Good Morning Thursday 29th February " Leap Year Day" 2024

Good morning from a grey but dry NE.
SIL is coming to take me shopping this morning, I have missed his neat bag packing.
I will cook lunch because we will be out this evening, we are going to the theatre to see GD2 performing in Evita.
Sorry to hear the diagnosis Ashcombe.
Thoughts are with all with problems.

Good morning all.
DGS2 was ok on the whole on Tuesday but DH spent 10 minutes trying to get him into his car seat after a visit to Whitehalls garden centre as he was being very difficult. When we got home we found he had undone his harness and looked triumphant. We were outside for 2 hours gardening in our very muddy garden. He loves being outside but was covered in mud so had to be mostly undressed before he came back inside.
The other GP’s came round for tea and cake yesterday afternoon and they said they were having similar problems. He reserves his spectacular tantrums for his parents.
I’m sorry to see you did have a TIA Ashcombe and that medication helps. I hope your RA flare up dissipates quickly Marydoll.
Have a good day everyone despite yet another dismal day weather wise.

Good morning all from a rainy North Leicestershire.

I have to go to the butcher's and Waitrose today but have to wait until DH brings the car back from his hearing appointment. The other car is still having the body work repaired.

DH is another person to have had an unnoticed TIA , Ash. He has been fine (on medication) since it was discovered and presumably for a while before that as we had no idea.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from South Lanarkshire where the sun is peeping through a very watery sky.

I hope you get an appointment quickly Ash and that your GP is able to reassure you.

DH has an appointment with the respiratory consultant today, I’ll keep him company, I think he’s still feeling a little anxious.

Later I’ll make a pot of chilli to take to DH tomorrow and also cook some gammon for today.

Yarn group this evening.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.

Good morning from a grey but dry Sefton. It is forecast to stay dry but has rained overnight.
Much disappointment yesterday teatime after our very busy day - the chippy was shut😱. No fish & chips for tea. We had to settle for a Maccies, much to our GD's delight, her preferred option.
Zumba class this morning, then a visit to the fish man & Tesco's. My week days tend to follow the same regular pattern. Boring I know but at least I know what day it is & where I am. Zumba + fish man (usually stood in a queue in the rain) + Tesco's = Thursday.😬
Sorry to hear your news Ash. Very unsettling for you. Good that you heard during one of OD's visits & have his support.

Good morning all and Ive been awake since 5. I can’t just lie there as worries mount up and my mind goes into overdrive.
So up I got and had a cuppa. 😉.

Yesterday I met my old school pal for coffee and we managed to face time our friend who is staying with her daughter in Oz.
What a lovely chat we had. Technology still amazes me.

DS1 took me to buy shrubs at the nursery and we came back and planted them out. Still lots of work to be done, but we’re on the way.

Ash sorry to hear your news, but TIA’s are very common. Your meds should sort you out. Try not to worry too much.

Brook safe journey to your family in Cambridge. Have a lovely time.

Today I have bowls club and then I’ll shop..

Hoping you all have a ‘good’ day. 🌷

Good morning from North Yorkshire. It’s cloudy but dry.
ash sorry to hear your news. Hugs. Hope you get an appointment soon.
The arboretum was lovely but daffy are not quite out yet. Large clusters have come up blind too so it may not be the usual fabulous showing.
In the afternoon my neighbour rang to say her gardener had finished but had time to cut and edge my front lawn. Did I want him to….! It shamed me into cutting the back (but not the edges).
In my efforts to emulate #lazygran my occasional cleaner will be here at 9 to do the windows.
Coffee with a friend later than the cinema this evening.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone. It's bright and breezy on the Angus coast today. I love mornings like these - although I've just seen a rainbow so there are showers around.
I'm so sorry about your diagnosis Ash and not surprised you're feeling down about it. Sending a 🤗. As Oops says, make sure the receptionist is fully aware of why you need to see a GP and I feel sure you will be seen.
I love that word "thwacking" karma 😁. Is it a technical term? It's certainly very descriptive!
Yesterday Dancing DGD conducted a 90 minute workshop in contemporary dance at her old dance school which appears to have gone down well. It's wonderful to see how far she's come - just three short months until she finishes her BA course!
For me, it's just the same old same old today - tai chi followed by a visit to the shops with some garden appreciation and communing with the fish in the pond to follow if the breeze isn't too brisk 😉.
I hope everyone sees at least a little sunshine today - it's definitely the best medicine. Take care x

Good morning all from a showery Glasgow, where it is 6°C.

What an awful day for you Ash. 💐
It's awful when we get news like that and we realise how vulnerable we are and have no control over it.
I was upset when I read my exemption certificate yesterday, it was very sobering to read the prognosis and details of my health on it. I tend to block it out and pretend I am ok!

Yesterday turned out to be a very eventful one. I was feeling very sorry for myself , after my lack of sleep and high pain levels. (Last night was even worse ☹. Between my constant coughing and trying to find a painless position, poor (very patient 💕) DH got little sleep.

My medical exemption certificate was ready, so needed picked up. DH suggested that we visit the car showroom afterwards, because it is only five minutes away from the surgery.
Driving is becoming so difficult due to my pain levels and my consultant has been insisting on changing to an automatic for the last few years, so that I can maintain my independence. I have resisted until now, that would be giving in and anyway I wanted to be a martyr. 😉

My car needs an MOT soon, despite the extremely low mileage, I suspect its age means it will need work done to pass. However, I keep dithering about what to do.
My first choice was an Aygo, but when we got to the retail park for a look, the dealership was no longer there. DH suggested we had a look at the many other dealerships.
The surprising outcome is that I will pick up my all singing, all dancing new, automatic car on Wednesday. Not an Aygo!!😁

Babydoll lives ten minutes away, so we popped in, much to DS' delight. DIL was preparing for a second interview and DS2 was exhausted trying to keep baby out of mischief. I have never seen such a hyper active baby, apart from her father.
It was exhausting, but what a boost to my low spirits!

Nothing on the cards today, apart from a doze, methinks.
Susan enjoy your school lunch, how lovely to be asked.
Mizuna, I hope you are making progress and 🤞 Oops.
Safe journey brook and enjoy!

Have a good day folks!

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. The sun is streaming in.
I will go to yoga this morning and then pack and prepare for a weekend in Fife.

DD has been unsettled by the news of the murder of a dog walker in her next village and thus I am too.

That must have been a shock Ash but make an urgent appointment now with your GP. Sending hugs.

I hope everyone finds some joy today.

Morning all from a soggy S Hants. I’m so sorry to hear that Ash even worse you had to ask, hope your GP sees you quickly and provides some reassurance as well as meds.
I found a moth on a jumper this morning and swiftly ordered some spray, I’ll be looking now.
Tesco delivering today, MrJ at bowls tonight.
Safe journey brook.
🦩🦩

Good morning from a sopping wet hillside in south Glos 🙄, a wet and muddy dog walk this morning I guess.
I spent some time yesterday sorting through materials I have accumulated to start an art journal, something new to me, so doing the is the plan today.
I will tackle the ironing too this morning, I can listen to a podcast while I do it so not a chore really.
I hope today goes well for you all 🌹

Morning from South Lanarkshire which is reasonably bright at the moment.

Ash, I’m sorry and not surprised you’re upset about having the TIA confirmed. Coincidentally my sister in law yesterday said she has had several episodes when she has suddenly become aware that she has been a bit ‘out of it’. It happened at church on Sunday and the first she realised was when someone asked if she was okay.
She never goes to the doctor but is contacting her GP this morning.
I hope you found Whitewavemarks post and others a bit reassuring and am glad your DH is with you just now.

DD4 is coming here for lunch today which I’m looking forward to.

Safe journey and a joyful weekend Brook, grandchildren are great at that age aren’t they?

Special thoughts to all who need support and best wishes for a good day to everyone.

Good morning all it’s anything but dark here on the east coast of Fife. The suns rising in all its glory in fact I’m near blinded by it . We have such a beautiful coast here. Pity the vide cannot be shown
Have a good day once and all

ash just getting ready to take the dog out and thinking of your memory loss.

I suspect that we - all of us on GN - certainly the older ones will have a degree of memory loss. It is what happens as our brain age - it is no longer so nimble at making the connections it once did - I think we all need to get into puzzles that tax our brain to keep it exercised!

Think of the times you can’t think of a word - that is definitely brain shrinkage I think.

Oops video

I should read before I post it should read one and all 😱

A bright morning in Suffolk and I hope all enjoy as good a day as possible in spite of health worries and aches and pains. I think when we realise we have another health issue it reminds us of our ever increasing age and vulnerabilities but also our determination to enjoy whatever we can when we can.

Thinking of that,I’m off to my friend’s coffee morning for the NSPCC where we are promised cake.

Sending love to all.

Good morning Mick and everyone from sunny Carlisle.

Yesterday was good enough for me to get out in the garden. I planted a new lavender and resumed the task of removing more of the underwhelming deutzias planted in the front border by the developer. Now I have think of suitable replacements, I have widened the border so they will be going behind roses. Something evergreen I think.

Today, a few minor chores then I await the arrival of the boiler check man. I hope it's the usual cheerful, helpful one and not Mr Grumpy.
I also have to phone the dentist, a tooth fell apart with my first mouthful of muesli. It's not long since my check up when I remarked to the dentist that my mouth was a disaster waiting to happen. Proved the point!

Ash my mother had a few TIA's in her seventies, suffered no ill effects and lived to 97. It's still worrying news though, isn't it?

Wishing you all a pleasant day.

Good morning everyone from a very wet Northampton, at least I don't have to go out today.

Ash, you may have had the TIA in your sleep; the same happened to a neighbour,.whose TIA was only discovered at an eye check-up.
I had a TIA nearly 20 years ago, and have been fine ever since (touch wood); I was put on preventative medication straight away. Doctors said it was caused by stress after DH was diagnosed with kidney cancer.

I have an 'empty' today, so will try and get a few household jobs done, change the bedding, deep clean my en-suite, and then I have a Sainsbury's delivery. Have just pulled a beef casserole out of the freezer for dinner.

Looking forward to finishing the Cazalet Chronicles this afternoon, then back to reading for the next book club.
Have a good day everyone.

Hope Ash gets a GP appointment soon and that the encouraging posts help. A new car, Marydoll? That sounds very positive and we look forward to hearing all about it. Book group this morning and then a battle with the printer which is driving me mad. Each time these electronics are upgraded they become more difficult to sort out, or perhaps I am just feeling too old to cope with new things.

Sorry to hear your news ash.as said before insist on an gp appointment. Reading you all so busy makes my day so boring. Work then home and deciding what to make for tea. Had lovely visit last night from both sons who had played golf to get everyone chatting and laughing away.reminded me of they were young. Nice time had by all.

Marydoll after my shoulder replacement we reluctantly got an automatic car, wouldn’t be without it now. We have a mini. Happy hunting

Good morning Mick and all from cloudy Lancashire, currently 7°C.

That must be a worry Ashcombe. It would explain some of the issues you’ve had, hope you are able to get some support from your GP.

Good to hear you sounding brighter Mizuna.

Safe journey Brook have a good weekend in Cambridge.*

WWM2 we put thorny rose clippings on the raised beds to discourage cats from digging.

A new car Marydoll, that’s quite an unexpected purchase! I try to avoid looking at doctors’ reports ever since I read the phrase “virtually unable to walk “ on one some years ago. Glad you were able to visit Babydoll.

I’m feeling much better today after a couple of restful days. MrB is taking me out to Lytham for some sea breezes and goodies from the farm shop.

Lots of coughs and colds going around, hopefully soon on the mend.

Have a good day whatever you’re doing 🦩

blossoming thorny rose clippings? “Poof” says Tofu.

Thanksforthe reply though😄😄