Good Morning Monday 26th February 2024

Good morning from a grey, damp W Kent. Cleaner coming this morning but otherwise a clear day, indeed a clear week really. Everyone seems very busy but probably just as well as DH has just announced that he has a sore throat.
Mizuna I hope you get your wish.
Best wishes to all

Morning all from a windy West Oxfordshire.
I am taking my car to the garage this morning so they can look at the rear windscreen motor. If it needs replacing, the cost of the actual motor is £500! I will say ‘no’. OH’s car has never had one.
I need to do a Waitrose shop and take some things to a Charity shop. I cleared out one of the kitchen drawers yesterday and found, amongst other things, a box of cheese knives and a multitude of pastry cutters. They’re all going together with a cardigan I can’t get on with.
Have a wonderful day.

Marydoll, I chop the peel as normal, put it in the pressure cooker with juice, water and seeds/membrane. Cooked on “medium” for 15 minutes. When pressure returned to ambient, I transfer the cooked peel to a preserving pan and proceed as normal with sugar, etc.. The fruit keeps a lovely fresh taste, the result is very pale compared to usual, and very quick!

Good morning from a cold, drizzly Durham.
Coffee this morning with a friend, then off to help DD2 with DGS2. He’s at Nursery tomorrow, then his Daddy is back on Wednesday. I’ll hang onto Little Dog until the weekend, while he gets over jet lag and DD2 flies South for a work thing.
I had disturbing news from my Sis-inL in Cheshire yesterday. She’ll update me later.
Get well soon to our poorlies.
Best wishes to all. X

Morning all, it’s cold here.

Middle son’s birthday today (how the time has flown). Off to the gym this morning afterwards tea and a catch up. I will pop home to change then off to the local spa for my Christmas treat from DD.

Have a good day folks 🙋‍♀️

Good morning all from Glasgow, where its -2°C.

Glad to hear you are being well looked after Mizuna. Seeing a respiratory consultant is nigh on impossible here. Hopefully the respiratory team can put a plan in place to keep things stabilised.

GM, you seem to be settling into your new life. I'm curious as to how you make marmalade in a pressure cooker. Is it only part cooked, then transferred? I too make marmalade, but I have never come across this method.

A lovely day was spent with Dollie yesterday. Her parents arrived after lunch to take her home, but she refused to go. They ended up spending the afternoon here, DS watching the football and DIL telling me all the playground gossip..

I have had a difficult night, high pain levels and feeling nauseous. I dreamt I was having a stroke and woke up believing this! Oh and if anyone finds the jacket I lost in my dream while I was having the stroke, could they please let me know?

DH is golfing, but no empty for me. I have a meeting with the PP, to discuss some problems. I suspect it will not be an easy one and I am in a low tolerance mood. I will need my tin hat on and keep my mouth zipped, for I know that he will not be happy with what I have to report! 😉.

Have a good day folks and best wishes to all the poorlies.

Good morning all from a drizzly cold North Leicestershire.

Luckily I don't need to go out today. I have 2 zoom sessions today. One with carers of people with dementia and one, this evening, a catch up with participants from a previous course who have set up a mutual support group.

Have the very best day possible everyone.

Good morning from a very windy Essex coast. It looks cold out there.
DH is not feeling great even though his team won the cup yesterday. He is staying in bed for the time being.
I have a lot to get through before going to DD1's on Wednesday.
Have a good day everyone xx

Good morning from a dry (so far) cloudy, windy Oxfordshire, I’m sure it will rain later.
We are off to Bristol this morning to meet up with MzOops, she has been staying with friends for the weekend and we are meeting for lunch somewhere, she will then go back to Cornwall and we will come back home. GD was going to join us but she has a day full of lectures, which is a shame.
Have a good day everyone it looks cold out there so wrap up warm. Hope the poorlies soon feel better.Mizuna hope you get home soon, but it’s good that they are taking such good care of you.

Good morning everyone from a dry and chilly Northampton, will stay dry I hope.
Yoga this morning at 9.30, then I have a gardener coming around lunchtime to see what he can do with my garden and hopefully give me a quote for a good tidy-up. At the moment I dread going out there.

Some bags and a box of books to put out for charity collection. I bit the bullet and put summer skirts that I have not worn for about 5 years in the bag. Enough of thinking I'll wear them again when I know I won't!

A trip to town for the bank this afternoon to renew an account and other things. It's something I should be able to do on line, but is proving tricky. Then return a couple of tops I bought on Saturday which are not right.

Sweet and sour chicken stir-fry and rice for dinner tonight.

Hope Monday is a good start to the week for all.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. 0°C but dry and fine forecast.
I have a list of things to get through this morning. Art appreciation group in Edinburgh this afternoon and then Historical Society tonight. I may not last out!
DS1 came to see me yesterday with his dog. The DGC are too busy studying for exams.

Enjoy them while you can Bellasnanna and Grandmabatty

I hope you get your wishes Mizuna but it's good to know that you're being looked after.

Have a good day everyone. Thinking of Marydoll, Kalu and Urms and all those with worries.

Good morning from Shropshire.Looks like a dry day ahead🤞🏻

I have an empty this morning as DH has a dental appointment then he wants to go into town for a few things.
We will be collecting the children from school later plus one of DGD’s friends.After an early tea we will take the girls to their dance class.

Hope the appointments go well Mizuna and that you can escape later.

Have the best day you can everyone🦩

Good morning from a grey, breezy Colchester. Single figure temperatures but no rain in today's forecast.
I'm staying in bed until the heating has done it's thing.
Housework and laundry today with a walk to Aldi for a few bits.
Love to all 🦩 x

Good morning from Malta where it’s a sunny 17°C. It was wet and windy yesterday for a change!

I’m with the boys, feeling refreshed after my weekend break getting the housework done etc.

Hope you get home today Mizuna.

Wishing the best day possible to all.☀️

Good morning from another hospital bed in Cornwall. No idea what the weather's doing. When I asked to go home yesterday I was told a respiratory consultant was coming to see me plus a physiotherapist plus an asthma nurse, two of them today. So I stayed but was moved to another 'spare' bed in a ward of very friendly, chatty Cornish ladies all waiting for heart ops and who have been here for weeks.

Your kind comments were lovely, thank you. I wouldn't be reckless and know my lungs well and intended to pursue it further with my doctor. I'd been told my lungs are clear and no-one in here had mentioned these appointments. Anyway, it's all kindness done under extreme NHS pressure and I'm impressed.

But I'm going home today, I am! 😂😂 Watch this space.

Good morning from a wild windy South Downs.

The wind is N/E so will be very chilly when we venture out in an hour or so.

Housework today - boring but needs must. Still once done I ignore the house for the week so not too bad.

Nothing in my diary until Friday so a lovely clear week for me to fill in as I wish. I love days like that! So this weeks activities will be entirely dependent on the weather. Soon be March and the real start to the gardening year. Good eh?

Enjoy your day all

Peace and Harmony to the world.

Good morning from a dry Bristol. Another cold day predicted, with strong wind.
I was amused when three total strangers came up to me after church to compliment me on my marmalade. I always say truthfully that the only difference is that I use a pressure cooker to cook the peel. But it is nice to have the plaudits.
On my way home, I met a neighbour, who had been very poorly, on her way to have coffee with her daughter in the village. I was invited to join them, which was very sweet of them
The afternoon was spent finishing the quilt. I have promised not to show it until she has received it as she is an occasional poster. It seems unfair that regulars get the first view.
Today, I’ve got toddlers. I must prepare something for Mothering Sunday in a fortnight, even though the mummies will be helping them do the card.
I hope you have a good week, with no bad news, worsening of health, etc. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩

Morning Mick, morning All from a chilly, dry corner of Somerset.

Mr C thoroughly enjoyed his birthday, everyone found something they could enjoy for lunch, cake was dispatched with gusto and most of the chaos was cleared by the younger ones. A treat to have everyone together.

I’d come across two folders of school projects in my clearing out. Offered to the authors they were seized upon by the teenagers who found projects dating back to 1985 hilarious, the younger grandson simply being very impressed with neat handwriting . No matter, they have gone for safe storage elsewhere.

Back to working through wardrobes which are part for clothes but primarily for ‘stuff’ before I get to the dreaded under bed storage. Mr C is much more likely to want to keep things that haven’t seen the light of day for almost eleven years, it’s quite a battle sometimes. Two weeks until we need to clear the room ready for replacement carpet, I may make it - just! With luck we will wander out after lunch for a stretch if the forecast sunshine appears although a brisk northerly wind could well be a deterrent as it impacts Mr C’s breathing. We’ll see.

Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning from a dry but windy Torbay.

Other than me playing the piano for the early church service, we didn’t go out yesterday because of the stormy weather. I was very tired from the late night from attending the Murder Mystery Night Dinner on the Saturday, where the food was excellent but the performance disappointingly average.

Hope this week brings relief to those in pain or with worries. 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning, will be cold, fine and sunny in s somerset today and a lot of strong gusts, I hope my empty bin is still standing. I will probably put it in the garage in a mo

I have no idea what will evolve today apart from taking a walk around town perimeter. Probably a bit more spinning and a few household chores

Have a good day

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 1°, dry and frosty. Mick enjoy your day.
I'm going to have to scrape the car as it's thick with ice. Long childcare day ahead. Have a good day all