Good Morning Tuesday 25th October 2022

Hi again.
Kitty very best wishes to your DD for her final chemo today ? hope she goes from strength to strength in the coming months.

Wyllow hope your first zoom counselling goes well. I’m sorry you had to undergo such trauma?

Safe journey madeleine hope your friends and family appreciate your thoughtful gifts.

DD2 FaceTimed halfway through my post which I started at 8.45!

A warm welcome to you too Grandmachrissy
I hope your counselling is helpful for you Wyllow What a horrible time you must have gone through. A tough decision but well done walking away from an abusive relationship.
Stay strong and look after yourself. ?

Good morning all from a greyish, drippy North Leicestershire.

Welcome all newbies - please tell us where you are and how the weather is looking as well as your news.

DD1's final chemo today!! It has been a long journey for her, and the rest of us, but we are nearly there now.

Have as good a day as you all can.

Good morning all from Glasgow. Sunrise appearing with shades of pink! Very pretty but not a good sign. ?

DD1 and her friend who were huge Robbie Williams fans treated themselves and their DDs x 2 each to his concert last night. I will be visiting later with cake to hear their verdict. ?/?. Pilates early afternoon.
Another busy week until Friday when I can enjoy a day to myself, back to my favourite pastime of foutering.

A warm welcome to you Elizabeth7. Enjoy your time on GN, it can become quite addictive.
Georgesgran. Hoping your DD and your DGC are showing signs of improvement today and arrangements are in place to check baby over. Sorry, I have forgotten whether your GC is a boy or a girl.

Best wishes to all for a good day whatever your plans are.

Thank you for all your kind wishes to help me with this time alone. Yes, Gingster, walking would be possible - I’m surrounded by parks plus the Downs. monk08: Indeed, I’m very glad to have had my new (smart) TV installed just in time!

Wyllow3: I’m sure you’ll find the counselling helpful. Asking for help is the first step on your journey and I wish you well. You always sound so positive in your posts. Keep smiling! ?

? to you Elizabeth7! I have to say I’ve never heard or ever read the word ‘respair’. I’m not sure it’ll catch on for everyday use. We’ll have to see!
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Have a lovely trip madeleine safe journey!

Good morning all from a dull Black country.
Welcome to all our newbies ?
Hairdressers this morning, then I need to do a trip to sainsburys, not somewhere I go very often but they have something I need.
Ash I hope your isolation isn't to boring and you find plenty of online activities along with your new TV to entertain you.
Enjoy your day everyone and may you all find some ?.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire to all posters, both old and new. I will finish off the C cake this morning, the dry fruit had been soaking overnight in rum. I might do some other baking too. During the lockdowns my freezers were heaving with baked goods. I have a stash of ironing to do as well. Have a good day everyone.

Sorry Grandmachristie, I missed your post. Welcome to GN. Always good to see new folks!

Good morning everyone. Pleased you are feeling a bit better Mick.welcome Elizabeth . I have found everyone very pleasant and helpful on this site. It is lovely to be able to come on here whether you are hopping mad, or sad or very happy. When we live alone or dont get to see many people this is a great community to belong to . So here today it is just starting to lighten up and fingers crossed looks dry and colder. I am sat surrounded by chaos at present as all plans changed . Havent been well, and my back has caused most everyday problems when I have found it difficult to do anything more than the basics. I live in North Yorkshire and my son lives in the Fylde area with his family. . We used to sometimes meet up on a halfway basis, such as Kirby Lonsdale or Sedberg but of course with covid etc we have not been able to do lots of things. I had hoped to go across to stay but things did not match up. But yesterday he rang and said things had changed again and they would be at home. I have a close friend who was a lecturer in German at Chorley college where I taught TEFL, so all of a sudden I am now going over this morning. I get very annoyed at the way commercial things spoil anticipation, and I do not do any christmas stuff until after Bonfire night etc , but as I am going to be seeing them and can take presents in person, dont need to think of parcel costs and breakages so yesterday pm was rushing about getting various things. Day before had done washing and hung it out when we got the deluge and the washing came in wetter than it went out, so had to stick it out again yesterday and of course all the things I want to have with me are in the pile waiting to be ironed. Oh well who cares. I get to see my family and friends. I dont know if any of you are interested in make up or buy much , but did you know that Boots have what they call their no 7 beauty advent calendar. It is £49.50, can only be bought online but you can have it delivered or do clic and collect locally. They say it contains £200 worth of things, even Martin Lewis reckoned it is about £180 worth . So for the first time I decided to buy one for myself this year, and being yorkshire , thought anything that I dont use can be little stocking fillers , so as a gardener dont do nail varnish etc. Well had a better idea and go to a womens group and suggested that if anyone was getting this or had new makeup that they had never used we might donate these items to make up a raffle prize and the money will go to our charity. That way we all gain. So look up Boots if you are interested, they go quickly. anyway total change now as box unopened so my daughter in law will be having this for a gift and think she will enjoy it. So have various presents, a bottle of wine for them and one for my friend, books and toys to be hidden for Joshua for christmas but have a couple of fun things for him. I used to get those little gliders that were very cheap for my son and keep one in the glove compartment in case we were stuck somewhere. So found a couple of those, a spinning top and some marbles, with good colours and what we called a glass alley - a bigger one. Dont think he has played marbles, these days they are more into ipad stuff, but we might have a go. So presents, clothes from sunglasses to mac and walking boots , my laptop and some music I am learning etc etc, but as I did not know about this in advance will be taking salad stuff and veg from the fridge so just about everything but the kitchen sink I reckon. Of course will have my fresh coffee, china mug etc for my journey and my quick go to meal deal from tesco so I shall stop up in the hills somewhere and enjoy my picnic and get the binoculars out and enjoy the lovely autumn colours. Have my fold up chair and fingers crossed it will be dry and I can sit out and enjoy the view. If it rains it will be inside the car with radio 3. Ah well , one good thing travelling on your own, listen to what you want, choose your route, stop when you like. So wishing you all a good week and hope some of you are also able to see grandchildren. By the way there is partial eclipse of the sun today from 10 am, so if you see this in time you might get to see it.
Well todays pm is Rishi Sunac, wonder if he will still be there by the time I get back!! Have a happy day everyone

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s just getting light and looks dry, hope it stays that way
Welcome to Elizabeth7 and Grandmachristie I hope you enjoy GN
Fingers crossed all goes smoothly for your DL move gMattie
Today we’ve got our visitors arriving so I’ll be busy for a few days. It’ll be good to see everyone though and catch up on all their news
Sorry to hear you’ve twisted your back Jax hope it’s better soon and try to take it easy, you too Marydoll sending gentle hugs
Safe travels Shazza, grandmadinosaur and everyone on the move today
Hope everyone finds something to enjoy today and take care all whatever the day brings ?

Here’s Matt.

Good morning everyone from sunny Málaga. It’s my LWW afternoon today. Beforehand I have a hair appointment. My hairdresser here was surprised last week how much it had grown, so today’s appointment is for a cut.

We ate in last night after an afternoon of happy wandering so tonight we shall eat out at the tapas bar downstairs. I do ❤️ Tuesdays!

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Good to hear you’re feeling chipper, Mick. Go steady. A pretty sunrise this morning in South Yorkshire and promise of a decent dry day. Depending on how I feel later, I may clean the car. If I don’t feel up to tackling the outside I’ll do the inside. Hopefully before too much longer I should be cleaning a smaller more manageable vehicle. At the moment, my present one sits in the drive sniffing “How could you!” with tears rolling down its headlights. I made a curry yesterday which I will portion up for the freezer. It wasn’t the best curry I’ve ever made but it will serve to fill a hole.
Welcome Elizabeth7!
Have the best day you can folks!

I hope your zoom councelling session goes well Wyllow . You must have had a tough time. Love and healing thoughts ?.
Onwards and upwards! ❤️. Xx

Good Morning Mick and everyone from Hull. A lovely day is forecast.

Mick it’s so good to hear about your health improving.

Welcome Elizabeth7?

Today we are going to Bridlington. First to take my uncles shopping. He will be pleased DH is with me today. Later we need to help Mum close her caravan for the winter months. We need to upend the beds put salt bowls everywhere to stop damp and bring her TV and bedding, blankets etc home. That will be it then until the end of March. My mum very rarely wants to leaves her house through the winter she hibernates.

Hope everyone has a good day. Thinking of those struggling through illness??

Rent ME the apartment….

Good morning all and it’s very quiet out there.
Today we are travelling up from Essex to the Suffolk coast for a week..

Welcome to Elizabeth and Grandmachrisy47. I look forward to hearing all about you. ?.

Ash I’m sure you will keep yourself occupied and content. ?.
Could you have a walk out when it’s quiet? .

We have our shingles jabs at 9 and then back here to pick up little pooch and a couple of bags and then we’ll be off.

Wishing you all a good day ?

Good Morning from a cloudy S Yorks, which is a shame because in the night all the stars were out in a clear sky.
welcome Elizabeth.

I'm off to the gym early as have a first Zoom counselling session late morning cross fingers it goes well and looks like it might help with separation going on for me from abusive husband.

As ever I enjoy following people's days but still feel a bit in the "getting to know people stages" so will give a general warm wish that days go as well as they might, with appointments and family meet ups and clubs.

Enjoy your last day of "freedom" Ashcombe

My house isn’t on the market until I get something in Bristol. The village will rent the apartment until I sell!

Good morning all from a cloudy Glasgow, where its 12 °C.
A warm welcome to all the new members, quite a few recently..

That's great news about the lack of breathlessness, Mick it can be so debilitating and troublesome.

I wanted to thank you all for your kind words yesterday, especially the poster, who sent me the loveliest of PMs. Apologies for being such a dripping wet blanket recently! ?
My lovely SIL appeared unexpectedly yesterday, with flowers and cheesecake, which cheered me up no end!

DH has an eye appointment, so I shall have to drive. However, it's straight there and back, I have no inclination, nor the energy to to indulge in a spot of retail therapy, while he is in the optician's. At least my bank account will benefit! ?
I shall grab the opportunity to get both my pairs of new glasses tightened, they keep slipping down. Grrr!

Thinking of all who are poorly or struggling, so many on this thread and also in the Kitchen.
Ash, I hope your isolation isn't too boring and GM, enjoy your morning out.
I was also wondering how Miss Oops was faring.

Have a good day folks.

Oh, and welcome to Grandmachrisy47 too

Good morning from a dark and dismal Black Country.

We avoided the rain on our Monday walk yesterday. It started just after I arrived home.

Today my friend is taking me to lunch for my (belatedly) birthday. I don't know where I am going as it is a surprise. I do the same in November when it is her birthday. Saves pondering what present to buy.

Glad your treatment seems to be working Mick. After a blood test Mum was prescribed Vit B12, D3 and Follic Acid. A month later and she is a different woman! She used to complain all the time she felt unwell, now she doesn't. I did tell her months ago to see a Doctor, but she always said there would be nothing they could do because of her age. It seems she was wrong

DD sent photo's of the girls in a Pumpkin field yesterday, ever seen so many in one field!

Hello to Elizabeth7 you will always find a warm welcome on this thread.

Have a lovely day everyone

Good morning all from Ibiza. There’s a pale blue sky and another sunny day ahead.
DH is still asleep and I’m enjoying a quiet start to the day and have taken my meds before I can eat or drink.
You said about clubbing JaxJacky I noticed on the way from the airport a poster advertising Pacha for New Year’s Eve! Ah if only. Yesterday we had a walk down to the main area for bars etc and had a morning coffee followed by lunch then walked back and explored walking the coastal path around the area of our apartment.
It’s our turn for the car today and the family are having a pool day after going to Portinatx yesterday. I fancy going to Cala san Vicente and we will see where else we end up.
Welcome to Elizabeth and grandma Christy ?
Hope your isolation goes ok and I’m sure you will have a plan for passing the time Ashcombe

Take care everyone.

Good morning .
We will be taking DDs dog to the exercise field later this morning. Bits and bobs to do then on with my crafting.
This evening I’m going to the cinema with DD2.
Hoping all medical visits go well and thoughts with all struggling with illness or worries.