Good Morning Friday 3rd January 2025

Good morning from a frosty and bright Suffolk where we should have some sun later.

Apart from a walk with the dog I’ve no plans to venture out and shall enjoy a quiet day indoors. I intend to start sorting out a wardrobe full of clothes I used to wear for work which I kept thinking I might wear them again.

Since that work ended 15+ years ago and subsequent work required a more casual wardrobe,I don’t think I need them now!

Madeleine45 I haven’t heard the word “barnpot’ since my father used it. He died more than 20 years ago and reading it just now gave me happy memories of my childhood.

Hope all stay safe and well in the spell of bad weather forecast for the next few days.

Good Morning Mick and everyone from a very frosty Carlisle. The sky is clear and Venus is shining away.

Yesterday I was busy with chores in the morning, a Tesco delivery at lunchtime, brain-training and reading in the afternoon. In the evening, I binge-watched and finished the Beeb's showing of an old production of The Mayor of Casterbridge. It showed its age. And did Thomas Hardy ever write a book that wasn't sad and tragic?

Today, I hear a pile of ironing calling to me and I have some tedious admin to do. I'm not going out for the second day running. Down in the park on New Year's Day, some of the paths were quite wet or flooded so they will be skating rinks at the moment. I'm not risking my aging bones on them!

Madeleine...How embarrassing! It's not easy to keep track of what day of the week it is at the moment especially when you are not working. I've already had to tell myself it's Friday not Thursday.

Best wishes to all poorlies, I hope you and yours are mending.

Have the best possible day everyone.

Good morning all from a chilly Glasgow, its -1°C.

DH has just brought a cuppa for my painkillers and a heat pack for my hip. I haven't slept much. However, I think he is struggling to maintain his Florence Nightingale persona. This lurgy has been lingering far too long.😉

Poor Grandmabatty has succumbed to it too. Get well, soon.💐

Slightly better news for your DD, Kalu and Bella, I hope your daughter finds some relief from the pain and itch.
Grammaretto, I hope you are not in too much pain.

I made such a mess of the church rotas, when I was unwell and people keepswapping, they are a mess. I will need to try and redo them today, if I can muster the energy.

Apart from that, not much on the cards. The decorations will need to stay up a bit longer, I do not have the energy. DH says that this is probably one of the worst Christmases we have ever had, apart from the year after we got married and were snowed in, with little food in the house. We were supposed to be visiting our parents for Christmas and to make things worse, our car engine froze. 😱

For those of you out and about, take care.

Good morning from -1 Cambridgeshire. Yesterday we had games afternoon/evening at DD2’s home, lots of laughter and a fish & chip supper. The 5 year old had broken out with chickenpox but apart from a few itchy spots was on good form entertaining us. It certainly has been one ailment after the other for us all recently.

Today will be a quiet one maybe a run out for a coffee at the local garden centre and a browse around the sale items.

All the Christmas decs here came down yesterday. Don’t you always find a little one somewhere tho that you had missed😂

Wishing a happy (healthy) day to all. Take care out and about on the ice we don’t bounce as well these days!

Good morning all and we’re back in Essex. The journey home was good but the A12 is full of potholes and makes for a very bumpy ride. How the cars survive I don’t know!

DS1, SIL and dgd2 popped in last evening . Gd still waiting for her clearance checks to be completed so she can start her new job in, what appears to be, a very upmarket children’s nursery.
Goodness me , interview after interview, taking an English and Maths exam , although she has good A level grades, and actually working there for 3 shifts, (no pay of course) . She’ll be training on the job which will hopefully enable her to progress in that field of work.

We’ll meet our Friday friends at lunchtime and chat about our different festivities. Will be nice to see them, and then back home to hunker down in the warm.

I’ll have to shop sometime, perhaps ‘ manyana ‘.

Happy birthday ‘little imp’. I expect you’ll still be calling him that when he’s 30. 😂.

Madeleine I hope your pain eases . It’s funny how we confuse the days this time of year. I was sure yesterday was Friday and today the weekend. 🤯.

Keep warm and cosy !

Good morning from a cold and frosty N. Bucks.
A few tearful moments yesterday when we visited my Sister in Law but she is doing well .
She has a very positive outlook and as a technophobe is now determined to tackle the laptop and do more than use her phone for the odd call.
Today I will visit a friend locally who was in hospital over Christmas. I didn’t visit due to all the illnesses in the family. I wanted to make sure I was free of them so as not to pass anything on.
This after I will make myself cosy with my art materials.
Take care, keep warm and have the best day you can.

Good morning from cold and frosty South Lanarkshire.

I did very little yesterday other than a wander with the daft dug. We were in recovery from having had a houseful on the 1st.
Today I think we will be forced into a supermarket, if the forecast is correct there’ll be a few days indoors so supplies are needed.

I’ve been crocheting a pram blanket with cotton yarn from my stash but I’m not keen on it so have decided to frog it and perhaps make a basket instead.

Sending my good wishes to all who are below par for whatever reason.

Good morning from a very chilly County Durham.
Yesterday saw some of the decorations packed away although the trees are still up. I plan to take them down on Sunday. The real tree has lasted well and still fills the room with that wonderful pine aroma.
We went shopping in the sales for a new large suitcase too. Not many to be found in all the usual stores. We eventually ended up in Tesco and bought one as part of their clubcard deal. A real bargain. Our last case was torn apart being dragged up stone steps on a Greek holiday. This has prompted us to do more research regarding gradient when booking accommodation. That was an unexpected steep climb. Never again!
Fingers crossed my new knitting supplies arrive today. I'm rather excited by a new project to keep me busy during the remaining long dark evenings.
Wishing all a peaceful day.

Good morning all from the Angus coast where it's a balmy +1° and rising to a roasting 4°.
After the hectic past couple of weeks it really is rather nice to have a few days of absolutely nothing, but it gives me nothing to write about either!
So I'll just wish you all a good day as I sit in front of my SAD lamp x

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 0° and frosty. Grannygravy happy birthday to the Imp. Ash* I hope your DH can get an emergency appointment.
Yesterday became unpleasant. As Marydoll said, I succumbed to the lurgy. It appears to be rife in our area. Suffice to say, I had a most unpleasant day which was interspersed with sleeping.
Today things have settled down, fingers crossed, although my innards are quite uncomfortable. The worst thing is the feeling of nausea which hopefully will recede.
So today I'm going nowhere, seeing no-one and doing nothing. I will potter inside and nap if I need to. Have a good day all

Madeleine I met my Monday coffee friend yesterday, so today is Tuesday, isn’t it??

Another one lost off here!

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where it looks bitterly cold out. It’s frosty on the rooftops. Last day of the Christmas holidays for schools here in Trafford. Teacher Mummy is taking the Boy Wonder and L’il Miss to see Paddington2 and we’ve arranged to meet them later for an early lunch after which we’ll come back up and hunker down for the rest of the day.

Good morning all from a very frosty Black country where the sun is trying to break through.
I have an appointment for bloods this morning as requested by my eye consultant, not sure if they will also do the 24hr blood pressure monitoring but I shall soon find out.
Shall take a few more decorations down, I do it bit by bit with the tree coming down on Sunday.
Take care all, safe travels those on the move ☀️

Good Friday morning all from the Scottish Borders.
Minus 1°C but that could be inside 🤣. I was cold last night and had to put the central heating on.

I know it's Friday because I should be at work at the community store.
I had quite a few First Footers yesterday which was great. The small child tried my lucky dip and adults made me cups of tea.
I could get used to my hospital at home.
However I have lost/dropped the remote down the side of the sofa bed so there'll be no tv or radio until an agile person can have a rummage.

I'm sorry you are still poorly Marydoll and hope you're on the mend along with Grandmabatty, Madeleine, and any others.
It will be a relief that DD isn't too badly injured Kalu with you being so far away.

Enjoy your imp's birthday party
GG
Here's the scene from my window this morning.
Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from a heavily frosted Black Country. At least the sun is shining.

Mum is 95 today. The family are meeting up for a meal tomorrow as some are now back at work. Hope the predicted snow holds off.

Will do a video call with her shortly.

Hope your appointment goes well today Monk

Good morning from chilly Shropshire🥶

The children came home with us last night so I woke thinking it was Saturday as they normally stay on a Friday.They are staying again tonight.DGD is keen to do some sewing today.H will probably play with his Lego.

Hope all with the lurgy and those in pain start to feel better soon.

Have the best day you can everyone🦩

Happy birthday to your mum NannyJan 🎂🎁 and best wishes anyone else celebrating .

Good morning from an icy Co Armagh, this might be the year I light the log burner !
We’ve had it for 7 years and it’s a handy place to perch my houseplants! It’s never felt cold enough to light it !
I’m up but still in pjs ,nothing planned for today
Thinking of the sick and sad 🕯️💐

A very pretty white world from the window but feels cold so will need to wrap up when going out - oldies’ coffee morning and then neighbours’ drinks tonight, so what passes for a social day for me. Decorations all put away though the cards are still giving me pleasure; so many missing names though, which is hard but inevitable.

NannyJan a very happy birthday to your mum.

Aggie, I did the scandinavian top-down lighting this morning for the first time. It was the best ever way to get the stove lit. Details online. It seems counter-intuitive

Good morning from freezing South Lanarkshire but a beautiful blue sky to lift the spirits, we have become so used to grey clouds above us.

Once again I’ll read once I’ve posted, I first opened my eyes at 7.40 and evidently closed them again because when I looked again it was 9.20 I threw myself out of bed and into the shower so I would get to 10.30 SUNDAY mass and was in the middle of that when I worked out that this is Friday.

I am back home after my seasonal journeyings and today will be focussing on a clearly necessary mental reset.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.x

A very late good morning from a very frosty and bright Northampton - I managed to sleep till just after 9! I had woken at 6am for a bathroom trip then went back to bed. Very unusual for me, but I must have been making up for a previous bad night.

No plans for today except for making a curry for dinner. Yesterday I decided on a bean and veggie chilli and now have four portions waiting to go in the garage freezer.
I may have a fiddle around with the steam mop to find out why it isn't working so well.
Or I may start my new book club read..

Take care if out and about today.

Madeleine, 40 years ago we used to have the D&S times delivered. I thought it had stopped years ago.

Karmalady , I’ve seen that done and was amazed ,
This stove has a few extra levers , or so it seems to me ,
The sun is shining in so I’m getting the benefit of the thermal energy
Visiting son says it’s too warm here , but he lives in Edinburgh !