Good Morning Wednesday 7th January 2026

Good morning from Shropshire.Not quite as cold today, rain forecast.

We’re back to our usual Wednesday routine of collecting DGD from school, out for tea and then on to her dance class.
We have decided that we need to get rid of things we know won’t be used again.There is no clutter as I tend to keep on top of decluttering but we definitely have things that won’t be used again so I will spend a couple of hours this morning on that project.Having cleared both our parents houses over the last couple of years, well mum’s is still in the process, I am very aware that I don’t want our children to have to do that for our house.

So many unwell and struggling at the moment, wishing you all better days and good recoveries for kitty and Jax after their operations.Thoughts with Georgesgran and others with family worries.

Wishing everyone the best day possible🦩🌻

Good morning from South Lanarkshire. The ground looks treacherous, I’ve become a bit of a scaredy cat in frosty weather.

Best wishes for your recovery kitty.

My DD is forty five years old today, a mere blink of an eye since that day.

This should be our childminding day but we’ve been asked to go tomorrow instead so I’ve an unexpected day off and no idea what to do with it.

I hope you all have a good day, thinking about those struggling one way or another.

Good morning to all the regulars, readers and newbies. It’s milder here in mid Essex and snow has gone. We’re looking after granddog while DD is away skiing, so walking every day, luckily the walks are well away from traffic - not being used to dogs, it’s a worry that she might shoot off in the wrong direction. She’s been well trained and I’ve learned the appropriate commands!
I wish those who are under the weather a better day, best wishes to kittyl for a good recovery, and special thoughts for fgt. 💐

Good morning and it’s a tad milder here in Essex.

I had a really lovely pedicure yesterday . I go to her house and she takes her time and does a thorough job. Half the price of salons too.
She also does massage, so I’ll book Dd in with her. She’s been wanting a massage for a while but is wary because of her fibromyalgia. This lady seems to be very knowledgable and will do a good job. 🙏.

Today I’ll go up to town and meet my friend for coffee and a mooch around the market.. (weather permitting).

Dh has his friend coming to take him out for brunch.

Take care all poorlies and keep warm and safe ❄️

Good morning everyone from a grey and murky Northampton; all the snow has gone but fear not, we are promised more tomorrow!

Still not done my dusting and got the sitting room back to rights; I found myself busy with other things yesterday - vacuuming, steam cleaning the kitchen, cloakroom and porch floors and two loads of washing. I have taken the steam cleaner upstairs so I can attack the bathroom floors.
The three boxes of decorations have not yet made it to the garage - it was just too icy to attempt the path outside yesterday, but may try today.

I have kept my nativity scene up, and yesterday, being Epiphany, the three kings' camels were placed at the scene.

Another load of washing today, as I must change the bedding, a job I hate, but it is nice getting between clean sheets!
A Sainsbury's delivery later, and then to sort the sitting room.

RosesandLilac the book was 'What the Shadows Hide' , by M J Lee, a really good murder whodunnit- I started it Sunday, finished it yesterday!
If you like crime novels I can also recommend the Washington Poe series by M W Craven, starting with 'The Puppet Master'.
Also more in the literary fiction genre, anything by Maggie O'Farrell or Margaret Forster. I also like the American authors Anita Shreve, Anne Tyler or Ann Patchett
Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire school novels are also delightful and funny.
Also Colm Toibin's 'Brooklyn' and its sequel 'Long Island'.
And not forgetting 'The Snowchild' by Eowyn Ivey - set in Alaska, a good winter read, especially if you have snow outside!
That lot should keep you going!

Wishing all a pleasant and peaceful day.

Good morning everyone from cloudy Lancashire.

I’m still in bed, enjoying my morning tea. MrB has a dental appointment. We will see about going for a walk later if he’s feeling okay.

Sending love and positive energy to our poorly grans and those with troubles.

Wishing you all a good day, whatever you’re doing. 🦩🦩🦩

Morning from a frosty S Hants, my phone says it’ s + 1.
Good to hear from you kitty recover well.
My friend had chest and sinus infections diagnosed yesterday, lots of bugs about.
New chair comes today, I hope it’s more comfortable that the current one I’m using.
FGT
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Good morning from a less snowy Suffolk where there has been a partial thaw overnight and my car is now blue rather than white.

I have an all day meeting and for once I’m glad it is on Teams rather than me having to travel 40 miles for a 9.30am start. Will read your posts in the lunchtime break but hope all well with all and KittyL’s op yesterday went according to plan and recovery is well on the way.

Good morning from a slightly warmer Black Country, where the snow has gone, but the road looks very icy!

Yesterday was spent travelling on the bus, via Merry Hill to buy some M&S readymeals for Mums freezer. Then onto Mums, as someone was visiting from the Care company to complete some paperwork. Then the trek home.

No plans today as u3a Amblers walk has been cancelled. So no walks at all so far this week. Hopefully tomorrows will go ahead.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Kitty

Thoughts with FGT's

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 2°. The road is glistening with ice so I won't be going out. Ash your DH seems to have a bad dose. Could it be covid or flu? Kitty I'm glad you are recovering.
Yesterday was fairly quiet. I went back to bed after I dropped off the boys and slept for an hour. Then up to tidy up. I did an hour in the school library removing Christmas displays and setting up a Scottish author display. Then picked up the boys and took them home for an hour of playing. 'The floor is lava' is currently popular!
Today will be quiet. I was up at two having a cuppa and a biscuit and was awake for a couple of hours. I need to recharge my battery and potter. I'm working up to clearing out my hall cupboard but have stuff to take to the charity shop first. But that's for another day. I'll make a chicken curry which will do today and tomorrow. I have more washing from dd to dry in the tumble dryer. They've promised they're getting a new tumble dryer next week. We'll see. Have a good day all

Good morning Mick and everyone.

Wishing Kitty a speedy recovery.

I have an electrician coming this morning. The front door bell has stopped working also one half of a double socket in the kitchen.
My electrician is also a qualified plumber and Gas Safe engineer. A useful person to know. He was recommended by a friend soon after I moved into this house last November.
I'm not sure what I will do with the rest of the day, it depends on what time the electrician comes and how long the jobs take.
Yesterday the NWR meeting was interesting and enjoyable. Our discussion was about jobs we had done whilst at school or university.
Thinking of everyone with problems/illness/sadness in their lives.

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. A tad warmer in South Yorkshire this morning - a balmy 3 degrees! The sky is clear at the moment. None of the forecasters seem to want to commit themselves to when it will snow here. First job this morning will be to make sure the bird bath is not frozen. I thawed it out yesterday and they were almost queueing up to get in!

Yesterday was first day back volunteering at school. A good solid start but I seem to have acquired an extra child on an already overburdened list. “We could take someone off if you really feel it’s too many, but……”🙄! We’ll have to see how it goes. There’s only so much time available to do a worthwhile job.

Writers group at the library this afternoon if the weather allows me to get there.

Glad you’ll be going home, Kitty.

Have the best day you can, folks.

Good morning all from Glasgow, where it is 3°C.

Some very industrious ladies here, I envy your stamina.

I agree with the advice for OldD, to see a doctor. He doesn't seem to be improving

My appointment with the surgery pharmacist was cancelled at the last minute yesterday. I was so relieved, as I felt awful and hadn't wanted to go in the first place.
The pharmacist must have been reading my record, for she said she had noticed that I had an appointment next week, to do some tests. Subsequently, she had cancelled that appointment and made two consecutive appointments, to save me coming twice. Someone, using there common sense.
I quizzed her as to why I had yet another medication review. All she kept saying was : We will discuss all this next week , which sounded rather ominous.
P.S. she sounded about ten years old 😄

Despite the cancelled appointment, I will still have to pick up my prescriptions today.
It has worked out well, because I have two pairs of slippers, bought in the sale, to pick up from Pavers , which is in the nearby retail park, five minutes from the surgery.
Coincidently, there is T.KMaxx nearby. 😉
I have a genuine reason for going, I need a frame for a photo of Babydoll 😍

Get well soon, Kitty

Wishing you all, a pleasant day and love to all our mountaineers. 💐

Good morning Mick and All from a very cold South Bucks.

So pleased your surgery is over Kitty and hopefully you can get back home very soon. 💐

Off to a friend’s for coffee this morning.

Good morning all from the Black country, rain has cleared away the snow and it is a little warmer but very windy.
Toddlers today but with no children we go to clean and sort all the toys before they all return next week.
I have cod loins for dinner trying to get back to healthier eating now the Christmas treats have all finished.
Kitty wishing you a speedy recovery.
Have the best day you can everyone whatever your plans ☀️.

Good morning from W Kent where it has rained overnight. I do admire all the busyness going on. I stripped beds and ironed yesterday, didn’t go out at all. Today visiting a friend nearby to catch up on all the goings on.
Best wishes to all

Morning Mick, morning All from a dry, less cold corner of Somerset.

An at home day for us. A batch of cottage pie base to get in the slow cooker, carrot and coriander soup to prepare then it’s admin and ironing for me, Mr C will help with food prep and get back to his jigsaw. After that? I suspect we’ll both head for our books, or maybe an afternoon nap.

Good to hear from you kitty, hope you can get home today, it’s the best place to recover. Mr C has a butler outfit available if mr lester would like it. .

Best wishes to everyone. Take care if you’re surrounded by snow or ice. Hope Wednesday is kind to us all.

Good morning from Wiltshire where it’s still dark but the sky is clear but I don’t suppose it will last. Even though it’s not so cold outside the brickwork has cooled considerably and I’m really cold so put on the double electric throw on on top of the bed.

School pickup was hazardous on Monday as the pub carpark where parents are allowed to park was like a skating rink but the short walk to school was clear. It was a fraught 3 hours as the GC’s fought non stop. They are so different to the other GC’s.

Took all the Christmas decs down before that but they haven’t reached as far as the loft yet. Very little happening for the rest of the week really. Firecracker chicken stir fry for dinner.

Best wishes to Kitty, MD, the FGTs and all who are battling at the moment. I hope your DH feels better soon.

Have a good day everyone.

Morning all from West Oxfordshire. I’m still in bed and haven’t looked out of the window yet. More snow is forecast.

My toe is still painful. I didn’t put a sock on yesterday, just a soft slipper. At least my eyes are better. I should get in touch with the surgery and send them a photo of the offending toe.

OH’s car is playing up so he will take it to our local garage after lunch. He may need a new battery.

Have a good day everyone and be careful in the snow. Good wishes to all those grans and their loved ones who are recovering from various procedures. Special thoughts to the FGT2S 🪻

Good morning Mick and everyone from Cambridgeshire. We haven’t had any further snow and temperatures are a little better but still feels very cold and now the wind is building.

I feel a very lazy gran reading the busyness of particularly GM and Karma. I am amazed at what you both achieve. Coffee cake sounds delicious my favourite too.

Kitty hope your recovery goes well and you get home safely today.

To those that are struggling and poorly hope you have a better day and feel well soon. My DH had this awful cough chesty thing for three weeks but seems on the mend now and back to his bowling. It is just rest, keep warm and dose up and let it take its course.

Today I plan to meet a very dear friend for lunch and to celebrate her 79th birthday last week. We met many years ago and our monthly meet ups are a joy. We will eat too much and laugh lots whilst sharing our recent happenings.

Take care everyone, keep warm and have the best day possible 🌺

Good morning, there’s plenty of black ice here on the hillside in south Glos, lots of warnings on the village Facebook of treacherous roads around the village. We never get gritted here and a villager, who’s offered to do so with his tractor if the Parish Council provides the salt, has been told he has to do a Council course before he can do so 🤬
It’s to do with insurance apparently. Utterly farcical when you think he doesn’t need a licence for tractor driving and could use a snow plough on it untrained!
The Parish Council has told residents to use the grit bins, our closest one is down a very steep, narrow hill and there’s no way I, and many others, can get down there and lug grit back up a lane covered in ice.
Anyway, yesterday I spent the morning doing housework, having a good tidy up, today I’ll get the washing done and then more art stuff.
Take care everyone 🌹

Good morning Mick and everyone from a lightly frosted Carlisle.
I drove into town yesterday for some essentials. The local convenience stores aren't very convenient in that they tend not to have what I want...which is healthy, fresh food. I wasn't long and came back to a bit of floor mopping and also had a sort through my sweaters, I must wear some of them more often. I have too many really and tend to forget what I have.

Lots of little sorting out jobs to do today, making a start on looking through my food stores.

Wishing you a speedy recovery kittylester. At least you won't be frustrated by not getting out and about, you can rest in the warm and get better when, hopefully, the weather will have too.

Good morning from N. Bucks. A bit of a frost this morning but slightly warmer.
Choir was cancelled last evening due to people not wanting to drive /walk in icy conditions. Typically the was no ice.
I didn’t sleep well due to shoulder pain .
Yesterday DH decided to we would go out for lunch as he had a 50% off voucher. Afterwards we popped into a few shops and managed to find a lovely large vase and a cushion for the lounge .
We also bought a new unit for the hall which hopefully DH will construct today a golf is cancelled.
This afternoon I will be in two places at once , almost literally. WI has its Birtday tea and it’s first week back at craft club. Luckily they are being held in different rooms in the same building so I can move between the two.
Kitty glad your op’ went well and you have a speedy recovery. Thoughts with all other poorly friends. Wishing everyone a good day.

Good morning everyone from mid Essex. Heavy rain last night, and the garden thermometer says it’s 1 degree outside. The temp will probably go down before the sun is up, the darkest and coldest time is just before dawn.
I did very little yesterday, vacuumed the stairs and bedrooms and did some admin. I visited my dementia friend in the afternoon, she was quiet and tucked up warm in bed, just as well as the house was chilly. Her DH doesn’t notice the cold and the thermostat is set to about 15 degrees. It took me half an hour to warm up when I got home.
I may go to yoga this morning depending on the weather.
kitty I hope you are able to go home today. 8 hours is a long time to be in recovery, when you should have been more comfortable in a ward.
grandmattie a very busy morning for you yesterday, and another one today. I hope you can chill out this afternoon.
karma I wouldn’t have had the faintest idea about repairing a blind, so good for you for repairing yours!
ash, I hope your DH recovers soon.
Thinking of those who are poorly or struggling in any way.
Have as good a day as you can everyone, keep warm and stay safe.

It’s 2° here in S E Essex, I think it has been raining lightly.

I slept better last night, I think I was just physically and mentally exhausted 😴

I a, going to go to a nice gentle stretch class at the gym later this morning, I will see how my body reacts and pace myself. Afterwards I have a manicure and pedicure (booked weeks ago)

Other than those activities I am going to have a quiet day.

Hope you are discharged soon kittylester remember to rest, rest and then rest some more.

Ashcombe maybe your DH should visit a GP? He has been poorly for some time now.

Thinking of my dear penpal, and all others with problems and ills,🙋‍♀️