Good Morning Thursday 19th January 2023

Good morning from a chilly E Kent. I haven’t looked out yet so have no idea what the weather is doing.
I had a productive day yesterday; I started putting the completed squares together for the quilt I’m making.
I spoke to the estate agent regarding putting the house on the market; DD is viewing 4 flats for me on Friday.
I picked up a recipe for biscoff cupcakes at WI the other day and tried making them to use up eggs and for the Spanish class this morning. They look nice, but I didn’t put the 8” of butter icing as suggested!
Spanish this morning, then going for a pizza for lunch with some friends. I’ll be done in as all that grammar thinking exhausts me.
Hope Ash and her DH has/had a good journey. Have a quiet day everyone. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from the South Downs where it is due for another glorious sparkling winters day.

Yesterdays asbestos clearance didn’t go ahead, as they have decided that the whole of the loft needs clearing😮.
This is becoming one of those nightmares.
Still- I will go with the flow.
They have already completely emptied wardrobes of DHs stuff and airing cupboard - boxed it up and whizzed it to somewhere in Leicester for storage. So the planned replacement ceiling today won’t go ahead as they get their act together over the loft. I hope it happens pdq as DH has no clean clothes and the sheets and towels will need changing. It will be a question of wash and wear😄.

Apart from that, I am still pottering through the spring cleaning. Doing the dining room at the moment. Waiting for DH to finish his massive jigsaw so I can tackle the dining room table.

Shall take the dog out as soon as it is light to enjoy the lovely winter weather for an hour or so, then back for breakfast and begin the day.

Hope everyone is well and coping with what life is throwing at them.

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Good morning from North Yorkshire. I’ve been awake since 4, read a few chapters of my book and already had breakfast.
It’s still dark but dawn is on the horizon along with a very elegant moon. I hope the photo works.
Today I am supporting a sensory issues training session for the SEND charity. After lunch I’m off to have a facial and my make up done. It’s a freebie but no doubt I’ll buy something.
Then food shopping for the family visit starting tomorrow evening.
Hope everyone has a good day.

Good morning all from a perishing North Leicestershire.

We are awaiting delivery of a new mattress for the spare room anytime from 7.30. Later, I am going to a friend's house for a cup of tea. My social life is picking up!!

Good morning all from East Yorkshire. It’s -1 degree and icy outside.

Today we are giving the house a thorough clean prior to work being done next week. Bit of a waste of time but you get my gist! I might see DIL for coffee and let DH do the hard work.

Good news that you have dates for your surgery etc Mick

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s still very cold at -1º with lots of snow still around.
Thanks for the lovely photos Alygran
That must be very frustrating whitewave I hope you manage to get it all done soon and sorted soon enough
I had a busy day out and about all day yesterday so today will probably be much quieter, I’ll maybe just nip into town for a little while for a browse around the shops.
Hope the Spanish class goes well gMattie and enjoy your pizza lunch
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Here’s Matt.

Good morning everyone from Málaga. It’s sunny but there’s a cold wind. Brr! We won’t be going far today. Can’t complain though as when my stepfather rang yesterday he told me they’d got snow! We have a high of ‘only’ 14°C. When it’s windy like this it seems to affect the internet here with ‘buffering’. I couldn’t log on for soops last night.

I’ve finished the Maggie O’Farrell novel. I didn’t enjoy it as much as ‘Hamnett’. I thought it too fanciful and overly descriptive to the point of irritation at times. Never mind, I have a new Kristen Hannah ‘The Garden’ to start today.
😁
No wonder this is my happy place!

Morning Mick, morning All from a far too cold and frosty corner of Somerset.

Decent day yesterday, chores done, a cuppa out was followed by an unplanned walk on the seafront just before dusk, the light was wonderful with a very low and beautiful sun over the sea.

No idea of the shape of today, a quiet, wait and see day, fine by me. Mr C has a hospital procedure tomorrow which will have us on the road before 7, excitement enough for one week. Medical issues are moving forward for you too mick.

Take care everyone. Hope Thursday is kind to us all.

I heard that Manchester airport is closed due to the snow Urms you are in the best place.

Good morning, all, from a very chilly Portsmouth Harbour where we’ve just boarded Normandie.

We had a good journey yesterday with DH choosing to drive the whole way. Last night we enjoyed two very decent meals and a bottle of wine for under £20 in the pub next door to Travelodge!

I am grateful to the thoughtful gransnetter who contacted me regarding the general strike in France today! The ferry is running but an ambulance with blue lights has just raced on board so we may be delayed.

We are hoping to have a full English breakfast on board before catching up on some sleep. (We always book a cabin).

Wishing you all a good day! Wrap up well if you’re venturing out! 🦩❄️🥰❄️🦩

Early start as am taking car to have its computer interrogated to find out what is wrong with the lights. Hope I am not sitting around for too long, but first will have to defrost it, a task I hate. No other plans but something domestic will doubtless present itself. Have a good day everyone.

Good morning from the Angus coast where sun-up will be arriving in 40 mins. A long time behind you, Alygran, lovely photos. I've just read that Manchester airport is closed because of snow Urms - stay where you are! We had a prolonged squall of sleety rain yesterday morning, but it was bright sunshine in the afternoon when I took my friend out for coffee, and sunglasses were required against the glare!
Tai chi, followed by shopping and another raid on the new fish shop, for me today - which means an afternoon falling asleep in front of 'Escape to the Country' and 'The Repair Shop'
Have a good day everyone and may all your troubles be little ones x

Good morning all from frosty Harrogate it’s —2 degrees.
That sounds like a living hell what you are going through Whitewatermark, especially this time of year!
Hope Ash and DH are safely in France.
Today I have a Sainsburies delivery after which I hope to go into town. This evening I have a zoom chat to my sisters
Have the best day possible folks

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. I peeked through the window and there is either an extremely heavy frost or a light dusting of snow! The cleaning ladies are due today so it will be nice to have a sparkling house. I am seeing friends this evening so have defrosted a cake - white chocolate and raspberries. I just need to whip up some cream for the filling. I still haven’t sorted out my iPad battery but it’s too cold to venture far! Have a good day.

Good morning all from a very snowy Stockport.
Living just a few miles from Manchester airport I can verify that fact Grandmadinosaur
Yet another day in for me.
It was bitterly cold last night.
So little to report, I, who likes my own company, am getting cabin fever.
Have the best day you can everyone.

Wow Grandmadinosaur! Seems we certainly are. 😊
kitty I hope your husband got some reassurance yesterday from his GP? And WW that sounds one helluva job. Expensive too I bet. Hope it’s soon done.

Best wishes for a smooth crossing today Ash.

Good morning from chilly Shropshire🥶Another powdering of snow and ice on the road this morning.

Yesterdays opticians appointment went reasonably well.New glasses ordered and an urgent referral to the eye clinic at the hospital.I say urgent, he said if you don’t hear from them in a couple of weeks give them a ring🤷‍♀️

Childcare today so off to playgroup this morning then school pick up this afternoon.

Whitewave I really hope the work can be done quickly.What a nightmare😩

Glad things are moving ahead with your medical appointments Mick and hope you get a definite date for surgery soon.

Safe travels Ash and olddudders.

Have the best day you can everyone🦩

Good morning from a cold & gloomy Sefton. Can't actually see any 'weather' going on out there, no wind or rain, no obvious frost but I can hear some frantic car scraping. That does not bode well.
Busy day yesterday. Exercise dance class on Zoom first thing, followed by Pilates class in 'real life' in a nearby town. It's a bit of a rush but I don't want to give up either class. Dental check up in the afternoon was my first since 2019 & Covid! A couple of small problems was a case of leave well alone for the time being & monitor 6 monthly. As we are now having to go private that was ok by me. NHS dentists taking on new patients are not even thin on the ground, they just don't exist.
Zumba in real life this morning then a pottering day. Takeaway for tea.
Positive thoughts for those with worries & struggles. Take care & look after yourselves whatever you are up to today.

good morning, s somerset is at-1 according to my trusty weather statio, outside it will be dangerous underfoot for hours

I am not lighting my stove for a few days. The sun can do its work through the windows, if it comes out as forecast

I suspect that I will be knitting socks and more socks, I am doing my best to stash bust my sock yarn leftovers. Stash of yarn needs busting and is forefront right now, so a couple of swatches to be made later with potential for summer tops

I don`t know what I would do without the cosy crafts, last year it was throes of whole house painting inside and all the mess that entailed. The years before was a settling-in time with lots of drilling and so on. I think being satisfyingly occupied in the coldest winter months is key for me

Have a safe day everyone

Good morning all and it is bitterly cold with frost here in Essex.
Dd is moving today and I am awaiting my instructions. When the house is empty, Dh and I will go and clean, take down curtains and have a general check around.

Poor girl is coping so well with everything - I just hope all goes well today 🤞🙏.

Safe onward journey Ash.

Take care everyone.🥶❄️

Good morning from sunny Colchester where everything is white with frost. Dry, sunny and getting up to 4 degrees later.
I have only just woken up. This cold has made me very sleepy. Pottering today and perhaps a walk once the frost has gone.
Love to all 🦩 x

Good morning from a -4 degree Oxfordshire, hopefully it will be another sunny day, but too cold to do anything outside except walk the dog, who stayed over last night.
Good that you have a date Mick, stay indoors and keep warm.
When I hear that Asbestos has been found in a home it makes me shudder, both of my parents died from Asbestosis
so it has to be treated with great care, I’m surprised that you are able to stay in the house WWM.
Granmattie such an eventful day for you yesterday, you accomplished so much.
Urms you are in the best place, enjoy the warmth, although I hate the wind, so I would be indoors with a book as well.

MissOops will have her hearing aids in 6-8 weeks, but is being referred to ENT for an MRI to see why she is having problems at her age. Yet another Consultant who says she is too young to have all of these so called ‘old age’ ailments.

So have a good day everyone, hugs for those who are still unwell.

Good morning from the top of a very frosty hill in northwest Wiltshire , there’s a sprinkling of snow too!
Yesterday I spent some time sorting out and filing all my crochet blanket and knitting patterns, so for once I know what I have!
I had a Zoom art class in the afternoon; I made a right pig’s ear of my attempt 😄 but it was good fun. I tend to’overdo’ and ruin a reasonably good painting all too often 🙄
Today is sorting out wool stash, I’ve been putting it off for weeks….. again I have enough to last me for years (I must stop accepting donations, it’s ridiculous!) That’ll take a few hours.

Stay warm and safe everyone x