Good Morning Friday 3rd November 2023

🫂🫂🫂 georgesgran, know exactly how you feel. I find myself accepting these soggy days, then picking myself up afterwards…. All the best 🌺

Georgesgran

Good morning Mick and all. I came back home to West Sussex last night. DD managed to stay up for nearly an hour yesterday evening and we got the children bathed. A neighbour will take the children to school and DD1 has offered to pick them up as she has a day off. I will probably go back later today when I have caught up with washing etc here.

Your story of the Lourdes water/ tomato ketchup made me laugh, Stilllearning. Our family’s memory is of DH doing the shaking the bottle of ketchup without checking the top was screwed on. The children were quite young and were delighted to see Daddy cause ‘disaster’ instead of one of them!

Best wishes to those facing a house move - I’m determined we will absolutely minimise our possessions before we move again (working on it but not very successfully 😕).

Happy Anniversary, Jax & Mr J 🥂

Thoughts with you, Georgesgran and Taichinan.

Happy anniversary to you both Jaxjacky. 🎉🎊🎇

Good morning from Stoke-on-Trent. Much nicer than yesterday. We've even got sunshine at the moment! I'm a bit late today. We're selling our house and downsizing to a bungalow - well, that's the plan! There is just the two of us now. Son and daughter left home and we have a lovely 8 month old grandson. Had potential buyers looking around this morning .

Dry and bright here. Bed stripped and remade, washer almost done. Dh will hopefully hang them out.
Congratulations and commiserations as appropriate. I’ll read your posts later.
Wish I had something to talk about, you all lead such interesting lives.

Good morning all from a calmer and dry day in Glasgow.

Seeing footage of storm damage in certain areas was awful to watch. The size of the uprooted tree pic you posted Mizuna bears witness to how strong the winds were. Seeing flooded areas reminded me of the floods in Brisbane when DD2’s house was completely submerged. They have since moved to a higher area to start over, having to replace all that was lost.

As DH can no longer drive, his car was sold yesterday. DD1 and her partner dropped the car off at the dealership then returned here for coffee and a blether, DH enjoyed a man to man conversation with W for a change as opposed to being surrounded by females and he tells us, this talk is too girly for me.

A Waitrose visit today is a must apart from that a peaceful day after a busy week will be a welcome change.

Happy Anniversary to you both Jaxjacky💞🥂

Kind thoughts to all for a peaceful day too.

Georgesgran and Taichinan. 💐
🤞*Oops*.

A late good morning from South Lanarkshire, very still but dull. It seems to take me ages to get going these days.

Ash, our family story of disastrous flying food concerns a neighbour during the war who, when a bombing raid was going on, ran through the pitch black house throwing Lourdes water everywhere, to discover in the morning that she’d lifted the tomato sauce bottle by mistake!

Hope you have a lovely family weekend Taichinan it sounds really good fun.

Off to visit my sister in law today, she is 87 now, an extremely bright woman but she struggles to find words now and it’s hard to see. Things do improve as the visit settles down and we find our rhythm again.

Wishing everyone the best day possible x

Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside northwest coast.
It really is Sunnyside here today after foul weather yesterday.
Hair now coloured and cut and will pack today for getaway tomorrow. Two climates to pack for, south of England until Monday, then Bahrain with DD.

On Halloween night, I forgot about trick and treat and my lovely neighbours’ children came round with friends looking just the ticket in their get up. I scrambled together a bag with a few biscuits, including Jacobs creams, some chocolate off a big slab and a banana! I’m sure that must have been a disappointment…
Happy anniversary JaxJacky, thoughts to Georgesgran 💐and I will read through properly later.

Good morning Mick and all from sunny Lancashire, currently 11°C

Yesterday it rained non stop so no walk, just pottered about indoors and did a few jobs. It turned quite windy in the afternoon too, but nothing like the terrible scenes from Jersey and Scilly. Nothing planned for today, There are a few YouTube craft tutorials I want to watch. My hand doesn’t hurt as long as I don’t do too much with it. I’m drinking tea in bed while I read the thread, we were up late last night watching a rather silly sci fi movie. The perks of retirement

Hope your DH feels better soon Ashcombe.

Happy Anniversary to you both Jaxjacky.

Glad you out Marydoll but sorry it was so crowded. I’m sure people are ruder and less patient than they used to be!

Hope you feel better soon Oops and the throat spray helps.

Hope no Grans and families have been badly affected by the weather. Stay safe and warm, have the best day you can 🌻

Happy Anniversary jaxjacky 🍷🍷. We have bright skies today for a change the rain yesterday was torrential at times.We have more of less cleared the loft (the things my other half kept) are now in skip . We have assessor to look at leaking roof and we have a new radiator for room ordered .I am out for lunch with friend who's birthday is tomorrow . Take care all.

Good morning from Durham, where it’s stopped raining! (I’ve had that Hello Mother, Hello Father song in my head all week!). Windy last night, but no real storm here, just a week of non-stop rain and lots of standing water.
Today would’ve been DH’s 73rd birthday - up until his illness, this was a 6ft plus chap who ailed nothing, fit as a flea, never a broken bone nor hospital stay and walked at least 7 miles a day with his pack of spaniels. Life really can throw a curved ball? I fear one of gM’s soggy days ahead.
Best wishes to all. X

Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny 🌞Northampton, lovely after yesterday's torrential rain.
I have a lift to dance classes, so was able to get out of the house for a couple of hours. Still busy trying to perfect our tap and ballet routines for our performance later this month.

Booked tickets for 3 films online yesterday - the Cliff Richard concert, Napoleon, and Maestro (a film about Leonard Bernstein) - a friend is keen to see the latter two, so I got tickets for her as well.

Just been online and ordered my medication; should be with me early next week, perfect timing.
Off out to the shops this morning; I have an M&S order to pick up, and then do a top-up shop after coffee and a snack in their cafe.

No further news about my DSis in hospital with a broken hip and neck; no news must be good news.
Have a good Friday everyone.

You popped in my mind just now multicolouredswapshop. I hope you’re okay? We haven’t heard from you since you holidayed in Blackpool.
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Happy Anniversary JaxJacky
Taichinan sorry to hear your sad news

Good morning all. I've just seen the sun!! Such a change from pouring rain and birds flying backwards and sideways. I'm glad to see all our contributors in this thread have escaped the worst of Ciaran, but great pic Mizuna! And good to see that Oldudder's cold hasn't affected his sense of humour Ash 😉
Yesterday's Tai chi class went well. Some of us have been together for more than 14 years now and I've been feeling that things were getting very stale and predictable so I've been spicing things up a little. It seems to be working with most, but to say that one elderly bachelor was sulking would be putting it mildly. I know change is difficult to handle as we get older, but he's six years younger than I am so no age at all!
I had sad news yesterday that my cousin had passed away peacefully. He would have been 85 in three weeks' time, but I'm told he was tired and ready to go. As I passed the news round my part of the family it was lovely to hear how he was remembered as 'fun' and 'a real character'. We're such a spread-out family geographically that meetings were few and far between, so heart-warming that that is the impression he has left.
Well, life goes on and we are about to celebrate DGD3's 18th Birthday this weekend - is Glasgow ready for this I ask myself. I'm picking her up from uni in my way through Dundee, then we're off!
Urms so lovely to hear your anticipation of your break in the warmth in Malaga next week. I feel your excitement.
Now off I go. I have only skimmed the posts today so my apologies if I haven't mentioned something I should, but everyone enjoy your day x

Greetings from the Spirit of Discovery on very wild seas. Our last port of call to Gran Canaria was cancelled as with a looming storms up the coast of Portugal we left a day earlier to try and beat them. Possibly not the best cruise we’ve had as only 4 days of this one have we not been buffeted about. It has aggravated my BPPV so have to be careful walking around (as do lots of others). We had good weather in all the islands we visited. DH booked the tours. 3 days running we went up volcanoes mostly involving scary switchback roads.

The worst night of the cruise so far. Tossed and turned all night due to stormy seas. Things kept crashing off shelves in the bathroom and sliding around. That’s Mount Teide in Tenerife.

Good morning everyone from Severnside.

Wishing you both a Happy Anniversary Jaxjacky 🥂

Have a good day all. It’s brighter here 💐

Good morning , another sunny day here.
MrOops drove me to the Drs yesterday through flooded lanes, lots of small cars were turning back.
X-ray this morning, Dr thinks I may have a virus, caught after my Asthma problem, should be gone by Christmas!!
Anyway, an X-ray to rule anything else out, meanwhile off all the extra meds. That might explain why I’m so exhausted all the time, I now have some anaesthetic throat spray to help stop me coughing.
Nothing much going on apart from that, shopping delivery later on.
Hope all the poorlies feel better soon and the rest of us have a good day.

Good morning from a bright and Sunny Eden!! long may it last.
The family came back for the night on their way home and the house is in chaos again. I actually like it, I'll really miss them when they leave. GD has brought a hacking cough back with her I hope it is not catching.
House work and shopping are the highlights of my day.

We got away lightly with the storms and commiserations to all who suffered.
Take care all.

Sunny good morning from Co Armagh,
Hoping it stays sunny to warm the room , heating is down again , looks like a new thermostat is needed
Off to art class , Daughter can see if anyone can come to see to the boiler , plumber has said it needs an electrician, scarce as hens teeth here

Good morning everyone from south Manchester. It’s 7°C here rising to 10°C today. I’ve just checked the weather for Málaga next week and it’s sunshine for our 5 days with temperatures of 21°C. That will do us very nicely.
😎

Here’s Matt.
x

Good morning from a dry NE where it has been very windy overnight. Had to wear earplugs to get to sleep.
I think my elder sister may visit this afternoon, she was waiting to see if I tested positive for covid after being with DS. I am clear, no covid symptoms at all.
Pleasant surprise yesterday, a win on the premium bonds and both GDs did too.
Have a good day.

And Happy Anniversary Jaxjacky.