appointment because I might have been given some of the left over vaccine, as happened to a couple of friends, but the timing was not right.

Delighted that Marydoll is back in teacher mode, though an hour sounds rather long for both of them. Don’t think any of ours at such a young age could concentrate for more than about ten minutes.

Good grief, so many mistakes. An extra 'no' in there and 'changing' should read chancing.

Good morning all. It has snowed slightly overnight,then rained then frozen solid so the road and pavement look treacherous again. I have no no need to go out today so I won't. I'd like to go for a walk but I'm not changing a fall. Mince and tatties for dinner as I took the mince out of the freezer earlier. I was awake a few times in the night, but slept well and was so warm and toasty that I didn't want to get up. The beanbag arrived yesterday so it's in the spare room for a couple of days to let any germs fall off?. I had a lovely WhatsApp video chat with my friends yesterday afternoon. We hadn't caught up since before Christmas for various reasons. It was good to blether to them again. I need to stir my stumps as I have become very lazy on my non babysitting days. A bit of ironing later and a quick whizz round with the hoover. I must think about a painting I'm going to start. I hope you all have a good day.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. It’s snowing in South Yorkshire and forecast to do so all day. Oh joy! I have to go to the supermarket for a couple of bits this morning. It is within walking distance so may end up doing just that. We’ll see. Other than that, not much planned for today after yesterday’s big clean! I shall be joining the Gransnet ironing group I think. GS told me yesterday he has to choose his GCSE O level options this week. It doesn’t seem five minutes since we were photographing him in his uniform for reception class at his infant school. How time flies! Have a good day folks and stay safe!

I posted earlier but it seems to have disappeared.
Just a quick hello as I’ve got Pilates very soon.
Will come back and read the posts later.
Snowing heavily here at the moment.
Take care everyone.

Good morning Mick, Annie, and all, from a wet, but mild, bit of Berks. I don't actually know the outside temperature, but it is toasty inside.
Sorry to hear that you are not sleeping Lins, so hope you manage 40 winks during the day, to recharge the batteries.
Marydoll, so lovely to hear about wee Dollie, and your efforts at teaching her. Wears me out just thinking about it.
All you DIY husbands are wonderful. Painting, plumbing, and general handymanning, makes me jealous. As I've said before, DH is not a DIYer, at all. It is quicker and easier for me to Do It Myself.
That's what my mum used to say that I said when little, "I do it myself".
Our Locum Dr, phoned me this morning, just to see how I was, so nice of her. My friend is phoning this evening, for a good chat, which I shall look forward to.
Nothing else planned, just take it as it comes, but I will try and make a list of questions for the Dr tomorrow morning.
By the way, where is Phoenix lately. I have missed her ramblings.
Please have a good day, one and all.

Good morning from a very drizzly and dark Black Country,

Mammogram later today. Not much else planned.

So lovely to hear of Marydolls video lessons with her DGD. Hopefully small steps on the road.

Wishing you all a good day

Good morning to all from the still dark Cumbrian coast where it's cold and pouring with rain. I'm praying it doesn't turn to snow as I am getting my Covid jab this afternoon , a whole month before I was expecting it. Meanwhile, the ironing?

Good morning Mick and all

Definitely wet and wild in Essex ☔️?

Ironing today, after homeschooling with 5yr old.

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️

Such a heartwarming story marydoll so pleased you are getting such lovely time with your DGD - enjoy!

Good morning from a wet dark Morecambe Bay. I had a wander round my garden yesterday in the rain to look for signs of spring. I did find one solitary snowdrop so hopefully spring and hope is on it’s way.
Take care and stay safe everyone ?

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning from a snowy NE.
DH gets his vaccination this afternoon.
Yesterday was filled with little jobs, DH renewed the thingies in the kitchen taps and stopped the drip.
I am getting to grips with my new tablet but it is almost the size of my laptop, way too big for sitting in bed with.
Keep warm and stay safe.

Morning from S Lanarkshire, just a smattering of snow here. I wish I had your technical knowledge Marydoll, I would love to help/pass the time for my 5 year old grandson but don’t know where to start. 8 year old is fine, we do a lot of reading/discussing using face time, both having our own copies of the book, but I don’t know how to do the interactive stuff he would need.
More clearing out today and reading my book club book ready to discuss on our zoom meeting next Tuesday.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning Mick and all his followers. Another soggy Suffolk day - enough already! I have all my seeds ready to start planting, yesterday I went to an empty garden centre and got compost and now all I need are some warmth and sunshine. Don’t we all?
Glad you had a lovely hour with Dollie, Marydoll. I am having to hone my differentiation skills for a 7 and 4 y o on the same topic!
I hope the day is kind to everyone.

Good morning Muck, morning all from S Lanarkshire where we are once more under a blanket of snow.

Viridian, your photo reminded me of DD’s visit from the pest man last week. She’s been disturbed by noises in the loft for a wee while and was dreading him discovering rats. Up he went to investigate, then reappeared to ask if DD had a packet of M&Ms by any chance? He reckons it’s a squirrel spending the nights inside and DD should confirm this theory by chucking some M&Ms up there as they are partial to those particular sweets. I’ve no idea how someone would have discovered that in the first place.

Bed changing day today methinks and I’ll probably make a pot of lentil soup, always comforting on a snowy day.

Wishing everyone a peaceful day, especially those of you in pain or sorrow.

Good morning from North Yorkshire. It’s snowing heavily at the moment and is forecast to last all morning. This is the third snowfall this winter which is really unusual.
Zoom parent group this morning then more reading and knitting until DGS on FaceTime after school. We chat and read to each other which is the highlight of my day.
Hope everyone has a good day. Stay safe.