Good Morning Monday 9th August 2021

Me too. Brilliant news.

Real answer to prayers, that's super news Marydoll, I popped back hoping for an update.

Oh Marydoll thank you for letting us know. I’ve been thinking of him on and off all day. Let’s hope he has a good recovery now ?

Wonderful news Marydoll

Just heard, the wee baby has come safely through the op. We are so relieved. Thank you all for your prayers.

Praying for your friends little grandson Marydoll and his family at this time.

Good afternoon, Michael and all !

Torrential rain in North Lanarkshire this morning....

Just popping in to send love and prayers for the wee baby, all those who love him and all involved in his treatment. ???

Best wishes to all GM folks, especially those with illness, worries or difficulties.

ANy sugar will do, muse. B;ackcurrants are full of pectin, so jam sugar is an unnecessary expense. Any "coloured" sugar will affect the flavour, giving it the slight more caramel/molasses tinge.. Your call.

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Alizerin, photos of the twigs. A temporary spot until the decking is finished. The contractors werent happy with the glass, so we are awaiting replacements. We then find a sunny spot for them.

nannytopsy. I did wonder if golden caster sugar would be OK. I always have plenty of that in for baking. Only granulated sugar I have is a bag bought for visitors. That’s been used by those involved with new build now and had a teaspoon in more times than I dare to mention.
Thank you for the tip though. I’m off to the village little Spar shop instead now for granulated. Only a couple of mins drive away. Fraction of the drive to Sainsbury’s. ??

muse I always use ordinary granulated sugar for black currant jam as they have plenty of natural pectin.

Scentia hopefully your SIL will not be too poorly and no one else catches it. My DD is just about over it after ten days, GD got it, but GS remained free. Easier said than done, but try not to worry.

Still just about good morning from north yorkshire. So far have had very windy, sunny , then greying over and then back to sunny again.Have managed to get one load of washing dry and got the next lot out but watching the weather. Good to have a clearing up day after last week, when I had a cancer treatment, a man changing radiators, and after 55 years of driving my first (and hope last!) tyre blow out when there were two boulders in the narrow road near crags and stone walls either side. Managed to miss one but the second one burst the near side front tyre and had a job to stop safely. However I am here to tell the tale and quite enjoying just doing mundane jobs . Hope to get a little time in the garden before going to a rehearsal this evening

Good Morning Mick and all Morningsters. Enjoy your quiet day Mick.

GrandmaMattie Happy birthday Mr.GM I wonder if he enjoys washing the pots as much as MrM does? He loves it?. I'm sure when we get a dishwasher in the new house, he will be glad to hang up the tea towel.

Grandmabatty Enjoy your paddle splash with the wee one.

Grandmadinosaur Excellent news about DiL. My SiL broke her family's run of girls. She had four boys.

Scentia. Had my fingers crossed at your first post then read the second one. I'm so sorry it was positive. So many lives are still being disrupted. I think back to a few weeks ago when Jax's daughter and children were a couple of days into a holiday to then have to return home early to isolate after a positive test.

Brook2704 Wish I was doing your day.

Grandmajean Loved the wellies as part of the homeless crazy princess look.

I am always in awe and admiration of our surgeon's hands when operating on little one's precious bodies. My fond thoughts are with your friend's grandson and his parents MaryDoll.

Such good food news harrigran. Steady progress is good progress.

Ali Holding onto a bit of sun here mid Cornwall.. Watch those hands. Careful with the bramble fight.

Pittcity There's a unanimous vote for an edit facility on a GNHQ thread.

Baubles. I'm a note taker too. Have to. I'm a poor sleeper so usually rise late having caught up with a bit more sleep. Most days I spend my first few hours reading this thread. Started today at 9:00 with a break for breakfast and by the time the number of posts is usually around the 50 mark.

Picked ? kg of blackcurrants yesterday. Yet to be weighed. Jam jars are ready but now realise I don't have the jam sugar I ordered three weeks ago. I wasn't on the delivery. ??Sainsbury's have some when I pop out this afternoon. Other job is to take a water sample. Not mine? We are having our drinking water (from the spring fed stream) analysed. More ??crossed.

No flamingoes today as I need to type quickly (laptop) if I'm to catch the morning post ?.

Take care Morningsters.?

Add mine too Marydoll...

Prayers being offered for that precious baby and the theatre team from here, Marydoll. ?

Good morning all. It’s dry in this part of Lancashire this morning, alternating between blue skies and fluffy white clouds. I have to count my steps on a short walk today so I can set a realistic goal for my rehab program. Hoping all with worries find some relief and those in pain find some comfort.

A superfluous “of” there. As per!

Good morning from the Sefton coast where it is bright and dry.
Happy birthday wishes go to MrgrandMattie (double wishes iykwim), Amelia and the DGDs of baubles and Grammaretto.
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The power of little girls have in melting DGDs’ hearts, eh Marydoll? Nice one. I’m sure your DH won’t forget the image of his DGD Grandmajean; her outfit sounded such fun. Another DH worthy of a special mention is Mrharri - long may it continue for his benefit and for yours harri. Brilliant news for you Grandmadinosaur ? and for you GG13 ?‍?‍?‍?.
? for the baby Marydoll. Sending healing thoughts for a speedy recovery for your SiL Scentia. Please try not to worry; if he could my DH would be giving you statistics to reassure you.
hameildaeme - home will do me? I learn something new every day (and forget it before the day is out)…???
Sending a wave and a smile to you all.
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Morning Mick and all

Grey and damp here in S E Essex, rained overnight. Pottering today, not going to stress about the housework.

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️?

Good morning, Mick and everyone from damp Carlisle.
It's laundry and housework this morning and the afternoon is either a bit of gardening or admin stuff depending on the weather. Another Freegler has just been for something and my garage is beginning to look a bit tidier and emptier. I'm also well on with scanning the contents of DH's photo albums into the computer so the racks of them are slowly but surely emptying. I'm hoping to hit the charity shops with clothes and books later in the week but there is still a house full of 'stuff' that, at the moment, I'm convinced I need!
Worrying news Scentia, I hope your SiL doesn't suffer too badly and that the rest of the family remains free of it.
That little soul will be in my thoughts, Marydoll, I do hope all will be well.
And I wish all the best possible day.

Good morning from Durham, where it’s damp but warm.
It would appear I have a rat living under my pond - it’s the size of a cat - it’ll have to go!
Phone calls to make this morning, hoping to get people ‘booked in’ for various jobs.
Took DD2 and family out for lunch yesterday - the first time I’ve eaten out since last August.
Pleased to see some posters having a better day - long may it continue. X

Good Morning all from bright Harrogate
Just a warning - all sorts of thing could happen with this post, I have DGS crawling over me. He has already managed to change the screen format and lost my google chrome - such a meddler.
hopefully i'll get chance to read your posts later, or maybe I'll be sound asleep!!
Take care, folks

A showery Scottish Borders. Good morning everyone. Best wishes to you all and my thoughts are with you Scentia. My DD was hundreds of miles away from me when she had Covid. Made complete recovery. But sense of helplessness was very strong. I sent flowers and a couple of hampers. All I could do. Luckily she WhatsApped me several times a day. Nothing planned. Loads of stuff went to municipal dump/recycling centre yesterday. I will seek out more.

Good morning everyone from an overcast Northampton, but the sun is tryiing, so I have put some washing in the machine.

Finished off my jumper yesterday, and luckily had just enough wool to complete it. Must now pull it to shape and put it under damp towels, as recommended in the pattern. Have now started my new project, a winter wrap. Couldn't remember what wool I'd bought for it, but it turned out to be a light natural brown with a bit of sparkle in it.

No plans for today, just the usual house stuff. My yoga friend cried off (again!) with the excuse that she needed to work on her allotment, so as it is too far to walk with my yoga mat, blocks and blanket etc, that's another week missed for me.

Take care everyone and have a good day.