Good Morning Tuesday 4th November 2925

Good morning from Bristol. The wet season has started…. It’s going to be very odd with no temperature variation from last night to tomorrow morning.
I had a nice surprise yesterday, when my neighbour’s friend paid me for the baby quilt I made for her great-great grandson, as yet unborn!
Tesco shop went reasonably quickly as my neighbour’s friend paid has had a nasty cold and didn’t want to be too generous with her germs, but it still took nearly 2 hours, ye gods…
The afternoon started with a very long nap, which left me a bit discombobulated when I woke up. I started to assemble the other baby quilt I’m making.
Another quiet day. I’ve got some notes from our temporary manager to post round the estate. I volunteered.
A prayer meeting this afternoon.
May today bring quiet happiness and relief to those in any sort of need.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦤

Good morning from s somerset, a dreary wet day today

The gansey is posted and I have my fingers crossed that it gets safely to ds, having had one large expensive parcel disappear [stolen} via dpd, enroute when tracking stopped at the Birmingham hub. That one contained items I was handing on from my late husband. Between us we managed to draw the line across but it was a devastating (and expensive) loss so we will be anxious until the gansey arrives

I watched an amazing, inspiring and beautiful film last evening, on youtube and called Edie. It was so good that I never knitted a stitch.

I had the stove on and tested a different fuel, I only had enough for three days, it was rubbish fuel and I am glad I did not buy any more. I could not get the heat up to optimum and it badly blackened the glass, the fire only came to life after putting a dry log on and that did clean the glass.

Limbo for me at the moment and I am anxiously waiting to hear that my plumber is coming back to fix my boiler. He is keen to fix it but getting the correct part is a problem. He will not let me down but I don`t trust ariston

Have a good day

Good morning Mick and grandMattie from a dark and damp north Wales - this week’s weather is soul destroying, and it’s only Tuesday!

Congrats 🥂 to Jaxes on their anniversary- hope the celebrations went well. How lovely you enjoyed your break so much Kalu, doing something out of the ordinary too!
💐 for your reminiscence Georgesgran x

Can’t stand a day indoors again so will brave the 💦 and hop on a bus to Conwy for a damp mooch around town before treating ourselves to coffee and 🍰 after a browse through the Library.

Hope your day is more exhilarating than mine…

Morning from, I think a dry S Hants, im up this early to book my Tesco Christmas slot!
Thank you for anniversary good wishes yesterday, we pottered, out for dinner tonight.
I hope the lad is doing well and sleeping fine with the cast Grandmabatty
I’m hoping your plumber makes an appearance, with the part, very soon karmalady, whilst your comfortable, a working boiler would be better.
Have a reasonable day all.
FGT
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Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 11° and dry, although the ground is damp. Karma is that the film with Sheila Hancock? If so, I really enjoyed it too. GrandMattie 2 hours is a very long time to shop!
Yesterday I did a little in the school library. Then home to potter. I managed to clear a bit more in the dining room which pleased me. I had a long nap in the afternoon and felt better after that.
Today is a childcare day. I'll be having dgs2 all day because he's not returning to nursery until next week. So I'll only drop off dgs1 at school. I have to go a different route because of traffic lights in my village which caused horrendous tailbacks yesterday. Once home with dgs2 it'll be gentle playing and lentil soup for lunch. He is a big fan of grandma's soup. His other granddad is going to nip round to see him and bring his dog. He's the most well behaved dog I have ever seen. Then school pick up and back for an hour with both boys before I take them home. Pork chop for dinner later.

Jaxjacky he seems to be sleeping ok.
Forgot to say, have a good day all.

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

An indoor pottering day today. A grocery delivery, some dust to remove, perhaps a drift out for coffee, no rush at anything which is the sort of day I enjoy.

A celebration meal sounds good jax. 🤞 for a working boiler soon and a safe parcel arrival karmalady

If my memory is working there are Happy Birthday wishes due to greyduster 🍷🎂🎈. Enjoy your day whatever it brings.

With thoughts to all facing personal mountains. Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning from Malta where the day is forecast to be dry with a high of 22°C.

Today marks the 19th anniversary of my sister’s death from breast cancer aged 54. I can’t believe how long it is and I grieve for her and all she has missed out on. She has five lovely grandchildren who she didn’t get to meet.💔

I will take Milo out for his long walk again, hoping it’s not as hot as yesterday when I had dressed for cooler weather and was much too warm.

The family are having a lovely time in Sicily and will be travelling back late tonight. I have missed them.

Sorry I missed your anniversary Jax, glad to hear you had a good time celebrating.🥳

Hope the day goes well for you all.☀️

Good morning from south Glos, it’s dampish here, too dark to see much else.
I had a lovely couple of hours at the school shed, planted tête à tête daffodils in posts for the children to shell on their produce stall and carried on with the seed sifting, it’s very slow going but mindful so I enjoyed the peace until playtime started!
The children really have a wonderful environment at out village school, a very big playground and grassed area with woodland that they can build dens in, a giant sandpit, climbing apparatus and far reaching views right across to the edge of Salisbury Plain, some 30+ miles away. They help look after the hens too. Very different than my school days.
I didn’t do much in the afternoon except sort out the materials for a new painting I started yesterday evening.
Today more painting after dog walks, looking forward to it.
I have 4 bags ready to put out for the charity collection, must label them.
Best wishes to everyone 🌹

Yes grandmaBatty Sheila Hancock and she really did it and was 83, turning 84 when making the film. What an inspiration

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Still dark in South Yorkshire. I see I’ve been outed! Thankyou Corner for your birthday wishes. I have a fun day planned - blood tests and a meds review this morning and school volunteering this afternoon😁. DD and SiL are calling round this evening for something to eat.
Have the best day you can, folks.

greyduster a very happy birthday to you. Karma I thought that too, how inspirational she was. It was a really enjoyable film as well.

Good morning from a mild but damp Black Country.

Sore arm this morning, as I had my Covid jab yesterday afternoon. The walk in the morning kept dry and we covered over 5 miles.

Over to Mums today to take her food shopping.

Happy birthday to Greyduster

Wishing you all the best day possible.

Good morning from a dark East Midlands.
DH was moved back to the ward yesterday although things are still not going as they should.
He walked into the hospital 2 weeks ago and now he cannot stand!

On the up side both DS and DD are here. It is a long time since the 3 of us have spent time alone.

Wishing everyone a good day.

Happy Birthday Greyduster

💐 dragonfly

Many Happy Returns Greyduster 🎂🥳🥂
Card from my daughter yesterday.

Good morning from a dry but windy Torbay.

I'm rather tired this morning after being at my exercise class yesterday morning and then having a session with our choreographer teaching us the Charleston last night for the Prom scene in It’s A Wonderful Life.

That school sounds idyllic in its setting, RosesandLilac! Lucky children and teachers!
Two hours sounds like a long time in Tesco, grandMattie! Presumably the parking time isn’t limited?
I hope DGS2 is healing well; I expect he’s enjoying solo time with you, Grandmabatty.
Birthday greetings to Greyduster and belated anniversary happiness to Jaxjacky. 🥂🍾💐

Have a good day, everyone! 🦩💐🦩🥰🦩

Good morning from a dark S E Essex

The Imp woke up at 6am and told us he was fully charged 😹

Not sure what is on the agenda today.

Happy Birthday Greyduster 🥂🎂🍾🎈

I hope there is encouraging news about your DH, today, dragonfly46. 💐

Good morning all. A calmer start to the day in Glasgow after such a stormy one yesterday.

My first foray of dealing with HMRC with the assistance of my accountant has finally come to a successful outcome just when I had reached the point of wondering what more information can they possibly require…a blood sample? Sheesh. All done at a snails pace until a rare rapid response was given, amount of payment due! More forms to fill in today for an ADT house alarm upgrade. Apart from that the day is my own to do as I please, hopefully a walk if we have a dry spell.

Happy Birthday Greyduster and many happy returns of the day which sounds such a fun day. 😄 A meal with family sounds perfect. 🎂🥂.

Best wishes to all for a good day.

No the parking at Tesco is limited.
The reason i5 takes so long door to door is that my neighbour’s friend paid goes to fetch her friend, who is rarely ready, on the other side of our area, then doubling back to go to Tesco!
Then there is 10 minutes chat before getting out of the car - they see each other almost every day, ditto telephone. It is all very wearing, but convenient as I don’t have to lug heavy shopping around.

Parking is NOT limited - no other shops around.

Good morning all from Glasgow, where it is 12°C and showery. I used to be one of the posters, who posted right after Mick, but as time has gone one, I've been later and later. ( I started this at 5.45am)

I'm only up at this time to get my Tesco Christmas delivery slot. Supermarkets at Christmas are not a place I wish to be. I spent most of last Christmas, ill in bed, I am too vulnerable to be in crowds.

I would like to announce that you are in the presence of a poster girl. I have always wanted to be famous.
Last night, I received a phone call from a dentist at the dental hospital. (He had voice I could fall in love with! I bet he had perfect teeth into the bargain 😁.)
He was seeking permission to use photos of the lesions on my mouth on a poster, alerting clinicians to the side effects of my R.A medication.
Two other patients have experienced the same, rare side effects and a case study is being written.
I knew my mouth would eventually be famous.🤣

I explained how grateful I was and that I owed the Oral Medicine Consultant and Registrar a huge debt of gratitude, for their diligence and insistence on writing to my GP, urging him to investigate my severe weight loss.
My intention was to write and thank them, if it hadn't been for their expertise and diligence, my condition would have continued to deteriorate. I will be forever in their debt.
The dental surgeon urged me to do so, saying that patients rarely do this.

Yesterday, I was working away and went into the presbytery, where the money counters were. The door was closed, but I could hear my name being mentioned.
I knocked very loudly to alert them, I was there. They asked why I was knocking. I explained it was in case they were complaining about my nagging. 😉
.They started laughing, saying they had been wondering, where I hadn't appeared to interfere , because they had a problem and I could probably resolve it.
I always enjoy my Monday morning banter with them. It always lifts my spirits.

I have a restoration fundraising committee meeting tonight and I need to go down earlier and put on the heating. For some reason the heating in our tearoom will only work manually, the timer isn't working. I don't know how many times, I have alerted the P.P, but he forgets five minutes later.
We have a new minute secretary, heaven help us. Instead of using one word, she will use a dozen. If I make an error in the rotas, I am bombarded with emails and texts, which are always signed with a kiss.😂 Talk about being passive agressive ^
The rest of the parishioners just laugh, knowing I am spinning too many plates in the air, combined with a brain full of mush, it is a recipe for disaster.

Later, I am off to Sainsbury's for my usual Tuesday small shop . I spend more time in the TU section, than in the food one.😉
That will leave me exhausted, so the afternoon will be spent resting. I have found a great Turkish TV series and I am hooked! Sheer escapism.
I am quite annoyed at my feebleness and finding it difficult to adapt.

Yesterday, I managed to arrange the Sacristans' Christmas Rotas, within minutes. A first indeed. Everyone was so co-operative. It looked as if I was going to have to cover Midnight Mass on my own, but my good friend, said he would come and help. After over thirty years of doing it, I am no longer up to doing it on my own and being alone at 1am in a deserted church on Christmas morning is a bit scary!

Today, I will finish off the parishioners' rotas for the next seven weeks, including Christmas. It is a logistical nightmare. I really need a computer program to factor in all the variables. 😂
However, on contacting everyone yesterday, to give advance warning, I did receive some lovely messages, thanking me for all I do. 💕

My best wishes for those in the sick bay and all who are struggling. Have a pleasant day folks.

P,S. I got the Tesco slot I wanted! 🎉