Good Morning Wednesday 19th February 2025

Good morning from West Sussex. After yesterday’s glorious sunshine it is hard to see grey sky again today. DH got lots done at the allotment yesterday while I went shopping after a short volunteering stint. I hate buying new shoes/boots so have been wearing increasingly tatty ones all winter. I had made occasional attempts to find replacements but being a size seven and a half and having awkward feet (and being very fussy), I’d had no success. Also DH wanted to buy me some long boots to replace my much loved, laces up the back, black leather ones that my horrible big toe went through about 5 years ago. It was to be my Christmas present at that time. Anyway, I went into a little shoe shop which I know stocks the brands I like and immediately found a pair of ankle boots, some plain, side zip knee highs and a sturdy pair of shoes with zips both sides which should be really easy to slip in and out of - I can’t wear slip-ons and get tired of struggling with laces. The boots were in the sale and I got 10% off the shoes so I’m very happy 😊

Today I am trying to think what to eat as ‘prep’ day for my colonoscopy is tomorrow. The list from the hospital includes rice crispies and sugar puffs, white rice and pasta ☹️. I may have to go and get some chicken. Anything in the freezer has forbidden ingredients. DH kindly baked some white bread in the breadmaker.

I am glad that those suffering so much pain have Mick’s lovely thread to rant on but I wish you didn’t have to - I pray that you will all find some relief.

DD1 will be back from Marrakesh tomorrow to celebrate her 50th birthday with family and friends on Saturday. I have been going through our collection of photographs, mostly taken with little, cheap cameras and will do a board of the best ones. I was hoping to have an online photobook completed, with a printed copy as well but haven’t finished it yet. Hoping I will be more expert before DD2’s 50th in two and a half years time!

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Electric scooter has arrived! 🛴
Himself has set it up. It’s a heavy bugger, solid, with large wheels and the ability to ‘go up gradients’.
He’s delighted with it boys and their toys so £400 well spent! 😂

I am curious FGT. Where will your DH ride it? Police are clamping down in our town and always seizing e scooters.

Good morning Mick and all from a wet northwest coast.
Really enjoyed yesterday. In charge at the music club and introduced the performers with alliterations, Songbird Susan etc😁. My voice was in better shape too after practising. I can’t expect not to sing for three months after my op’ and for it to be in top form. I’m not getting any younger either…

Problems booking my return ticket from the south for Tuesday as one card is frozen after my scam and my other card was not accepted for some reason. Life seems more complicated now online than in Ye Olden Days. Also emails back and forth to Germany for performing fees.

Lunchtime recital today and may meet up with friend from music club for coffee afterwards then a quiet evening in.
Hope the holidaymakers are enjoying themselves and thoughts to all🌺

Morning all from a glorious Hurghada - I’ve just listened to the 3rd call to prayer (Dhuhr) while sunning myself at the beach 🌞. Wish I could send some to you all (sun that is, not the Muezzin 😊)

Miss Marydoll is now having a scolding from her star pupil…you shouldn’t be doing so much for others when you’re not a 100% yourself x

Hope the rest of you are behaving…🤗

Thanks for the sympathy, my dear friends. I just needed a virtual hug!

DD, who always supports her father, when I am ranting, has suddenly realised how frustrating he can be and how odd his behaviour is at times.
She offered to move my car last night, before the workmen arrived today. He stood in the drive and supervised her, despite the fact that she has been driving for twenty three years. She was raging! 🤣

So far this morning , I have done three loads of washing, dried most of it, renewed my driving license in preparation for reaching seventy 😱, chased up the scaffolding for the roof and washed my hair.

A trip to the surgery to collect my prescription the only must do today, so I will immerse myself in Orwelll’s The Road to Wigan Pier, the U3A book group topic for next week. Not a spirit lifter and with worrying links to today but so well written and will be well worth discussing.

So sorry you are having such a frustrating and exhausting time, Marydoll, but it’s a good thing you can vent here or you’d explode. When DH was becoming detached from reality I used to go into the garden and scream - I had warned the neighbours that this could happen - and could then come indoors and behave kindly and well.

Good morning to u all . Marydoll I would be very annoyed too . My son is 35 today so quickly popping to see him before he goes to work as he’s afternoons then it’s bens weekly breakfast at the local cafe which he loves . Realy gloomy day here today and very cold .

Electric scooter has arrived! 🛴
Himself has set it up. It’s a heavy bugger, solid, with large wheels and the ability to ‘go up gradients’.
He’s delighted with it boys and their toys so £400 well spent! 😂

Good morning all. A chilly2 deg in Glasgow. Yesterday’s heavy snowfall didn't happen, today’s prediction is ‘some snow’.

My birthday outing with my girls last night was such a joy. We decided to return to mine for coffee and another surprise, a birthday cake with many candles appeared with a chorus of happy birthday, a tissue was required. As we share the same sense of humour laughter filled the room yet again with DD2 joining in via FaceTime. My wonderful girls are the best medicine.

Ditto having some time in my garden room watching the birds feed yesterday Roses. It is well insulated and I only heat it if I spend some time in it.
Your GS sounds like such a joy to have around Grey and has a lovely strong bond with you.
Marydoll, don’t wear yourself out doing for others. Time to be firm and delegate taking time to look after yourself if no one else will.
I envy you being in Casablanca Liberty. As it wasn’t too far from where we lived in France we often promised we would visit one day but sadly didn’t. Coincidentally, the film Casablanca was one of our top favourites.

Have the best day possible all which hopefully includes some respite during a difficult day.

Good morning all. It's 5° here but doesn't feel remotely 'warm' with a decidedly brisk breeze coming out of the SE. But it's not raining - yet - so must be thankful for small mercies.
I had a good night's sleep last night, right through the night, so should be raring to go. But I'm not so I probably won't 😉. I do find this unremitting greyness just makes me want to courrie down and hibernate with a book or two and a steaming mug of homemade cup-a-soup.
DGD3 was at the funeral yesterday of her friend's sister, aged 23. She had taken her own life and nobody can understand why. So very very sad.
And grandson Fraser had his very long hair cut short yesterday in preparation for starting chemo next Monday. Goodness, how different he looks!
Now off I go. I shall give the kitchen a good clean before I allow myself back into hibernation. Enjoy the day everyone - soon be March! 🌷🪻🌼

Good morning all from a dull Black country.
Yesterday I got out in the sunshine and did some tidying in the garden, but I'm paying for it today hip and lower back very painful.
No playgroup today as its half term.
Today I shall practice Niksen (Dutch verb meaning doing nothing).
Enjoy your day everyone whatever your plans ☀️

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Northampton, a dry day expected.

Enjoyed our well-being walk yesterday in lovely sunshine, although the wind was cold. Nearly three miles done, but undid all the calories lost with a slice of chocolate cake!

A friend phoned me to see if I knew that the cinema was showing David Tennant's Macbeth today (which I didn't), but can't go because I am seeing Bridget Jones.
However, it is also on tomorrow afternoon, so I have booked to go then.

Made a chicken stroganoff for dinner last night, which is a faff to make, but so worth it.

A few things to get done this morning before an early lunch, and then set out for the cinema to see the afore-mentioned new Bridget Jones film.
Bean chilli thawing in the fridge to have with a jacket potato when I get back.

Glad you are enjoying your cruise Liberty; I have been looking at photos of it on a Facebook site.

Have a pleasant day everyone.

I do hope your day improves Madeleine and you feel better very soon.🙏

Good morning all and it’s very still, dry and chilly here in Essex. Yesterday we had a lovely sunny day.

Dh left for his trip to Suffolk and I had a long dog walk. Still muddy fields and woods but not too bad.
Bridge was good in the afternoon with ‘birthday boy’ cake. I had a decent partner so we’re hoping for a good result 🤞.

Not sure what’s on the cards today. I’ll go to church and might wander up to town but my Wednesday pal has her daughter and DGD staying so I won’t be meeting her.
I have no car as Dh has our only one,

Dd and DGD might pop over and we’ll do some baking, so it’s a ‘wait and see’sort of day. Dh will be home late afternoon. Fingers crossed he would have sold the car.🤞.

Good luck with appointments GG and Ash.

Take care all. 🌱

Good Morning from Durham. A lighter shade of grey here, but feeling below zero. The bird bath is frozen.
I’m not seeing/meeting anyone today, so a leisurely bath and hair wash first, then should I go out or stay and do more garage sorting? I could do both, with a trip to the local tip - I know how to live!
Karma have you seen the new thread about allotments? You might have some good advice/suggestions to offer.

Best wishes to all. X

A quick good morning from me in my favourite place in Hampshire. It’s sad to me that we left here 46 years ago.

MrOops sister came to lunch here yesterday, she is trying to get out on her own since her husband died last November. We had a good lunch with an eye watering bill! We should have eaten in the bar……
Off to the beach today, it’s dull but dry so far. But we will wrap up warm. I’ll read your posts later.

Hope everyone has a good day and those with stresses and illness have a peaceful time, I also hope the sun shines again soon.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders where it's still very cold.
Far too early yet to think of growing anything. The snowdrops are looking wonderful.
An interesting morning with the book valuer who needed a ladder and carefully scanned my "library". The only thing she found of any value or rarity was a 19th century ledger of local Asylums! which she thinks should be in the National Library of Scotland
I can't think where it came from but DH was forever finding "treasures" in book sales.
She directed me to auction houses, dealers and charities who would be better placed to dispose of the lesser volumes.
Today yarn group and sewing class so very sociable.

I hope all those holidaying are having a great time. Bonnybanko, and others.

I hope you enjoyed your birthday Kalu

Keep well and take care everyone.

Good morning form a dull and chilly Black Country.

It was bitterly cold yesterday, but it was at least sunny. Went over to Mums on the bus, then DD came and we went to lunch at a lovely pub. Mum had fish n chips as usual.

This after I have an audiology appointment. It is near Merry hell Hill shopping centre, so may have a look round there first.

Wishing you all the best day possible.

Good morning from the high seas as we cruise towards the Canaries. We should dock tomorrow so a day aboard beckons.

Our day in Casablanca yesterday was fascinating. Such a pity I can’t post any photos at present. We visited the huge mosque built in the 1990s which can hold up to 25000 Muslims and a further 80000 outside. It overlooks the sea and although it has no windows the roof is retractable to get the sea breezes. Beautiful decorative tiles outside.

We enjoyed mint tea and pastries after a stop on the Corniche and then visited a modern Catholic Church. The stained glass which was the whole of the sides was absolutely spectacular with modern depictions of the Madonna in various guises.This was the highlight of the day for me.

Although 80% of Moroccans are Muslim the guide told us that close to every mosque there is either a Christian church or a synagogue so religious tolerance seems to be very much alive in this country.

Hope today is a peaceful one for all.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 1° and dry. Grey skies again today. Susan I hope the meeting is successful. I'll be thinking of you.
Yesterday dgs1 was so lethargic that we didn't go to soft play but stayed home. Dgs2 and I played in the garden. He played, I watched. I did blow bubbles though. I heard from dd that dgs1 was very sick again last night while at his other grandparents house. I had a fairly early night and slept reasonably well.
Today I'll potter about. The kitchen needs tidied and I could do with hoovering. I will go to the school library for an hour this afternoon. I think I'll make chicken curry for dinner. Have a good day all

Good morning from N Bucks where although overcast it definitely feels (a bit) less Baltic.
You all sound very busy and I suppose I had a mildly satisfying day “playing” with my new shredder ( as I had burnt out the old one from the fact that it stopped dead with a smell of burning and wouldn’t restart after its little rest)
Wishing you all a pleasant - and hopefully milder- day.

Good morning all from Glasgow.

Good luck with your appointments, GG.

Warning! Please scroll on by and ignore, if you do not wish to be bored by my rant.😉

DH is feeling unwell and is very sorry for himself. He is in a foul mood. I will now have to deal with the fencing contractors, because he has retreated into a corner to wallow. It is just a minor bug, but in his head, he has a major illness .

Yesterday was like Sauchiehall Street here. DD was down at least three times, because they had no toilet facilities, at lunchtime SIL appeared to take a shower, Dollie didn't want to trail with her mum to pick up the car, so she came to stay here, 😍 then just as she left and I sat down for the first time all day, the phone rang It was DD, they would be down to stay the night, because they could not walk on the toilet floor.
Fifteen minutes later they appeared.
Later, I thought I could hear someone coming in the front door, it was DS1. He had decided to watch the football with DH.
To cap it all, I asked to DD to keep an eye on the Scotch broth I was making, she didn't! because they were watching the football. 😡
I could smell burning, the soup was stuck to the bottom of the pan.
I had made it, because my mouth is so painful and am having difficulty eating, I was so looking forward to it. 😭

The icing on the cake was when I went into the utility room at 7am to find piles of bedding and towels, which rather than put in the machine, DH had climbed over. How can there be three loads of washing, when it was up to date, when I went to bed???? Then he wondered why I was so annoyed. He just doesn't see how much I am struggling and how much of an effort it takes to do the simplest of tasks.. I am permanently exhausted.
There was no sign, of DD and SIL, who had left early to let in the workmen and for SIL to log in to work. Of course, true to form, DD has forgotten half her stuff! I suspect she will be back later, once all the washing is done.

I cannot even wallow in peace, DH has just come to see if I'm dressed yet, because the workmen will be here soon. Cue some rather expressive expletives from me.!!!
All joking aside, it is blooming hard work, trying to be upbeat and resilient.

I apologise for my self indulgent moaning, my complaints are trivial and there are many on GN, with greater crosses to bear. I just needed to vent my frustration at what my life has become.

I will come back later, to read. Enjoy your day, whatever your plans.

Good morning everyone from Inverness, it’s grey and cloudy, slightly warmer at 2° and a forecast high of 6, not seen that for a while¡
Hope your appointment up goes well today GG13 and progress made
Today I’m off to the gym, I’m trying out different classes and gradually getting to know new faces. Everyone is very friendly which helps when you’re new
I’m very impressed with the electric scooter FGT good for him!
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning all from a cold North Leicestershire.

Yesterday was a fabulously full on day
We had 5 children playing hide and seek and eating us out if house and home. We adults had a really good catch up.

The last of the visitors will go home later this morning and we will sit down for a couple of days!!

Have the best days possible everyone.

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where it’s dry but still chilly. Himself is expecting delivery of his electric scooter today, I have a dermatology appointment this afternoon just for reassurance hopefully. At teatime I’m being picked up to watch L’il Miss at her swimming lesson and in between I plan to finish our book club read ‘Strange Sally Diamond’ which I’m not loving as it’s too graphic, makes me feel uncomfortable and is a bit of a misery fest. I’ll be glad to finish it to be honest and choose something for myself.