Good News

Thanks Kim19.

FIRST watched!

Great idea to share good news. Mine? I'm back swimming after hurting my back. I've lost 2 pounds. OH and I are enjoying watching The Prisoner on Horror Channel. Forst watched it in the late 60's with my Dad and am now in my own late 60's loving it with husband. We know Portmeirion where it was filmed very well and an added treat is seeing how little it has changed and where it has is for the better. Keep 'em coming folk , it's a real tonic.

N, I'm so pleased for you. I know how awful it is to feel scruffy in the hair arena. However, I'm even more delighted to realise that you've recovered from your head injury. Well done you.

Lovely to hear everyone's good news stories.
I haven't much to contribute except that two months after hurting my head badly I managed to get to my hairdresser this week. I have a very short hairstyle and my hair was a mess. Also felt well enough to shop for half hour afterwards. Progress indeed.

S48?. Your secret's safe with me. Brill!

My gd has been picked and got through the preliminaries for TVs Junior Bake Off.
We await final confirmation but getting as far as she has is exciting enough, particularly as I am no baker myself. It has really cheered me in these difficult days.
It is secret so not able to tell anyone yet, but as I am anonymous, I can tell you all.

Had wonderful news yesterday that son 1 is coming north to visit next weekend. Haven't seen him in the flesh for a long time but he does call me regularly. He announced his arrival by casually telling me of the local football match (near here) he was going to attend for his birthday (yes, that too!). As he's football crazy, it took me a minute for the penny to drop but, boy am I one happy bunny and not too long to wait. Oh, and I'm going to the football too! To be with him, I can live with that. Yippee! Quite true that we never know what a day will bring and rightly so.

I've still got two sons living with me Shinamae. No way they could afford a mortgage.
Gone are the days of a 100% mortgage.
I really don't know how they manage what with the bills and cost of living.
I hope your son will be happy in his new home.
You'll perhaps have to take your own dinner round then

HIS house?‍♀️?‍♀️

sharon103

Well done Shinamae's son.
I hope you'll get an invite round for dinner.

Thank you, it’s such a relief with the way prices are still rocketing… he had to put a huge deposit of a quarter of the value of the house to get the mortgage, luckily he has sold her house a couple of years ago and by maxing out its credit card was able to do it

I feel so sorry for the youngsters today I have my youngest son and his girlfriend living with me because they cannot afford anywhere of their own. I gave up my bedroom upstairs and they use that as their bedroom and therefore my bedroom as a lounge and I have my bedroom in my former dining room and that’s fine for me …

Well done Shinamae's son.
I hope you'll get an invite round for dinner.

Well done young lady.

So pleased for your Grandaughter.

After two years searching my son has found a bungalow and he gets the keys next Friday, I am absolutely thrilled for him… but he had to put a quarter of the value of the house down as a deposit ?‍♀️?

Grandma70s - well that certainly is good news - how wonderful!

Zoejory - what a relief.

What a relief Zoejory. I hope she's fine from now on.

I hated maths. Well done to your GD, varian!

This time last week we were all in a tizzy due to 3 year old GD being in hospital with a chest infection.

She was only in for 2 nights but it felt like months.

Today she's totally back to her mischievous self and it's as if last week never happened.

It wasn’t from today, but this always gives me a ? sort of lift:

Nice thread. Boasting is good!

After a hard 8 months' slog, I am finally reaping the rewards of a gruelling puppy training programme. Not just "sit" and "down", but coming back on the beach when called and keeping paws off the worktop. Small stuff, but keeps me happy!

How lovely to actually see them and be able to hug them Grandma70s

Last week I saw my grandchildren for the first time in two years. It was as if we had never been apart. They are now 9 and 13.

Parents' evening for very very brainy GS who is at a excellent school on a scholarship and is top in everything .... DD tells me that all the teachers kept saying how kind he was to everyone. We knew they would say he was academically on the ball, but this meant more than anything.

I did not want him to be a self-absorbed academic geek! So proud they said this.

It's been a long time coming varian, he moved back "for about six months" but that was over ten years ago now ?

Great news V3ra - it's the start of a whole new life for him - and for you!