Good Morning Friday 9th Janaury 2026

Good morning everyone from overcast Lancashire.

MrB and I have had a lovely walk around the Dock. The snow and ice seem to have bypassed us as the paths are clear, not even a fallen twig. It’s a balmy 4° and the forecast is for light rain later.

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

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

Good morning from coastal West Sussex where it is cloudy but dry after lots of rain yesterday. It sounds as though most on here had less bad weather than predicted and at worst a day at home until the snow melts. Thinking of Marzipan(Mizuna) in Cornwall and those in the Scilly and Channel Islands.

I have an ‘empty’ as DH has gone to his volunteering session. I put a washing on but have so far achieved nothing more apart from reading here. I did better yesterday with a delivery of hygiene products to our local family hub and finally making the fudge squares for which the ingredients have been sitting out for days. The recipe, such as it is, come from a now sad little booklet put together by the young women of our local toddler group (I was one of the ‘young women’) and titled “Toddlers Mums Favourite Buns”. We had such a laugh, creating it on a minimal budget and selling it for, I think, 50p, to raise some funds for paints and glue etc. The fudge squares now seem sickeningly sweet (I overdid the tasting session) but I hope a little tin of them will be enjoyed by our friend who is in a local care home and appreciates home baking.

So many on here with painful conditions or illness dragging them down. Sar53, I hope you will soon feel better. Marydoll, the left hand pain sounds excruciating, on top of your other conditions but I love hearing about Babydoll and the mini figures for the crib scene.
Sorry to hear of another ‘dip’ for your mum, Susan56 - the weather should at least improve so you can get to see her.
WhiteSwan3, my sympathy for your DH, losing a day of his holiday to his flare-up. Hope today is better.
Glad to hear olddudders and Ladyleftfieldlover are improving. I hope the shoulder injection takes effect soon, cornergran. Hollysteers, I hope your DD has a safe journey north.
Aldom, you seem to be creating a lovely, cosy home in your new abode ☺️
Grammaretto, I can’t believe the the Isle of Lewis has the calmest weather in the country at the moment - lovely photos 🙂

Right! Time to get moving - floors I think. Best wishes to all - stay safe if you have snow/ice.

Good morning, Michael12 and all!

Regarding my post yesterday about the spidoid on my scarf at the Crown & Cushion, I had another scare that night!

About 9 pm, I'd shoved a plate of Spar Breaded Chicken Nuggets in the microwave for 3 minutes, cubed some Cathedral City cheese to put on them and waited in the living room.

The microwave pinged. I opened the door and there, dangling from the bottom of the shelf above the microwave, was RamboSpidoid, dark brown and built like it could lift 4 shipping containers all at once and throw them 400 miles!

I was absolutely hysterical!

I screamed YOU ARE NOT HAVING MY CHONKY NIBBLES, YOU BEADY-EYED FREAK!

I quickly grabbed my long-handled brush from the long-handled dustpan and was about to whack it, but it had disappeared!

Then I stood there for a few seconds, scared to get near the microwave in case it had dropped down when I opened the door. Very cautiously approached, brushed raised for war, and couldn't see it, so I grabbed my plate, closed the door, shot up the other end of the counter, plonked the cheese on, squirted everything with garlic mayo and vinegar, then galloped into the living room like an Olympic horse, sat down and shook violently as I did at the pub!

I know some people who read my spidoid posts might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm genuinely not! I'm absolutely petrified of even the tiniest ones, but this one was huge!

The kitchen and bathroom are next to each other. I was too scared to switch the kitchen light on in the night to get to the bathroom, so I left both lights off and just fumbled around in the dark!

I needed a cuppa about 2 am, but I have a kettle, etc, in the bedroom as well as the kitchen one, so I didn't need to go into the kitchen!

I was a nervous wreck going in there this morning, but RamboSpidoid was nowhere to be seen ... thankfully!

I have 2 cleaners, Tony and his husband, Martin. A few years ago, I was in the shower when Martin was there, he was busying himself doing various housework, and I suddenly shot out of the shower at speed, dripping wet, hair covered in shampoo, wrapped quickly in a towel and said to Martin GET IT! He shot in and found a whopper clinging to the shower head! He tossed it out of the window as I stood there in the kitchen, dripping water on the floor and shaking!

Once I was dried and dressed, he sat me down with a cuppa as I quivered! My hero again!

Have a good one, all of you!

TheWeirdoAgain60
Oh, what a time you are having! I don’t mind spiders but my youngest granddaughter has developed a phobia of them Even ones so tiny I can’t see them reduce her to a quivering wreck. Your story of cleaner Martin and the spider in the shower made me laugh - it sounded like one of the ‘mystery guest’ stories on “Would I lie to you?” (BBC1) 😂. I hope RamboSpidoid has cleared off to haunt someone else!