Good Morning Wednesday 1st December 2021

Morning Mick and all who follow the a very windy north Wales- shut the weatherbarn door please Lauranorderr before I end up at the top of Snowdon?!

I’ve been up since sparrowfart with an achy shoulder so will probably toddle back to bed for a snooze soon then wake up to brekkie crumpets (in honour of our Crumpet Queen EV who’s been found by Urms - ?)

Some dusting, ‘oovering and damp mopping later - I found a wonderful wooden floor cleaner which makes em gleam - what a simple soul I am to be so pleased about it?

Will pop back later for a catch up x

White rabbits ? ???
Good morning from a dark, dreary E Kent.
Not brilliant day yesterday. The minor injuries unit was amazing, we were in and out in under 1 hour! Both of us were seen - me, the plantar fasciitis was formally diagnosed and the nurse was writing to GP! So I can’t be ignored any longer. Thank you all for your advice, already taken on board, ordered, etc. ?
Meanwhile, I noticed that DH’s foot was very swollen and assumed it was the ingrowing toenail I had been nagging about for sometime. Anyway, he accepted to be seen. After X-ray, he was told it was gout!
We made a fin3 pair, him limping because of his right foot, me on a crutch because of pain in the left! ?
DS has had his hand pinned, will be out of hospital later today. Unfortunately, the pins need to be removed in 3 weeks, he is due here in 19 days! Don’t quite know what will happen. Cross that bridge some other time.
Today, we’re off to check on Philip’s house. The estate agent is getting cross with us because the Letters of Administration are not here yet. As if we could do anything about it! And he knew it was a probate sale! ?
Hope everyone is safe and warm. Carpe diem. ???☀️??

Good morning, everyone, from a wet and windy Torbay.

Many thanks for all the wishes for a safe journey back to France for DH. I’m pleased to report he had a smooth journey and is now safely at home, after more than 12 hours' travelling. At no point was his attestation form (re contact with Covid, etc) requested! Eurostar check-in would appear to be more relaxed than Brittany Ferries.

December already! Advent calendars everywhere will be eagerly started. Time was when it was exciting just to find a picture of a candle or a star behind each window! No chocolate in our day!

It seems so unfair, grandMattie, that you should have yet more worries. I do hope your DS can travel and receive further treatment here, perhaps? Estate agents can be insensitive to the circumstances of their clients at times.

Have a good day, everyone! I hope those with aches and pains find relief or maybe (shock, horror!) an appointment with their GP! ?????

Good Morning all from East Staffordshire where it is wet ??
I had a lovely day yesterday with DGC but DGS still had an upset tummy. Hope he’s feeling better today.
Off to work today at some point but first I need to call the GP for DH as he cannot possibly sit and press redial 76 times until he gets through. It is a massive step he has asked to go to the doctors to be honest. He has heart condition and every time he is running he is getting a pain in his chest and has to stop. He has been a runner for 40 years and he is very fit but it sounds like a serious pain when he describes it to me. I don’t know why him and his DD are so averse to seeing a doctor!
I will try to make a visit to the cemetery today to visit my niece’s grave. I cannot believe it is 29 years since she died. She was just 10 years old. ❤️
I do I hope you all have the best day you can and manage a smile at some point today?

Good morning all, from a mild, dry S Hants.
Pleased your DH is back in France safely Ash, fingers crossed for a swift return.
Good you got diagnosed gMattie not good you’re both hopping along, ?for quick healing. And thoughts with you for your DH Scentia.
It’s my voluntary day on the phone today, so not much else going on
A ? or two for you all.

Morning Mick and all

It’s very windy here in S E Essex.

We finally had some good news yesterday, my DiL has had the all clear, the very large lump which she had removed was benign.

I had a lovely lunch yesterday, a lot of money was raised for a local charity very close to my heart.

grandMattie I hope you and your DH are able to rest your poorly feet, and that your DS is able to come home as planned.

Bed changing first thing, then the gym followed by a manicure. This evening DH and I are out to dinner with friends.

I watched the 10pm news last night and really wish I hadn’t bothered it was packed with doom and gloom. I think I will be limiting my news intake for December.

Wishing you all a good 1st December ???

Keep safe and well folks ?‍♀️?

Good morning everyone and happy white rabbits day from a very wet Northampton, but still mild. Hope it stops by lunchtime as I am off to the cinema this afternoon and don't look forward to waiting at a bus-stop in the rain. Feel safe at the cinema as it is a socially distanced performance, so I shall be happy sitting on my own with a glass of wine!

My kind neighbour came round yesterday evening with his trolley to put out an old fridge and freezer for council collection today. Just been to put the rest of my bulky waste items out to be collected and find that the fridge and freezer had disappeared overnight! Obviously worth something to someone.

Hope all have a good day.

Morning Mick, morning All from a dark, draughty corner of Somerset.

Yesterday felt productive. Equilibrium restored Christmas decorations were sorted, the charity shop pile grew rapidly. We’ll deliver on Friday along with two good quality winter coats surplus to requirements. A start was made on dust removal, Christmas lights tested, a wander round a shop was followed by a cuppa in their comfortable cafe. A friend phoned later filling another hour. More dust removal and grocery shopping today. Not exciting but necessary.

I’m pleased your husband travelled safely Ash. That was a speedy diagnosis grandMattie, wishing you both a more comfortable day and a more understanding estate agent. Good luck with that appointment scentia, it sounds as if your husband needs it. We have the same medical intervention aversion here, Mr C could win prizes for avoidance.

Thinking of all with heavy hearts. Take care everyone. Hope Wednesday is gentle with us all.

Good morning from a wet Black country.
Mums and toddlers this morning will need a rest later.
Jaxjacky hope you have better luck with your boiler repair. They should have come between 8-1 we hadn't heard anything by 3pm so rang them, it was automated message saying our appt had been changed till next week which is not convenient. It now looks like it will be the following week.
Glad Urms has made contact with Crumpet Queen.
Take care all enjoy your Wednesday and may you all find some ?.

monk08 well that’s rubbish! I was told he’ll txt today to confirm the time tomorrow, we’ll see.
My first window is a Christmas tree in the snow Ash.

Good morning from a grey, damp Colchester. Not raining just feeling cold and damp.
Back to Wednesday morning coffee meetup. I'm sure there'll be some moaning about mask wearing but as I never stopped it has become second nature to me.
I have given DH a day off from DIY so I expect to find him snoozing when I get home.
Love to all ? x

Good morning from a dark, damp, East Yorkshire.

There was much catching up to do at coffee morning yesterday and lots of news from all of us. As a consequence I was rather late getting home. After a quick bite to eat I then went for a walk into the village where I got some flowers for DIL and bumped into one of the ladies who wasn’t able to come to coffee.
So Dec is here and I really must start to get a move on with Christmas shopping. That’s my plan today.
I have a Yankee Candle advent calendar which I’m looking forward to using.
In 2020 we’d bought an advent calendar in the January sale for dgs and put it away. Well I forgot all about it and found it too late after Christmas. I made a note in my diary reminding me to give it him this year. It is a Paw Patrol one that has lots of stationery items ie crayons,stickers, erasers etc. I gave it to him last night to take home and he was thrilled with it.
Pleased you got your foot problem sorted GM and Mr GM.
Take care everyone.

Good morning all from showery Harrogate
Oooh! GrandMattie you and your DH sounds like a painful pair - at least you have 2 good legs between you!!!!
You could either have a word with your GP about your DSs hand’, if it can be arranged in a local hospital or your DS can just go to A&E here?
Scentia I think men are just averse to seeking help, it’s seen as a weakness. Women will seek help because they know there is no one else to look after them if they become ill
Yes Pantglas you don’t want to end up on Snowdon just now, not much chance of survival up there.
Glad your DH managed his journey safely. He should be able to get back OK with PCR and isolating. My niece and her family are in a similar situation.
Have the best day you can folks

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning all and we don’t have wind here GG .

Thank you for all your good wishes for my DD and for the pm’s from Sar and Dragonfly. So kind of you !

Today we will test drive a ‘new’ car and this afternoon I have dress rehearsal for our U3A concert. We are the Hadleigh Chimes group. Going by Monday’s practice, we really aren’t concert ready! One of our groups dh sadly passed away suddenly and another has broken her wrist, so we’ve been trying to cover for absentees. Oh well, it’s all good fun and it really doesn’t matter if it all goes ‘pear shaped’. We’ll just laugh along with the audience.

Scentia and corner - my Dh refuses to try to see a doctor .
Why are they so silly? Good luck with yours Scentia it sounds as if your dh needs attention !

Wishing you all a pleasant 1st December. ??

God morning all from Glasgow, its 6 ° here and no rain forecast. Yesterday saw non stop rain.

Lovely to see my old pal, Borrheid posting yesterday.

GM glad you and your DH got a diagnosis. Waiting times here in A&E are up to eight hours! My husband found that acupuncture was the only thing, which helped his plantar fascists.

Scentia , could I please urge you to get an appointment for your DH. For a couple of years before I retired, I often experienced chest pain at work, I ignored it,putting it down to my lung conditions. I could no longer ignore it, when I had a heart attack and was taken to hospital in the middle of the night!
It took six months to get a proper diagnosis, but those two years of ignorance and delayed diagnosis, meant my heart had been irreparably damaged by my RA. Please do not take chances.

Yesterday's much awaited trip, did not quite live up to my expectations. Fortunately in normal, times, the streets of Glasgow would be crowded with Christmas shoppers, it was relatively quiet, which was reassuring.
However, I really struggled to walk and after walking to the end of Argyll Street to the store I wanted to visit, I discovered it had shut down. What made me even more annoyed was that MrMD had passed it on his way to his fancy restaurant while I was feasting on a disgusting Happy Meal in an empty McDonalds and he never even noticed nor thought to text me to save a wasted journey!!
He lives in a world, where a bomb would drop and he wouldn't be aware of it!! How on earth can you not notice a huge department has closed down? You can see I'm still annoyed about it.
Actually it was the realisation, that this reformed shopaholic, (believe that and you will believe anything), who could previously spend a whole day shopping in Glasgow, without a break, could no longer manage the marathon
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The biggest disappointment was I never even saw the Christmas market, I just didn't have the energy left! That was the main purpose of my trip. Eventually, I ended up just sitting in Central Station people watching, until DH arrived.
My DIL, understanding my frustration, texted and suggested I sit in Grand Central and have a cocktail, then remembered I'm not allowed alcohol!!! Talk about rubbing salt into the wound! That was our treat in pre pandemic times.

I messaged DH to say I was sitting beside the Christmas tree in the station, so that he could easily find me. Observing, with a clear view of him frantically, wandering around the concourse looking for me, I wondered why he even has a mobile phone at all. He never checks it. Eventually I resorted to my loudest teacher's voice to alert him to my presence. I have no class at all! #fishwife!

The day ended perfectly when I lost my balance, on closing my car boot and cracked my skull. ?? I swear, I saw stars and was standing alone in the driveway, crying like a baby. Where was DH?
True to form, he had vanished!! ?

Hoping for a better day today. I am off to Mass to try and nab a Disclosure candidate. I really need to pray for absolution for all the evil thoughts I had about Mr MDoll yesterday!

Looking to hear news of our EV. I miss her. ?
Have a good day folks.

Good morning all. Polmont is cloudy and damp. 5° here but not forecast to go much higher. I had a fitful night's sleep so ended up sleeping later than I wanted to. Grandmattie good that you got a diagnosis for both of you. Scentia I can tell you are worried about your dh. Definitely keep pressing that button. Ashcombe hopefully your dh will be back later this month.
Yesterday I finally got my prescriptions from the pharmacy. Hooray! I did a spot of tidying but I have to confess to being lazy.
Today I'm off to the local M&S shortly. I have a couple of friends coming for afternoon tea and I need to buy some small cakes. One of them lost his partner earlier this year and today is his birthday so I'll buy a wee gift. My other friend is bringing a birthday cake. So that's my day sorted. Have a good day all.

Oh Marydoll ouch. I hope you are ok today. What a disappointment for you.

Good morning all from Cheshire.
Feel anxious for you Scentia and hope you get an appointment for your DH. Men don't like to admit to needing a doc appointment .
Not a great day yesterday GrandMattie so hope today is better.
December has come along quickly , hasn't it !

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. It’s grey and damp in South Yorkshire, but a tad warmer than yesterday. I am supposed to be going to pick up a sweater from our local M&S that I ordered for DD for Christmas, but they haven’t sent an email to say it has arrived, so I shall have to phone them first. Other than that, food shopping and cleaning is the order of the day today.
Have a good day, folks.

Good morning Mick, morning all from cloudy South Lanarkshire.

Glasgow felt like a sad, changed place yesterday. So quiet, and even the lights didn’t seem to shine as brightly as in previous years although I’m sure the rain contributed to putting a damper on the atmosphere.

Didn’t spot you Marydoll but did meet my DD and her friend in Buchanan Street so that was nice.

Hope you’re both putting your feet up gM!

Scentia your DH really needs to get that pain checked, I know how stubborn some people can be about getting medical attention though.

Not much happening today so I’ll just wish everyone a peaceful day. ??

Good morning everyone from south Manchester where we had heavy rain during the night. I was awake for a time then once I fell back asleep, I slept in. Oh well, nice to be retired for thar joy alone!

Children everywhere will be opening their Advent calendars and some will no doubt be looking for the naughty Elf.

We have no plans today so will just see what unfolds. I think we may be picking up the grandchildren from their childminder around 4:30pm as mummy has a late meeting after work.

Good morning everyone from Inverness where we’ve had rain overnight but drier now
A bit of a late post for me, DD2 was on the phone earlier a bit stressed out as their car exhaust has broken and the part needed seems to be out of stock in various garages until January☹️ It’s not a specialist car or anything just a regular make so don’t know what the problem is. Anyhow we can help out a bit with sharing out car for the essential journeys and see how it goes
Today I’ll be writing Christmas cards and wrapping presents as we’re off tomorrow to visit DD1 in Cambridge. It’s DGS 7th birthday and DDs birthday too so a double celebration and I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone.
Hope your DH gets a doctors appt soon Scentia
Take care all whatever the day brings ?

You said you would report news of EV, Urms. Waiting impatiently here since she is much missed.

Blood test and x-ray this morning and visit to DH if I can find someone to drive me. Am becoming a local nuisance, I fear, but would not be safe behind the wheel at present.