Good Morning Monday

Good morning All from Polmont where it's been raining but appears dry at the moment. I got a nasty surprise this morning. A slug was on the inside of the kitchen door. Of all beasties, I can't stand slugs! I once tore ligaments in my ankle trying to avoid one when walking the dog. They give me the almighty grue. I managed to poke it off with a pencil onto the nat and gingerly shook the mat outside. I think it got in through the cat flap (I don't have a cat) which dgs has dislodged and I hadn't sorted. You know what my job today is, don't you? That'll be after babysitting. It'll be a busy day playing today. I'm eating out of the freezer this week so I can defrost it before Christmas. So every day is a surprise. Tonight I'm having quorn chilli. I made it for my son who is a veggie then the new rules came into force so he hasn't been in my house for a while. I'm glad you are back to normal Mick. Have a good day all.

Dry and bright this morning but the forecast is dismal so must make the most of it. Nothing much planned though am taking DH for a scrape and polish at the dentist this afternoon. There is always the inevitable laundry of course.

Hope everyone has the best day possible and that something cheerful happens - we do rather need it.

Morning Mick,, morning All. Cloudy, dry and not too chilly in our corner of Somerset. Hello cally, good to see you. We know Burford Garden Centre well nankate, could easily spend half a day there. Just heard our granddaughter has a negative covid test outcome. Not sure if it’s from her first or second test but at least the family of three can now get on with life, it been a week now. Big smiles here. We’re off out for a garden centre breakfast, must get a wriggle on, best if I’m dressed. Take care everyone. Thinking of those with heavy hearts and worries of any kind.

Good morning all from a stinker of a day in Glasgow where I can hear heavy rain against the windows.

I am in no hurry to get up just yet. Made my morning coffee and have decided to come back to bed. DH and cat are sound asleep so not disturbing them. I don’t think even the roof falling in would waken DH!

Pleased to hear your DS is safely home Grandmattie.
A warm welcome to our lovely thread Cally and a loving welcome to the world for your GC.
What a lovely story NanKate. A day out and a meet up with good friends sounds perfect. Enjoy your day.
Hope you are feeling a good bit better today Marydoll. As it is such a miserable morning I hope you will just cosy up and look after yourself?
Good morning also to Maw and the adorable Hattie. ?

I feel in quite a decadent mood now that I have come back to bed. Not something I normally enjoy but I may well stay here for a while longer and pick up my book. Bliss

Have a pleasant day all and special good wishes to our friends MIA for whatever reason.

Good morning all from Essex. I’m sitting in the conservatory with a cuppa and little pooch snoozing beside me. I’ve just looked at the weather forecast. No rain for today.! ?. Heard what I thought sounded like rain so looked up and it’s hammering down. ????.

Lins your little pup is adorable!

Enjoy your freedom Ashcombe.

Glad your tum is better Mick and glad your back is better Scentia,.

I haven’t heard if our GC will have two weeks off Sar. It might be a good idea though!

Hoping you all have a pleasant day and those who are poorly , rest up and spoil yourselves with something nice. ???

Good morning all from a very wet Glasgow, it's chucking it down!
This of course means no golf for DH and consequently no empty for me!☹️

Having spent most of yesterday in bed, I feel a bit better.
As I can't go into the garden today , I will be forced to deal with admin tasks.
We are still fighting with the credit card company over the cancelled wedding.?
After making a formal complaint about lack of communication on their part, they put a £ 75 credit into my account.? I wasn't expecting anything.

Another pleasant surprise came after DH broke a part of the Dyson cleaner, so glad it wasn't me and he spent days trying to get a replacement part, without success.
I asked if he had contacted Dyson themselves, which would be too obvious. The reply was that he couldn't find the part on their website. ☹️
So, I emailed Dyson with the part and the serial numbers of the cleaner. Two days later, the part has been posted, free of charge. Now that's service. It takes a woman's touch !!! ?

Welcome Cally and NFK, I wondered where you were.
Bellasnanna, I hope all goes well for your daughter, it must be difficult with her being so far away from you.
Kate, enjoy your day out! No buying of scarves, jewellery etc, you have enough!!!

I think Borrheid55 is having an MRI today, hopefully not too stressfull for you.

Love to all our missing posters.

Morning all from North Surrey, DH says it’s dry out. I am having a mini lie in after struggling to get off to sleep last night, often happens after a late shift. Another shift this afternoon so need to get myself going soon.
What a gorgeous puppy Lins
Glad you have recovered from your tummy upset Mick
Wishing all a happy Monday

Good morning Mick, pleased you’ve recovered, and all, from a cloudy S Hants. Welcome Cally, Ashcombe enjoy your first day of freedom!
Hair trim today, either in the garden or kitchen, shorter hair and a fringe are not as forgiving as the longer hair I had.
I can’t remember who was looking for cord skirts, this came in overnight:

Good morning from Durham. Yet another grey, overcast, wet morning. We have DD2’s dogs today, Wednesday and Thursday - I have to walk them separately. All a bit difficult with DH poorly - the puppy’s a bit of a handful - but it gives me something to do. DGS coming tomorrow to play and Hospital on Friday for blood tests prior to chemo next Tuesday.
Birthday card and gift to drop off at friend’s house - can’t go inside, so a quick doorstep chat.

So pleased the result was negative Corner you waited long enough.
Hopefully you will continue to feel better Marydoll and hoping your DD’s op is successful Bellasnana.

Concentrating so hard trying to send the picture, I forgot to say that I hope everyone has the best day today and to those feeling a bit ‘icky’ - take it easy. X

Hope all goes well for your DDs op Bellasnana

Good Morning Mick , good morning all , it must have rained in the night here , but the pavements are dryish looking now .
I didn’t get to read yesterday’s news , so had a catch up this am
So sorry to see Mick has been ill and Marydoll under the weather too . Granddaughter in Edinburgh is on anti sick tablets after a trip to a+e and put on a drip for a while , seems there is another bug going about
I had a threatening uti bug so spent yesterday trying to drink the tap dry , feeling ok today , but keeping home today
I have a blanket to crochet , on row 5 of 13 of the border so getting there , I will start another and hope they are finished before I run out of enthusiasm
Great to see annsixty is over the hump ? onwards and upwards now

Good morning from a dull but dry Black Country.

Arrived home from Somerset last night after a few days away in the caravan. Spent most of yesterday winterising it and cleaning. So thats it for the Winter.

Welcome to this thread Cally100 and congratulations on the birth of your first granchild.

Lovely story NanKate enjoy your day with friends.

Dentist today. This is a cancelled appointment from April, when I should have had a filling. Part of tooth has broken off since then, and I had to keep ringing to push for this appoinment.

Wishing you all a lovely day

Good morning from a grey skied Colchester.
Laundry and Lidl are all that is in the diary today.
Might buy some new thermals as I can only mix with DH and DS indoors and it's getting chilly outside.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Good morning from a grey but dry NE.
A short trip across town to deliver a pot of soup to sister's doorstep and then online shopping.
Skype chat with DD yesterday afternoon, she will be working from home again starting this week, infection rate is very high in Brussels.
Fingers crossed for your DD Bellasnana.
Marydoll

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. Good to hear you’re feeling better Mick. The sun is doing its best to put in an appearance in South Yorkshire. We are having a walk this morning, and then planting bulbs this afternoon.
Corner very good news about your GD - you will be very relieved.
Cally100 welcome, and congratulations on becoming a gran! Exciting times!
Have a good day folks and stay safe.

Good morning Mick - glad that you are heeling better. Good morning to everyone else too.
Welcome Cally.
I am glad that some of you are feeling better and “chin up” to those who are not. Glad that Covid result finally came through Corner.
Dry in Suffolk this morning and it should stay like this tomorrow too, so a big push to get stuff done in the garden.
I hope the day is kind to everyone.

Good morning Mick, glad you’re feeling better today, morning all.

We have soft rain here in S Lanarkshire this morning. No plans other than a spot of light housework and cooking a lamb curry for later

Happy Monday everyone.

Good morning everyone from north Kent. Welcome Cally100. I am just a few miles along the coast from you. Congratulations on your first grandchild.
A grey damp day in prospect; I have one of Marydoll’s empties this morning as DH has gone off with a spring in his step to play golf with his friends, his first game since his fall last weekend. Most of his injuries have healed up except for a couple of cuts on his knees. His grandsons gave detailed advice about how to deal with them - they agreed there should be no picking off the scabs until they were ready!
Hair cut today; I go to her little salon in her house so no worries about protocols. I have known her since she was eleven years old so we always have something to chat about. I have a watercolour painting to complete so will get on with that.
Hope you all have a good day. Stay safe

Thank you all for your warm welcome it is very much appreciated.

Good morning to a thankfully recovered Mick, so glad you feel better. Good morning all the rest too from dry but slightly breezy Anglesey.
Warm welcome to Cally100 and congrats on becoming a gran, the fun starts now.
Loving your dog pics Lins and GeorgesGran. We lost our last lovely labrador a year ago, our home is not the same without a dog, we have our name down for a puppy now that a friends lab has mated successfully.
Glad your back is improving Scentia.
Great news for you Ashcombe emerging from quarantine like a resurrected butterfly. Hoping to see Maw fluttering her wings too after her seemingly endless spell in the doghouse.
Glad you feel a bit better today Marydoll, hope others are improving after yesterday’s overflowing sick bay.
Enjoying all the lovely photos on Ellianne’s lovely 1000 words thread. Nice to get to know a bit more about fellow Grans through pictures of favourite views, flowers, animals and much more.
Wishing you all a better day today than yesterday.

Good morning from Morecambe Bay where it. Is currently dry but there is a lot of rain forecast for the foreseeable future. Hope we get a bit of respite as I’ve got 5 gardens to put to bed for the winter. I try not to work once the clocks change.
I’m contemplating not starting back next year as I will get my long awaited pension in March. I’ve only worked part time for the last couple of years anyway.
Was up late this morning, it was so dark. DH is asking me if I am doing any exercise so I’d better shake off my lethergy. He’s just read an article which suggests 4 good exercises we should do everyday. He’s trying them out but falling over in the process. I think these 4 exercises may do more harm than good!
Welcome Cally100 glad Marydoll is feeling better and for all those others (far too many) with difficulties ?
Stay safe and take care everyone ?

I’m late!
Sun’s well up. ?
Good morning from Malaga where apparently we will have a high of 24°C later ?

I’ve been on the phone chatting. First to our daughter who is out of quarantine from Covid now but is still breathless and tired. She would have been back teaching today but her GP has supplied her with a sick note on line which she will forward to the Head. The children are back in their own school today so hopefully she can rest up more in a quiet house. Next week is half term anyway for all of them so she’s hoping to be back in work after that. This is one nasty virus.

No plans day. Cesar our gardener is cutting the grass and strumming the edges around the pools. It’s very relaxing watching a man at work #lazygran.
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I’ve just been brought a cup of coffee so will settle down to read all your posts then makes us some fried bacon rolls for breakfast.

Hope Monday is kind to us all. Keep safe everyone that’s the main thing. x