Good Morning Tuesday

Morning everyone from north Kent. Still got snow lying on the ground and there are snow flurries every now and then. Shan’t be going far today as it looks quite slippery out. Might gingerly negotiate the garden path to inspect the bird feeders but that’s as far as I’ll go l think.

Lovely photos of contented animals. Love how the second in command is being supervised - and very glamorous she looks as well although judging by the look on her face she knows it! ?

So sorry to read about your trials and tribulations Marydoll and do hope you get things sorted as soon as possible; fingers crossed that you can get in touch with a sympathetic and helpful dentist.

No new plans for today; a bit of that and a bit of this. Some phone calls to friends this morning to see how they are.

Hope those feeling unwell or wobbly have a reasonable day. Have a good Tuesday. Stay safe

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning everyone from Lueneburg.
Normally I don`t write every day - as most days are the same now. I wanted to send Marydoll lots of good wishes. I do so enjoy your upbeat posts and I hope that you will feel much better soon. Also, Sheepandcattle , I wish that all animals were treated as well as yours - with a bit of respect. Gives me a warm feeling to read how you treat them.
I like reading all about your daily lives and what you cook. My tasks for the day is making crumpets.
I am treating your posts as lessons in English.
Keep well and special thoughts to all with worries.

Good morning Mick, Annie, and all, from a cold bit of Berks. Mick, have you tried a face shield yet, for your shopping trips?
I have been day dreaming whilst in bed and drinking my luke-warm cup of tea. My fault, because I went back to sleep and was so cosy and warm, I didn't want to move. I was watching the fat snowflakes gently drifting past, almost as though they were unsure of themselves, as where to land. The road outside, having been mended and patched so many times, looks quite mystical, the snow having settled in the cracks and joins.

Marydoll, your medical journey gets more complicated by the day. So sorry to hear about your broken tooth. Hopefully your dentist will be able to do a temporary, cosmetic fix, until they are allowed to do all the drilling and stuff. Also sending calming thoughts to MrMarydoll.

Nice to hear you are out of the San NanKate, it's not a nice place to be is it?

Your decorating seemed to get finished quickly Ginny, or am I getting you muddled up with someone else? Anyway, well done.

Ginster, I remember well the balls of ice in our wee Cairn's feet after a trip in the snow. They did get embedded between his pads. Would a quick, warm blow with a hairdryer help defrost him?
Have you finally cracked the roofing disaster Kittylester? Sounds like it, if the plasterer and decorator are on the next to do list. Great news.
Love the picture of your barn SheepandCattle with your helpmates looking comfy together on a crate.
I'm sure I have forgotten lots that I meant to mention, but sending warm and loving thoughts to one and all as you go about your daily tasks, or lack of. ?

Good morning all from a bitterly cold North Wales. No snow for us which makes it easier to get out and about if needed but not as pretty. I do love the way the snow makes everything seem so clean and fresh.
I had a much better sleep last night after the rotten night the night before with shoulder and neck pain. The answer seems to have been a couple of painkillers before bed.
So sorry to hear about your teeth Marydoll and I hope you get an appointment soon. I have had a few broken teeth being of the over drilled and over filled generation and it really does make you so depressed and anxious. You will have to stand your ground with the dentist though. I broke a tooth a few weeks ago and the jagged edge was tearing my tongue to shreds. I couldn’t eat, drink or talk without pain.
Today is an open book apart from a couple of hours babysitting my four year old grandson while his mum is at the hospital for tests. I believe the home schooling involves number work today.
When he goes home I shall potter and have a think about what to prepare for tea. As with yesterday, I shall continue with my Ta Da lists, I find they are making me feel much happier than a To Do list.
Sending virtual hugs and best wishes to all who are sad and are in pain. ?????

Hello and good morning from a grey Northampton; we had another light sprinkling of snow overnight, which looks very pretty. I fancied a buttered hot cross bun for breakfast, so left it on the side while I poured my tea, only to turn round and find one of the cats licking the butter off! Into the bin it went, and did another one which I didn't let out of my sight!

Got a fair bit done yesterday,; I actually damp-dusted all the bedrooms and cleaned the windows inside and the bathroom mirrors. Then did the banisters, which are very fiddly. That was plenty for one day! I also down-loaded and printed a free sweater pattern which came up in my emails. Then decided to clear late DH's email account of all the junk; I keep it on as it is still used by a couple of companies to contact me (they found it too difficult to change their emails to my address, even though all accounts are now in my name). I have an email divert on it which automatically sends all his emails to me, but stuff still builds up.

Nothing planned for today, so the same as usual here again - reading, crosswords, knitting etc.

Good grief Marydoll your problems don't come singly, do they? I do hope you get everything sorted, especially your tooth.

Hoping today is kind to us all.

Good morning Tuesday. The worst of the post-vaccine side effects have worn off, just a very sore arm, blurry eyes and tiredness. I slept through most of yesterday and will probably be doing the same today. Hope everyone has a relaxing day.

Sheep, your ladies’ crossed legs reminds me of an amusing story when I was overdue with No. 3.
I saw my GP for the last (we hoped) antenatal visit. He also the local obstetrician in Jersey, CI, and was booked for delivery. A few days later, I got a phone call. “This is the surgery. Dr. Williams is ill and has asked you to keep your legs crossed as he would like to deliver you!”
Unfortunately for him, I gave birth on the following Tuesday, but my lovely doctor was my very first visitor! One of DS2’s names was his.

Good Morning all from snowy Harrogate, we are only -1
What a palaver, Marydoll at least you are getting your vaccine, hope everything else pans out easily!
More baking needed today, this baking is not going according to plan, it's supposed to help DH put weight on (he's like someone from Belsen), whereas I am getting more and more rotund!! Can I resist my own baking?
We are enjoying watching "The Stranger" on Netflix, very tense, but I love reading Harlan Coben books
Nothing much doing otherwise today.

Haven't heard from Travelsafar for a while - hope she is OK?
Have the best day you can, folks tomorrow is another day!!

Good morning all,

Just an odd flurry of snow now and again this morning. A little had settled through the night, but the roads are now clear, thankfully. We were forecast a lot more, as greyduster says, but I'm pleased to say that so far it hasn't materialised to that extent. Still bitterly cold though.

So sorry to read if your trials and tribulations, marydoll and I do hope that you get your dental problem sorted very soon and your vaccination, too.

Good news, mick. You must be relieved to be having your vaccination on Saturday.

Well, as per usual, no exciting plans afoot. I think I'll go and switch on the kettle for a coffee ?.

Take care everyone and kind thoughts winging their way to all with troubles, worries or illness. ?

Niochorio "Today is an open book apart from a couple of hours babysitting my four year old grandson while his mum is at the hospital for tests. I believe the home schooling involves number work today. When he goes home I shall potter"

Actually a lie down might be more on the cards, Nio !

Good morning Mick and all from Snowmaggedon on the Angus coast. Actually we only have about 1-2 inches - DD in Perthshire has measured 7 inches on her garden table. She's not going to enjoy her dog walk today! She has the maddest of mad Red Setters.
I got up early today full of good intentions, but three hours later have only accomplished the totally unplanned and unnecessary and have achieved the sum total of nothing - apart from reading this thread of course.
So glad your vaccination is in sight Marydoll, that's a big step forward. But oh dear, your tooth! I hope your dentist treats it as the emergency it most certainly is. Whatever next!
Love your photos, Sheep - they somehow look so cosy and warm and full of contentment. Kitty I'm so glad your roof problem has been resolved at long last (?). And Blue Sapphire I am totally in awe of your Domestic Goddess activities! I am not an enthusiastic houseworker, although I do enjoy the occasional blitz from time to time.
Looking forward to the bright sunny day forecast for us tomorrow, and as I'm due a Tesco delivery around 9am I shall have to be up early to enjoy it (the sun, I mean). It won't be any warmer though!
Have a cosy, unstressed and contented day everyone - let's just try to shelve all those worries for a while. Sending loving and healing vibes to all in need of them ??

Good morning Mick and all from a very sunny northwest coast. I had a good nights sleep after tramping around the town yesterday but it is rather boring, so many shops have closed down, so the windowshopping is minimal. As it’s perishing, most people keep their masks on. It’s certainly a good disguise, hat, sunglasses and mask!
Big decision of the day, is this avocado just right for eating?. I had to THROW OUT one the other day as too far gone?
Thinking of Auntiflo and Georgesgran and all with troubles.
Looking forward to reading these nationwide and beyond later.

Good Morning from a frosty, but dry Cambs., We've only had a couple of light dustings of snow here.

Good to see that lots of us have had our first doses of the vaccine, & that several more have them in the next few days.

Marydoll, I do hope you get all your appointments sorted, what a lot of things at the same time.

Warm wishes to all with extra worries & troubles.

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Just catching up with everyone at coffee time, I posted without reading this morning so I would be ready for hoped for walk but since we’ve had fairly consistent snow all morning I suspect it won’t be happening.
Hope your dentist can help quickly Marydoll, I’m glad you have a time for your vaccination, one worry solved, although at the moment replaced by another.
amselerin, during lockdown and thanks to a certain poster on here, I have become addicted to crumpets with my morning coffee, but I’m sure your homemade ones would be a whole different experience!

A late good morning from a very chilly Glasgow which is once again a winter wonderland after a heavy snowfall overnight.

My appointment for the vaccine is Saturday, by which time, I hope the snow has disappeared. Only a 10min. drive though.
Hope you manage to see a dentist today Marydoll.

Youngest GD FaceTimed this morning, so excited the snow has returned and she will build another snowman so, look out for some pics later Granny. GD1 isn’t bothered one way or the other. ? She is 15!

Plenty to do here if I feel like doing it. ?

What an exciting day Kitty. Having your jab and......?no more leaks in the roof.

Best wishes to all for a good day.

Good morning Mick and all from bitterly cold West Sussex. Do not scoff you Scots and Northerners - it really is the coldest weather I have known in a long time.

I had a more than usually active day (for me) yesterday: vacuumed, wiped cloakroom and kitchen floors and various accoutrements (bins etc). Then I sorted out some of the clutter in spare bedroom, collected Sainsbury’s order, went for a brisk walk with DH, cooked meal and read a few chapters of WW2 story to DGS’s on Skype. As I had several days previously when I barely left the sofa I was feeling quite virtuous by bedtime!

Today, unfortunately, there is ironing looking at me in a recriminatory way. It has been sitting on a chair, strategically covered with a throw, since about November. I can’t even remember what’s there.

Thinking of all with illness, worries, caring responsibilities .

Sparklefizz, I think you might be right about the need for a lie down ? you forget how exhausting young children can be once your own are grown up. However, I will not complain as I know so many on here are unable to see their grandchildren.

Good Morning All x.
Lovely and sunny but at -2 it's rather nippy as well.
When I opened the curtains earlier, the area had a large gathering of seagulls. They were everywhere, standing in the garden, in rows on roofs and some just fluttering in the air. It was like a scene from The Birds .Massive birds. They weren't squawking either which was strange.

My right knee has been giving in lately so I've been a bit wary in case I'm carrying something at the same time----what a pest. It's probably a touch of osteo, no pain unless I turn around suddenly then it feels as though it's become detached altogether. Old age I suppose I should worry.

Marydoll never has a "free " day from any problems and anything to do with teeth aren't the best, so hope that can get sorted for you soon.

Urms I can't envisage anything untoward with your forthcoming test, just a diet adjustment I would say which will remedy a suspected type 2.

Those animals look so cosy and content in their byre Sheepandcattle it's lovely to see. Lovely border collie, they are such clever intelligent dogs, with its pal, aww.
Glad that you've had some respite for the time being.

No need for any shopping today as I'll be using what I have in fridge and freezer, so there'll be concoctions of all sorts of eats. I'll probably go for egg and chips today it's a long time since I had that as I always seem to be cooking dinners that involve pans galore.

Oh dear, I've been cleaning the windows---all started by one of the cat's sneezing on the window so out came the Dettol and throw-away blue cloth and I carried on with my " foot bowl " full of hot soapy water. Anyway they're done now.

I must say the cats are driving me mad lately, in and out of the house like a dog at a fair. They don't know what to do with themselves----like children.

Hope everyone hasn't got too much snow and ice otherwise it's difficult to get around either on foot or in the car. I hope you can manage to get where you're going, vax's especially.

Anyway, keep warm, take care and stay safe everyone and those who feel under the weather, hope things improve xx

amselerin I’m in awe of anyone who could (a) even make crumpets and (b) be bothered to.
Hats off to you dear lady!
#lazygran

And I think your English writing and understanding is pretty impressive.

Yes EV and GrandmaFrench I think I need to address my greediness issues. I blame boredom but that’s just a cop out really. The lovely nurse Sharon said ‘just stop buying goodies’. She’s right of course....
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Back in one piece, After a very busy and slightly surreal day. Two medical appointments in one day, I am indeed blessed! ?
I will catch properly up tomorrow.
Dental treatment requires collaboration with RA consultant and dentist. I'm off to remortgage my house to pay for the treatment. ? It will not be a quick process. I never thought I would be so glad to have to wear a mask. It covers a multitude of sins!
It's difficult to see, but we have a blizzard. So glad and relieved to be home.

Welcome home Mary!
Glad that you've got it sorted.

Hurray Marydoll you’ve had an achieved day, you must be worn out with the weather too, I would be. Feet up time.

Marydoll so pleased to hear you had your appointments and positive outcome. Like the snow pic. Just seen posting of similar from my family in East Lothian.