Back at last! How have you spent the extra hours?

I’ve been out shopping I’ve had some other mornings where it’s been out for an hour or so first thing, (I m an early bird so some of you may not have noticed) but it’s been iffy a few mornings but this was the longest so far !
What’s going on GN admin
No explanation that I ve seen or maybe I’ve missed it ???

Gosh how strange it seemed without GM thread before my trot for a paper!

Good to see we all missed it, got on with other stuff but kept checking in and here we are 👋

I have cycled from Bradford on Avon to Bath with DH. We just sitting having a beer before cycling back.

Took Dh for his RSV jab.
Did the weeks shopping and extra for family coming tomorow for a buffet lunch.,
Just sat down with a coffee and there you were 👋. It’s strange how this site just fits into our daily lives and I miss not seeing what the day will bring for you all.

I decided not to post this morning as I had a very late night. DS came over and cooked carbonara and he’s also a night owl.
Then no Good Morning thread to even read if not post! Shock horror 😁😨

Made a batch of goats cheese tarts, I didn't want to break my promise to DD.

Don't feel great, but decided to keep busy.
I'm considering making toffee apple cake, with apples from the garden.
Having a rest first.

Did a pile of ironing….finally!

Filled a bucket with windfall apples. Planted my bay tree in a new pot and tidied the greenhouse.

I was imagining life without GN if it never came back and realised just how sad that was

You and me both uttb.
It’s how one feels if suspended. I’m much more mindful these days. I hated not being able to join in. It actually played on my mind.

I read Mumsnet instead. That's quite an experience 😀

Much more feisty I imagine TheatreLover?

There are some very intelligent responses to Palestine …. I say no more ….

Spent 30 mins being harangued by my new neighbour because my cat had the temerity to chase his cat. First time I’ve met this man. He is scarily angry.
Made some gingerbread.
Cleaned the kitchen.
Lugged a heavy Amazon delivery inside from where the driver had dumped it.
Ate some gingerbread.
I need to hoover the upstairs landing and back bedroom but the cat is asleep up there and the hoover scares him. Ah well, never mind…..
Checked Gransnet.

Read some of the paper, washed the kitchen floor, called Tesco to ‘discuss’ part of my delivery missing yesterday - again.
Watered violas waiting to go in, checked veg plot for bugs, ate a brunch of blueberries, banana, kiwi and M&S what biscuits.

I drove to Torquay and am sat eating my sandwiches on Marine Drive , looking across to Brixham.
Cloudy, mild, quiet, it's lovely here .
I went on Babbacombe downs earlier, another lovely view point.

I completed wordle and squardle. Made a lovely beef stew for dinner and had a conversation with GS 3 who came to spend the day with us.

I visited the Building Society and the supermarkets where I purchased a couple of jumpers as everything was 20 percent off
Now going to make a cake

I didn’t know there had been an outage today 😅. In other words, I’ve been too busy to go onto GN until now, so would have been none the wiser if I hadn’t seen this thread.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Much more feisty I imagine TheatreLover?

They're certainly more 'direct' 😮 but some comments are really funny 🤣

I looked after two of my GCs while DD gave somebody a driving lesson. While I was at DD's I took delivery of a new mattress and DD's cat popped in from the garden and had her head stroked a few times. Exciting stuff!

I usually read the GM thread and then get on with my day so I looked at MN instead. Usual stuff someone discussing whether they should buy a 5 bedroom house so that each child can have their own bedroom. The replies were amusing.

I've tidied my garden. Looking forward to Strictly tonight as I missed it last week.

Sorted out summer/winter clothes.

Hadn't realised I had quite so many t-shirts! Some have gone into the ragbag as our charity shop takes stuff for the ragman if properly labelled.

Did peek at Mumsnet 😲

- Finding out yet more history of Palestine and what's been happening over the decades. Shocked 'r us.

- Found a way to maybe try and resolve (or at least publicise) a problem a place here created for me one time not long after I'd moved from England to Wales...and certainly it's Out There now publicised what that place (shouldnt have) done in their attitude and I know what sort of apology they should make - though I'm not holding my breath. They owe me one for sure for WAY worse "service" than I'd been used to - ie non-existent service/virtually literally threw me out!!!!! Revenge is a dish best served cold - and I just did.

- Having a long chat with a foreign neighbour that pretty recently moved here (very mutually useful all round - as we've both had episodes occur - or witnessed them - that shouldnt have happened). We've got quite a useful swap-little-favours-with-each-other thing going on now (pleasant change from the awful nearer neighbours I've got - the previous ringleader of whom stalked past us as we were talking and made sure she gave me one of her Almighty Glares/sneering at me looks). Grinned at the fact I know for a fact there's only a few months agegap between us - but she looks about 10-15 years older than I do. Ooooh...I am so naughty aren't I? (but after the way she's been = no wonder).

- Been finalising arrangements with someone I've not yet met (to see if we can deal with the "bad atmosphere" I can see my house had at the time I bought it). Yep...we're talking New Age/esoteric type stuff. I've gutted the house and garden since I bought it and about the only thing that hasn't changed is the layout and it's way more modern and functional than it was/much more "normal" these days - but there's still work to do to make my home feel "normal" on a different level. Followed by checking re some odd things I found in my garden after I'd bought my house - and they were indeed pagan type "protection" things against bad neighbours.....hmmm....

- Bought a little present for the someone coming to see about the bad atmosphere/vibes my house has got - as they are refusing to be paid for it. So - bought a present for them instead. Everyone used to go "Blah....." about my house back when I first bought it. Now I've had it and the garden gutted - they go "Nice....nice....nice...." but those bad vibes stuff is still here and that needs sorting one way or the other. I need to feel like it's my "home" and "safe" - and so I'm working on sorting that out now...

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Much more feisty I imagine TheatreLover?

Well, I went down the rabbit hole of a thread about the Duchess of Sussex. If we posted anything like some of what I read, I think we'd get our knuckles rapped.

Don't think I'll join MN.

Marydoll

Made a batch of goats cheese tarts, I didn't want to break my promise to DD.

Don't feel great, but decided to keep busy.
I'm considering making toffee apple cake, with apples from the garden.
Having a rest first.

Well, they look delicious, Marydoll.

Enough to share?