Good Morning Tuesday 16th September 2025

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. Clear blue sky at the moment but I think it’s another day of sunshine and showers. At least the wind seems to have dropped thank goodness. I need to go out today and hope I won’t get blown over. Problems with the electricity supply have messed up the underfloor heating in the bathroom- first world problems! I’ll have to try to sort the thermostat out after breakfast.
I tried a little digging yesterday, managed to get one hollyhock root out, just about four more to do.
I’ll collect my prescription this morning and see my friend with dementia this afternoon.

I hope that your meeting with the Teflon man actually results in the repairs etc being done grandmattie enjoy your visit to the National Gallery today.
karma I hope your mouth feels more comfortable today and glammagran I hope your dental appointment goes well.
susan I hope you manage the whole exercise class today and don’t suffer too many aches afterwards. Good that your appointment yesterday was so encouraging.
Hopeful news from fgt yesterday! Thinking of them and md and anyone else with mountains to climb.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning all. Thank goodness that very strong wind has abated. 💨.

Today I’m off on a coach trip with my pal, on a steaming adventure. 🚂. Looking forward to it but Dh had a fall yesterday and has been very unsteady, so I’m worried about leaving him. He has his alarm bracelet and phone.

Dd will be coming to sit with him and also walking the dog.
Bless her. I shouldn’t have booked a long day away .

Take care all. 🍁

Good morning, it’s dry and clear skies at the moment here in south Glos, a pink tinge again on the horizon.
I spent a couple of hours in the school garden yesterday morning, dodging hefty showers. I planted several hundred bulbs in the bed I cleared last week which should look lovely in the spring.
If it’s dry today I will do some of my garden, mainly cutting back the perennials and deadheading the roses. I suspect that the weeds will still be growing too.
Off for a walk with tiddler, an Ocado shop is coming early so DH can deal with that while we’re out on a wander.
Have a good day if you can 🌹

Good morning from a decidedly cooler morning in Wiltshire.

We arrived back home from Crete early evening. The flight was fine until we were close to the UK and we approached Bristol airport very slowly due to the gusty winds and landed safely as we were held for a while on the ground at Chania due to the conditions in the UK. Having had a terrible landing once at Bristol I was nervous (that one made it onto YouTube!).

We loved being back in Crete but didn’t love the 5* JW Marriott we stayed in which opened in June. It was anything but with the most expensive drinks I’ve ever seen. 18€ for a cocktail! There was a lovely place in the nearby village though.

Whereabouts are you staying in Crete GrannyIvy?

Emergency dental appointment for a broken molar this morning. It hasn’t caused me any problems but I’ve been very careful eating.

Good news from the FGTs. I hope you get some answers soon Marydoll. You’ve been shoved from pillar to post.

Have a good day everyone.

Ashcombe your autumn display sounds lovely. I'm not putting anything up just yet. Karma that sounds so painful. My sympathy

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 10° with clear skies. It's been raining overnight. GrandMattie that's a fairly successful outcome, although keep him to his timescale. Susan I'm glad you found a supportive doctor. Sallyforth hopefully you won't find the conversation too difficult, especially if your builder is there too.
Yesterday I had a good day. I enjoyed working in the library and had a constant stream of staff in and out. (I'm under no illusions, the photocopier is housed there too). I set up two topic displays for different year groups and a new fiction focus for pupils. Back home, I pottered about and didn't achieve much. The boys were very good apart from dgs2 not wanting to come back to my house after wed dropped off dgs1 at football. He had a bit of a mood and sat on the front steps until I tempted him with a mini cupcake.
Today I'll feed the boys breakfast, drop them at school and go home again to potter. As usual, the kitchen needs tidying. I might make toad in the hole later for dinner. Have a good day all.

Good morning from calm s somerset

An excellent result so far GM, a good start and they can now see that you, as a group, are no push overs.

I had the most dreadful deep filling yesterday, the worst I ever had. My dentist is lovely and she has saved my tooth, we think. The pain afterwards was excruciating, after the anaesthetic wore off and I cancelled a visit to a friend today, I was set to make her front garden nice for her but I need to rest while I heal. I won`t be doing anything active for a few days

Have a good day

Good morning from a dry but rather chilly Torbay.

It sounds as if Mr. Teflon is attempting to be conciliatory, grandMattie but how could one person use £900 worth of water?! My monthly SO for water is £19.50! I’m glad you have something completely different on which to focus today and you enjoy the exhibition.

Worries always magnify in the wee small hours, Sallyforth. I’m sure your builder will deal with the fitter for you.

Last week's shopping trip to Lidl resulted in a string of lights with autumn leaves attached 🍂 so I have those up in one window with owls and hedgehogs in the other. It’s been a few years since I’ve felt like bothering to put them up which shows how much better I feel now. (The downside is that I’ve gained a stone in weight since being in hospital in March!)

Usual morning at Props at the theatre today. I hope everyone is as well as possible plus thoughts of those who have worries of any kind. 🦩💐🦩🥰🦩

Good morning from Shropshire.Dark amd chilly at the moment but a sunny day forecast.

Yesterdays clinic appointment went well.A lovely dr who after our last phone appointment had researched any contra indications of my medications with the planned treatment and had spoken to a consultant with a special interest in my condition.I came out feeling hopeful and so grateful to have such a lovely dr helping me.

Today is exercise class which I hope to manage for the first time since being ill.I have managed half the class once so will try again💪🏼I will then go to M and S food for some of mum’s favourite chocs and biscuits.She will be 93 on Friday.

grandMattie well done on a successful outcome to your meeting.Now wonder you were exhausted.

Sallyforth I am sure with the support of your builder things will get sorted.

Thoughts with FGT and Marydoll and all with mountains to climb.I hope whywhywhy had a better day.

Wishing you all a good day🦩🌻

Good morning, Michael and all GNs from a still dark South Yorkshire, where I have been awake since four🙄. It looks to have been a damp night, but I hope today will be at least calmer than it was yesterday with very strong winds. I went to the gym early and then back chasing paint samples. I am going to be running this thing up to the wire as I still haven’t made a decision and the decorator starts on Monday! In the afternoon I made a cake, wrote some emails and watched tv.
Today, I have no idea what the day has in store but I hope it won’t involve getting wet or blown off my feet!
Have the best day you can folks.

Good morning Mick and everyone from a very dark morning in Cheshire. I haven't checked the weather forecast but there is rain on the windows at present.

I too have had a very disturbed sleep as the company who made and fitted my new French doors have made a mistake. I didn't notice until the builder pointed it out to me. So have been going over and over in my head the conversation I must have today. This is the sort of thing I find overwhelming about being alone, but the builder will be here and is a great support.

Telling myself to get a sense of proportion when I think of MD and FGT with their worries.

Wishing all a good day.

Good morning from Bristol.
I’m off to London in an hour for an exhibition at the national gallery with a friend from church. There is also a free one whim I’m hoping to visit.
Yesterday’s meeting was absolutely exhausting. Mr. Teflon seemed very subdued and not the usual cocky chappie…. He accepted full responsibility for the failure to fix our problems, but… alway a but - the contractors that the (now dismissed) CEO had appointed in January was a disaster. Spreadsheets kept on being mentioned, computers not speaking to each other, yadda, yadda, yadda. He was going to go over the heads of his own managers and get the stuff done by different, possibly local, contractors. Would we give him 3 weeks to fix that?
We also discussed expenditure for the last year and had been puzzled by a bill for £900+ for “communal water”. As we don’t have any taps etc., for communal use, it was queried. Turns out that it was the resident manager’s water use we were paying for. £900??? Blimey. We have demanded that any new person’s bill was paid by them!
I was wiped out, but after a rushed lunch, I went to a WI meeting. The talk was very interesting, by a lady who made ewe’s milk cheeses. Lots of samples were passed round…
I was so tired by the end of the day that I fell into bed by 9 pm, the of course have been awake since about 3. 😡
I hope MD and FGT appointments were ok; that everyone has a good day.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩