Good Morning Wednesday 11th May 2022

A grey damp morning in Oxfordshire. A worrying day yesterday, DD1 had a day in hospital with some issues connected to her treatment, thankfully she returned home in the evening.
A working day for me so best get on with it.

ChristieLou sorry to hear about your worrying day yesterday, thinking of you and your DD1 ?

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 9° with blue skies. It's still a bit breezy after the stormy weather yesterday. Mumofmadboys good luck with your visitors. I hope everything goes well. Edinburgh airport is very expensive. I know to my cost. Safe journey home Urms.
Yesterday was an irritating one. It ended up with my little greenhouse being blown over. It's past repair, as are the tomato plants,I'm sure. I caught up with friends at the cinema to see the new Downton film. It was ok, if not very cheerful!
Today I will visit mum, then art class for a couple of hours. I might have a nap later as I had a bad night's sleep again. It feels like the fates are conspiring to make me grumpy but I'm fighting against it. Have a good day all.

Urms thanks for the recommendation. I will have a look and see if either of us fancy reading it.

Good morning from a grey skied Colchester. Another rainy day with sunny bits.
Wednesday morning coffee meetup in town as usual.
Love to all ? x

Good Morning all, its so busy on here today.
Welcome to Ali23, I haven't noticed you on the thread before, I hope you and the other newbies continue to post.

Without meaning to sound patronising, Mumofmadboys, what a generous spirit and kind heart you have, opening up your home. I am in awe of you, being so proactive. Not an easy road ahead for that poor family and some adjusting for you and yours.
I wish you all well.

I'm pretty tired after yesterday's hospital visit and my efforts at co-ercing DH to buying new chinos and actually trying them on, to see if they fitted.
There were three wives (including me) all sitting outside the M&S changing rooms, putting the world to rights, while waiting for the grumpy old men to emerge.

Just as I sat down after dinner to relax, we had a surprise visit from DD and SIL. They had been viewing a house in the next village and were keen to share their news (and even more junk for our garage)!
DD was quite outraged at the elderly owner asking if she was pregnant, when she is not. I stupidly offered some chocolate brownies with her cuppa, which she adamantly refused. The diet was starting there and then!

They then dropped the bombshell that they are moving in next Friday. It was at this point, I had an attack of the vapours! ?
Due to having Covid and still feeling permanently exhausted and out of sorts, I have put off emptying my clothes from the spare room. In addition, there is nowhere to put things, such as my winter clothes, as the loft is full of THEIR stuff and MR Mdoll, is refusing to put anything else up there. He says the ceilings will collapse!

Corner, good luck with the dentist, I can empathise. My RA is now affecting my jaw, it is painful and annoyingly clicks all the time, but unfortunately, it has not affected my ability to witter on! ? I hope you have a painless visit and that your dentist can find a solution.

GM, praying that you and your husband have a gentle day and to Urms and anyone else travelling today, safe journey.
I'm off to the hairdresser, I hope to come out, looking twenty years younger or at least have the annoying bits sorted.
Of course, the best part of all, will be hearing all the local gossip.?

After waiting three weeks, we at last have a visit from an engineer to fix our house alarm. He is snowed under, because there is so much building work going on here. The fields are very quickly giving way to new housing, but there is such a shortage here, it has to be done..

Wishing you all a pleasant day and that the unwell DDs are not suffering too badly.

Good Morning Mick and everyone from a damp showery morning in Hull.

My mum spent 2 hours shredding the other day Mick she found a load of letters and bills many years old.

grandMattie ? sorry your in pain with gout my dad suffers with it and on top of everything else going on like you say it’s the last thing you need.

Safe journey home Urms had a laugh from Matt again.

Hope everything goes well Momb and your guests settle in quickly.

Enjoy your final day on hols Grandmadinosaur. I’m sure DGS will love his gift.

Waiting in for my medication review phone call and picking up DGS. Hope it dries up later so he can play in the garden.

Take care everyone and enjoy your day if you can??

Good morning from Shropshire.A rainy day forecast.

We have had a couple of weeks of one or other of us being unwell but both feeling better now??H is on the mend too??and DGD is back to school after having chickenpox.

Today DH is starting on his decorating plan.Sunny days will be spent in the garden and rainy days will be spent decorating.

Thinking of all unwell and all with worries about family members.

Safe travels to all on the move today.

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brook2704 thank you, that's so kind.

Good morning from a rainy N . Bucks
I haven’t posted for a few days as so much has been going on.

Various family members have had a sickness bug including DH. He should have gone off on a golf break yesterday but has just left this morning. Hoping he hasn’t left the bug behind for me.

We had two small DGSs for the weekend, fun but exhausting. Yesterday I spent the day helping DD3 as she could hardly move with back pain.

My nephew has many problems and has started having seizures, the worry is taking it’s toll on my Brother and Sister in Law so we’ve been trying to help them too.

Anyway today I have a couple of cakes to make for a local charity and an afternoon at craft club doing Indian block printing. Also managed a mixed media class on Monday morning which was fun. Will attach photo.

Will catch up with all the news here later.
Wishing you all as good a day as possible and hopefully a smile along the way.

Good morning all from a windy corner of W Kent. Great excitement? today as I am going on a train to London for the first time in over two years. Meeting friend and visiting an art gallery, can't quite believe it.
Good wishes to everyone, specially those with a difficult day ahead.

Chrissielou sorry you had a worrying day with your DD yesterday good to hear she’s home.
Ginny yet another Gransnet talent. That picture is beautiful.
Just can’t imagine how painful it must be seeing a loved one have a seizure.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning everyone, lovely sunny morning so far in Co Armagh
Been in the plastic greenhouse planting seeds , it did blow away a couple of years ago , but the neighbours found the cover in their yard , so it’s still on the go , we weigh it down with large cement blocks

Good morning Mick and everyone from a grey and windy Carlisle. It was raining when I went to bed last night so it's supposed to be drier today, maybe with showers. I keep looking at my front lawn, it needs mowing. I fed it some days ago so that's beefed it up though I can now see where I missed.
I don't feel very motivated to go out gardening when it's windy and grey though. Nor do I feel like 'doing an Ashcombe', sorting out my summer clothes! I will be caught on the hop one of these days...I hope!
So...today a bit of housework, a bit of admin and a bit of investigating interesting things to do or visit instead of mildering away inside, a habit it's all to easy to drift into.

Best wishes to you and your new family, Momb, I hope all goes well for them and you.

I'm procrastinating here! Must be off. Have a pleasant day all of you.

Good morning Mick and all from Cloudy Chambers northwest coast. Still have the stinker of a cold, not had one like this for a very long time (thanks Blossom for remembering me) and have just been coughing, blowing etc., I suppose now we are pretty much out and about again, it’s no surprise. It’s catch up catching colds time! Forgotten how miserable a heavy cold can be. I’m staying away from everyone…
Thoughts to grandmattie chrissielou and nice painting ginny, got a feeling I will miss art group this week.

Good morning all from amp grey Harrogate
I’m at the opticians with DH, so didn’t have time to post earlier. Hoping we can go on to Morrisons to have a cuppa and do a little shopping
This afternoon I meet some friends for a cuppa in the Valley Gardens
Indeed I think you are very generous mumofmadboys and brave. Such a lovely thing to do.
Safe journey Urmston hope you are back by 9pm!
Sorry getting your DHsettled is taking a bit longer GrandMattie - you need a sore ankle like a hole in your head!!!
Welcome to the Newbies hope to see more of your chat!
Have the best day possible folks

Morning all from a damp but mild West Oxfordshire. I have to collect some new shower mats this morning and a bit of shopping. Mainly white chocolates and flowers. I have things to drop off at the local Charity shop too. Oh, I need some de-flea too for the cats. Our gardener is popping in this afternoon to finish off the planting she started yesterday. I hope the rain eases a bit. It is our local history society tonight so OH and I will toddle along to that.

Good morning from a mild and sunny NE ?
Managed to fill two charity bags for collection yesterday and the wardrobes are still full. The clothes were all DH's and most of them brand new, he liked to stockpile just in case.
Got the vacuum out and did the upstairs then washed the bathroom floors, decided the windows needed cleaning so a half hour job turned into a whole afternoon.
I was making a cup of tea at 8.30am when the doorbell rang, it was the florist with a bouquet for me, and I was still in my PJs.
DD arranged the delivery even though she is in Paris for work this week, she is so thoughtful.
Hope you get sorted with the drugs gM and you get some pain relief yourself.
SIL coming today and we will go shopping, fridge is empty again. I am cooking family meals four days every week and I am running out of ideas. DS is now lactose intolerant so I have to factor that into meal plans.
Have a good day.

Good morning all. The sun is popping in and out on the Angus coast. Yesterday was lovely too - the washing dried in a couple of hours in the strong breeze. Actually I had just finished ironing it when there was a veritable cloudburst of rain, so I was lucky.
Sad news yesterday. My friend of more than 20 years passed away. So sad - but one of those times when one can take comfort in "a blessed relief" as she had rapidly developing Alzheimer's and lung cancer. She wasn't aware of the latter, I don't think, but she was just fading away. I last saw her two weeks ago and when I gave her a hug there was nothing of her. Concentrating on the happy memories now. 22 years ago six of us joined together to form a little art group, and until Covid we met together and nattered painted once a week, come rain come shine. Now there are only two of us left, and we are going out for afternoon tea this afternoon to remember together.
Lovely painting Ginny, you must be proud of that. I haven't painted for a few years - keep saying I'll come back to it when I'm older ......
Glad you got to your tai chi grandmattie but sad that your ankle spoiled it for you. I hope you take every chance to rest it and that it clears up soon. You can certainly do without that. .
Happy journeys home to some of you, and happy hols to many. I don't know if it's because I have lived around the world in my day, but I have become such a home-loving body in my old age - although I love to hear of everyone's gallivantings of course and the warm sunshine and bustling happy crowds.
Not that I don't do a bit of gallivanting myself - I'm off again to act as taxi for DGD3 this weekend!
Have a lovely day everyone x

Good morning. Sunny in Dunblane this morning! Hope it continues.
Dentist appointment went well yesterday no treatment required back in 6months unless……..
A few bits of shopping to be done this morning and a bit of tidying. Then GD2 comes after school she does this on Wednesdays and Thursdays which is lovely. She always seems to be so hungry! Or maybe just winding granny round her little finger .
Keep smiling.

Good morning Mick and all. It’s grey and cloudy in my corner of Lancashire, currently 12°C and rather windy.

So sorry you have a gout flare Grandmattie, I know from experience how painful that is. I hope you have the appropriate medication and it soon settles. Hope your DH’s meds get sorted today too.

What a lovely thing to do MoMB, if only more people felt like you.

Safe journey for your DH Ash. Safe journey Urms, your family will be glad to see you. That book looks interesting, we used to have a boat on the canal many years ago.

Good luck at the dentist cornergran

chrissielou for you and your daughter.

Heavy colds really are rotten Holly, I prescribe plenty of warm drinks and lots of rest. Hope you feel better soon.

A warm welcome to any new members I have missed recently.

Thinking of all our grans going through difficult times.

Wishing everyone the best day possible with a ?or two along the way.

Good morning from a cloudy and cool north west.
A trip to return goods, a swim, spending time with our DGC and looking after DGdog1 are on today’s agenda.
A small vintage hand embroidered tablecloth is due to arrive. Inspired by a conversation on GN, I now find I’m hooked. Each week DGD sets the table, adds a small vase of flowers and her favourite ornament (two ladies eating fruit) for our very convivial and girly 1950s-style tea for two. #buildinghappymemories
Whatever your day holds, best wishes are sent to you all.
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Hope all goes well MOMBit's a nondescript day ,it's our day for picking Gc from school so hope rain stays away .Have a good day all Urms have a good journey .

Morning all from a dull West Yorks.
Good luck with the shredding Mick our shredder only takes few at a time and frustrating trying to speed up the job.
GMattie do hope meds arrive and DH benefits from pain relief and comfort of being in his home surroundings.Are they sure it is gout in your ankle ?
MofMB I admire you , actually opening up your home to a family.Do hope they settle well after the nightmares they will have experienced .I'm sure there will be emotional hurdles to cross.Have you received advice from the aide agency's etc.
Safe journey home Urms oh what I would give for a trip to the sun.
Hope health issues for DDs and DILs keep on the side of improvement. When a member of family has illness the whole family rally ranks with appts,childcare etc and of course the worry(usually in early hours).
Marydoll you did well getting DH to actually try on.My DH thinks it so easy replacing his favourite clothing ,cannot get him to understand fashion and style changes (also his change in bodyshape) He has increased in size to a L
Bought him two L jumpers with reluctance tried on, only to find could not get off. DH insisting I had bought wrong size.?
Harrigran such a lovely surprise from your DD. I do love flowers in the house treated myself to a big bunch of tulips yesterday.
Today is DGCs x4 school pickup and tea.As they get older each leave at different times for their activity sessions be it gym,swim or football.
Happy fond times even though it is complete bedlam .
Thinking of all with illness and worries..