Good Morning Thursday 13th March 2025

Good morning all from a frosty Black country.
Yesterday's playgroup was busy again the tea urn wouldn't heat properly I think it hadn't been put on earlier enough so it was kettles to the rescue, fortunately they have more than one.
DH has doctors appointment for his blood pressure later.
Ash lovely to see you posting glad to hear your pain levels are more manageable take care.
Karma what a transformation you deserve your award may you have many happy hours there.
Llfl hope you can bring OH home.
Best wishes to anyone celebrating and safe travels those on the move, virtual hugs where needed.
Have a good day everyone whatever your plans ☀️

Good morning everyone from a cloudy Northampton,.but I can see the sun peeking through.

Seemed to spend most of yesterday cleaning and tidying the sitting room, which certainly needed it! I also got two loads of washing done, and dealt with a Sainsbury's delivery. Not so much to do next week now, when I host a meeting of our ladies' wine club. I have already bought the wines, just food to organise.

A neighbour is coming for coffee this morning - lots to catch up on, and I need to ask her for a lift to and from an ex-neighbour's 60th birthday party next month.

Then this afternoon will go into town to the bank and attempt to see my bank manager, as I need to re-organise a couple of accounts.

Wow karmalady, .you have worked miracles on your plot; what a transformation! I wouldn't have had a clue, or have your imagination and energy!

Have a good day everyone, with more sunshine than showers!

I am so sad to read of those struggling with ill health other issues so very hard and thinking of you all and sending best wishes 🌺

Good morning from a cold and grey midlands. A phone call with a great Long distant friend this afternoon. Shopping this morning and try and do some sciatica exercises as well. Then start a baby cot size patchwork quilt later. Annoyed with DH but life is too short to have an argument. Have the best day you all can. Hugs. 🤗🤗🤗

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s cloudy and quite chilly, with some light snow on the hills in the distance
Hoping you can bring your DH home today llfl and everything has gone well
I’ve nothing much planned today but lots to keep me busy. I really want to get out into the garden but I think it’s still too cold to do much so I might go along to a new class at the gym instead.
Lovely to see you posting again Ashcombe, pleased your DH managed to visit despite the difficult journey, take care
Fantastic progress karma well done, you’ve achieved such a lot and the trophy is very well deserved
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning from a chilly W Kent. Art group this morning and then DH has a visit to the medical centre for ear wax.
Karma wonderful transformation
Ash lovely to ear from you
Marydoll Hope the day goes well
Best wishes to all

Good morning Mick and everyone from sunny, frosty Carlisle where it is currently 1°C.
No end in sight to this weather but it's certainly preferable to rain and greyness as far as I'm concerned.
I stayed in yesterday, finishing off housework and ironing in the morning, reading and sorting out my sitting room book collection in the afternoon. Only one has gone into the charity shop collection!
Today, I shall do what I fancy as I fancy it! Plenty of entertaining choices are at hand. Quite probably I will be taking a hard look at the books in my office of which there are far more than downstairs.

Good to see you Ash. I hope the source of the pain can be tackled rather than just dosing the pain?

A justly deserved award for your hard work karma....long may you enjoy your plot.

Have a good day everyone!

Good morning from a wet and windy NE
Yesterday the weather was really miserable which made the shopping trip unpleasant.
After we returned home and put the shopping away I changed into dry clothes and we went out for lunch.
We decided to finish the afternoon with a trip to a nearby retail outlet which was successful for me, bought a number of birthday cards, a jumper from Crew, trousers from M&S and perfume gifts from the cosmetics company. Jo Malone perfume for DD's birthday was reasonable as they gave me a 20% discount.
In dreadful pain today, chest and arms are really uncomfortable so I will have a quiet day, definitely no housework.
Have the best day you can.

Good morning all and it’s sunny but with ice on the garden furniture, here at the Suffolk seaside.

We’re travelling back to Essex today as Dh has dental appointments in the next few days.
We’ve enjoyed our few days here and will be back soon 🤞.

What is it with door handles here? Summerhouse, shed, potting shed and yesterday the bathroom door wouldn’t open. A good job no one was in there! Dh has replaced it. 😤

Karma fantastic work!

I hope you all have a ‘good’ day.🌱

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. Cold again but at least it's light in the mornings and evenings now.

I went to yarn group for all the gossip and the gym for my penitence. I even wrote the report for our church magazine I've been putting off.

Today chiropractor, visit to my dear but poorly friend and pack for going away tomorrow. Ceilidh dancing tonight if energy levels hold.

Karmalady you deserve that award/ medal! What a transformation 👏 😍
And what fun it will be to watch it grow.

I'm glad you are a bit better Ash.
I hope Mr Llfl is recovering well after his op.

Have a good day everyone, whatever your plans are.

Good morning from a slightly frosty and bright,sunny Suffolk. I got an appt for 9.30am yesterday and was able to reassure DD1 ( and also DH and myself) that the pain in my calf was muscular and not a DVT. Excellent service as ever from the surgery.

I’m off to my stretch class soon and feel very much in need of the exercise having been away from my classes for 4 weeks. Hope I’m able to get up from my mat at the end of the session!

What a transformation of that neglected plot Karmalady. I hope it continues to give you many years of pleasure and delicious produce.

Hope today is kind to all. I’m going for coffee after my class with friends who live very close to the village hall. Call me domestic goddess if you like! I made a lemon drizzle cake to take with me. DH not very impressed he couldn’t test it.

Good morning all. We have a light frost this morning in Glasgow, otherwise, a dry sunny day to look forward to.

A busier day ahead today with some admin and a visit to a nearby walk in clinic for an x-ray on my knee this morning then hairdressers followed by a Waitrose shop this afternoon. I have ordered a Tens machine in the hope that it will give some pain relief for sciatica and whatever is going on with my knee now. 🤞

A well deserved award karma. What a terrific transformation to achieve.
Nice to see you pop in this morning Ash. Take care.

Best wishes to all for a good day.

Good morning all from N Bucks and bright sunshine! Cold though, but a glorious morning to turn 77 on.

Arts Society this morning which I hope doesn’t over run as I want to be at my Art History class this afternoon on “Forgotten British Artists” I could Zoom it but want to see the good friends I have made there in person.
My birthday celebrations were last Sunday so I think it might just be a glass of left over Crémant with a friend and neighbour when I get back. But plan to go out to lunch tomorrow.
Sorry to hear so many of you are poorly or in pain and send all possible positive vibes for your relief. 💐

I hope the X-ray will reveal the reason for your pain Kalu.
I can highly recommend the Golden Jubilee hospital where I had my new hip 10 weeks ago. I was on the waiting list for 2 years though....

Happy birthday RosieandherMaw 🎂🍾🎉🎁💐

Good morning all from the Angus coast where there's snow on them that hills. DD and Partner were walking up there at the weekend in short sleeve order -although they did notice small pockets of snow, meaning there was more to come.
What amazing before and after photos *karma". Congratulations on your well-deserved 🏆.
I hope all goes well and you get your DH home today llfl.
Ash lovely to see you back.

Happy birthday Rosiesmaw 🎂 enjoy your week of celebrations 🍾

Happy Birthday RosieandherMaw wishing you all things that you wish for yourself 🎂🥂🥳😘

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where it’s a bit sunny but very cold out. In an hour or so we are going into the Post Office next door to renew our passports (see soops last night!). Might as well get mine done at the same time as mine runs out in August, so with 3 months back on it for return journey from Málaga I’ve really only got till the end of May anyway and it’ll get busy at the Passport Office in the summer months.

As you can see, we hope for a speedy service! Must remember to put some coral lippy on. My mum used to say “if you look like your passport photo you’re too ill to travel!”.

Afterwards a well deserved coffee in the square I think. I felt pretty agitated yesterday teatime thinking of this and how lucky we’d noticed in time. Imagine being refused boarding at the Ryanair gate!

That posted without my say so!!
Enjoy your walk and picnic with Babydoll today Marydoll - the west coast must be balmier than it is here. DGD3 said she and a friend are bringing the dog (a crazy red setter) for a walk along one of our beaches on Friday and would I like to join them 🤣. I said I'd stay home and warm and order in the pizzas!! However I AM doing tai chi on the beach on Saturday morning - but that's different 😉
I'm off soon to my Thursday tai chi class so must leave you to go and get ready. And remember, it's March. The weather can only get warmer 🌴🌻☀️

Happy birthday maw. 🎈🎂🥂. 1948 was a very good year. 🙂

Happy birthday RosieandherMaw

A very Happy Birthday Rosiesmaw enjoy your special day! 🎂💐🥂

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a "cant make up its mind"morning in North Yorkshire. It looked very cold out when I first creaked out of bed, but now there is a little breeze and it keeps starting to rain a little and then stops. No sun, so really dont know what it plans to do!!

I have had chance to read lots of posts today as I am in slow to stop mode. well done Karmalady , you have put lots of effort into your allotment and I enjoy reading about it. Thankyou for all good wishes, and today my eye is improving a bit, not quite so gritty, but I am rubbish at putting in the eyedrops!! Sometimes get it in one, but have had drops running down my cheek . The instructions say not to let the eyedropper touch the eye so it makes it harder to do. Anyway no doubt I shall improve over the next 4 weeks!
I am coping with that ok but my ..... back is giving me hell rather. Besides the actual pain, it means I am getting little sleep and at the moment cant use my favourite sitting under the shower to improve things. So watching the tortoise rush past me is rather annoying!!

I am just very slowly doing bits and pieces and plan to venture out on the yellow peril when the weather has made up its mind as to what it is going to do. .If it is very cold I will probably not go, as am cautious about the wind in my face etc, but would like to get some new bread and really just get out of the flat for a bit. I did manage to fill in my driving license stuff and later today when I can be bothered I need to check through letters and bills and make sure I havent missed any dates that are vital. Time to get the calendar out and mark up dates for next month and I look forward to getting out and seeing the flowers. I can see quite a lot od lovely daffodils coming out now but still not a sign of a leaf on the tree.

Hope today is a good day for you all, with less pain, and something positive for everyone. If I get out I shall definitely be smiling at people, and have already sent my thanks to all the staff in the hospital who were very good to me.Take care of yourselves

Morning from a cool and overcast S Hants, I’ve only read earlier posts as I had a call to take Imogen to college, just back, I’ll miss my stretch class but do what I can from the booklet here.
Brilliant karmalady I look forward to future updates, good to hear from you Ash I hope your pain continues to improve.
I’ve milk to drop to my friends house,M they’re back later after nine weeks in Australia, bet they’ll feel chilly.
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