Good Morning Friday

Good morning Mick and all. I don't want to rain on your parade, but we have sunshine here this morning! It makes a rare change to be able to say that!

Today the conservatory carnage continues. I escaped toddled off to Morrisons yesterday to get away from it all, only to return to find the house had been ransacked!
DH had totally emptied the room, (absolutely no need, it's a large and spacious room) and piled everything in to the dining room and the utility room. Access to both doors into the dining room had been blocked and the only way out of the conservatory was round the garden and back in through the utility room. ) However, as he had dumped things there too, it was like negotiating an obstacle course. I couldn't even access the washing machine. (He never thought it through!) ?
Things went downhill after that My tongue is raw, from biting it for so long and trying not to explode!

However, as men do, he made me feel extremely guilty later , by doing something unexpected, which knocked me totally off kilter.
I was getting on with things, muttering about looking for a divorce, when the doorbell rang. It was the postman with a large parcel. As a surprise, DH had bought me the gilet I had been thinking of buying, but really didn't need! They are clever at discombobulating you that way, aren't they! ?

Before going to bed, I found him wandering in and out of all the downstairs rooms, looking for something.
Me: What's wrong?
DH: I've lost my phone.
Me: Where did you last see it?
DH: I can't remember.
Me: I will ring it.
DH It's on silent.
Me: Why? What if I take ill when I'm out on my own?. (When the lorry ran into my car, he couldn't be contacted, so I worry.)
DH: I don't want to be disturbed when I'm busy. Just phone the house phone!"
Me: You won't be able to answer it in time, because you will be trapped in the b***Iy conservatory!!!!.
DH: Silence!

He went to look upstairs, insisting it must be there. After, moving stuff, climbing onto a chair, (it wasn't easy, I can tell you), I found it on the dining table, under piles of stuff. It was actually switched off and it turned out to be flat as well! What is the point of having a phone, if it is switched off?
No-one ever phones me. said DH ?

I'm off out to get more silicone filler and a gun. (Not to shoot him, but to replace the silicone gun, he has lost!) I may book into a hotel and hide there until it's all over. Then again, taking myself upstairs with a very large bar of chocolate and indulging in my Chinese soap operas, (complete with sub titles) may be a better option!

I have managed to get someone to come out this afternoon to give a quote for new blinds in the conservatory. After the new doors were put in, the blinds don't fit. That will not be easy. DH thinks everything still costs a fiver! It's a miracle I got someone, as tradesmen and building materials seem to be in really short supply at the moment.

Baubles, I really sympathise about the hearing aids. DH will not accept he has a problem. My DIL tested his hearing a few years ago and he had moderate hearing loss. However, his hearing has really deteriorated a lot in the last year and he refuses to accept that there is a problem. It drives me to distraction and causes so many misunderstandings. He has turned into his father, both in looks and stubborness. My late FIL, (whom I loved dearly) had a saying, when anyone disagreed with him. There will be no discussion about this!.

For Blossoming, our Cherry, Auntieflo* and anyone else who needs our support. ?
Have a good day folks, I don't expect I will! ?
I plan to escape into the garden to soothe my troubled soul. Well, not really! The weeds have thrived on all the recent rain, so I will take my annoyance and frustration out on them!

Take care everyone, numbers are rising steadily here, so I am off out early to avoid people! This taste of freedom is quite intoxicating, after being incarcerated for so long!

I meant to say, Have a safe journey Brook !

Mick I get those episodes frequently, they can be scary, to say the least. Perhaps have a word with your GP, just in case your meds need adjusted.

Good morning Mick and early risers. Hope today goes as planned here. Four lots of people today. ?for the building inspection. Order for teas will be huge. Mugs are lined up ready. MrM has the big kettle on.

Will be back to read everything. ????for everybody.

Good morning from a wet Norfolk. We are packing this morning and are moving on to Great Yarmouth. But first we have a boat trip booked to hopefully see some seals. Presumably they won’t be fazed by the rain.
Yesterday’s trip to Wallsingham didn’t go as planned as the little train wasn’t running there because of Covid restrictions??? It was just doing a circular round to the next village. Fortunately the timing was right for us to catch a bus.
Enjoy Whitby and the surrounding area Scentia.
Ashcombe are you able to get over to France now rehearsals are on hold?
Hope Cherry is ok and all other missing posters.
Take care and stay safe everyone ?

Good morning all. Polmont is sunny again which is very nice. Marydoll and Baubles I sympathise about hearing aids. In my case it's my mother who has hearing aids but won't use them so every conversation has to be shouted and she frequently misunderstands what's been said then goes into thrawn mode. Brooke have a lovely time with your family. Grandmafrench an early morning swim sounds blissful.
Today I'm babysitting for an hour or so as dd has a hospital appointment. Then I'm heading out for lunch to friends. I haven't seen these particular friends for well over a year because of the pandemic. It'll be lovely to catch up. Then it'll be home and pottering. Have a good day all.

Wonderful news of your DGD Sar53. Top of the class!

Good morning from an overcast NE.
DD is going to visit this afternoon so I sent her a shopping list of all my favourites from Aldi. We don't know how long DD will be able to stay in the UK but it cost her an arm and a leg in testing and inconvenience to get here.
DH had a quiet day in bed after Wednesday's chemo, five days of injections in his tummy start again today.
Still no sign of nurse who promised to visit next week three weeks ago

Grandmabatty, I love that word thrawn. My mother was exactly the same! I can empathise!

Arrrgh just had a text message our boat trip is cancelled because of the weather! Plan B for today whatever that is. ?

Good morning from rainy Colchester. The weather put the kybosh on the building of our new patio and the guy has just turned up to apologise that he's not going to be able to do anything today as the forecast is awful. At least we won't be needing to sit outside!!
We are test driving new cars this morning and watching the football this evening.

Much love to all x

Good morning Mick and all his followers. Lots more heavy rain overnight here in Suffolk and lots more to come. The grass and weeds are growing.
I have a mountain of ironing but my Tesco order didn’t have my much needed deionised water. I have already bought one new iron since we moved to this very hard water area and I am trying to make it last. I shall send DH to the local garage, I think.
I hope those of you on trips and visiting families have a fabulous weekend.
Marydoll - just breathe!

Good morning all. How lovely of you to remember my grandson's illness Grandmafrench ! He is not completely recovered ( not eating a lot ) but had a kick around with a football yesterday so a good sign ! He and little sister come here for tea on a Friday and he's keen to come today so hope my home made lasagne will tempt him.
Have a great break , Scentia I love Whitby. Haven't stayed there but have done day trips from other holiday places. Bustling town .
Trip to Waitrose this morning for a few bits and to return a Boden dress which made me look like my granny !

Good morning from a sunny (do I feel a nip in the air?) east coast of Fife I’m getting excited for the day ahead, an early lunch with friends in the beautiful town of st Andrews however it’s debatable whether it’ll be inside or outside, followed by a good nap getting ready for that important football game on tv where no doubt I’ll be hearing himself cursing swearing and shouting from afar. The flags outside the house should get many aroused.

Where’s my photo?

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. It’s overcast in South Yorkshire but it’s not raining yet. We are booked to go for a swim this afternoon - the first since before Covid hit us, when we used to go regularly. Whether it will be worth all the palaver trying to get a time slot remains to be seen. All these folks heading off to the seaside are making me slightly beach envious, but enjoy it, all of you.
Have a good day, folks.

Good morning all from a very soggy Suffolk Coast. We had downpours of biblical proportions yesterday. Dh was stuck in the shed for an hour before the rain eased and he could get back in to the house. The lanes were flooded and the beach paths were like lakes. What a difference from the hot weather we’ve had for the last 3 weeks.

We have friends arriving for coffee early on, as they have to be out if their rented (fabulous) house by 10.. we’ll probably sit in the summerhouse and watch the sea and the weather from there.

DS2 is staying at our house in Essex and working from there for a couple of days. He’s meeting up with old pals to watch the footie tonight, in a pre-booked pub garden. It’s going to be raining and stormy, so I don’t know how that will work. I might suggest they all go back to ours and watch it there. Not so much atmosphere though!

Baubles - my DH got hearing aids about 2 months ago, after a couple of years of pleas from me and the family to get tested. All on the NHS and he arrived back home with them fitted. I was so excited and pleased. His first words to me were ‘those damn birds are making a racket’ ?. After a few days of fiddling with them, whistling and turning them up and down, they now sit in their case and haven’t been used. ?. So frustrating!

Ash your lunch sounds delicious. Mmmm!
Grandmafrench I’m glad you enjoyed your get together lunch.
Sar well done to your little gd. How lovely !
Grannygravy enjoy your Thai meal this evening. I love Thai, so please let me know which one it is.

Safe journey to all going on their hols. Have a great time away.

Best wishes to all ♥️

Good morning Mick and all from a cloudy but bright S Welsh coast, no rain forecast here though the garden could do with some.
Lovely photos Ash I saw lots of foxgloves yesterday out in the countryside when we took flowers to my mother's grave, it would have been her birthday yesterday.
Have a safe journey Susan, I will give you a big wave across the estuary, Sam hails from there. He went back to the vet yesterday as he was shaking his head and scratching. The vet extracted two huge grass seeds from his left ear. Apparently they were so excited to find them and get them out, they took a picture of them alongside a proudly sitting Sam. The vet is going to post it on their Facebook page, he is going to be the face of their dangers of grass seed awareness campaign. ??
Will phone the butcher shortly, I think we will have a roast on Sunday after several weeks of BBQ's. Hoping for a quieter day today and thinking of our missing Friday girl.
Have a pleasant day everyone.

Haha Grandmabatty and Marydoll I had a conversation with the eight year old DGD the other day about the word thrawn. She of course had never heard of it but had the grace to admit that at times it described her perfectly.

Good morning from a very wet and much cooler North Hants. At least I’ll have some energy for pottering as the heat reduces me to a completely useless article.
The older I get the more I put things down and they somehow move themselves to somewhere else! My daughter introduced me to the Find my phone app when I ‘lost’ mine. She pinpointed it to the car, where it had slid down the driver’s seat!
Love the photos Ashcombe it’s good to treat ourselves isn’t it? In fact, I really enjoy all the photos everyone shares, proof that life does go on.
I hope everyone has as good a day as possible. I think I’ll treat myself to a walk in the rain ☔️

Similar hearing aid experiences here with late MIL baubles and Gingster, her TV volume control was on 64! Good thing they were detatched.
When we pleaded with her to wear them she used to say firmly " I WILL put them in - after lunch" ?

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Morning Mick, morning All. An overcast start to the day in our corner of Somerset.

Two very enjoyable if tiring days over the bridge, it was a first social outing for the friends we met yesterday, I’m not sure if they were excited or terrified. . If the system cooperates I’ll attach a couple of photos from the gardens we visited.

A trip to Waitrose this morning then generally catching up this afternoon while the machine deals with the laundry.

Step away from anything resembling a gun marydoll, if it’s any consolation similar havoc is a regular occurrence here.

Hope Friday is kind to us all.

Good morning everyone from a very wet Northampton where it is chucking it down, and definitely very much cooler.

We managed our evening walk yesterday in the dry, and just two of us went to the pub afterwards. There was a very loud group on a table near us which worried us; we probably wouldn't have noticed them had they been quiet. They weren't much bothered about masks when they got up and left either. Pouring with rain when we left and quite chilly.

DD texted later on when I had got home and asked if I'd like to go to them this weekend, so she will pick me up this evening after her riding lesson, which is at a stables near me. It will be nice to have the company for the weekend, as Saturday and Sunday seem to go on forever when I'm on my own.

A quick tidy round today before I go, and remember to pack my knitting!

Wishing all a pleasant day whatever the weather.

Good morning.
I’m late getting going today so will read all your news later.
We have rain which looks set in for a while.
Lunch with DD1 today and a quick call into a big supermarket to track down some tins of haricot beans.
Feeling concerned about DD2. She had to go into her office on Wednesday ( normally works from home) and yesterday morning was told that one one her colleagues had tested positive for convid.
She now has to test and isolate for 10 days. She’s sad as a Father’s day outing was planned with her two sisters and a long awaited trip to Bath with a friend have had to be cancelled.
Hopefully she will not succumb to the virus.
Thinking of our missing posters and sending wishes to all who are poorly or troubled.
Hope you all find a smile today.

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Good morning everybody, this says it all about the weather here in N Bucks this morning.
A lovely lunch (but inside although with the patio doors open ) with my daughter’s in-laws yesterday. As always the time flew past but once I’d cleared up I could settle down to the tennis knowing I had the leftovers for supper, so no further action was required.
It was also my Mother’s birthday Lins1066 she was born in 1919 and died in 1996. How we miss them!
The garden will no doubt benefit from its drenching, what a good thing I got the grass cut, front and back on Wednesday, despite the heat.
With thoughts for all with worries or health issues, I hope you all have a pleasant day (and that it stops raining - enough already!)

Good morning Auntyflo and all x