Good Morning Friday 27th October 2023

Pressed send too soon!
Thank you JenniferEccles we are so very thankful for this added time. The magic of treatment these days is awesome.

👋 HJ1963 hope you have a lovely holiday with your sister. Think of us in the pouring rain (widely forecast) while you sun yourself!
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Good evening from God's own county of Yorkshire, it's been a grand day. Been for hair doing & my nails 💅 ready for my holiday tomorrow, heading to Benidorm with my sister, hubby's clapping 👏 a week on his tod, he's semi retired so lots of times to do the list of jobs to do for the winter, my sister is a widow, widowed two years ago at 50 having been married 32yrs, yes married the day after being 18. Wishing you all a rain free happy weekend x x

Good evening from God's own county of Yorkshire, it's been a grand day. Been for hair doing & my nails 💅 ready for my holiday tomorrow, heading to Benidorm with my sister, hubby's clapping 👏 a week on his tod, he's semi retired so lots of times to do the list of jobs to do for the winter, my sister is a widow, widowed two years ago at 50 having been married 32yrs, yes married the day after being 18. Wishing you all a rain free happy weekend x x

How are you now Nannagarra ?
On the mend I hope 💐💐

Pleased to hear you’ve contacted the Churchill, Mick. You’ve done the right thing.
Let’s hope that’s the end of it, Susan56. Your troubles have been piling on.
Great sea legs glammagran.
Well done to Himself.

Urms I’m so pleased to hear that Himself is responding well to treatment.
How heartening for you both. Long may it continue.

Still getting used to the widows lot Mattie.

Good morning all, a fine day today after constant rain yesterday resulting in as usual internet cutting outs problems. Then just as we were finishing cooking last night about 7.00pm there was a complete power cut. Fortunately we were able to hurriedly eat by candlelight ( nightlights not the elegant sort) , before it and we started getting cold. The electricity board said that they were dealing with it and that some one would call.
Again thank goodness for kindles and the fact that having been caught out before I always make sure mine is reasonably well charged.
So we waited again until about nine o’ clock a motor bike came up the road and stopped outside the house, with me waving a torch at him, then went away again. Still no electricity although lights were gradually going on in the surrounding hills. At midnight, gave up and went to bed.

Got to love Matt. Thank you Urms.

Good morning everyone from south Manchester. It’s dry, chilly but the sun IS trying to shine. Himself has just come in from a short stroll. Good man, it’s so heartening to see his response to his treatment.
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Here’s Matt.
x

I usually pop into this thread about 11a.m. to see what Mick is up to. It’s not that I am uninterested in the others….I read a few and then go on to my housework.
Thinking about you Mick and I hope you get some answers.
Have a nice day everyone …..

Good morning Mick and all from Cloudy Chambers northwest coast.
Sister here and yesterday we had a nice shopping trip, I bought white trousers reduced and a sexy red bra. Also a sweet little mouse for C…tree, but it’s not necessarily seasonal. We meant to go out for a meal in the evening but had a takeaway as tired.
My sister helped me figure out my complicated ‘smart’ tv.

Tonight we meet up with a couple of old friends for drinks.
I had a nightmare, I was friendly with a Jewish family, hammas found out and I was about to be stabbed when I woke up with a start. The penalty for watching the news after a long period.

Sorry you are still having health problems Mick and thoughts to all with troubles 🌺

Good morning from a rather foggy Co Armagh, the sun is trying to break through
Another morning of trying to sort my crochet , I should be at Art class , but it’s half term
I’ll mooch round the garden after the fog clears
Thinking of so many of our friends on here and in the village ill and just fed up , candles 🕯️ and prayers

Good morning Mick and all from cloudy Lancashire, currently 9°C, no sign of rain at the moment. Sorry things are not going so well Mick. I hope they can put you on the right path.

Yesterday was mostly housework, which I do very slowly with lots of sitting down. No plans for today other than a walk later, weather permitting. We have some potatoes from the local farm shop so will have baked potatoes tonight, a proper late Autumn supper and so easy to do.

Thinking of those of us dealing with troubles, may today bring some comfort.

Have a good day all 🦩🦩🦩

Goodness glammagran - you'll be glad to leave the stormy seas behind!

Good morning all from another day of wind and rain on the Angus coast. It feels as if it's going to be a looooong winter!
Almost a full turnout at tai chi yesterday, which was good. At the end of the class a friend popped in to say let's go for a coffee catch-up and that was lovely too. Follow that with a visit to my fishmonger, and my day was made!! Little bits of brightness in the gloom.
Sorry to hear your health is taking a dip Mick, but so glad you're contacting your medics for help and advice.
Thoughts with all of you going through difficult times at the moment too and hopes that the various treatments do the trick. Your best medicine would appear to be Dolly and Babydoll, Marydoll 😁. Frequent repeat prescriptions are recommended!
Another one here who can go days in end without seeing anyone to chat to, but it's something you get used to and I quite enjoy my solitude. The up side of that is how very much I enjoy my times and contacts with others by contrast! Wasn't there an old song - 'Look for the silver lining'? Very philosophical for this time in the morning - time I was getting on!
Have a good (chatty) day everyone and and a hug to those who need them x

Good morning from the north of Scotland. The autumn colours are quite beautiful and there are lots of small birds eating the berries on the rowan trees.
I am already wearing heavy winter clothes as I seem to feel the cold more since having Covid.
Mick hoping that the doctor gets back to you quickly.
Should I wash the windows or ask a friend round for coffee😉

Loved listening to cheap flights thank you Mary.It's raining again here and it's misty. Shopping today then a bit of housework .
Have a good day all.

Roll on AI checking scans! Could be quicker and they won't get sick or need a holiday.

Morning from a very damp South Lanarkshire. A good sleep but a slow start this morning. I have a window man coming this morning to give me a quote for replacements, having ‘thought about it’ all summer when the weather was better!

This afternoon coffee with a friend whose husband died totally unexpectedly a few months ago. She lives on a small holding which will be difficult to manage on her own but she needs time to think and come to terms with what has happened.

I am slightly down this morning because I had quite an important scan seven weeks ago and since I hadn’t had any results had begun to feel I would have heard if there was a problem. However, under family pressure I phoned the hospital yesterday to discover that it hasn’t been looked at yet because of shortage of staff. Probably two more weeks. That will be five months since a problem was identified. 🤞

Hope you get some help soon Mick, and wishing all a good day.

Good morning everyone from a grey and slightly misty Northampton, 4°outside according to Alexa. Speaking of which I went onto Amazon to buy another one yesterday to use in the kitchen; to my horror the price had leapt up from £22 to £52 in only 10 days, so I didn't bother. Same model, same colour, brand new & daylight robbery! Will keep an eye on the page to see if the price goes down.

Had a lovely morning yesterday with dance class friends at our favourite coffee shop, chatting while partaking of enormous cherry scones. We then looked round their charity shop, and I came out with three books from the Cazalet Chronicles series, which had been recommended at book club in Wednesday. Then we wandered around the garden centre and again I came out with something - a large bag of wallflowers which I planted in my front door pots as soon as I got home.

Was too stuffed for lunch! Spent the afternoon getting stuck into a Kate Atkinson book for next month's book club. And also ordered January's book, Demon Copperhead.

Will have a mooch around our little shopping centre later, one or two things I need in M&S Food and Sainsbury's.

Chicken curry for dinner tonight, while watching rugby world cup.

Hope you get sorted Mick, you are wise to seek advice.

Embarked on our cruise to the Canaries on Tuesday evening. Wow, Wednesday in the Bay of Biscay and yesterday down the coast of Portugal were very stormy with waves 16 feet high and gale force 8 according to the Captain. Restaurants were half empty with many passengers affected by sea sickness. Fortunately we weren’t affected. We have met several people who had been on our previous Saga cruise last year. Tomorrow we will reach Funchal. Very tired after 3 nights being bufeted around and a snoring husband.

Hope you all have a good day.

Thank you Mary and Grandmabatty.x

Susan 💐 What a horrible day for you. I hope today is better