Good Morning Tuesday 6th August 2024

grandMattie did you get the money from the scam back into your account?

Good morning everyone from a mild but damp south Manchester as it rained a good bit during the night. Alexa tells me it’s 15°C currently and will rise to 21°C later.

I need to pop our passports, my sunglasses and medication into my cross body bag later for the airport tomorrow and book a taxi for 10am. My iPad, kindle and small amount of make up will go in the grip bag that Himself will carry with his bits and bobs.

I shall have a quick vacuum round, whizz the mop round with a disposable Flash pad and put the sheet and pillow cases in to wash - I do like to come home to fresh bedding!

Our friendly neighbours have invited us round for a drink late afternoon. They are back from their holidays - they are ten years older than us, full of beans and great company. It will be nice to catch up and I think they’ll be pleasantly surprised to see how well Himself looks now. 😊

Good morning all the suns starting to rise here on the east coast of Fife. It promises to be a sunny and warm day.
Yesterday the gas man came. he put a new gas metre and a new electric metre into my old house saying I’ll no longer need to send in any more metre readings. He tidied up well before he left. I gave him a drink of coke and a tunnocks caramel waver before he left, he was in for hrs. Good old Scottish gas I’m well happy

Have a good day all who can, be safe Covid us still out there

Good morning from Malta where the temp is in the high 30’s.

Yesterday I went to buy some toys for the boys to have when they come to my house, then took myself for a coffee. Later, went with DD3 to pick the boys up then stayed all afternoon until they woke from their nap and we all went to the supermarket! First time we had taken both boys but they were pretty good sitting in the trolleys and got a lot of attention from other shoppers!

I was exhausted by the time I got home and unpacked my shopping, so had an evening of doing very little.

No plans today apart from cleaning my front steps before the sun comes around. I have also got a bit of ironing which I’ll do with the a/c on.

Don’t know how I did it back in the 80’s and 90’s when my children were growing up as a/c did not exist in homes or cars for some time. We survived though!

Sorry to hear you are suffering with sciatica Grandmabatty, you are so good keeping your boys entertained when you are in pain.

Hope you all have a good day.☀️

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 11° and the clouds are clearing. RosesandLilac what adventurous spirits in your family.
Yesterday was a morning of soft play with the boys. It was incredibly busy right from the start but the boys enjoyed themselves.
Today will be a quieter day with them. My sciatica is bothering me at the moment and spending hours in a park is no fun, so it'll be a day in the garden I think. I'll make buttermilk pancakes for breakfast. Dinner will be out of the freezer. Have a good day all.

Good morning! It’s drizzling here in south Glos, very welcome for the garden.
I sorted out the watercolour paints and paper I need to start an online course so I look forward to that, something different. I actually have signed up and paid for several different ones , I just need to actually make myself sit down and do them!
I had a lovely chat and cup of tea with a friend yesterday, while cuddling her 7 months old springer spaniel. He’s absolutely adorable 🥰
DS and DGS1 are having a wonderful cycling trip in Slovenia, the scenery looks amazing. By the time they return to his in-laws home they will have covered 700kms and over 3000m of climbing. It’s a wonderful that they can have these adventures; last yeah they did a ride from Vienna to Venice - DGS1 was only 9!
They’re camping and last night the site was by a lake (had a swim) surrounded by mountains.
DGS2 is having fun with DDIL, doing lots of swimming and enjoying playing with friends they’ve made in Italy, he isn’t as keen on cycling as his brother.
They’re a very active outdoor family, DDIL goes cold water swimming all year round- that has included breaking the ice on the Thames near where they live!

Hope today goes well for you all 🌹

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. I can’t make out whether it is raining here at the moment or has rained but it looks grey and damp. Nothing much planned for today except to make some soup in the slow cooker. If it dries up I shall cut the front lawn.
Have the best day you can, folks.

Good morning from s somerset, it will be a nice sunny cloudy day and thankfully some rain came early today

Lovely day yesterday and did lots varying from mundane to craft group to sewing to sorting some nightwear

Today I want to work on my trackie trouser pattern, just the pattern for now as I have to adjust from their model size 5`8 to my size of 4`10. The stage after that has to be a toile, roughly sewn to check the fit. A couple of hours will do

I think I will be doing a walk later and I like the one around town outskirts, it involves a hill and is pretty and not too long so is not boring, with lots of hollyhocks, hydrangeas, ancient houses big and small etc. Organic delivery of veg and bits will be arriving too, at least the fridge is clean and has space

Craft group was lovely again yesterday, all of us agreeing that it is lovely to live in a quiet, community-driven backwater market town

Have a good day

Good morning from a grey Bristol. Apart from very, very light l drizzle for a few odd moments, we haven’t had any rain. Yet. It’s forecast for tomorrow. I’m so glad the temperatures are now more tolerable.
I got a whole load of vegetables from Tesco to make piccalilli as I realised my mature stocks are very low - 6 weeks from cooking to be edible. I prepared them yesterday, salted overnight, cook and pot today. It is very popular in the church.
I did a load of horrible administration jobs, mostly ongoing things but are done for the moment.
Today I’ve got outdoor tai chi, and then I’ll finish the piccalilli.
Have a good day all. Enjoy your preparations for your trip tomorrow urms.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩