Good Morning Thursday 4th April 2024

Good morning Mick and all

I have been looking in occasionally while on my Lent break and thinking of you all, especially those who have had health and other challenges.

We are up in our East Lothian flat now (arrived late on Tuesday) and caught up with DD2 and family. The twin boys have their National 5 exams (equivalent of GCSE) and are struggling with the idea of spending school holidays revising, poor things 😕

It poured with rain all day yesterday so no change from West Sussex! It is brighter today (I rejoiced to see Grandmabatty mention a patch of blue sky earlier, knowing it should come our way soon), but storms on their way for the weekend.

DD has plans to leave the boys with us for a couple of days while she and SiL go away in the caravan. The boys used to love their trips but have turned into grouchy teens (they are lovely really!) who do not want to spend holiday time with mum &dad 🙁.

Good morning Mick and all from cloudy Lancashire, currently 8°C.

Not much on the agenda today other than collecting a prescription.

Have a good day whatever you’re doing 🌹

Good morning Mick and all from Cloudy Chambers northwest coast. My get up and go has got up and gone and I must stir myself from this slough of despond😁. Lots to get on with, but ennui takes over. I get this from time to time.

DD in the south v upset at her car being written off and the bother of it all in a busy life. I wish I lived nearer. My sister is in the south too and I’m very close to both of them.
BILs birthday today, sent a card and will ring him, he’ll be surprised as I’m rather allergic to the phone.
Glad you are home safely Grandmattie and your appointment goes well Ash
Thoughts as always to those with troubles 🌺

Good morning to you all.

We are having our garden landscaped and new paths put down. We have lived with pebbles all over the not insubstantial front garden since we moved here. It was originally turfed and I cannot imagine why the previous owner did this. He only lived in the house for 18 months before moving.

So very sorry to hear you have to stop driving Ashcombe. I really hope it’s temporary.

That was a beautiful photo you posted of your wedding day BlueSapphire. Yesterday must have been a hard day for you. 💐

Have as good as you can all - the rain is never far away so I imagine the gardeners (4 of them) will get wet at some point.

Well done Purplepixie I've just got through after hanging on 30mins to be told no appointments that's the 4th time we've been told this and it's the surgery who have asked DH to make appointment regarding his blood results.

Good morning from a dry NE for the present anyway.
Yesterday was a wasted day, didn't feel well enough to do anything so just watched a whole TV series.
I will try and make some soup today, it is an easy option for lunch.
You all seem to have such busy lives, I wish I had the energy.
Have a good day.

Good morning from Durham. Dry at the moment, but it won’t last - it rained all day yesterday.
Back into the routine of coffee with a friend this morning, then off to MetroCentre for a bit of shopping. I’ve an M&S voucher and fancy a new light weight duvet. As that’s more than half way, I’ll call in and see the DGSs and I’m sure DD2 will have some laundry for me.
Best wishes to all. X

Yet another showery day so not much chance of getting into the garden to do some necessary tidying now the daffodils are finished though the tulips are in full flower and various shrubs and trees are looking cheerful - this garden was thoughtfully planted by our predecessors and is very much a spring garden so I am enjoying it. Nothing much planned for indoors though I expect something will present itself. Thinking of those with worries and illnesses,

I actually got an appointment to see the dr this afternoon. Yahoooooo!!!!!

Good morning from soggy N Bucks!
A lovely day in Birmingham with the family yesterday and the journey in both directions completed without trauma(thank you Google maps,it’s many years since I used the Ring Road coming out of the city and Google kept me on track)
Good to hear from you Grandmattie- I think I would have baulked at having to schlep my case across a city in a foreign country - even one I knew well- by public transport and my SIL would have come out to the airport with me. Well done you though.
Tired after yesterday, but D3 has her eye on a limited edition tablecloth from Ikea, not available online, and they are up in Suffolk, so I think I might take a trip and stock up on jars of herring and Swedish meatballs while I am at it.
Wishing you all a pleasant day and respite from any troubles.

Good morning Mick and everyone from bright Carlisle...the sun is trying but the forecast is for showers.
Nothing got done outside yesterday due to the persistent showers and I will be inside today unless I decide to go for a walk, the ground is too wet and chilly to sow seed though I could start some of in trays indoors. I'll do the ironing first and then decide but I have a multitude of little jobs to do inside. I need an infusion of karmalady attitude though to get me going!

Have the best possible day everyone.

Good morning all from a wet Black country will the rain ever stop.
GM pleased to hear you arrived home safely, hope all goes well with your eye appointment.
Shopping today and then maybe start another book, that one you mentioned Ash looks interesting have put it on my list I think even DH might read it having the rock connection.
Enjoy your day everyone whatever your plans and may you all find some ☀️.

Good morning from a very wet and soggy East Midlands. Waiting for the drs to ring back and if I can’t get in to see them then I will have to go along to the pharmacy.

Good morning from Malta where it’s sunny and 23°C. I know you are all sick of rain but we desperately need some here. I don’t remember such a dry winter in all my years living here, in fact we haven’t had a winter at all.

I’m off for my weekly wash and blow dry. It’s only €10 so that and my monthly nails are my only indulgence now I’ve given up wine.😄

Was delighted to have a fairly decent win on the premium bonds! Really came just when I needed it with my dental emergency to pay for.

So glad you arrived home safely GM, I felt for you having to navigate your way to the airport in unfamiliar territory. Well done!

I won’t waffle. Thinking of you all and hoping the day goes well.☀️

Good morning all and it’s damp here in Essex. Bursts of sunshine and then the dark clouds reappear. Strange weather indeed. April showers ? More like April downpours.

Today I have Bowls group and I’ll ‘encourage’ Dh to go for a swim.

GG I hope you’re feeling better. 🤞.
GM I’m glad your journey was ‘ok’. and you got home without any problems.
Ash perhaps Specsavers will have better news for you 🙏.
Oops how lovely to see those baby lambs .

Enjoy the day the best you can 🌷

A quick hello/goodbye from the Angus coast where, wonder of wonders, it has stopped raining and a shaft of sunlight is breaking through the clouds. But that strong wind is still coming in off the North Sea so it's still winter coat weather. Anyway, I hope you are all well - and glad to note that grandmattie has returned safely from her Greek Odyssey.
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm finding it very difficult to adapt to this clock change - hence my rush to post this morning (I allowed myself another half hour in bed)!
So I'm off to tai chi soon with fingers crossed that I'm a bit more alert this morning than I was for the Tuesday class. Wish me luck. or send sympathy to the class 😉
Have a good day 🦋

Good morning all from a chilly Glasgow, it's only 2°C.
It is supposed to be dry, so we will take the opportunity strip the bed. I have been in it far too often in the last week.

I am glad to see you posting, GM, I was quite anxious about you.
Baubles, it is so debilitating and frustrating. 💐
Ash, I think you may have to inform your car insurance company of your situation, as your consultant is legally obliged to contact the DVLA . That is what I was advised by my cardiologist.

Yesterday's dental visit was a bit unsettling. I have had a painful spot inside my cheek for ages, which isn't healing. Many photos were taken. If it hasn't improved in the next fortnight, more investigations will be done. Oh dear.
I thought to myself, blo*dy hell, what next?😡
To be honest, I think I am biting it during the night, when I have night terrors. I don't think the dentist was convinced!
I walked into the baker's next door and treated myself and DH to a cake! My life is too short. 😉

I wish you all the best day possible.

Good morning from North Yorkshire . It’s stopped raining for now. Showers expected.
Yesterday we had torrential rain again leading to village messages “is the bridge open?”. Possibly not when the water gets down from the dale.
Some light housework today and some sewing. I’m hoping to get out for a walk too.
Ash good to hear there may be a plan. Fingers crossed for a positive outcome for you.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. It's still raining and still plopping through the roof/ceiling.
The roofer will come as soon as it stops.

It's DGD3 and DGD 4 birthdays today. Different families, different ages. I shall have lunch with the younger one. DS1 has his tomorrow and DDiL next week.
expensive month

I'm glad you got back safely gMattie

Sorry you are still in such pain Baubles

Hope the day goes well for everyone.

Good morning everyone from a very wet Northampton, due to remain so for the rest of the day, so no plans to go out.

DS came down yesterday to retrieve his old keyboard from the loft, and luckily located it in a couple of minutes. But no adapter with it to plug it in, so he will have to get one from somewhere. Hope that DGD2 is happy with it!

Went out to the well-being cafe after lunch, and enjoyed some chatty company for a couple of hours. Shall not be there again till after my cruise.

A Sainsbury's delivery this morning, upstairs to hoover, and an easy afternoon of reading 'The Other Bennet Sister '. And may pick up my knitting and finish the second sleeve of a cardigan. Sausage, mash and beans for.dinner this evening.

Thank you for your kind thoughts yesterday on what would have been our wedding anniversary; I just miss him so much.

Have a pleasant day everyone.

Good morning from a damp W Kent. Yesterday didn’t go to plan as I decided to defrost the freezer which then took most of the day as things do now. So today I shall try to get out and catch up a bit. DGS5 is coming this afternoon as DD2 is meeting a friend.
Best wishes to all

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 4° and dry. Definite patches of blue. GrandMattie I'm glad you got home safely. Oops that sounds like a lovely day with animals.
Yesterday it rained all day without stopping. I tidied the house and had a lazy day.
Today I have an art workshop in Stirling later about drawing hands. I'm very bad at that, so I'm looking for guidance. A quiet day otherwise. Have a good day all.

Good morning from an as yet dry Suffolk although there appears to have been a tremendous amount of rain during the night.

I have my stretch class this morning and then I must go shopping in readiness for the arrival of the Bristol lot tomorrow. The 3 GC have always had healthy appetites which have continued into their teens. DD1 was the same as a teenager needing several slices of bread and butter no more than acouplevofbhours after dinner. She and the GC are slender. As DH has always said…they must have hollow legs.

Think I might just have seen a glimpse of the sun but for how long?

Hope there are glimmers if not bursts of sunshine for all today.

Good morning from another dull and grey Black Country, where it rained overnight.

Mums smart meter was duly upgraded, so afterwards we went for a walk along the Staffs railway walk. Not as far as we used to go as she is finding it a bit much now.

Walking group this morning for me, hopefully the rain will hold off.

Wishing you all the best day possible.

Good morning from a very wet Oxfordshire, we drove home last night through torrential rain and flooded roads once again, when will it ever stop?

After a chilli and some card games, plus a game of ‘Mexican Train’ dominoes, We ventured through the mud to the barns where we held baby lambs of 2 weeks old and 1 week old, the Mum s were very accommodating, but the new Mum wouldn’t let us near her 1 day old lambs, they are so cute!
Rare breeds raised by a friend, we also gave a hug to her extremely pregnant mare who is due any day now.
All the other ponies are fed up with being confined to the stables. We also saw a pair of barn owls who flew around the yard and landed in a tree.
A very good evening was had by all.
A quiet day today.
Well done GM I don’t think I would have coped with night time travel on a tube in a country where I couldnt read the signs.
Hope everyone manages to have a good day. I see a patch of blue sky, maybe we will have some sun?