Good Morning Thursday 12th September 2024

Good morning from Bristol. Wasn’t it cold yesterday, with that polar wind? More today…
I went into town for my eye test yesterday and wasted the entire morning. I was furious. When I “registered”, I was told I wasn’t due for a test (I hadn’t been called) and had been put down as needing testing every 3 years !!! I didn’t listen to any further talking and thanked the woman before flouncing out with metaphorical steam coming out of my ears.
When I’ve calmed down, I shall go back and say that, at my age and with a developing cataract, I should be tested more frequently.
I had a quiet afternoon, some sewing, made a curry for dinner, watched the last of the Zelenskyy programme. What an admirable man!
Quiet today.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning Mick and all who follow from a cooler north Wales coast - i must still be on Spanish time - this is my second chamberpot ☕️!

Lovely to see Susan back (pob hwyl hefo’r gwersi Cymraeg) and great that so many of you are off on your travels. Have the Urms returned from beach 🏖️ sweeping duties yet? She’ll be promoted to supervisor now that I’ve been prematurely relocated…😢

Lovely pics from Mizuna and FGT (a newbie ?) - there’s something about a walk on the beach isn’t there? I don’t do it that often here although we’re only a few hundred yards away!

I do hope you have more time than I did Grammaretto - three weeks was tight 😱. I didn’t realise how much ‘stuff’ we had and I thought I was clean…seems I wasn’t after all! Luckily the purchasers wanted it left furnished so only personal things to sort and pack - car was loaded to the gunnels!

Hope to see pics of the Glesca Grannies meet up - would love to do one of those Miss Marydoll!

Another unboxing Day for me - hope everyone else has a more interesting one 😉

Good morning from a chilly (8deg!) but fine Torbay with sunshine promised but also windy, yet again!

Welcome back, Pantglas2 and I hope you can enjoy having some different escapes. FGTis the new name for your Spanish accomplice!!

I would have been annoyed with the optician, too, grandMattie. Three years doesn’t sound frequent enough.

This week it’s the Agatha Christie Festival in Torbay with various plays and other events honouring her memory. For the first time since before Covid, our 200+ seater theatre has proudly displayed this sign (see photo) for two consecutive evenings!

Have a great day and I hope the Glasgow grans had fun! 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 4°! And dry. GrandMattie a couple of years ago, my optician put me on annual check ups because of developing cataracts. Three years is ridiculous.
Yesterday was a wasted day because I was unwell. Lots of sleeping and resting generally. Thank you for your good wishes.
Today I'm doing a childcare day. I had swapped my Tuesday for Thursday because I had been at the eye clinic and knew I wouldn't be able to drive for a while. I'm feeling better than yesterday and won't have to pick up dgs1 from school as he has a play date. So a wee day with dgs2. Have a good day all.

Pant, FGT is the new name Urms has adopted…
Congratulations, Ash. Your community seems very cultural with the shows so frequent and well attended.

Morning all from a cool West Oxfordshire. It’s still officially summer, isn’t it?

My hairdresser cut my hair beautifully yesterday. I no longer look like a Dulux dog.

It is the WI annual summer outing today. We are going on a canal boat trip and will have a cream tea! It had better not rain too much.

Have a good day everyone.

Morning everyone from a very chilly S E Essex.

The cleaning fairy’s are here first thing, I have a manicure and then go to M & S Foodhall to collect a parcel and pick up something for dinner.

The 9yr old is starting his once a week sleepover with us, it’s now Thursday as his 8am school start is on a Friday.

Hope you have a good day folks 🙋‍♀️

Good morning from a chilly hillside in south Glos, it’s 6° and a damp start here. Yesterday’s wind was bitterly cold but at least the washing dried before the downpours.
My shoulders and upper back are very painful, I tried making a chiropractor appointment (4 months wait) or an osteopath (no appointments for this year!). After trying eight different practices I gave up.
I slept very badly 🙄
Supposedly the carpenter is coming to finish the summerhouse today, doing the roof felt and guttering, but as the forecast is rain and thunderstorms from mid morning we’ll see….
The window cleaner will be here at 7, I will take the dog out then I am making mince and dumplings for dinner, a bread and butter pudding and I have a load of cooking apples to do something with. Sewing group this afternoon, looking forward to that!
Take care everyone 🌹

Good morning from Malta where it is 30°C and breezy.

We went to Valletta yesterday as my friend wanted to visit the Grand Master’s Palace. It is donkeys years since I had been and we both enjoyed it and afterwards had a lovely lunch at a restaurant DD1 had recommended and my friend’s DD had given her the money for!

Sorry you had a wasted morning grandMattie. We don’t have free eye tests here so I usually go every two years and pay about €25.

Glad you are feeling better today Grandmabatty, hope your little chap is a good boy for you today.

Not sure what we are doing today, perhaps a wander round Mdina.

Wishing you all a good day.☀️

Good morning from a dull but dry Black Country.

Busy day yesterday, driving over to Solihull to visit MrJ's brother after his operation last week. Then out for a Nepalese meal with my walking group Supper Club.

Today, another walking group walk, then onto Mums to take her to town for ear wax removal. This seems to happen more frequently now.

I think you need to find another Opticians gM I have to have an eye test every two years. Someone with cataracts I imagine should be yearly?

Wishing you all the best day possible

Good morning from Cornwall where a cheeky cold breeze is wafting across my bed from my slightly open window. My Dry Robe and patio are beckoning.

Heaved lots of brambles from my neighbour's patio yesterday up to the wild compost pile in my wood. Stripped completely bare of all things natural her patio makes my mine look like a jungle. Chalk and cheese we certainly are. 😁

Today I'm meeting a friend for coffee at our Pier café which has outside seating. She's one of the Street Pastors team, so our catch up will be interesting.

What a heart warming photo Ash: the thought of the teamwork that's resulted in two full houses. Lovely.

Good morning from Cyprus. The second part of our week here. We’ve done very little to report about, but getting the bus to Coral Bay today.
Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from chilly s somerset, rain expected later but sky should be bright

I am going to put my electric blanket on my bed and change to my winter duvet. I think being cool in the night is waking me up, it was 3 degrees out last night.

I was very busy all day yesterday but included a hill walk and later a short walk into town to buy some more molasses for parkin. I unpicked the bodice of a dress I am making, It had the 5/8 seam but I decided I needed 3/8, to make it less snug. Took a while to unpick and re-do it all, even the sleeves. I also did lots of fabric washing, which dried very quickly in the wind. It suddenly poured down, I scrambled to get it all inside, it had to go on airers and the banister overnight

Today my aim is to get that dress together, so I can at least try it on, I am keeping fingers crossed because that sale fabric is so nice. I am not planning anything else

Have a good day

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. Quiet outside and dry.

I enjoyed the Glesca Grans meet up yesterday. Lots of laughter and good chats. Nice to meet 2 new girls too. Thanks Marydoll for arranging it and there's to be another in December when hopefully even more will make it. I'm glad you are back to health today GMB. Take it easy.

That's definitely not right gMattie. I wonder what they were thinking of. Can you find another optician?

Your theatre is very popular Ash. It does sound fun.

I hope all the holiday makers are having a great time.

Good morning and it’s bright, breezy and chilly here on the Suffolk coast. Yesterday was so windy and sitting in the summerhouse was quite scary. We’ve already had one blow away! 🫣. This one is stronger and bolted down, but even so …..

Good luck with yours today RoseandLilac. Sorry you can’t get a chiropractor appointment. Take it easy. Hot baths and rest up. You’ve done a lot of heavy lifting recently. How about a massage?

GG hope you had a better sleep last night 🤞.

We went along to the bar b q along the beach from us last evening and it was so cold we all sat inside this beautiful old stately house. It’s now a Christian conference hall still owned by the Ogilvy family, who owned most of the area , way back.

The food was plentiful and delicious , we were urged to take home ‘doggy bags’ and the rest of the leftovers would go to good causes and wouldn’t be wasted. There were about 60 people there and they must have catered for at least double that.

Hopefully our plumber is coming today. Booked in for yesterday but his van was being repaired (AGAIN)! He needs to replace the flush on the wc and also there’s a weird smell coming from the washbasin in our bedroom.! 👃

I’m going for coffee to our ‘old’ neighbours house. She bought and moved in to my sister in laws bungalow , after SIL died 2/ years ago. It will be strange going there and not seeing my SIL. 😥.

I hope you all have a ‘good’ day. 🍁🍂

Good morning everyone from mid Essex, where it’s 4 degrees according to the garden thermometer! It’s sunny at the moment but probably showers later.
I spent a good while yesterday cutting back some large shrubs at the back of the garden. The garden waste bin is full and I’ve started to fill one of those big building materials bags. It looks tidier, but I need to tackle the ivy growing everywhere.
I’m looking after DD1’s dog today and collecting DGD from after school club. Not sure what time DD1 & her DH will be home from work, may have to drive home in the dark!
llfl enjoy your outing today!
Hope today is kind to everyone.

Good morning from a sunny W Kent, 7 degrees. Yesterday’s shopping trip went well with five birthdays now sorted out and wrapped. Pleased to have had a phone call from one of my Welsh cousins it is many years since we have been able to meet
Art group this morning and hopefully a quiet afternoon, my back is playing up and I could do with resting it
Best wishes all round

Good morning all from a chilly North Leicestershire. The heating has come on!

Not much happening today until we get a Sainsbury's delivery at teatime. A good job as I was helping on a zoomed Carer's course until 8.30 last night. We intend to do the safeguarding debrief today!

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning everyone from Severnside. It’s cold and sunny.

I did bed changing, washing and housework yesterday. I also went outside to do some dead heading and ended up pulling some plants up as well that had self seeded themselves, teasels and evening primrose. It was lovely to have a sit in the sunshine and watch the bees and butterflies. I’ve not seen too many of them this year. There was quite a nip in the air when I locked up.

Today is more bed changing and collecting my prescription.

Have a good day all 🌻

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Morning from sunny Worthing, 6 according to my phone. Busy day yesterday, we walked the pier, to the local museum and art gallery, an exhibition by Alison Lapper. Then on to a Catholic Church with a Sistine chapel ceiling and beautiful stained glass windows. Littlehampton for an estuary walk, then a chalk gardens, coffee and cake.
We’re off home today after an excellent break.
Good you’re feeling better gBatty 🙂
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Good morning all from Glasgow, where it is only 5°C. Brrrrrr!

GM, I am invited for annual eye checks.

Thank you to all the delightful, Glasgow Grans for a great afternoon! The biggest laugh was when the group of ladies at the next table asked how long we had known each other, they had been friends for over sixty years. Our two new members said, an hour!. 😂
We did miss our absent friends, there were only eight of us. We can have about seventeen at some meet ups. It was probably for the best, the Café Bar was very busy, poor Baubles was valiantly trying to protect the empty seats.
Pants, I will try and post some photos later on the Glesca Grannies thread.

I did have a bit of a hiccup en route. I bumped into a neighbour at the station, who was going to a space exhibition at the SSCC.
In a ploy to avoid the hill and stairs at the Concert Hall, I had decided to catch a second train on the Low Level, to Charing Cross, which would mean seeing a bit of Glasgow I had not seen in years.
The second train was sitting on the platform and my neighbour and I jumped on, only to bump into the friends he was meeting,. There was much hilarity, when I said I was his new girlfriend. 😉
It got to their stop and I realised I was on the wrong train!!😂
Ending up at Patrick, (my old university stomping ground) , not in the least put out, I jumped on the Subway!
I couldn't stop laughing to myself!!

We have BabyD today, so I must dash. I have stocked up the fridge and empied my conservatory of any breakable objects!

Have a good day folks.

Good morning everyone from (already) hot and sunny Es Caña. I’m on my second mug of tea. We slept like logs last night 11pm till gone 7am. The restorative powers of a good sleep can’t be over estimated can they?

Another day of ‘being doing nothing’ ahead, apart from choosing where to eat.

We were last here two years ago to celebrate the 70th birthday of Himself. The big change now is that the little road through to the Jacaranda bar & ferry has now been fully pedestrianised. I’m not sure whether I like it this way or not. A lady I’ve come to know over the years here said yesterday ‘it needs some plants and greenery’. I agree.

Morning Mick, morning All from a clear, cool corner of Somerset. Still windy and rain forecast later.

Enjoyed yesterday, a good catch up, nice lunch and interesting space to wander out of the very cold wind. Found it tiring but not sure why.

Quiet one ahead, a call to a friend, some ironing and that’s about it.

Enjoy what you can of the day everyone, hope Thursday is kind to us all.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s grey and feels cold
Hope your shoulder and back feels a bit better soon rosesandlilac, that’s a long time to wait for an appointment if it’s so painful
I really enjoyed the meet up in Glasgow yesterday, such a lovely group of ladies. Thanks marydoll for organising it and I’m looking forward to the next one
I’ve got a volunteering session today and then later this evening we’re sitting in with the DGC until DD2 get home after a late appointment.
Enjoy your holidays and the warm sunshine Georgesgran
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings. 💐