Good Morning Monday

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Good morning from south Cornwall where it feels cold enough for snow but still none! The sky is clear and bright.

Elizabeth, I'll pray. Glad you got your cuppa.

Excitement in Viridian Land today - first dental check up for over a year! Ooh!

In touch yesterday with my Norwegian cousin. We're close but managed to lose each other's contact numbers. It amuses me that he sends photos of Oslo in the sun, which of course he loves during their short summer, when I would love to see the snow!

Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning everyone from a very cold and frosty Torbay, just looked out and my road looks like an ice rink so dog walk will be later today I think.
Not much planned just finish off Aldi click and collect order for tomorrow. Knitting and keeping warm later, oops just heard another car skidding that’s three so far and one lady falling over (I live in a hill) so keep safe out there everyone and have as good a day as possible.

Good morning and it’s bright but frosty here in Essex. The snow didn’t arrive yesterday .

Sorry you’re feeling ropey GG Hope you feel better soon. ?. Best wishes for your daughter Sar

I will walk to the fruit/veg shop today and stock up.
I finished watching The Bay, a strange last episode though!
Finding Alice is a bit odd but I’ll stick with it.
Just watched the first episode of Discovering Witches.

I’m reading the Graham Norton latest Home Stretch, and doing a bit of crocheting.
Just heard my cousin has tested positive and is quite poorly. They called an ambulance but didn’t take her in to hospital. Said she’s better off at home at the moment. She is a nurse at a Police Station.

Be careful out in the snow and ice. The last thing we need is broken bones. ?

Good morning from a very snowy Black Country.

We would have been in Lincolnshire this weekend for my friends 60th! Obviously the party was cancelled. We may have been snowed in there! Hopefully we can visit and celebrate with her later in the year.

I had planned a walk today with my friend who lives nearby, will have to call her later to see if she is still keen. Very red sky here at the moment.

Chicken carcass simmering ready to make soup.

Wishing your DD well Gaga.

Hoping gilly will be back with us soon. Thinking of all with health worries

Morning everyone from a very cold Bolton..yesterday a 1.5hour walk across the golf course, snow quite deep in some places,got back home, made a cuppa,phone rang,my son asking if I wanted to watch our 4yr old hurricane sledging, "where are you" I asked.." at the far side of the golf course" was the reply...Oh no....did not feel like that long walk again....but of course I went and was glad...laughed so much at my fearless hurricane zooming down the slopes...
Keep safe everyone...keep smiling...?

Good morning Mick and all from and bright, icy Wiltshire. A productive day yesterday getting all the sheep jabbed and bollussed although by the time I finished, I don’t think I had a muscle that wasn’t aching! Today I just need to run them through the footpath and then onto clean fields. I kept the 8 rams in the shed last night as they were the last group to come in to be jabbed and will be the first to be foot-bathed this morning. As a gave them their hay and water I was chatting to them (as you do!) and wished them all a pleasant ‘boys night in’ I had the image of them sitting around watching a Rambo video with a few cans of beer and an Indian takeaway ?! I think they’d have rather liked that!!! Had a new calf born last night - mother and baby doing well - so that makes it 14 out of the 29 in this group already done and dusted. Today we shall have to tag the 3 calves born over the weekend and register them.
Had FaceTime calls last night with both my sons and their families. My 18 month old GS likes to offer me things to eat on the phone ..... so I had to tuck into a small toy lorry, a plastic sausage and a piece of fluff he’d discovered between his toes, whist making appropriate chomping noises and muttering of ‘delicious’! I haven’t seen any of the grand children since August and despite my telling them to stop growing so quickly, sadly they are changing and getting bigger all the time and I feel so sad that I’m missing this big chunk of their lovely childhoods. Hey ho- we’re all in the same boat. Enough rambling, must crack on now so wishing you all a happy, peaceful day.

Good morning all from Glasgow, it was -5°°CC when I went to bed, now it's 2. Hopefully, I will manage a ten minute walk today.

Elizabeth, the Scottish envelopes will be blue, not white, our lovely postman will be busy this week. It will be just like Christmas, in more ways than one, as there are so many older people in our little development.

I have a Zoom lesson with Dollie today, but will restrict it to an hour, as it is quite tiring. Her dad sent us a video of her telling us that she fell of her chair and daddy thought she had broken her leg. That is the last thing she needs. If she was one of my pupils, I would call her, lively and that would be a restrained comment. ?
GM, great news about Iris!

I have plenty to keep me busy today, as I didn't get the sewing done. I also have our Parish safeguarding audit to complete, as its been hanging over me. There is a lot of information required, but it has been a bit problematic, as I'm doing it all remotely. Yesterday, I panicked, when I couldn't find the one I had stored to the cloud. It turns out the link had been sent to my Google account email! It made me realise how rusty my IT skills have become.

For the first time since I went into hospital three weeks ago, I did a little baking. I had a shortcrust pastry going out of date, which I couldn't bare to waste, so I made some coconut, jam tartlets and a few mince pies with the trimmings for DH.

To say I'm lucky to be here today is an understatement. Last night, I nearly set the kitchen on fire. When putting brandy into the hot skillet, I put too much and it went on fire, with flames shooting up into the cooker hood. ? DH froze! (Remind me never to rely on him in an emergency). I have to admit to freezing a little too. ?
There was smoke everywhere. What a shock I got, heart attack inducing ?, to say the least. However, I survived!!! Phew. I felt I had turned into a silly, careless, old woman. ?

GrannyGravy, make that call! I was just thinking last night that I hadn't had any chest infections this year. Usually, I have at least two a year, it must be due to being in solitary confinement since March! No- one to give me germs.
I keep a rescue pack at home for such events, antibiotics and steroids. Today may be a good time to ask your GP about that.
Sar, I hope all goes well for your daughter today. The camper van lunch is a great idea!.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning all. We weren't sure if we would get snow in Derbyshire yesterday as the forecasts gave conflicting information, but boy did we get some. We set off when it was at its worst to tend to the girls ? and they have never been so glad to see us. It was DH's first visit to them for two weeks since his op. He is walking a little further each day.

The tap at the yard was frozen solid but we had just enough water in a container to manage until today. Hopefully the temperature will rise enough during the day for it to thaw out so we can fill their water trough later, otherwise it's transport some from home in containers. I dread the thought as DH can't help at all at the moment.

Hope you feel better soon GrannyGravy and all who are feeling unwell today.
Have a good day and stay safe.

Morning all! Late start for me from a chilly south coast. No snow but -1.4c on my electronic weather station.

Concerning news from DD yesterday as she was feeling worse but I am trying not to worry as DSiL is a Hospital Consultant so will know if and when to seek further help. He is feeling better but still chesty. DGS is sleeping a lot (not unusual for a 15 year old) and I am sure he will be OK. Hope for a better bulletin today.

Laundry day here, which brings back memories of Mondays, growing up in the 1950s. It was always "Monday wash day" and always cold meat and chips for tea or egg and chips if no joint left-overs. Wasn't a fan of cold meat from a joint then and still not keen! Egg and chips much nicer in my book.

Don't envy the snow and ice further north. One great plus for me, of living near the sea, so far south, is a milder climate after our years in the Pennines. where we had some fierce and long winters.

Keep safe and warm everyone and hope the jab appointments come today for those waiting. {sunshine]

Hi there I’m back on! My dh has just brought me a cup of tea he must be feeling a tad sorry for his early morning grumpiness I’m so pleased with him he’s a good sort really. I’m very lucky it can’t be easy for him since my stroke journey and this horrible lockdown. Can we please have a kind prayer this morning from those who do pray. Much appreciated

Thank you for the footy tip nankate I hope to impress my DGS later ...... ?

Should say Sar blooming predictive text.

Good morning all from a very cold Polmont. It says -1 but a real feel of -6 and it does feel significantly cold this morning. Another disturbed night for me. Next door have a security light which keeps going on. I'm assuming it has very sensitive settings. The light shines right in my bedroom. Normally it doesn't bother me but it was annoying me last night. Poor man is in hospital after a stroke so I'll have to put up with it. I didn't mean to start with a moan! Grannygravy I hope you are okay. Sat ? for your dd. My beef olives and haggis didn't arrive from Tesco yesterday so I had roast chicken instead. DD has invited me to share their haggis and stay for tea when I drop off dgs and I gladly accepted. I'm in their household so it's ok. I'm looking forward to a change to the routine. Back to two days babysitting duties which I'm both sad and glad about. He's such a loving,funny wee man he makes me happy. He also exhausts me! I'm off to have coffee number two then gird my loins to scrape the car. Happy Burns Day to all. A man who was known for his poetry around the world. A social commentator and a lover of his fellow man (and women) .

Good morning from a below freezing Colchester. The forecast snow hasn't materialised but it's icy out. I can hear my neighbour scraping their car.
DH has a dental appointment and I would normally walk into town with him. Today he goes alone. I will give him a list of things that I can't get in Lidl.
Otherwise another lockdown day of pottering about here.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where we’ve still got crunchy snow outside, it’s not going anywhere at all.
Yesterday I had a lovely face time call with DS, it’s well over a year since I’ve seen him as he lives in Switzerland, I’m missing him loads and I’ve no way of knowing when we’ll be able to meet up again. But as soon as it’s allowed we will!
DD2 messaged yesterday asking if I’d like to meet for a short walk this morning with the DGC, so that’s the plan for today. She’s finding that breaking up the homeschooling day by getting outside for a short while helps with stress levels so that’s a good thing
It was lovely to hear lots of happy people getting out in the snow a bit yesterday - sounds like Iris is doing so well if she’s been out sledging grandmattie?
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope the day is kind and take care all whatever today brings?

Good morning all, it’s very frosty and iced over the snow remnants, woke to hear someone scraping their car, glad it wasn’t me. Hopefully it will all defrost later and I can get out for a walk, housebound yesterday, but enjoyed watching the snow fall. I’m going to spend part of the day ‘de-wiring’ my bras after advice from the breast clinic last week. Mr J is getting restless with no work and no projects in the house, he likes to be active.
Have a safe day all.

Good morning to you all from a clear and frosty Torbay! ?

Scentia: I heard from my DS about the severe weather in Staffs last night. His kind boss allowed those with a distance to travel to leave at 6.00 p.m., rather than when the shift ended at 10.30 p.m. He had an horrendous journey from Wednesbury to Rugeley, finally abandoning his car and walking the last mile which is up a very steep hill.

My GP adjusted my heart tablets a few days ago and I am sleeping well, hence my increasingly late appearances on here!

Another week begins and I’m looking forward to seeing the blue envelope grandMattie! Thanks for the joke - good to start the week with a smile. Stay safe, my friends. ?

Morning Mick and All.

The snow was topped up here overnight in South Bucks. We are not used to all this white stuff here in the south. Lovely to watch the children playing in it yesterday morning whilst I had my coffee.

I impressed my elder DGS nearly 10 with my up to date footie knowledge. I told him to look on YouTube at the match between Cheltenham and Newport to see the goalie kick the ball which went right down to the other end of the pitch and straight into the opposing goal. ?‍♂️⚽️

My qigong session on Zoom today

Good morning all from the freezing Scottish Borders.

It's Burn's Night and I know what's on the menu. I have a vegetarian haggis and shall say the Selkirk grace:

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.

Still much ice and deep snow so I won't venture far especially as my df fell and broke her wrist at the weekend and was told at the hospital that she was one of over 90 with fractures.

I love your joke grandMattie

All the very best for DD's operation Sar
Stay extra safe today please everyone.

I hope you feel better soon GG13 xx

Good morning from a frosty Essex by the sea. We didn't have any snow yesterday although DD2 in Kent had a smattering and DD1 in Warwickshire had a fair bit. Lots of photos of the DGD's enjoying themselves.
DD2 has to go to for a Covid test today and pre-OP checks prior to her operation on Thursday. The operation is at a London hospital so she has to go there for the test. Her DH is going to drive their camper van so he and 3 year old DGD can sit and have lunch in the car park whilst they wait.
DH has a light fitting to change today and I have some housework to do then probably a walk to blow the cobwebs away.
Have the best Monday you can, find a ? and stay safe everyone xx

Wishing all our Scottish posters a merry Burns Night ?

Good morning Mick and all GNs from icy South Glos. Most of yesterday's snow has gone but the remains have iced over.

I had a lovely family Zoom yesterday afternoon and the weekend flew by although I don't seem to have achieved much. Note to self: housework.

Glad you enjoyed Bridgerton Dwmx. We all need a bit of lighthearted "froth" at the moment and it was beautifully filmed.

Stay safe everyone, and special thoughts to those who are struggling on unwell. x