Good Morning Thursday 3rd November 2022

Good morning from a still dry (just) E Kent. The weather is promised to E absolutely horrible a little later…
Had a “quiet” day yesterday. I sorted, washed, dried, folded and ironed 4 loads of clothes.
I went to the supermarket where I found myself a lovely violet knitted dress forDD’s installation.
I’d seen some watercress in the farm shop which I purchased and took to a dear old friend up the road who is unwell and loves the stuff.
I put DL in the garden for half an hour after struggling to get her over the latest ramp (which doesn’t fit properly). Mercifully, I didn’t do myself an injury. She isn’t fat, but a grown woman is heavy!
After a rest, another of DL’sfriends came with her dog…
I made a bag the transport of the nativity tomorrow. Made SOAP for dinner (which was very well received, thanks Urms) and a mincemeat tart for dinner. Was wiped out by evening and in bed by 2100!
So much for a quiet day!!!
Spanish this morning, packing this afternoon.
Still nothing from Ash or her DH.
Have a quiet day, one and all, free from sorrow or pain.Carpe diem. 🦩❤️🦩🦩🦩

Morning Mick and everyone. grandMattie you're amazing..
Hope Ash's surgery went well.
Night flight to Dubai to my daughter and children so lots of packing to do..cant wait for all the hugs...journey will no doubt be stressful as H now has terrible memory problem...
Take care all 💕

Good morning from a very wet Essex by the sea. I believe the rain is due to last most of the day.
GM I take my hat off to you .
Food shopping this morning no other plans.
Have the best Thursday you can everyone xx

Good Morning everyone from Severnside. Dark and wet here too Mick.

I’m off out just before lunchtime to run a few errands. I went to look at the library website the other day and found that my card had run out last year. There is also a Christmas magazine I want to buy and see about the results of a blood test I had a few weeks ago.

I think, well I know you do more in a day than I do in a week Mattie.

Have a good day all and if you’re out and about brolly up ☂️🌧

Here’s Matt.

Good morning everyone from Málaga where it’s mild even at this early hour. I haven’t looked outside yet nor looked up the weather forecast.

The Boy Wonder & L’il Miss were taken to see Disney on Ice in Manchester last night - mum had won four tickets. She texted me last night to say they’d had a brilliant time and posted a couple of photos to my inbox which I’ve just opened. Isn’t technology wonderful?

Glad to hear the SOAP dish was popular grandMattie! My you were busy yesterday. I think you have ants in your pants.

Hope all is well for Ash and that ‘skinny minny’ GG13 is feeling much better this morning. Great news yesterday Kalu what a boost for you both.

Enjoy Thursday all who can.

Morning all from a still dark West Oxfordshire. OH and I are going out for lunch today to one of our favourite places. This evening I am meeting friends either in person or on Zoom. In the meantime I am waiting for news on our new lounge curtains. I had a text the other day to say they are nearly ready. Oh, I’ve still got a stack of ironing to do. Have a good day everyone.

Good morning all from a dry East Yorkshire.

Yesterday all went well on my journey to Leeds. I had time for a little browse in the shops. There were some lovely things in John Lewis and TK Maxx. Couldn’t buy a lot with going to the theatre. I enjoyed the show although I had to change seats. I was on the end of a row and the last seat in front was a wheelchair designated one. I had less leg room and my feet either side of the wheel in the wheelchair. I got moved to a house seat the row behind where I had an excellent view. Won’t book that seat again. It was bucketing down when I came out at the end. When I got to the railway station yes you've guessed it my train was cancelled. I was glad I’d stopped for a quick McDonalds as I had to wait half an hour for the next one.

We are going for our Covid jabs the morning. I want to change to the duvet today and GS here after school.

Hope Ash is making good progress.

Take care everyone.

So pleased to hear it was good news for your DH Kalu a relief all round.

Good morning from rainy Colchester.
I saved a pile of ironing for today as I'd seen the forecast. Not much else on the agenda. I feel like a real #lazygran compared to GM
Love to all 🦩 x

Good morning and it’s wet, wet, wet, here in Essex. I think it’s rained all night and will continue for the day.

I’ve got my bowls group this morning - haven’t been for about 4 months, due to one thing or another. DH will drop me off and will take DD to pick up her meds from the hospital. Why they can’t send the script to her surgery I don’t know. They don’t make things easy do they.? 😤.

Dd is still on the steroids and her face has puffed up . I don’t know how long she’ll be in them for ! She’s feeling ok though (atm) 🙏. Her recent scan showed she has a shadow near her groin. She will see the oncologist at the end of the month. 🙏.

Urms I’ve lost the recipe for SOAP, sorry! Could you send it again please.

Let’s hope we hear news of Ash soon.

Love to all.🍂🍁

Good morning all from the Black country, dry at the moment.
Gas engineer coming today central heating not working think it could be the pump we shall see.
All blood results back I need to take vitamin D and they said cholesterol was slightly raised but nothing to worry about.
Safe journey farview and anyone else who's travelling, best wishes for anyone celebrating and virtual hugs where needed.
Enjoy your Thursday and may you all find some 🌞.

Happy Anniversary to Mr&MrsJax 🥂💐

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a grey, dreary South Yorkshire where I am just having my first cup of coffee and a couple of bourbon creams. I had a phone call from an old friend of ours last night. We always have plenty to say to each other, and he’s very funny, but I think he has some health worries. It’s not so much what he said about them but what he didn’t. I sent a text to DS saying I had my annual MOT at the surgery. He asked “Any advisories?” I told him “headlights were poor and failed emissions test!”
Not much on today except to sort the freezer out.
Hope there is good news of Ash. Have the best day you can folks.

Happy Anniversary, Jax and Mr Jax. Have a great day!🍾🥂

Morning Mick, morning All from a soggy corner of Somerset. Big puddles out there.

Yesterday went to plan. Today? Not a plan in sight, other than a need to cook lunch, what we call a wait and see day.

I remain in awe of your energy grandmattie. Is it tomorrow you travel? If so safe and trouble free journey. Wishing you a stress free trip farview, a very happy anniversary to mr and mrs jax along with good wishes to all celebrating today.

Delighted to read your positive news yesterday kalu. Hoping to hear how ash is progressing. Love to your daughter ginster and special thoughts for all poorly people.

Hope Thursday is kind to us all.

Good morning from a blustery Leicestershire.

I overdid it yesterday (not on the same scale as Mattie but went to bed at 9. Quiet day until NWR this evening where I have to take a well-loved poem. I may take Christopher Robin!

Happy Anniversary Jax.
Wishing everyone a peaceful day.

Good morning all from a beautiful pink sunrise on the Angus coast. We had a tremendous storm yesterday - at one point the noise of the rain drowned out the TV! I was certainly glad I postponed taking my friend out for our usual run.
I'm so glad your DH's news was good news yesterday Kalu 🎉🎊

Good morning all from a chilly Glasgow.

Firstly I wanted to say how delighted I am for the Kalus.
I also hope Ash is making good progress. I'm sure we will hear when she is ready to share her news.

I managed to speak to a GP yesterday. It was actually my own GP, whom I haven't seen since before the pandemic.
Initially, I was pleased it was him, for all of about a minute! He hadn't read my notes and hadn't a clue what was going on!! He asked me what my problem was and questioned why I needed more stomach medication!
He couldn't wait to get me off the phone.
However, he got a shock, when I changed into teacher mode, after he was very dismissive of my problems and suggesting that I leave it all to my RA consultant to chase things up and perhaps I should phone him! 😡
I soon put him right on that and could hear frantic typing, as he eventually read my notes!!!

He reluctantly agreed to write to the cardiologist again, only the wrong one! (I cannot have any new meds, unless a cardiologist approves them) . After I insisted he read the previous letter from the heart research team, ( in which he was reprimanded for my lack of care) he in fact agreed, I needed to be referred to the heart research professor.
I was in despair, when I came off the phone. He has changed so much from the caring doctor, he once was. I felt as if I was wasting his time, the complete opposite from the GP I spoke to last month. 😪

I have to go and pick up more news and Mr MD will do the shopping, I couldn't face it.
On a lighter note, we had a lovely dinner with Dollie and her parents last night.
We had to play at schools, while the men watched the football.
I was howling with laughter, at her role playing! At one point, she even sent me to the Heidie (the headteacher 😱)
A tonic indeed.

Wishing you all the best day, you can, especially if you have medical appointments.

Good morning from a wet Oxfordshire, torrential rain again last night and an email from Thames Water telling us that we still can’t use our hosepipes. Good to know.
MissOops is going home for the day and possibly overnight, I will take her and some food and meds and the Nephew will try to look after her, she is much more mobile now so he shouldn’t get as stressed as last time and ring me to collect her.
Electrician is due today to fix the conservatory roof light motors. Then I have a bit of shopping to do and some ironing, which glares at me each time I open the airing cupboard door.
Apart from that a free day.
Hope everyone who is celebrating has a wonderful day and hugs for those who aren’t quite as chipper as they would like to be.
And a huge hug for those who have sick relatives.

Good morning from a grey NE.
Slept like a log last night, I was really tired when DD went home.
Shopping trip was not straight forward, half the smart tills were not working.
We had a leisurely lunch then watched a film, The Courier, enjoyed it. Benedict Cumberbatch played the lead well.

Good news about your DH Kalu.
Happy anniversary Mr &Mrs Jax.
Thinking of Ashcombe and Marydoll.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s bright with some blue sky but cold.
Happy Anniversary to Mr and Mrs Jax! 🎉🥂💐
Today I’m off to meet DD2 for breakfast in a local cafe and a good catch up. I see her quite a lot but we don’t often get chance for an uninterrupted chat so I’m looking forward to that.
Hoping Ash is doing well with her recovery
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning from a damp S Hants. Thank you for our Anniversary wishes, we’re off to Dorset for a few days later, waterproofs required.
I too hope for good news of Ash at some point.
gMattie you remind me of that bunny in a certain battery advert, you don’t stop!
Have the best day you can all 🦩🦩

Sorry, pressed post prematurely then!
Farview I hope you and your DH enjoy your family visit in Dubai. Have a wonderful time.
Today I have tai chi this morning, and then I must get the place ready for a meeting with the other instructors here tomorrow. We are preparing for a workshop on Monday. It's probably more for us than for the classes - we haven't got together since before Covid and it will be "interesting" to see how much our personal interpretations have diverged. One of our international instructors once said that there is no right way or wrong way to do things in tai chi - but there are better ways of doing them. As you can imagine, that leaves a lot of scope for interpretation! Watch this space! Anyway, it will be a great way to spend a Monday (and a Friday morning!!)
Apart from that, and a sunny drive up country with my friend tomorrow afternoon, there's a quiet time ahead.
I wish I had your 'get up and go' grandmattie ....... stamina has never been my long suit, though I could win prizes for procrastination these days!
Have a good day everyone, and may all news be good news x

Good morning all from bright Harrogate- yes the rain was siling down here yesterday evening.
Good to know you are still being kept busy Grandmattie but do look after yourself, too.
I, too, would like the recipe for SOAP, Urms
Sorry your DD is still having problems Gingster hope she soon sees good results.
Yesterday managed to get into York to pick up my hearing aid from the hospital. Did a little bit of shopping while there. We got back and DDwith DGD arrived. DD left her while she did some shopping. DD will come this morning to go for a long walk with DH. My bestie I used to work with is coming round for a blether.
Have the best day possible folks