Good Morning Monday 6th January 2025

A late hello from a cold Co Armagh, I managed to walk up to Mass , but was glad of my four wheeled walker it was quite slippery underfoot
My Daughter has just trawled through my landline phone and added the numbers to my mobile I’ve had a fault on the landline since before Christmas, to the caller it sounds like the phone is ringing and I’m not answering, but when I answer I get static
The system where you ring bt leaves me in a muddle so daughter took over and I await an engineer ( or a robot ) to contact me ,!!
Wishing everyone a good day and stay warm !

Good morning from a snowy land. Staying with friends in the Scottish Borders. Beautiful.

Good morning Mick and all from 4°C northwest coast. Snow thawing now but the wind is bitter. Will put off my regular walk into the sand dunes until it’s more comfortable.

DSon still here, but leaves today on his motorbike and my cat feeding duty ends as my neighbours return today. Another quiet day in the warm beckons. The tree and decs will go into the cellar below and I should really sort them out, my collection of decs is in a right jumble.
Bon voyage to Ash and Co, thoughts to Grammaretto and all🌺

Good morning all. The snow on the hills has crept a little bit closer overnight, but nothing here - just soggy, which I'm happy to accept under the circumstances!
Good to see improvements and progress for all the poorlies, and of course that Mick survived 'operation Scotch Bonnet' in spite of all dire warnings 😉.
Yesterday was DGD2's 20th birthday, but as she lives down Lincoln way I didn't see her.
Tomorrow, however, I'm off to
Edinburgh to meet DD and DGDs 1 and 3 for lunch as it's DD's 51st birthday. She's coming up from Nottingham, just for the day, (as you do) just to celebrate! Doing crazy things like that makes the miles between us seem not so many.
I'm going to order a taxi to take me down to the station (which I can just about see from my window) in case the roads are icy first thing. I shall spend more time on the train tomorrow than I shall with DD, but it will be worth it!
Have a good day everyone, in spite of the weather conditions, and welcome to K25K.

Good morning everyone from a very wet and windy Northampton; another day indoors, taking down the tree and the decorations; hate the look of the bare room afterwards but will get used to it.

Did not go to rugby yesterday but stayed in the warm and watched it on tv. A runaway start for Saints, but it all came down to the final kick of the game which went in our favour and we came away winners 35-34.

Hoping that the weather is better in Sweden as that is where DS and family are, visiting DD-out-law's family; lovely picture on Facebook yesterday of the DGDs with their Swedish cousins.

Wishing all a pleasant Monday.

Good morning from Shropshire where we have had heavy overnight rain.

We decided along with DD2 that we shouldn’t travel to look after DGS1 today due to the weather.Overnight rain has washed away the snow but there are several flood warnings on the way to DD’s now🙄Today will now be a laundry and sorting day.

You are making such good progress Grammaretto🌟

Safe travels Ash and olddudders.

Have the best day you can everyone🦩

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where it’s wet out. All the snow has cleared now. Trafford schools are back in today after their Christmas break. L’il Miss’ childminder has a hospital appointment this afternoon so we’ve been asked to do the pick up from school and walk her the ten minutes to their house. We will stay with them (Boy Wonder will be there before us ) until their dad gets in.

Good morning from a wet and windy County Durham. The street is still full of snow, even though it rained heavily last night. I don't fancy venturing out today.
The GC are not back to school until tomorrow so we're unsure if we'll see any of them today. Will wait and see.
All remnants of Christmas are now packed away in the loft and we have a very spacious living room once more.
I didn't get round to my Lego sorting as by the afternoon I collapsed into a tired heap. No fresh air makes me feel like that. The snow was so deep yesterday it would have been exhausting trying to stomp through it, so I remained cosily inside, rather than taking that wintry walk I had planned. Today it will be far too icy and slippery. Dance fit class has been cancelled.
I do hope my knitting order arrives today as I need a project to keep me busy and am looking forward to making new hats for the family, well in advance for next winter.
Other than that.....a day of wait and see.
Wishing all a peaceful day.

Awaiting the arrival of workmen to install a new electric flame effect fire in the sitting room - the very inefficient gas one was removed on Friday. Told they will be here any time after 8.00 am so a hideously early start even though I bet they won’t be here much before 10.00 am. Will occupy the time with silver and brass cleaning so that when the room is put to rights everything looks its best. Otherwise a domestic day and will chase the builder about when someone can come to look at the leak in the kitchen which looks much worse.

Hope the travellers have a trouble-free journey and that those still suffering from the various winter bugs are improving.

Good morning from a windy and wet Suffolk where it feels quite mild.

Another home based day I think apart from our usual dog walk. The edge of the fields were very muddy and flooded in places but I’m hoping these strong winds will have dried them up a bit in spite of the rain.

DGC in different parts of the country return to school tomorrow somewhat reluctantly I think after leisurely starts to recent days. They’ll soon get into the routine.

The rest of the week looks busy so we’ll enjoy the slow pace of today. Hope all have a restful day especially those who are not feeling their best.

Good morning from quite snowy South Lanarkshire. The road looks pretty drivable so I hope that by 11 o’clock my neighbour and I will be able to get to our chair yoga class (and lunch afterwards!).

Giffnock family arrived out on Saturday morning, DD was running in Park Run which is held here in January, The children stayed with me and afterwards my tree and decorations were taken down and returned to the loft, so a good job done. I hoovered the whole house and felt very pleased with myself.

Next bit of the day was not so successful. Connel family have given me a fancy floor cleaner which didn’t work properly so will have to be returned and of course the logistics of this are not straightforward with one person paying and another returning it from an entirely different part of the country. I’ll start again after breakfast.

I hope the Channel isn’t too choppy for Ash and that everyone under the weather has a better day. Well done you Grammaretto getting your dustbin out, that’s enough adventure for one day!

Wishing everyone a good day.

Good morning from a wet and windy corner of S E Essex

I have DD’s boys today as they are not back to schedule until tomorrow. Might go to the gym, not sure.

I have washing to do, finish sorting decorations.

Hello K26
Safe journey Ascombe and ODD

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good morning all from a very dark North Riding of Yorkshire.Cant see even the outline of the tree, so dont know if the snow has receded or got worse yet. It is quiet , no wind or noise, so I expect that means the snow still there and bitterly cold like yesterday. Stayed in all yesterday and managed to fill 3 bags of recycled stuff, left in the hall ready to go out, but too dodgy and cold to go out yet. from the bags I can see that I have made some inroads into the mess, but when I look at the lounge cant see much change!! However , hurrah and hurrah have found my prescription and so tablets set up in the box for the week and am glad to get that sorted. Today is going to be a backwards day. I was brought up to do jobs first so then what time is left is your own. But today I am going to meet a friend at 9am as she is free in the morning but not in the afternoon. so it will be great to have a coffee and catch up with news and views. Then the not so good as i have a doctors appt this pm, and not looking forward to it! My leg is not good, swollen, red and itchy, and am concerned that it may be Cellulitis again. since I had it for the first time, it keeps starting to happen again and I have to be careful. dont want another 16 days of intravenous injections! If there is time need to go to specsavers and book an appointment. They sent a reminder, but I was stuck in the hotel dealing with all the hassle of the bathroom, and so it came very low in priorities. There are also blood tests , and no doubt I shall be ticked off about the blood test or what I have eaten over christmas, and need to get back on the straight and narrow!!Ah well hopefully we get back to something like normal this week. In between all this medical stuff I am going to carry on with the sorting things out. The goal today is to put away all things stuck on the sofa, so that visitors might have somewhere to sit! An overall plan this month is to go through all my dd or so and check that I am not paying unnecessary things. I shall review things like membership of groups and see if it is worth keeping it up or not. Have my RHS membership already and hope toget to more gardens and make a plan to see the new Bridgewater Garden, so slowly getting my home back to my way . Bach before 7 and coffee and reading your missives , Ah Yes, life begins to run a bit more smoothly. Have a good day everyone and take care if you are out and about today. It is Ephifany and so I shall be singing Three Kings from Ancient Lands afar as I plod through jobs (with no wfp I colud do with the magi calling and presenting me with gold to pay my electric bill!!)

Good morning from Durham. What a dreadful day yesterday, with torrential rain after the snow. Thank goodness no more snow overnight.
I’ve been awake since 5am, curtesy of my cough, so as I’ve no morning plans, I intend to stay in bed a bit longer. I’m feeling very slothful, but need to make a start on my long ‘to do’ list.
Hot chocolate later with a friend, who can’t make our usual Monday morning catch up.

Best wishes to all. X

Good Morning everyone from Inverness where it’s minus 1° and lightly snowing, we’ve still lots of snow on the ground from last week
I’ve promised to go round to DD2s this morning to help pack away all the decorations and help with the tidying up after the school holidays. The DGC are back at school today, I’m sure they’ll find it hard to get up early!
Safe travels Ash and everyone else on the move today
Welcome K25K 👋
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Morning all from a rather wet West Oxfordshire.

Usual Monday Waitrose shop. Our cleaner is back today after her Christmas break. I may pop round to see friends.

Have a good day everyone.

Morning from a very soggy S Hants, 5 and light rain, the ground is saturated.
Welcome K25K
Safe journey across the channel and beyond Ashcombe
Christmas came down yesterday and apart from a few chocolates hanging around, there’s no trace except I’m sure the odd pine needle will appear.
Back to the volunteer phone today after our shutdown and quiz tonight.
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Good morning all and the wind is howling and the rain is splattering here in Essex. Very dark still!

Grandchildren back to school /work . Theyve all had such a lovely festive break!

U3A meeting this afternoon with a speaker but I don’t think I’ll bother. More book reading and tv catching up. A little housework and hunkering down .

Safe crossing and onward journey Ash
I’m glad you went easy in the scotch bonnets Mick - I think you like to get us ladies in a tizz! 😉.

Take care all and keep dry and cosy.

Good morning from a wet W Kent.
Pleased to find that I can still dish up a roast for 10 yesterday and lovely to see the family all here. I must admit they did help with the dishing up and DGD’s dismantled the Christmas tree and DS and SIL wrestled it back into its box.
Today the cleaner should be along to sort me out and then a U3A meeting.
Safe journey Ash
Welcome K24K Hope the knitting goes well, I must look out the scarf I started last year
Best wishes

Good morning Mick and everyone from a still very dark Carlisle. It's not raining or snowing...yet. I hear there's a gale forecast for the Irish Sea so it may get windy later.

You survived the scotch bonnets Mick! Well done!

It was a quiet day of pootling about and reading yesterday. Not so today as I've declared holidays are over so it's back to laundry and housework for the morning and reading those books this afternoon. l think it will also be a day of staying in due to the weather...I don't want to go out and slip on the remaining patches of snow and ice. I am developing cabin fever though and hope to get into town tomorrow.

Safe journeys to those of you who have to travel, it doesn't sound good in many places.

And have a good day everyone if you can.

Good morning after a very wet and windy night we are due a very cold day, the snow didn’t last long as it became very warm mid morning yesterday.

Welcome K24K good luck with the knitting.

Safe travels Ash hope you have a good time in France.

A housework day today and that’s about it, we have to stay in for a couple of large deliveries so can’t go far.

I have to ring the hospital as my MRI results haven’t come through, I suspect that they can’t find anything wrong and it might just be ‘one of those things’ anyway the Consultant has been away all over the Christmas break, hopefully I can have a chat over the phone with him rather than trek into Oxford just to be told there is nothing that can be done, meanwhile fingers crossed.

The dizziness has now worn off and I’m almost back to normal, as long as I don’t rush about, MrOops will come out with me in the car tomorrow as I’m concerned that too many head movements will trigger another episode whilst I’m driving, but I have to try to get back to normality.

Have a good day everyone, hope the poorlies have a better day.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. Deep soggy snow. 1°C.
I went outside today for the first time since my op. 6 days ago. I needed to but the wheelie bin at the kerb. It felt like a major achievement. Now back in my cosy nest.
The owls were hooting.

Safe journey Ash
Welcome to K25K
Greyduster

Hoping everyone has a good day whatever you are doing.

Good morning from a damp and dull N. Bucks.
Nice to hear Marydoll sounding a brighter.
Some jobs. to do this morning and spicy parsnip soup to make.
This afternoon I shall make myself go to an exercise class and then a friend has asked my round for a cuppa.
This evening I’ll complete day 6 of a sketching challenge.
Wishing all a good day.

Good morning all from Glasgow, where it is 2°C and wet.

Decorations coming down today, I will be glad to see it finished. DH will have every room in chaos.

Welcome to K25K.

Safe journey to Old D and Ash and also to weeanni, who is travelling back up from Yorkshire. 🤞 it is trouble free.

Corner, a friend at church calls me the Herder of unruly cats!

Grammaretto, its good to hear you continue to make steady progress. 💐

Have a good day folks.

Good morning from a soggy hillside in south Glos where it’s still raining.
An unexciting weekend for me, not that I particularly mind, and a lot of housework to trundle through today, general tidying and laundry.
I will walk the dog first thing, that’ll wake me up!
I hope today goes well 🌹