Good Morning Tuesday 16th September 2025

Good afternoon, late on parade !
Ears checked yesterday , I need a swab done and appropriate drops prescription, Audiologist gave me a letter for the Doctor, receptionist in her wisdom gave it to the Pharmacist, she rang me this morning telling me to get a doctors appointment she can’t make appointments , put the phone down , couple of deep breaths , rang the surgery of course all appointments gone ! So I will be on the roundabout again tomorrow!
Why can’t the Audiologist prescribe ?
Why can’t the pharmacist ( in the same premises) transfer me to the receptionist ?
Why can’t they give me an appointment for tomorrow?
Small problem compared to most
I shouldn’t moan
Hoping everyone has a good day

I don’t post on Good Morning, but I do wish you the very best Marydoll and all other grannies/Michael going through health scares, on going painful conditions and anxieties. ❤️

Good morning Mick and all. It’s still breezy here in West Sussex but not as bad as yesterday. Cloud around but sun breaking through. I have washing on and nearly done so I will test the conditions at the washing line. I was going to do it yesterday but feared it would be ripped from my hands before I got it firmly pegged!

Glad to hear you have so much more confidence in your current doctor, Susan. And Marydoll too - hope the time goes quickly until your appointment - I prescribe regular shopping trips 🙂

Gingster, I hope you enjoy(ed) your day out. You shouldn’t feel guilty - you need breaks. It’s good your daughter is available to keep an eye.

harrigran, sorry to hear you are so unwell. Hope things improve.

Sympathy also to cornergran and Karma for your painful eye and dental procedures.

ginny, how sad to have had to give up on singing for such a long time. Happy return!

madeleine, you are courageously philosophical about your painful disability - I can’t imagine how you get all the planting done but I hope your back recovers and you have fair weather and good health to get your bulbs and violas in. I’d love to see a photo of the honeysuckles twined round the willow support 🙂

Grammaretto, I hope you get your heating and the kiln sorted, not to mention the sash window - fresh air is good but not that way at this time of year!

Grannygravy, I empathise with your paint colour dilemma. Sometimes too many choices and too much time is just too stressful!

Happy 8th Birthday to Georgesgran’s DS1 🎂

Washing done and clouds have been blown away so I’d better get out there 🧺

Good morning from a dull midlands.

Marydoll - you are a tough cookie! An inspiration to us all and I do hope that all goes well with you.

I feel strangely elated today and hope this upbeat mood continues.

An afternoon at my knitting group and I’m going to treat myself to some more wool. My youngest son asked me to make a throw for his apartment and I will post a photo once it is finished. Here is a photo of it being started.
Hugs to all suffering.

Good morning Mick and all GN's on a grey slightly breezy day here in North Yorkshire. I have just made it here in time to listen to Bach before 7 to encourage me to keep going. I was awake 4ish and couldnt get back to sleep, but at least had the birdsong on channel 9 to listen to and be calmer about it. Thinking about the trip to the opticians etc and then decided to get up and shower and put my dressing gown on and look again for half an hour for the still elusive document. Ha! as I started to go through the door, I suddenly sneezed. That jerked my back and I was sort of stuck , with a horrible pain and couldnt move for a while. When I know I am going to sneeze I try to either sit down, or bend my knees slightly so that it stops just this sort of movement. But one of those totally unexpected sneezes caught me out. So I have had to abandon going in the shower, and resort to a good wash,
Getting to Specsaver for my appointment , has to be the goal, and so I have only finally managed to get dressed and at the ready to go out. Not even had a coffee yet. but at least Bach has taken my mind off the pain. So all bets are off for today , for any plans .

Well yesterday I had to go out firstly for some fresh bread, and then had a cheering free offer of a bag of miniature daffodils from the garden centre. I have a loyalty card there that gives me 2 free coffees a month. Of course the cafe is cunningly placed at the back so that you have to walk through all the plants and garden furniture etc etc to get to it. But I am made of stronger stuff and my usual thing is to walk straight through, looking but not picking up things, and go for my coffee, and try to get the seat that I find comfortable which looks out at the plants area. Then I make my way to the "sick bay" were I can tell the difference between , not worth the bother and a bargain that I can revive. The last time I went I rescued 2 different honeysuckles which cost me £5 for both big plants. They are now flowering well in the garden, though still in their pots as havent been able to plant them yet. But great, one is quite a bright red and the other cream and yellow, so I have a willow wigwam thing and my plan is to get that safely put out and weighed down to avoid being knocked over by the wind and then I am going to put them on opposite sides and then intertwine the branches as they grow. Anyway it was a good plan, collected my bread on the way and was lucky enough to get the closest disabled parking space, which helped me to stagger past all the goodies, to my much needed coffee.

It is always busy of course, but enough spaced out seating and well run by the staff who are very efficient at clearing and cleaning tables quickly, and so I was able to sit looking out at the plants , while quite a heavy shower poured down. When it stopped I went to the "sick bay" and found 6 little blue and cream violas in a pack for £2 , which I quickly grabbed and then went off to claim my free daffodils but I did actually relent and buy something. Usually I get my treated hyacinths etc at the Muker show, but wasnt able to walk round the stalls, so no bulbs to plant. Got to their big selection of bulbs and was able to get my choice of hyacinths as not many people had been there yet. Of course I handled them carefully , but being me I managed to look through and found a couple of bulbs that were large and had side bulbils on them so added bonus for me. I also got some beautiful paperwhite narcissi, which I love for their perfume, and tend to go quickly in the shops. So yes I did spend some money , but would have got them anyway from somewhere. Now the big effort is to get them sorted and planted in bowls etc, but it wont be today!!

Well just had a phone call from a friend and they are going for their annual" MOT" at the doctors today, and I am going to the opticians, so we are hoping to match up times and meet at the coffee shop later, fingers crossed that we dont get any bad news, although I have no doubt it will be bad news to my purse, as I will have to fork out for the new glases of course. So that looks like most of the morning taken care of, and will come back and then time to make my first really wintery meal of shin beef stew, and jacket potato, and if I have room have a baking apple ready to core and stick sultanas and brown sugar and cinnamon in for sweet. Probably save that for another day. Just seen the squirrel and now a second one . I have not seen two squirrels together before so maybe there have been two all along, I just didnt see them. They are running along the fence and coming down to dig little holes to bury nuts in. Ah now got Coplands Rodeo on the radio , another piece to enjoy, things are looking up this morning.

Glad you had a good trip for your blood test Mick and hope all results are what you want to see. GrandMattie you will no doubt be on y our way to a well deserved day out after yesterday. I would send Teflon and email or letter confirming what time you are allowing him and stating the following date that you expect to be brought up to date with news, so that he knows that you all mean business and that he cannot fob you off any more. Well done to you, congratulations on sticking up for yourselves and the cheek of them wanting you to pay for that water! Adds insult to injury to my mind. I I think that you should demand that that money is paid back to you, or I would call it stealing , or at the very least taking money under false pretences!! Ad that to your 3 week limit letter and ask when it will be paid back to you all. Sallyforth, I keep a little notebook by my bed, and if I get worrying thoughts or need to remember something and worrying about forgetting it I write it in the book. That sometimes helps and lets me put it to one side and get back to sleep. dont know if that might help you in the future.Susan56 I am so glad that you have found a doctor you can trust and who will help you. It will make such a difference to feel you are being given the best possible advice and are listened to. Karmalady, do hope you have had some painkillers and are feeling a little better. You have all my sympathy and hope you might get a little sleep to help a bit.

I hope we can all have an improving day and cope with whatever the day throws at us. Be kind to yourself today, and may things only get better all day

Oh double drat. They have recently changed our recycle bin day to tuesday, and I forgot to put it out last night, no chance today, they will just have to get an even bigger amount next time. Not worth even thinking of trying to put it out in time. Ah just looked out and the pair of wood pigeons are meandering round pecking at the ground. Dont know what they are finding, maybe some bugs of some kind. Now playing a lovely samba piece that I used to dance to, but wont be leaping up to join in today. Still looking out the sky is clearing more and even a touch of sunshine, so fingers crossed. I spent a frustrating time yesterday trying to book a ticket to see The Downton Abbey film for tomorrow, but the booking thing would not work. I am going to watch it at the Elite cinema in Thirsk, where they are getting it early because that is where some of the filming was done and so I think they more or less demanded that they got it early too! It is run by volunteers now and they always keep some tickets to sell on the day, which I think is very right and a good idea. They have their regulars , some of whom dont have computors etc and it is only right that they should not be pushed out by casual visitors taking all the tickets. It is on for a fortnight, and should do well for them, but with my back the way it is now, no swimming tomorrow, and will have to sit at one table for the whist drive too. So it will be another decadent day on wednesday, where I shall do very little here (because I cant!) and I shall make my way down to Thirsk, have coffee amongst the dog walkers and then "off to the flicks" as we used to say as children going to the saturday matinee in the winter. Then take my time, get something to eat and off to the whist drive and home. I shall not feel guilty about the jobs being left undone as cant do much today anyway or tomorrow.

I hope that I am going to improve and be able to walk around by saturday as it is Stokesly show, and I try to get there early with my chair and enjoy all the different things, with the horses being one of the favourites. They have all sorts of things on and stalls etc and the poultry tents and the cakes and jams etc. Just hope that it isnt pouring down . I can always put on another warm sweater but rain is miserable to sit in. So apart from my wretched back things are looking up , and fingers crossed I dont need to take out a mortgage to pay for whatever new glasses they think I need. Choosing new frames can be quite difficult, I know the shapes that I think suit me and I tend to like the similar colours, but try and make sure that they are clearly different to the last pair I have had. I keep the old pair in the car glove compartment. That way if ever I break the new ones or lose or forget them at least I have a wearable pair to look at a map or anything.

Good morning from a still breezy Sunnyside sandhills northwest coast.
Moved some stuff in spare bedroom for the decorator next week and DS is hopefully coming over on Wednesday for the heavier pieces. I’m still waiting to hear from the plumber re my leak, so a bit bothered by practical things at the moment, not my forte.

Cheered up by a grocery delivery with some goodies to enjoy and glad I didn’t do a big shop yesterday in the strong winds.
Today I’m back at the music club after a break, so will choose some songs and warm up my rusty voice.

Hope you are both feeling better Karmalady, that procedure sounds very unpleasant, also to cornergran🌺

Morning from a calm S Hants, no wind and sun, we were rubbish at quiz last night.
Off to Cornwall later for a few days in a couple of hours, hoping for some dry weather and beach walks.
Great news from FGT in soops kitchen, I'm hoping for good news from Blossoming.
Thoughts with others under the weather.
🦩🦩

Marydoll💐I am pleased you don’t have to wait too much longer to be soon.
Thinking of you🙏🏻

Thinking of you Marydol hoping for the best for you.

Karmalady I hope the pain subsides soon.

Have just read Marydoll's post and hope that she is seen soon and pleased that something is being done.
Having been on the two week pathway in the past myself it is something of a relief to know that one will get an answer at last, one way or the other.
In my thoughts, Marydoll. 💐💐

Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny 🌞 Northampton, still a bit windy out there, but I have taken a chance and have a load in the washing machine. Must have a tidy round this morning as the gas engineer is coming some time this afternoon to check the central heating after Sunday's trouble with it.

Another appointment booked at the dentist after yesterday's check-up, to replace the filling that fell out last week, and a hefty bill in prospect.
Afterwards I got the bus to Matalan to inspect their autumn offering, but was very disappointed with the dull drab clothes on display. I then popped into B&M which was just over the road and came out with some mulligatawny cup soup and a pack of storage containers for the freezer.

A long day ahead whilst wasting for the gas man, but it will give me time to continue.with my book club read.

Glad to read FGT2 's good news.

Wishing all a pleasant day.

Good morning everyone from a much calmer south coast. Hopefully it will stay dry.
Allotment group this morning. My wellies are in the boot!!
Hope everyone has the best possible day.

19 should read 10 and there are no omens here this morning !!!

Good morning all from a sunny, Autumn morning in Glasgow, where it is 11°C. However, we have showers forecast.

Well done GM on making progress, I hope you enjoy your day in London.

Isn't it wonderful Susan, when you meet a clinician, who has actually read your history and is proactive. A rare breed.

The outcome of my GP visit, I have an urgent referral to the colorectal clinic, with a maximum two week waiting time.
I actually felt quite calm at the news, but was surprised at how quickly I would be seen.
The receptionists laughed when I appeared again and asked if I wanted a job and a set of keys, so that in the future, I could let myself in.
I needed a stash of repeats, but would have needed to wait until Thursday to pick up.
My favourite receptionist kindly printed out the scripts and asked a passing GP to sign them, rather than me having to come back again with Babydoll.
These are the acts of kindness, which make life more tolerable.

I'm off to church, to supervise the installation of new stage curtains, A seamstress parishioner is dealing with it, but I'm the P.P's go between! He is still convalescing from his op.
I won't be staying, as I would normally do. New priorities.
The P,P totally forgot the young mothers' group would be in at the same time, (I didn't) so of course I have had to grovel to them.
They are a formidable force. 🤣
It was only when the group leader said they couldn't find the latest bulletin on the parish website, that I realised I had totally forgotten to update it this week.
I actually thought, that no-one read it, but obviously parishioners do and rely on it for news!🤣

Corner, I hope your eye settles down and best wishes for dental and medical appointments..

I am off to M&S, DH has offered to come with me, but I need time alone to gather my thoughts.
Have a good day folks.

Good Morning from Durham. After a day of sunshine and showers yesterday, it’s forecast sunshine and wind today.
I was pleased to get everything on my list done yesterday.
Today, DGS1 is 8 - doesn’t time fly? He’s a bit of a handful at times, but settling down now and always such a kind boy.
I’m meeting a friend for lunch today, then off to buy some euro, before calling in to see the Birthday Boy, who has been persuaded to open his gifts after school. He’d had his party last weekend, so I think just family gifts today.
DD1 had a flat tyre yesterday - a hazard of her job. I’m on call if needed.
DD2 is driving up to Edinburgh today, so I might get Little Dog, although she hasn’t asked as yet.

I won’t mention individuals, but I’m sorry to read of so many GN’s (and/or their loved ones) feeling unwell today, whilst others are facing difficult days with decisions to be made.

Best wishes to all. X

Good morning. Sun is up and it is beautiful dry at the omens here in N. Bucks.
Yesterday’s (. condensed) talks were interesting andI think all but one will be put on the WI speakers list. The charity quiz was fun, we came 3rd so were quite pleased.
Some housework this morning then WI knitting group this afternoon.
This evening I am joining the local voices choir. I have been in choirs all my life and have sung solos and at peoples weddings. About 19 years ago I had a lot of trouble with a chronic cough and throat problems which stopped me singing. I lost my confidence but have now been persuaded to have a go again. I suspect I will be singing alto rather than first soprano but it should be fun. I have really missed it.
Wishing all a good day with a smile along the way.

Good morning from a calm Suffolk but the garden is showing signs of the very high winds yesterday. There are no actual branches down but lots of twigs and the pond has a covering of leaves…but nothing like the storm of 1987! The power cut we had yesterday was only for 3 hours whereas in the great storm it was for 6 days.

I’m meeting 2 friends today for lunch in Woodbridge which is a convenient midway point for the 3 of us. We worked together on difficult cases although for different organisations and have been friends for more than 35 years. We value our time together but because of other commitments only manage to meet 3 or 4 times a year.

I hope today is a good one for all.

Good morning Mick and everyone from bright Carlisle. We haven't had the bad weather forecast, yesterday morning was very showery with a lot of water sitting on the ground for a while and it was very breezy but has to be rather worse to be called bad weather hereabouts!
I just got on with the bed changing, laundry and vacuuming, followed by the tedious job of trying to collate the extra info the travel insurers want for my claim. No wonder I woke with a bad head this morning.
I shall put that job aside today. I'm going to go through my drawers and wardrobes re-sorting my clothes for the coming season. It's cooler in the house now, my heating, controlled by the thermostat, has kicked in. I was hoping to go to the end of the month but I don't intend to be suffering!
Later, I hope to be out planting my shrubs, otherwise it will be a reading afternoon if that's not possible.

You have my sympathies, karma, I hope it all settles down quickly.

And wishing you all a pleasant day.

Good morning from a grey NE.
Yesterday we had rain most of the day. I spent the entire day in the study looking for lost paperwork.
I have felt unwell for a few days but this morning I feel really poorly and my guts are in overdrive. Not sure whether it is a virus or due to the stress I have been suffering this last week.
I think I will stay in the bedroom today as I have the en suite just a few steps away. I will probably be only drinking water so no need to go downstairs.
Have the best day you can.

Good Morning fr MS. Sunny today, but it's still too hot here for being outdoors.
I haven't read any of the morning msgs yet, but I hope that today brings some bit of enjoyment for everyone.🌻

Good morning everyone from Inverness where it’s eventually stopped raining after yesterday non stop rain.
Try to enjoy your day out Gingster you very much deserve it, good that your DD will be there on hand with your DH
I’m going to the gym today for a couple of classes, there’s time in between for a coffee and chat with some of the ladies. Then I’ll call into DD2s, she’s asked for a bit of help with a few things
Welcome home glammagran, pleased the flight was ok and hope the dentist appointment goes ok
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Morning Mick, morning All from a calmer corner of Somerset.

We need to do some wind damage repairs this morning, tubs blown over, garden lighting snapped, a small shrub half uprooted. Nothing too major thankfully.

I left my eye hospital appointment far less chipper than I went in. For the first time the process was incredibly painful and my vision was left very blurred which affected my balance. Mr C was worried as I’d been in the room so long and said I was very white when I emerged. Vision had settled a bit by the time we reached home, although my eye was very painful. Thankfully it’s much better all round this morning or we’d have headed off to their specialist A&E. There’s a number I can call if it doesn’t settle completely. A one off I hope!

Other than supervising garden repairs nothing much on the agenda today. I may do a little ironing, odd soul that I am I enjoy it. Something about creating order. Coffee out seems a good plan too.

I’ll catch up with everyone’s news later. Tea and toast time now.

Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning from a bright and sunny S E Essex.

Will attempt to hang the curtains in the GC’s bedroom and playroom today, I have decided to go with the blue, and if push comes to shove repaint the walls 🤷‍♀️

Thinking of our poorly GM friends and those with other troubles 🙋‍♀️

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. I don’t think rain is forecast but it’s very windy.

OH managed to cut the lawns yesterday - our gardener is coming today and it was rather wild and long.

I attended a meeting to talk about diabetes prevention. My GP recommended I go along and this was the third meeting. Basically we should do a little more exercise and eat less.

I am popping round to see friends after lunch and will take a batch of chocolate muffins with me. They are so rich they don’t need icing.

I am still waiting for news of the picture which I bought from the Royal Academy which is being framed locally.

I managed to get in touch with an IT guy yesterday. The person I used before never even replied to my emails. This person got back to me straight away and fixed a remote appointment for Thursday morning. He thinks the problem may be scareware rather than an actual virus.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders where it's damp after a wet night.
I'm up and dressed waiting for my trusty electrician who's going to be here soon to fix the heating. I hope there's nothing wrong just the programming.....
My kiln controller is faulty too and I want him to shut my sash window which has been stuck open all Summer!

You're right Sallyforth, it's hard being on your own.

I have the podiatrist this morning.

Yesterday a visit from my potential house buyer bringing a fellow musician, who he hopes will share the running costs.

Well done gMattie. I would say that's an excellent outcome. Teflon didn't need to lose face but just take you seriously. £900 for water! You might think about opening a well.
Enjoy the gallery today.

I hope the appointments went well Marydoll and FGT
Rest up Karmalady gentle warm salty mouthwashes for you.

Hoping everyone has some joy today.