Good Morning Saturday 22nd November 2025

Grandmabatty

Marydoll the party is 20 three and four year olds at soft play! It will be riotous and noisy. At least I won't have to entertain any of them. 😂

GMB, my idea of hell!! 🤣

Many congratulations to your granddaughter Ashcombe what an accolade.

Marydoll mine too 😂

Good morning from a dark damp northwest coast. Another quiet day yesterday, new battery in watch, bought some Christmas provisions and a FaceTime with flying DD in the south, back from Nigeria.

Tonight to a local Christmas production, sitting on the front row, which I like. My cold is leaving me but the residue is a cough, so I hope I don’t annoy anyone. If it gets too much I’ll leave.
Hope your concert goes well Ash and thrilling for your DGD!🌺

Good morning from a very wet and rainy Black Country. Such a contrast to yesterday where it was frosty, cold but sunny and dry!

Yesterday afternoon was spent with Mum as an audiologist came to visit, change tubes and said she had wax in her ears again!

No real plans to day, so a day in with some housework looms.

Wishing you all the best day possible

Good morning from a slightly warmer NE, snow disappeared overnight.
Had a lazy day yesterday, long telephone conversation with my friend in Cumbria during the morning.
I had been awake since 4.30 so slept for an hour on the sofa during the afternoon.
I decided to have a simple dinner, vegan fish fillet with salad, required very little effort to prepare.
DS, DIL and GD2 are going to visit this afternoon after they have been to Newcastle University open day.
I will prepare some mince and add dumplings, a proper winter meal served with mashed potato, carrots, sprouts and green beans.
Have a good weekend.

Good morning all from a damp but less cold Essex coast.
No plans today but our AGM at the yacht club tomorrow, it should be interesting.
Congratulations to your DGD Ash, what an achievement.
My DGD S has a passion for dancing but her ongoing problems with Asthma have put a stop to a lot of it.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend, best wishes to all xx

Good morning from a much more pleasant South Lanarkshire this morning, I can see bright blue sky from my bed while enjoying my first cup of tea and a feeling that I may just slide down and have another snooze.

Another lovely afternoon yesterday catching up and chatting with fellow grans. When Grammaretto and I arrived at the Concert Hall we were surrounded by hordes of beautiful happy students in really gorgeous colourful graduation robes. We asked a couple of them who they were and found out that they were students graduating from the Glasgow School of Art, the girl we spoke to was a graduate in Architecture and she was so happy that it quite raised our spirits!

A sorting out day planned here, am slowly progressing in this plan.

Wishing everyone a good day whatever you are doing x

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

No idea what we’ll do today other than the ironing has my name on it. . Need to be home for deliveries so no wandering out. You never know I might get to gift wrapping and Christmas card writing.

Have the best day you can everyone.

Good morning from a damp S E Essex.

I finally gave in last night a popped a sleeping aid, consequently I didn’t wake until 8.30. Will read your news later once back from the Farm Shop and fresh fish shop (finally open I hope 🤞🏻)

How wonderful for your DGD Ashcombe.

Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments about my DGD's ballet success. DH and I are already looking forward to seeing one of the performances next March at The Theatre Royal, Hanley.

Good morning everyone from a very wet Northampton; a welcome day in for me; I can read the Saturday newspapers at leisure and catch up with some tv programmes. Meanwhile I am listening to a radio programme I missed in the week - thanks to Alexa!

Two dance classes yesterday morning, then a quick call in to M&S Food, and then got the.bus to town with some shoes to be returned. It meant getting another bus and I eventually got to the store, a garden centre with a large branch of Pavers in it. Shoes returned and refunded quickly.

Sadly they did not have them in a bigger size; I tried on some slippers while I was there but the ones in my usual size were all too big, and they had none smaller that I liked.
Had a browse around the garden centre which was full of Christmas stuff, then had a slice of lemon drizzle with a coffee.

Successfully.got the bus back to town centre then got my last bus back home - or so I thought......

An unexpected road closure meant that we all had to get off the bus as the driver phoned his office for instructions - he was told to turn round and return to town. Well, I wasn't doing that, I could have cried, it meant a 40 minute walk home. Luckily I was 15 minutes walk from DS's house, so I walked there and begged a lift. And thankfully I at last.reached home.

Today should be uneventful!

Wishing all a pleasant day.

Good morning from a chilly W Kent. A quick visit to the local shops to get a proper box to put DD1’s presents in for posting asap. Otherwise I intend to sort out what I have bought so far and start packing it up before I buy anything else.
Difficult decisions about who to keep on the card list it definitely needs culling a bit
Congratulations to your GD Ashcombe
Best wishes

Ashcombe

Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments about my DGD's ballet success. DH and I are already looking forward to seeing one of the performances next March at The Theatre Royal, Hanley.

Sorry - the ballet will be performed at The Regent Theatre, Stoke on Trent on 21st and 22nd March, 2026.

I am pleased to report that my colonoscopy package arrived! What joy.

Oh joy, *Ladyleftfieldlover.

What fantastic news, re. your DGD, Ash. You must be so proud of her!
Hope your Mass goes well.

I sympathise with you Rosesandlilac.
I too am profoundly deaf. It is very annoying not to be able to join in conversations anymore. Do you wear bilateral hearing aids? I do but not of much use anymore in a crowd. I am due some new digital ones in the new year so hopefully life may become a bit easier.
My best wishes to you.