Good Morning Tuesday 19th September 2023

What a great outlook, Grandmabatty: “….old enough to know better but often don’t!”
Happy birthday! 💐👏🍾

Good morning all from East Yorkshire. It’s dark due to it being wet.

Today is my coffee morning and then I shall come home and potter before collecting GS from school. It will just be me to keep him entertained as DH is away overnight.

Happy Birthday Grandmabatty 💐🎂

Good morning all and at last we’ve had some rain here in Essex. More forecast this week and high winds.
I too love the wind , find it exhilarating , especially when we’re at our seaside abode, watching the sea. We did lose our summerhouse a couple of years ago in a storm, though 😳.

Happy birthday Grandmabatty . I’m sure those boys will make it a happy one.🥳.

Last night I met up with my ‘special’ girl.( I’m her ‘surrogate’ nanna. ) last night for a meal. I’m so proud of her! She told me she’s expecting her second baby and moving house. Such excitement. Her own mother died when she was 6 , so she had a rather lonely /sad childhood. She’s making up for it now ❤️.

Today I will catch up with Dd and littlest gd. Hoping she’s still improving. Later on Bridge club.

Take care all 🌻

Loved the painting story! Mizuna! It reminds me of when my DGS2 came to Torquay and we were planning a day at Paignton Zoo. After losing patience whilst his parents prepared for the day out, he asked,
“When are we going to paint the zoo?!”

Good morning from a damp Co Durham. Rain all day is forecast. Waiting for dgd and the granddogs to arrive. We had our covid booster and flu jabs on Sunday with no ill effects.
Hairdressers this morning then need to sort car insurance, amazing how it increases dramatically over 80.
Happy Birthday Grandmabatty 🎂
I’ll come back and read your posts later. Have a good day all.

Happy Birthday Grandmabatty 🎂🎁🎉

Good morning everyone and happy birthday Grandmabatty,.
It’s currently just damp here in south Gloucestershire, yesterday was pretty wet at times but the afternoon was sunny but windy.
I spent the morning sorting out my wardrobes, I have a bag of clothes for the charity shop so I will drop them off this morning when I pick up the dog’s worming tablets. I’d quite like to go into town for a pair of nice comfortable shoes, my feet are often painful so comfort and support are essential.
I’m away next week for a painting en plein air break, I do hope that the weather bucks up or it’ll be a very soggy experience!
Hope today goes well for you all 🌹

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. I’m still in bed and haven’t look d outside yet. I may do a bit of baking today and a shepherd’s pie for tonight with Sunday’s leftovers. OH is having his covid and flu jabs today. I haven’t been invited yet and he’s only a year older! I’m out tonight to a talk on St Paul. OH will go off and shoot targets.
I’m so sorry that so many of you are having difficult times. Hopefully we’ll all have a good day.

Good morning from a grey NE where it rained all night.
DD had procedure yesterday and rang me when it was over, something else for me to worry about.
I couldn't settle yesterday so absolutely nothing got done in the house.
Hairdresser coming this morning then I must think about my friend's birthday gift and one for my sister. I have run out of ideas.
Have a good day.

Good morning from N. Bucks where it is also very windy.
We had a lot of rain yesterday but an enjoyable day with our friends.
Happy Birthday *GMB*.
Had good news yesterday that my hip op’ will be on October 4th. I’m pleased but a little nervous.
Today will be a day of bits and bobs that I can cross off my ‘need to do’ list.
Gentle thoughts to those who are poorly of worried in any way . A good day wished for all.

Good morning all. Cold, wet & windy here in Sefton. Zoom strength class first thing, a visit to the fish man, a small food shop, flu jabs then the library. That should keep us busy. But I'd really rather stay here, all cosy under the duvet.
Take care.

Good Morning everyone from Severnside.

Many Happy Returns of the day Grandmabatty 🎉🎂

Not nice here, grey, rain and the temperature has dropped. I don’t like wind either.

I don’t much feel like going swimming but I will go as I haven’t been away from the house since last Thursday.

Keep dry all ☔️

Many Happy Birthday wishes to you Grandmabatty . Enjoy your family Chinese meal later. 🎂🎁🍀💐🥂🦩

Good morning from a wet and very windy South Downs. The first of the autumn gales. I shall put off taking out the dog until he is insistent I think.

Had a very sleepless night as worrying about and over thinking about my sister who yesterday was told she has an aggressive skin cancer on top of her head. I assume it is a mole covered by her hair, so she didn’t spot it until it got bigger than it should. It has to be removed immediately as well taking a large healthy area to try to prevent spread. We are both very fair with lots of freckles etc
As she said s…t happens.

Not sure about today. Rain forecast all day will decide as day progresses I think.

Avocado and bean salad then rice pudding

Peace and harmony all

Good morning, cool, windy, overcast and autumnal today

Nothing much doing today, I`ll grab a walk later and then spend the day doing whatever speaks to me

Have a good day

Morning all from a grey and windy corner of S E Essex.

I have a manicure first thing then it’s my most disliked household chore ironing (until Covid I always sent it out to an ironing service, now I have grudgingly got into the habit of doing it myself)

Happy Birthday Grandmabatty 🎂🥂🎉

Good that you are home safe and sound Ashcombe what a thoughtful neighbour you have 🌸

grandmaBatty windy weather always makes me feel edgy, but you have an excellent excuse for not liking it.

Have a good day folks 🙋‍♀️🦩

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a damp, dreary South Yorkshire. It’s going to be wet all day, I think. Had a good swim yesterday but as I hadn’t slept very well I flagged seriously in the afternoon. Today, I am going to look at new walking shoes and visit my niece on the way home. I have just had a raft of new photos from DS who is winding towards the end of his cruise in Greece. All that sunshine! I’m envious!
Happy birthday, Grandmabatty. Have a lovely day.
Do the best you can today folks.

Good Morning from a dark wet Co Armagh , I've taken my tea back to my bed , its warmer than the kitchen . Seems its 10 outsde
Ive a card to finish for a friend , she asked me last week , i dont do them for sale anymore , now I remember why !
I'm typing this on Kindle , its not handy !

Happy Birthday GMB have a lovely day 💐🎉🎂🎁

Good morning there’s a clear sky so far today but it’s very windy.
MrOops wants me to show him how to do the online banking. He never does it, so once a year I have to remind him how it works, ‘just in case’.
Apart from that an easy day.
Hope everyone has a good day and can stay dry.

Good morning from cloudy Colchester. It feels chilly although it's 14°. A high of 19 today with showers expected.
Tuesday is charity shop volunteering day so I'd best shake a leg.
Happy Birthday Grandmabatty and love to all 🦩 x

A very happy birthday grandmab. 🎈🥂🍾. Good luck with the childcare, you truly are a star with those two.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 9° and very wet. It feels much colder too. Ash what a lovely neighbour you have. Cornergran I'm not a fan of wind either.
Yesterday was very busy. Dgs1 wasn't well at nursery so I picked him up. He lay on the couch for most of the day. We think it's a reaction to the flu vaccination he had on Friday. Dgs2 was his usual toddler self, sometimes charming, sometimes not.
Today is my birthday and I'm 65. An age when I'm old enough to know better but often don't. A childcare birthday for me and it'll depend on how dgs1 is, whether I have one or two to manage. The park won't be an option unless it dries up. Rain is one thing, rain and high winds are something else. I'm going to dd's for a Chinese takeaway tonight. Have a good day all.

I always feel very edgy and fearful when there are very high winds. I was brought up in Mauritius and we had bad cyclones. When I was 12 we lost our roof to a once in 100 year cyclone. Since then, I haven’t felt safe when it’s windy.

Morning Mick, morning All. Haven’t peeped out yet. May not want to see as our corner of Somerset is forecast more heavy rain.

Yesterday whizzed past. Car insurance renewal appeared, oh heck, it seems Mr C reaching 80 its now time for insurers to think of a number and double it. Research took over, I’ll carry on today. Not all doom and gloom. Our boiler was serviced and pronounced to be healthy, covid jabs booked for tomorrow afternoon and Mr C’s INR is finally stable.

Today? Chauffeur hat on late morning to take Mr C to the dentist, hoping for a wander round a large garden centre on the way back. Indoor exercise you understand, definitely no ulterior motive linked to the retail outlets. Otherwise? You guessed it, car insurance. Oh yes. Ironing too, now how could I forget that?

Pleased the WI experience was a more friendly one mattie and you’re safely home ash. Aren’t we all so different? You love to hear the power of the wind mizuma whereas it makes me very edgy. Your bus tale made me smile. Much sunshine envy here allsorts.

Thinking of everyone finding life hard going. Hope Tuesday is kind to us all.