Good Morning Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Grandmabatty

Kalu wide leg trousers are the bane of my existence. You have met me, you know how short(and wide) I am! They make me look ridiculous

Me too. I look ridiculous in them!

Just popping back in to retract my rant about today's weather on the Angus coast - it's morphed into a beautiful late March/April day 😁
But while I'm here I shall join the complaints from Grandmabatty and Kalu about wide legged trousers - they are definitely designed with tall and willowy in mind!

So much for a quiet morning! After MrB went out the District Nurse came, so I had to answer the door. Just a walk down the hall which I managed. She isn’t due until next week but had the wrong date in her diary. After a chat she has decided to discharge me, with the proviso that I will get in touch if any further problems.

30 minutes later she came back to collect a yellow discharge folder. I couldn’t remember seeing a yellow folder, but I went upstairs and got all the discharge paperwork. No yellow folder. Then she realised that I was discharged on 27th March and the yellow folders were not introduced until 1st April, so I didn’t have one.

MrB has just returned, if he finds out I’ve been climbing stairs while he was out he’ll kill me! 😂

Kalu wide leg trousers are the bane of my existence. You have met me, you know how short(and wide) I am! They make me look ridiculous

Safe onward journeys brook and have a lovely time visiting

Didn’t see any type of garden cushions I was looking for MD
I did have success in M&S and found the perfect pair of taupe linen trousers……not the wide leg style which are on offer everywhere. I was exhausted tracking up and down the length of the mall and more than ready to head home.

A late good morning from me, we’re just sat in the lounge at Inverness airport waiting for our flight down to London. Really looking forward to seeing DS and partner and catching up on all their news. Then onto visit DD1 & family at the weekend
I hope everyone feeling poorly today feels much better soon
NannyJan53 you wouldn’t believe the number of dresses, trousers and tops etc that I’ve bought online from either M&S or Next recently that I’ve returned because they don’t suit me. I think it’s me though not the clothes - I hope your dress is ok!
Hoping your DH is much better soon Gingster
Enjoy the time with your sister stilllearning
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning on St.George’s Day and Shakespeare’s birthday from Sunnyside sandhills northwest coast. I don’t know why not much is made of this day as against St.Patrick’s Day, or why Easter is so low key against Christmas….🤔

Music club as usual yesterday and a high level of culture as I offered Daddy wouldn’t buy me a bow bow complete with stuffed cat amongst my more serious fare. I then collected my new contact lenses in town and flopped in the evening. Out and about every day tires me out these days.

Tonight I drive to the housewarming of a soprano friend. Will have to put my sat nag on and I’m not keen on driving to places I don’t know.
Thoughts to Gingster whywhywhy and all🌺
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Good morning all. It is what can only be described as a yucky day on the Angus coast - thick mist one moment which lifts a little and then slams back in again. My most unfavourite weather, so I feel a not-very-happy bunny!
Yesterday was lovely though. After an interesting tai chi class I was given a tour of the improvements being made to the hall we use by the carpenter. He was obviously at the stage of appreciating the result of his labour since the end of last year. He's been amazing about keeping noise to a minimum while classes have been in progress so I was only too happy to admire his work - a suite of new toilets accessed by a wheelchair ramp.
I then spent ages standing in the sunshine chatting to a friend before going off in search of rollmop herrings and Cullen Skink, two of my favourite things at the moment which I rediscovered recently. I didn't get lucky with the Cullen Skink - a fish soup - but I still have enough of the rollmops for today's lunch. I then came home and sat in the sun trying to count the fish in the pond - a bit ironic that!
Anyway, no such thing planned for today, which is very definitely an indoors day. In fact I think I should be posting on the 'boring day' thread!
That was a lovely photo of your gorgeous azalea you posted yesterday FGT.
Gingster I hope your DH is improving and will get home soon. What a hard time you're both having sending 🫂
I'm off now to do something productive. Have a good day all.

Good morning from an overcast NE.
Nothing planned for today, I am expecting a new WiFi hub from BT, no idea why.
Woken at 5.50 am with a phone message from Evri saying I had missed a delivery and needed to reschedule, I had never left the house so someone is telling lies or it is another delivery scam.
Quiet day today, maybe my sister might call.
DD is returning to her home in Brussels.
Have a good day.

Good morning from sunny West Sussex. The rain during the night will have helped the poor parched earth - we are on clay and could barely get a fork into the soil.

DH has gone to his volunteering session so I have the house to myself. I have hollyhocks that I’ve grown from seed, now ready to plant in the garden.

Ashcombe, I hope you have a lovely cruise. It’s great that you are getting out and about again.

Madeleine, I hope you have a better day.

Marydoll, what a day you had yesterday, but you did get your pot! I hope you will post a photo when it is planted up.

whywhywhy, I hope you get some help for your headaches from your hospital visit.

Gingster, such a worrying time for you both 💐

Best wishes to all in your endeavours or rest from them today.

I must write a message after the kind wishes about my health. I tell this tale not to bore you good folk, but as proof that the NHS is working hard.

Yesterday I was lucky enough to get a face-to-face with a Dr at the surgery re awful tinnitus and nausea. He was lovely and gave me lots of advice . Unfortunately the chemist was closed, so I couldn't get the anti-sickness drug till this morning.

I woke at 1.00 a.m. with a very high temperature, incoherent and vomiting and my DD called for an ambulance, but there was a 5 and a half hour wait. The operator said, Red flag, A&E is overflowing. She booked a call from a GP. We managed to get my temperature down, and with ginger the sickness subsided.

An on-call Dr rang after about an hour and has written to my practice suggesting that I possibly have an infection of some kind and could they please call me today.

My DD is queueing at the small village chemist and they've said yesterday they made up over 600 scripts.

When it works, it works really well and I am so grateful.

Kind wishes to all who are poorly or caring for someone who is. Everyone else - get out and enjoy yourselves.

I get red eye a couple of times a year - it clears over a week or so, but I wear sunglasses, as it looks awful.

Good morning from Giffnock, my phone app says it’s full sun but no sign of it here.

I’m heading off shortly to Aberdeen for a few days, to visit my sister who moved up there about ten years ago. She actually lives in a very pretty village about 10 miles outside of the city and I always enjoy my time up there.

A little bit of ironing before I leave DD’s and then off to catch the bus, just over three hours journey and fortunately I can read happily while travelling.

As always remembering those needing support and wishing everyone a good day x

Thank you grandMattie & Marydoll, it’s reassuring to hear that it’s not serious.
I actually have low blood pressure so I wasn’t too perturbed but it’s an odd thing to happen!

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders where it's cloudy and dull.

St George's mushrooms can be found growing in the new grass at this time of year. They are delicious.

Do you celebrate St George in Malta Bellasnanna?.

Yarn group this morning, community lunch and an AGM tonight. I can't believe a whole week has gone since my friend's funeral. I miss her so much.

I hope your health is stable Mick.
I hope Mr Gingster is better and coming home soon.
Enjoy your holidays everyone 🛳
Hoping you all have some joy today.

Morning, we had some sun, now cloud and according to MrJ heavy rain overnight here in S Hants.
I love how your world has opened up again Ashcombe, enjoy your cruise.
Beautiful FGT very vibrant.
My daughter inevitably got the D&V yesterday, granddaughter now tentatively eating, we bought grandson home and fed him, returned later.
Son’s fiancée awaiting a scan for kidney/gall stones, she’s in a lot of pain.
I’ll get my new tyre today, I’ve plants to put in, if it stops raining and some online admin.
Happy travels and to those away and best wishes to those poorly
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grandMattie

Don’t worry, Rosesandlilac, your bloodshot eye is probably a “sub-conjunctival haemorrhage”
I had one recently and the eye people were not bothered. It’s spontaneous and goes fairly quickly.

This happened to me and my optometrist DIL sent me straight to the opticians, just in case it was something more serious, due to my extremely high BP and heart problems.

whywhywhy

Thanks Marydoll
No doubt a few hours will be spent in the hospital and I feel so low in mood as it is.
At least my youngest son is here on Friday night. Something to look forward to. Hugs. 🤗

Good luck and I hope you get some help.💐

Thanks Marydoll
No doubt a few hours will be spent in the hospital and I feel so low in mood as it is.
At least my youngest son is here on Friday night. Something to look forward to. Hugs. 🤗

Morning Mick, morning All. Weather-wise our corner of Somerset is undecided. A bit of blue, a lot of cloud and chilly.

Friends coming for coffee this morning when the world will be put to rights, not sure about after lunch, a lot of things I should be doing. Will I? Doubt it!

Smooth travels and calm seas to all on the move. Have the best day you can everyone.

A day full of (expensive) workmen - oven cleaning, plumber and man to check the work done on insulating the loft - so had best get on. Hope things go well for FGT and that Marydoll has a better day.

Good morning from a grey and damp midlands.
Back to the hospital today for more test to get to the bottom of these headaches, where will it end? Fedup.
Hugs to all who are suffering today in some form or another.

Don’t worry, Rosesandlilac, your bloodshot eye is probably a “sub-conjunctival haemorrhage”
I had one recently and the eye people were not bothered. It’s spontaneous and goes fairly quickly.

Liberty enjoy your Snug lunch. I’ll be thinking of you there.