Good Morning Saturday 31st December 2022 New Years Eve

Good morning all from a wet Black country.
Haven't read through yet will catch up later.
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2023.
Enjoy your Saturday and whatever plans you may have to see in the New Year, quiet one here.
Take care and may you all find some 🌞.

Good morning Mick and all from a damp northwest coast.
DS and I had a nice day yesterday, out to country village and lunch. In the evening watched The Empress on Netflix after she cooked omelettes. My gammy right arm (no lymph nodes) and arthritis in the hand led to an unsettled night and I have a support on it now.
DS leaving for the south soon after lunch with old friend on the way and I shall be left to my own devices after having visitors and family since before Xmas. Will let the new year in very quietly.
Will read through later and good wishes to all for ‘23.

Just had quick FaceTime with DD, she has been poorly since Boxing Day. I nagged her Thursday evening to ring GP first thing Friday, she did and she has severe tonsillitis, multiple antibiotics, throat sprays etc. She was looking forward to NYE with her boys, now she is already looking forward to bedtime.

She said that she feels ten times more poorly than when she had Covid.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good to see you Absent A Happy New Year to you. 👋 . I hope you are enjoying life on the other side of the world.

I never know whether today or tomorrow is the better day to give best wishes for the coming year. So in case in case I or others aren’t up in time to greet the coming year, I’d like to wish you all a good 2023. With happiness and better health especially for many of you including Mick with less hospital visits and Marydoll with a much improved surgery and better access to the medications she needs.✨

Good morning all from wet and windy Lancashire. I had hoped to get out for a little while today, but it isn’t looking likely. Mr. B and I used to throw big parties on New Year’s Eve, the last one was the year before my brain injury. I don’t have the energy for it nowadays but will stay up for the bells.

A later.good morning from a damp and grey Northampton. Stayed in bed till 9.45 am, dozing on and off, unusual for me. Just had my tea and ginger biscuit, awaiting the arrival of one of the cats on my lap, but, uncharacteristically for her, she is still asleep in her bed.

Had a little shopping trip out yesterday afternoon after it had stopped raining; it was very quiet, think everyone must have been out in the morning. Got everything I needed and enjoyed tea and a bun in M&S Cafe.

Nothing planned.for today, shall read the Saturday papers, and probably watch the Agatha Christie film on IPlayer that I forgot to record yesterday. I have a mini turkey breast to cook for this evening, and will stay up as I enjoy watching the fireworks from London on NYE. Must put a bottle of fizz in the fridge.

Wishing all a Happy New Year.

Morning to everyone from a cool and damp Co Durham.

Lovely visit yesterday from Dgd and her mum and dad on their return from spending Christmas in the sun. Santa had left more gifts for her.

No plans for today, I used to clean the house ahead of New Year’s Day but not any more😀. We’ll probably stay up till midnight to toast the new year.
Wishing everyone a happy and healthier 2023.

Hello from me too absent. Your name made me think about the early days of GN too.

Really looking forward to your visit Kate.

Good morning from a wet and windy W Kent where the bin men have just gone up the road. Off to get some Cook food for a quiet night, like others it is many years since we did much for NYE. DD may drop by at some point but they did us proud over Christmas and we are quite happy tucked up here.
Marydoll enjoy your family day. Mick I also wish you fewer hospital appointments next year, DH has also had more than his fair share this year.
Every good wish for the New Year

Good morning everyone from a wet and blustery south coast. Laundry and housework this morning followed by food prep this afternoon for a family get together lunch tomorrow. I’ll be carting it round to DD’s in the morning as she has a big house and as her MiL is visiting as well there will be more room than all trying to squash in here. DD is exhausted after a bad bout of the lurgy so I volunteered to do the catering!

Hope everyone has a good New Year and better times for those who have been struggling. Also strength for those who need it.

Hello, absent. I was thinking about you the other day as something prompted me to remember the early days of GN.

Cheers Everyone 🍷🥳

It's very misty here in West Yorkshire ,bedding in the washer may give in and use tumble dryer 😵 we won't be up at midnight I'm another who doesn't like New Year much .To all you lovely people have a good evening whatever you are doing.

Good Morning all, just popped on to say HNY to all when it arrives and all the best for 2023 🥂

Good morning from a damp and dull Black Country. I didn't wake up until 9am

Lovely afternoon at visiting MrJ's Niece and family, and seeing the newest addition to the family. Just a month old.

Gym this morning. Then tonight we are going with my friend to a local pub to celebrate NYE, there is food and a DJ so doubt will be up early tomorrow!

Marydoll what on earth is happening to our NHS? Shocking treatment.

Wishing you all a much happier and healthier New Year

North Somerset is grey and wet so definitely a day for indoors. I need to make a batch of mince pies as I have to provide them for tomorrow’s neighbours lunch, but otherwise I have no plans. We rarely celebrated new year apart from a midnight glass of something nice, though at the Millennium DH presented me with a pair of emerald and diamond earrings - most uncharacteristic, and stolen a few years later along with all my other jewellery. I am glad to see the end of 2022 and hope for better next year, as I am sure Mick and Marydoll do too.

Good morning everyone from a clear, bright Algarve.

There’s a yellow warning for rain starting this evening which I’m sure won’t deter the revellers in town but like many of you our partying days are over.
We had a few years where a half a dozen of us lived close enough to walk home from whichever couple’s house the party was at, returning for the car the next day. a bit like Marydoll’s arrangement with her friends I expect. One year it was at our house, the girls not old enough to be out and for some reason our son aged about 18 or 19 stayed in. Years later he told us that he’d thought that it was incredibly boring with everyone chatting and listening to music until midnight when the party really started. 🥳🥳🥳

This year we’ll be tucked up by midnight but if it’s still dry I might get up then to watch the fireworks over distant Albufeira. Or I might not!

Marydoll. I pray that 2023 can be wonderful for you and your family.

Good morning from dreich Harrogate. I’m on the bus going to Leeds, to learn why my MacBook has been playing up and what I can do about it. Am hoping to sneak in a bit of shopping but there
won’t be much time!

The course is 1 1/2 hours so I’ll be starving when I get home (about 2).
I may sit up in bed tonight with a glass of sherry to bring the new year in. DH as a true sassenach has never been too bothered about the New Year.
Happy ne’er day everyone
May this year be the best for everyone!!

Good morning from a very frosty north of Scotland. I have been reading but not posting as I have been under the weather for a couple of months but I have a face to face appointment with a doctor next week. I have waited well over a year for this!
Following all your stories has opened up my currently rather quiet world and I thank you all for your posts and sharing part of your lives on here. Thank you Mick for the thread.
May a wish you all a peaceful 2023to you and yours.

Good morning from another wet and windy Oxfordshire.
Nothing much happening today, had a clean through the house yesterday. MissOops might be over this evening with the dog, she has pills from the vet, but we need to see who has the least amount of whizz bangs this evening, if it’s us then she will be here. Let’s hope her dog is pleasantly dozy. We will have her and Nephew for New Years lunch on tomorrow, if she is here it will be a nice evening, I doubt that Nephew will appear tomorrow and she will be here so will stay.
We don’t go to bed until after midnight anyway so we will still be up, I’ll probably be reading and MrOops will be listening to Jools Holland whose music I hate.
So sorry to hear that some Grans are still so poorly and that some have sick relatives and friends. I remember the parties we used to have, I don’t miss the planning, but I remember the friends many are no longer with us and others have moved away.
Let’s hope that 2023 brings us all some joy and better health. MrOops has lost a close family member each year since 2018, I certainly hope that changes.
Thankyou Mick for opening each morning.

Wishing you all a very Happy and Healthy 2023.

Good morning everyone from, as Jaxjacky says, a wet and windy south Hants. Overslept today .. so just dipping in quick to wish you all well. Am meeting one of my besties today for a good catch-up and a spot of shopping.

We won’t be going out to celebrate tonight … will probably do what we usually do and curl up on the sofa, log burner on and with a cup of something warming to see the New Year in.

Wishing you all a good day. Thoughts to those that are unwell or are feeling sad.
Hugs and 💐 to you all x

Good morning all from a wet and windy S Hampshire. I’m sure next year will be better Mick and thank you for this thread.
My cough/cold is slowly retreating, sore ribs from coughing, I’ll get out and stretch my legs later.
Have a great time Shazza and all of you celebrating tonight, whether out or at home.
🦩🦩

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 1° and dry at the moment. Mick I wish you a better year ahead.
Yesterday there was a lot of flooding locally which made meeting up with my friend interesting to say the least! However we blethered for a couple of hours and put the world to rights.
Today I will be doing the Hogmanay clean. There must be nothing in the washing basket, and everything has to be cleaned and dusted and hoovered. I wonder if it's a Scottish thing? I will have to nip to Tesco as there were a few things missing from my delivery. Turnip! How can Tesco run out of turnip? It's traditional in my family to serve mashed swede with steak pie. Anyway today will be busy preparing for the New Year and I hope it's better than 2022 which wasn't great for me and my family. I probably won't stay up for the Bells and I wish you all a Happy New Year when it comes.

Good morning Mick and everyone from dark damp Carlisle where the weather does not look promising. It was supposed to rain heavily yesterday but didn't, we even had a peep of sun!
I hope you do see fewer health appointments in 2023 Mick. Indeed, My New Year wish for everyone is good health, best not to need the NHS at the moment. But I do very much hope Marydoll gets what she wants and needs without fighting for it.

I'm going out shortly, to get the weekend papers, stock up on some game whilst it's still in season and visit the garden centre--just for a recce really! I already have items sitting around awaiting planting but the ground is so sodden at the moment. I suspect it's raining in the nights and whilst I've been away.

A jolly evening to all who want one, I shall just be enjoying a book.