Good Morning Thursday 21st November 2024

Welcome Lilibill. Exciting times ahead

Congratulations to your DD and her partner greyduster, wishing them both all the very best for their future together ❤️🥂

A very late good morning from me in Essex. I’ve been reading all your lovely posts and enjoyed what’s going on in your lives! greyduster/I wish your DD and her partner every happiness.
gingster I was so pleased that your DD is feeling like her old self again, long May that continue.
marydoll you amaze me with your energy and determination, given that you have a few health issues! I do hope the Duracell bunny is feeling better today.
nannyjan Chatsworth looks beautiful but I can imagine how busy it was. I think there was a tv series about their Christmas preparations which has no doubt increased the footfall.
Have the best day possible everyone.

My dear pal, Borrheid. We were talking about you last night. Helen was surprised we were still in touch.

She bumped into one of the in crowd who was with her with her husband, a pupil from the Academy across the road, in Spain earlier this year. She hadn't seen her since we left school in 1973!
I turned down a first date with Mr MD to go to the husbands twenty first birthday party.
I was playing hard to get.😂

- TheWeirdo-

Good morning all!

It's 1.1C. here in little Appleby although it was 0.C. according to my laptop at 8am!

I'm sat here wrapped in a blanket scarf and guzzling a can of Monster Ultra and scoffing sausages and hash browns from the local bakery!

I finally did it! I dumped my TV and license and no longer have any in my household by choice!

I'd only watch a couple of programs a month anyway, no soaps or ''celebrity'' rubbish or bits of ancient junk in the attic stuff, no cooking etc. just a couple of good things like documentaries and so on so I decided I'm not happy to pay the whopping £169.50 any more.

My TV was just a general size thing, not a home-cinema size so I gave it to a work colleague for her son's bedroom!

The gap the TV and stand were on I've now filled it with another bookcase and plonked extra books on it and a soft toy Robin!

Very cold but bright in the south of Co Durham.
Noisy here, cavity wall insulation being installed. Hope it might make the house warmer and maybe lower the bills a little. Cleaner working her magic too.
Lovely photos of Chatsworth. A friend and I went to the Christmas market there years ago it was foggy and below freezing so not as enjoyable although the house was beautiful.
Hope everyone has a good day and welcome to our newbies.
I must try to post earlier.

Morning all from a cold but benign Kent. * Marydoll* you know me so well! I lurk every day but don’t post very often. I’m stuck indoors with a permanent imbalance problem so life can be pretty boring compared to all you wonderful Grannies! I was reminded of this yesterday. It was the 57th anniversary of losing my baby brother at 4 months, I was 12 at the time and the eldest of the 8. It hit me really hard at the time, I was off school for a week( had only just started at secondary school where I would meet Marydoll. I’m surprised that it still upsets me. I had sent flowers to my 92 year old mum so phoned her yesterday evening. I so long for the days when I could just pack a bag , jump on a train and visit her. I cried when I said goodbye to her. DH asked why was I upset, he doesn’t get it. He has one brother and is an ex-Grenadier Guard so doesn’t do emotions! Maybe it’s also that I have a significant birthday coming up in January- I am really feeling my age.
DH has just gone to work, he’s on an afternoon shift. I can get on with my proofreading ( I started doing it as a job this year to relieve the boredom!) - that’ll take my mind off things.
Have a good day all!

I am exhausted just reading about so much activity. I can’t compete as today will be devoted to laundry and reading, not nearly as interesting as most of this morning’s posts.

Sorry about babydoll’s croup - I was terrified when DS suffered from it and was so grateful to my elderly neighbour who had seen it all before and had the electric kettle boiling away in his room to create a steamy atmosphere. We got through a tricky night and by the time the doctor saw him next morning he was on the mend. Such a distressing and frightening illness.

A very late morning all from a frosty and cold West Oxfordshire. I overslept!

We are meeting friends for lunch today at a pub in the middle of nowhere. They had a very difficult bereavement recently so I think this will be a very low key meeting.

Have a good day everyone.

Welcome to Autumncolours & Lillibill

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Good morning from a very cold and icy Black Country.

Couldn't post yesterday morning, and had to leave at 8am for the coach with my friend to Chatsworth.

It was a long day, didn't arrive home until 9pm. Very busy with a Christmas market, then we had a tour around the house. Lovely to go, but I wouldn't go again near Christmas as it was so busy.

Walking group walk today, and a warming drink in a cafe at the end.

Wishing you all the best day possible.

Hello Lilibill👋 exciting times when is the grandchild due?.

Good morning all, it’s a beautiful sunny but frosty and cold start to the day here in South Lanarkshire.

We met up with DD yesterday evening to see Gladiator 2 in the cinema. Sadly it wasn’t a patch on the first but it was good to be out with DD as we rarely get the opportunity.

Welcome autumncolours.

Very productive Jax, I’m assuming that’s not all for you.

Pretty decoration Ginny.

Poor little one MD, croup is horrible, DD had a few bouts as a child, I remember how scary it was.

Nothing much planned for today other than a supermarket sweep and my yarn group this evening.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from a dry and sunny NE but still very cold, heating was on all night.
Will do the washing and ironing, will keep me moving and warm.
When I returned from shopping I noticed I had a lot of carrots and sweet potatoes so will make some soup.
Welcome * Autumncolours*, this is always an interesting thread.
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning from London where it is cold and dull day . Going shopping when I can get out of bed , I am not strictly a gran but there is a grandchild on the way

Now snowing!!

Autumncolours, a warm welcome to this lovely group.

Good morning from a cold and frosty Essex coast.
DH has an appointment this morning for a suspicious lesion on his back. After he gets back we will need to go food shopping.
This afternoon will probably be reading and catching up with TV.
Welcome to Autumncolours.
Enjoy your day everyone and stay warm.

Good morning Mickand All from a light frosting in South Bucks.

DS staying tonight as he is coming to the end of a two week Book Tour, including Munich last weekend. Of course we will have his favourite food ready. So good to have him to ourselves for a night.

Good morning all 🥶.

Yesterday was a successful shopping day with Dd . She was back to her old self (for now anyway) 🙏.
We started by meeting friends for coffee and then set to. Filled my trusty trolley with all sorts and came home for a quick sandwich and then wrapped presents. So lovely to have her ‘back’.

Today she’s coming in after school drop off and dgd1 is ‘home’ for a few days and is coming here . Little DGD has half day so they’ll pick her up and come back for lunch and Christmas doings this afternoon. Brownies this evening and I’ll run them home. 😤. A busy day indeed.

Last night I went to my new choir. The Busketeers. They have other choirs around Essex and perform concerts for charity.
Lots going on for Christmas but I won’t join them as I haven’t learnt the music yet. What a wonderful sound they make. 🎶.
Very frosty when I came home and luckily had my de icer.

I love the ‘piece of quiet’ Ash. ☺️.
Hope your day goes well Marydoll and babydoll is recovering.
Wecome Autumncolours. I hope your health concerns aren’t too worrying. 🙏. Offload on here if you feel the need..

Take care all ❄️

Morning Mick and all, including Autumncolours from an overcast S Hants, we’re forecast something wet.
Busy yesterday with bedding wash, dry and a new set on, looks pretty, then I made a lot of stuffing for Christmas. The onion and herb chopping by hand takes ages, but the oven smells later were worth it.
A quieter day today, friends visiting from Spain, we’ll meet them for an early drink.
🦩🦩

Good morning everyone from a very frosty East Northants, stayed overnight at DD's after our ladies' wine club, which was most enjoyable with really good Italian wines and delicious food to match.

DD will drop me back home later this morning, and then I'll not do much until the Sainsbury's delivery comes mid-afternoon.
Tuna fish cake and baby potatoes for dinner tonight I think.

Stay warm and hope your day goes well.

Congratulation to DD and her partner. Grey. May they have many happy years together. 🥂

Morning Mick, morning All from a grey, chilly corner of Somerset

Apologies, in a tearing rush, have an early and undoubtedly painful in the pocket dental appointment. Dental anxiety alive and well here.

Thrown by news arriving overnight that a close friend, some ten years younger than me, has had a stroke. We bonded over two years of emotionally challenging post grad training and were all looking forward to meeting next week. She’s understandably not promising.

I’ll be back later to read your news. Stay warm everyone. Have the best day you can.

Good morning from County Durham. The icy pavements outside show no sign of melting.
Welcome to you Autumncolours. I hope you enjoy the company.
A house tidy beckons today after yesterday's hunt around finding my Christmas stash. At least I now know what is in my hoard and even got a few things wrapped.
Supermarket delivery later then will try to persuade DH to go out to visit a local Garden Centre with me for a coffee and wander.
I hope Babydoll improves today MD. I remember well those early morning starts and long days with the little ones, even more difficult when they're poorly. You do so well considering your own health issues. Take care.
Congratulations to your DD Greyduster.
Have the best day you can everyone.