Good Morning Wednesday 1st November 2023

Good morning everyone. Very wet in N. Bucks. DH has cancelled his golf.
I have to finish getting materials together for our project at craft club this afternoon.
This evening is our WI . AGM along with a ploughman’s supper and social.
Somewhere along the line I want to make a table centre for the competition. Not compulsory but I like to join in.

A good day wished for all.

Good morning from a wet East Yorkshire.

It seems like it’s rained virtually non stop in the last 24 hours. We had the GC yesterday. We took them to a garden centre where they enjoyed the indoor soft play area, choosing some decorations for there Christmas tree and enjoying lunch and an afternoon treat and drink.

Today I am off to one of our local theatres for a matinee which I am looking forward to. It’s a new play by John Godber. I will go by train making the journey quicker.

Have a good day everyone.

Enjoy your meet up ladies! 💚

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 6° and very wet. Mizuna I love your patio. It is so twinkly. Ash that's a nuisance about the egg throwing. It can be so unsettling, I know, as I had similar in my last house. Grannygravy I haven't seen any Christmas adverts yet. Gala I'm another who usually doesn't sleep longer than two hours at a time. I do similar to GrandMattie and I have an audiobook on fairly low. If I can't fall over again, I listen intently to it and often that's all it takes. Otherwise I get up and make a hot drink then try again. Susan enjoy your day with the grandchildren.
Yesterday was a good day for dgs2 and I. We went out walking although he's in some discomfort, poor wee man. He has a pediatric appointment in December. He doesn't let it hold him back and he trots everywhere. After I dropped them off, they went out guising. They visited me on the way to their other grandparents. Dgs1 was so hyper. He told me two jokes and then buzzed around. Dgs2 was dressed as Spiderman and his party piece was doing the Spiderman moves. I was very glad I wasn't having them for a sleepover last night!
Today is a lovely, quiet day. I haven't finished one of my books, so I'll leave the library until tomorrow. I need to pick up a parcel in town later and I'll visit mum tonight. Other than that, I'll be pottering around. Have a good day all

Good morning all, its wild in Glasgow this morning and only 5°C.

I had hoped to go to All Saints Day Mass, but I'm feeling a bit ropey, trying to stave off a chest infection. I was up and down all night at the loo, due to those blooming heart pills. This is now the norm. A day in the house I think.

Yesterday, I received a surprise phone call from an ex colleague and we had a lovely chat. She was a couple of years above me at school, but the first time we met was working as students on the Knorr stock cube and Mazola corn oil line fifty years ago. We were awful at our job, with the supervisor continually ranting and swearing at us for our incompetence.
She told me that she had just arrived back from Santiago di Compostela and I jokingly asked which bone she had broken this time.
On Monday just before flying home on a last visit to the cathedral, a gust of wind caught her brolly at the top of the Cathedral steps, she flew into the air like Mary Poppins and landed at the bottom of the steps.
Yesterday morning, she took herself to A&E, where she discovered that she had broken her shoulder!
Nearly every time she goes on holiday, some disaster befalls her.
I asked her about an old family friend of hers, who has been missing at church for months. She is 86, went to a family wedding in Dubrovnik, where she fell and broke her hip. The lady is amazing, she has made such a good recovery, that she is just about ready to drive again.

Susan, I thought I had died and gone to heaven, the first time I visited Cheshire Oaks. I was on a girls weekend and at that time, we had nothing like that in Scotland.

For all those on holiday and spending time with family, enjoy and for all those struggling, I wish you a gentle day.

Good morning all and I’m about to pick up little DGD for school. Never know how the traffic will be.

Dh hopes to go fishing but will decide, when I’m back with the car.

Looking forward to seeing two grans for lunch. I’ll walk up to town and have a look around the market first.

Have a ‘good’ day. 🌻

Good morning, lots of rain overnight and more forecast for later.
We have the Dog for the week, MissOops house appears to be surrounded by people having early fireworks and it freaks the dog out, yesterday she also had some localised thunder and the dog was a shaking stressed out mess, once here she calmed down and sat in the garden under a tree.
We rarely get fireworks, but MissOops will spend the nights here for the week, just in case. She is such good company.

Stay safe everyone and stay dry.

Good morning from Durham. It rained most of yesterday and the same is forecast for the rest of the week - yuck!
I’m meeting a friend for coffee at 10am. She has RA and it’s getting worse after being quite stable for years. She’s also a breast cancer survivor, a lovely lady.
Then I’m taking Little Dog home, as I’m babysitting DGS2 this afternoon near Newcastle, but looks like we’ll just be playing indoors. On my way home, I’ll check on DD1’s house, as they’re away.
Best wishes to all. X

Good morning all from the Black country rain overnight but dry at the moment.
We didn't go to the castle in the end it is such a walk from car park and the rain was so heavy we decided it wouldn't be much fun walking round the castle soaked. The boys decided that they would like the soft play instead. After there we went for a meal then dropped them at their cousins for a sleepover.
Ironing and some housework today unless a better offer appears.
Mizuna your patio looks very magical along with your woodland I think I could believe in fairies 😃.
Keep safe out there those travelling enjoy your Wednesday whatever your plans and may you all find some ☀️.

Good morning from the wet west Wales coast, clouds are scudding across the sky here.
Yesterday started with bathing the smelly dog, she wasn’t impressed at all. We had another lovely walk on the beach in the afternoon, the sunshine was warm . We really have been very lucky with the weather, sun every day bar one for the last 10 days.
Today a pub lunch I think. DH is taking the dog for a long walk.
The next 48 hours may be interesting if Storm Ciarán hits us here, the house overlooks the beach across the road……
Take care everyone 🌹

Good morning it is looking very grey and wet. Hoping to go to a local tea room to meet a friend but I shall see what she wants to do as she has the longer walk. DDIL finally has an appointment to find out the way forward for her cancer treatment, it has been along wait for her.
Best wishes to all

Good morning everyone from a grey Inverness, rain forecast for later
Gorgeous patio mizuna I love the mirrors reflecting and enjoy the time with your DGS later
A busy day ahead, I’m off to the gym this morning and later collecting DGD from school as she’s asked to stay over.
Safe travels to all those out and about especially with the bad weather forecast
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Morning all

The wind is already blowing here in S E Essex and it’s very wet under foot, but currently not raining

Off to meet two GN friends for lunch and lots of chatting later.

Have a good day folks, cannot believe it’s November, the Christmas adverts have started on the TV 😱🙋‍♀️🦩

Mornings Mick, morning All. Our corner of Somerset will need wringing out soon. It’s very soggy indeed.

With luck we’ll meet with friends this morning, an easy journey for us, less so for them. There will be much chatting, coffee and lunch involved and a walk around a bygones museum with lots of ‘oh, I remember those’. Indoors fortunately. Then it will be head home and try to ignore underlying anxiety about the potential for damage from the storm. If wind speed is predicted accurately it will be lively here.

Hope Wednesday is kind to us all,

Good morning from a damp looking Suffolk after a lovely sunny day yesterday.

I missed the last storm which hit eastern England badly but DH sent me photos of flooded fields and damaged bridges. These were repaired in 5 days and are better than the original ones but farmers need access for their tractors. I think we may miss the worst of the coming storm and hope that other parts of the country are not too badly affected.

Off to my keep fit class in a couple of hours and then coffee and a chat up afterwards with a friend who goes. Between us we’ve missed 4 weeks so lots to catch up with. I feel I’m slotting easily into my usual routines which is good after my trip to India.

Thinking of those whose routines have had to be changed because of ill health of theirs or loved ones.

Good morning from a damp Colchester. The calm before Storm Ciaran, which is forecast for overnight and tomorrow here.
Usual Wednesday morning coffee meetup in the city centre. I'll bring home some fresh bread and make a beef stew for tonight as DH will be home from his fishing trip.
Love to all 🦩 x

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Wet again in South Yorkshire at the moment. I spent some time in the top garden yesterday, tidying dead stuff away and the lawn felt like a sponge. I don’t know when we’ve ever had such a wet autumn. I’m sorry for those who’re battening down for the latest storm, but hope it blows itself out before it does too much damage. We had no trick or treaters last night. That’s a first. Writers group this afternoon and I have a book waiting for me at the library.
Glad olddudders made it home safely Ash. Enjoy your time together!
Have a good day folks.

Thank you grandMattie. I will try to follow your advice. It's the switching off of the racing mimd that's the hard part. I'm my own worst enemy always finding something to worrit at. And a nap in that mid-afternoon 'dip' instead of trying to work through it sounds a much better idea. Thank you.

Good morning from Sefton where it has been raining. All is mild and calm.
Not a great deal to report. Like others, we watched D. Cummings yesterday. The mood lightened with GGBO enjoyed with a take away of Chinese food.
What a pretty and inviting patio Mizuna. There’s lots of busynesss apparent in your posts; may you all find a smile today.
🍁🍁🍁

Good morning from s somerset, braced and battoned here, bad wind and rain in the night, trees full of leave and soaking ground, not a good combination

I slept well last night, apart from getting up to shut some window vents and keep some whistling wind noise out

Pottering was busy and pleasant yesterday, hard to say what I did but very limited knitting and pottering is keeping the house nice

Today, a short run to recycling, just to take cardboard, I am not leaving cardboard out tonight. I am a weather buff and watching the weather intensely, this storm could well move a bit north and will be very damaging. Pressure on my weather station is already 991 and is likely to fall quickly to 950, which is a record for november. The wind will also change direction to a north westerly. Fingers crossed that the storm might, just might go down the channel. Very hard for the met office to make predictions right now

Have a good, safe day

Gala, the last thin* you need is to spend the night worrying about not sleeping.
What I find helpful is to have some almost inaudible music, and just lie there wool gathering, planning the next day, or whatever. When you reach say 0500, you can give yourself permission to get . The best thing is that you are resting your body. Have a nap, no more than 30 minutes in the afternoon, and you’re fine. This has worked for me for the last twenty or so years.

Good morning from a soggy South Downs, although yesterday was actually rather pleasant. The dog had his quarterly clip and always returns really pleased and exited with himself as if to say “look at me!” I purchased the JI2 for 3 very large amaryllis bulbs - so get those sorted some time.

Today, we are taking my sister to East Grinstead for the nurse to look at her dressing. It was actually booked for tomorrow, but sister changed it because of the pretty severe gales forecast 70+ winds which we don’t fancy travelling in.

The winds are due to start this evening and go on all night and tomorrow - which I hate and worry about the roof etc.

Spicy fish stew for supper

Peace and harmony to all.

Good morning all from a still dark North Leicestershire. I think it's wet out there.

I have a fasting blood test at 8.40 and also need to be at the other side of the county by 10.00 having eaten! Not happening really is it. Hey ho.

Good morning from Shropshire.

We had a successful day at Cheshire Oaks yesterday.We didn’t manage to get to Liverpool but may go at the weekend.

An early start today.DD1 and SIL are working so we will drive over the border into North Wales to collect the grandchildren then drive to Staffordshire to spend the day with DD2, SIL and DGS1.

Glad all travellers arrived safely.

Take care and have the best day you can everyone🌺🦩

Good morning from a wet underfoot Sefton. At least it appears to have stopped raining.
Yet another disturbed night. I seem to have lost the ability to sleep longer than a couple of hours. Reading through recent posts this appears to be quite common. Is it an age thing? I'm getting quite paranoid lying in bed at night worrying about getting to sleep.
Zoom exercise class first thing then Pilates. Hope I have sufficient energy.
No nursery pick up for us this Wednesday as it's half term. OH off to a football match this evening so an early tea for us.... better not get too engrossed in a good book!
Take care out there those of you who may be affected by yet another nasty storm.