Good Morning Friday 20th September 2024

A late good morning from South Lanarkshire with a happy birthday to Nannyjan and a belated one to Grandmabatty.

Sorry your feeling out of sorts Marydoll and that your troubling cough still persists baubles

Georgesgran, I was concerned when you were talking about your problems with Sky because I had already started to change my Broadband etc to them and I am at screaming point with their chaotic communication and clarity or rather lack of.
I am having to pull out of a long arranged lunch with former colleagues this morning and I am fit to be tied as they say.
A combination of their poor communication and my eighty year old brain is an absolute disaster!
It actually looks as if the whole process is not going to be completed till mid October! How can that be??

I know ‘there are worse losses at sea’ but right now I’m mad!🥺

Good wishes all.

Tillytrotter thank you. ☺️

Good Morning from a sunny chilly Co Armagh
Art class this am , first of the season , it will be a catch up on friends we haven’t seen since last class , pay our fees , and look with dismay at my brushes that I keep meaning to take care of !
Hope all have a decent day
💐 for Marydoll and all in need of a cheer up x

Good morning everyone, it’s cloudy and cooler here on the hillside in south Glos.
Happy birthday Nannyjan, have a lovely day!
In anticipation of the weather today and tomorrow I have done an hour of bits in the garden, battened down the garden furniture that’s under wraps and added the used compost from the pots I emptied onto the borders.
I am now going to spend the morning in my ‘shed’ sorting out my needlework and listening to an Anthony Horowitz audiobook.
Let’s hope that the weather isn’t too bad!
Have a lovely day everyone 🌹

Happy Birthday Nannyjan
and Happy belated Birthday Grandmabatty.
Best wishes to you both.
🎁🎂💐🥂

A later good morning to all this morning. It's a grey damp day here on the Angus coast and I'm off to the dentist soon. 'Nuff said already!
Have a good day everyone - and Nannyjan, have a happy birthday x

Good morning all and it’s overcast but due to have sunshine late morning, which is lucky as we’ll be meeting our Friday friends and hopefully sit out on the patio. We haven’t seen them for a couple of weeks , so lots of catching up. There are 9 of us, so it will be nice to hear about each others ‘doings’.

Liberty you are indeed the social butterfly 🦋. I hope you’ll be able to fit me in when I’m next up your way. 😂. Have a lovely holiday with your dh.

Yesterday Dd and little DGD came after school , had tea and then went to Brownies. Dd is still keeping ‘well’ , due to the steroids. I worry about if and when she’ll be off them.🤔.

Happy birthday NannyJan 💐
Hope you feel better as the day wears on Marydoll.💐
GG Hyde Hall is always popular with the children and we are due to have sunshine after 11 o’clock so go for it. .

I hope the day is ‘good’ for you all. 🌻

Good morning Mick and everyone from Carlisle where it is rapidly clouding over.
Yesterday was another lovely sunny day. After a round of jobs in the morning, the early afternoon was spent in the garden. T-shirt weather! I planted a few bulbs and then set about my fruit and veg border which needed a good weeding. My foxgloves have seeded furiously over it and the seedlings need a thorough hoeing out or I shall have a lot of overcrowded wimpy plants next year. I am already thinking of spring and what to grow in my limited space. Peas, certainly, as it's the only way to get fresh ones but my potatoes were rubbish and the runner beans were thoroughly destroyed by this year's rampant slugs.

Today, I'm off shortly for a dental checkup and a look at a possible problem with one of my big molars. I'd dread having that removed but I suspect it's a gum problem. I'll also visit the M&S food hall for some weekend treats. Then home to a few chores and a read of my new book. It's like a brand new copy but I got it for a quarter of the cover price in a charity shop. It's a page turner, exciting but the sort of book I never pay full whack for or keep so it will be back to another charity shop.

Happy Birthday NannyJan, have a good one!

And I hope you feel better as the day goes on Marydoll. So frustrating for you.

Morning Mick, morning All. A cloudy start to our corner of Somerset. Storms due later.

Plodded through the admin yesterday and began the car insurance renewal trawl. We’d like to stay with our current insurer, just need their renewal quote which is apparently a week away. Sigh. Not sure we’ll wait. Wandered out for a walk along the riverbank before lunch for a stretch and to enjoy the sun.

Coffee with neighbours this morning and TaiChi this afternoon will make for a decent day here.

A very happy birthday nannyjan.

Safe travels to all on the move, thoughts to all managing I’ll health and a hope Friday is kind to us all.

Good morning all from a dull Severnside. I mustn’t forget to bring in the outdoor cushions before the rain starts. I doubt they’ll be out much if at all after this morning.

Happy Birthday NannyJan 🎂🎉

I’m not doing a weekly shop this week. I’ve plenty of things here to eat so I’ll go swimming this morning instead. I’m hoping it will cheer me up a bit as I’ve been feeling a little gloomy the last few days.

Have a good day all ☔️🌺

Good morning from another cloudy Suffolk. Yesterday the sun didn’t appear til about 4pm and I expect something similar today.

I had a glorious day yesterday with my dear friend….over 4 hours of chatting,coffee and lunch and walking by the beach which our Australian SiL says is as good as Bondi beach.

Today I’m meeting another friend for lunchin our favourite pub in our nearest small market town. Because of family visits etc we haven’t met up for 4 weeks now when we usually get together every 10 days or so. Another marathon but delightful time ahead.

DH is very tolerant of my socialising. We are off to Majorca on Monday on holiday so he can have my undivided attention!

Birthday best wishes to NannyJan and hope those feeling unwell have the best day possible.

Grey skies and thundery rain forecast for today so oldies’ coffee morning and then back to clothes sorting. I definitely have too many especially of the too small variety and must stop deluding myself about the chance of wearing them again. Making the decision is one thing, actually getting things to a charity shop is another.

Hope the day goes well for travellers and child minders and that the poorly feel better soon.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. Misty again here.
Volunteer shift at the Storehouse this morning and setting up the studio for open studios/houses this afternoon.
My house will be open for an exhibition this weekend and next.
Tonight I have a friend coming for supper and DS may come too.

Luckily I have a young German helper for a couple of weeks who has said she'll wash floors and vacuum
while I'm out!
I also sat outside yesterday chatting with friends and falling asleep once they'd gone. I missed a U3A meeting but all that vitamin D is more important.

I'm so glad you found a better optician gMattie such a difference.

I hope all those in pain and with troubles have relief.
Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Good morning from Lancashire where the forecast is for a cloudy day. It feels chilly this morning.

No plans for today.

Good morning everyone from a very dull and overcast Northampton, maybe rain later.

Yesterday was busy housewise - bed changed and warmer duvet put on, bedding washed and dried on the line, a Sainsbury's delivery, bedrooms and stairs hoovered, and a huge Spanish pork casserole made in the slow cooker, which was delicious last night. Three portions to go in the freezer, plus a lovely soup.

Three dance classes this morning, then will have a quick change of clothes afterwards before hopping on the bus to the shops for my top-up shop. Will have a coffee in M&S.
Lazy today so have got a Sainsbury's Chinese chicken curry in the fridge for dinner tonight.

Happy birthday 🎂 NannyJan! 🍾🎂💐

Have a pleasant Friday everyone.

Morning, dry, windy and cooler.
Happy Birthday NannyJan 🎂🥳🎉.
I hope the children are extra good Susan
I saw the chiropractor yesterday, never been before, after an hour I was pronounced ‘very flexible, hips and knees are good’ but my gluteus medius is tight and the bottom of my spine, exercises to do. A new experience.
Today must return some shoes to M&S and pick up a few edible goodies, family here Sunday.
Is it covid Bonny?
🦩🦩

🫂🥰💐 Marydoll. Look after yourself

Good morning everyone from mid Essex where it’s mild and dull. Not sure what the weather will do today, but need to go to the Farm shop for fruit & veg, then perhaps do a bit of tidying in the garden.
Yesterday I saw a consultant about a possible replacement hip, have to wait for a date for the operation, hope it’s not too long.
Happy Birthday nannyjan, I hope you have a lovely day. grandmabatty your birthday celebrations sound delightful.
fgt I think the weather in Ibiza is telling you that it’s time to go home! Pleased you’ve had an enjoyable holiday!
Thoughts to all who are feeling poorly or have anxieties.

Good morning all from a dull and windy Black country.
Happy birthday NannyJan🎂🎉🎁 enjoy your day.
Need to go to bank and may have a wander round have birthday money still to spend, I would like some new ankle boots.
Marydoll hope you feel better as the day progresses 💐.
Safe travels those on the move.
Have a good day everyone whatever your plans ☀️.

Good morning from a dull W Kent hoping the sun appears as it did yesterday. A quiet few days ahead but will start packing for our break starting next week. DD2 tells me she and GD2 have covid so no visits
Happy birthday NannyJan
Marydoll

Morning all from a grey looking West Oxfordshire.

Will I get my car back today? I hope so!

Our daughter is coming to stay for the weekend tomorrow so I’ll get her room sorted out.

OH is taking his gun to the gunsmith to get fixed. That is the hobby I have nothing to do with. The gun cabinets are in his room and I’ve never really looked at his collection! Now his other hobby - bee keeping - is a different thing altogether and I happily get involved in that.

Have a good day everyone, especially those of you who are under the weather, celebrating or flying back from holidays.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s a misty and grey start to the day
Happy Birthday NannyJan have a lovely day and hope the sun comes out!🥂💐🎉
We’ve got DGD here so it’s the school run first thing then a volunteering session this morning. This afternoon I’m looking forward to meeting my pal for coffee and a catch up
Safe travels FGT and to all those on the move today
Hope you feel a bit better as the day goes on marydoll 💐
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings

Good morning all from a greyish North Leicestershire.

I have to go to the butcher's and Waitrose this morning and I might pop to a neighbour's for a cuppa this pm.

Our Carer Learning course yesterday was very emotional and moving......and exhausting.

Have the best day possible.

Good morning from an overcast but dry NE.
Yesterday I received a text to download a letter from the hospital, it was an appointment for an echocardiogram next week.oh dear I thought I was done for now after Monday's marathon.
Sister and BIL visited and we chatted for a while over soft drinks.
Quiet day for me today, only outing will be to bring in wheelie bin.
Have a good day.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 10° and cloudy. NannyJan a very happy birthday to you. Thank you to everyone who posted a birthday greeting to me yesterday and today. You are all very much appreciated. Marydoll I hope you feel better soon. Georgesgran we have had lots of geese flying overhead here. Susan fingers crossed that your day is a peaceful one.
Yesterday was another lovely day with blue skies and sunshine. I opened some really thoughtful gifts and had a lazy start. Then did some trimming of lavender in the garden and general tidying up. Later I went to my friend's house and we walked to the restaurant where we both had club sandwiches. The portions were huge! Neither of us could finish it. In the afternoon we sat and blethered for ages and I finally got home about tea time. A very pleasant, low key celebration.
Today I'll have to go to Aldi because my milk had turned. An unpleasant surprise in my morning coffee. I can take it black but prefer milk in it. Then dd is dropping in with dgs2 after playgroup. Later I'm going to her house for a Chinese takeaway and to open my presents from the boys. So the birthday continues. Have a good day all.