I am on GN right now because:

Forgot to ask ...... where did the jammy dodger emoticon come from

I'm on GN because my sister and BiL are glued to Bargain Hunt which I do not care for.

I've enjoyed browsing through the threads and seeing what everyone is talking about. Shall shortly be going to the hospital with my sister as she has her chemo today.

Give it a try - go on!

worlass go the list under the posting box, and then do just as it says. Ie square bracket then type smile (for example) then another square bracket. No spaces and no capital letters.

Switching on a computer, I meant to say

Just home from a 9.30 hospital appointment for DH which included a few routine tests before he saw the cardiologist. Another appointment in 6 months. I thought I'd relax with tea and the iPad. The problem with iPads is they are so mush easier than switching on, and sitting in a less than comfortable chair. I'm slobbing on the bed, under the duvet, as its really miserable, cold and wet. When I say problem, I mean that I tend to visit GN more than I should. I fear its becoming an addiction. Never mind, off on holiday soon, so I won't be able to access the net, at least not without paying an extortionate amount of money for the privilege, so I'll just use it to take pics and send emails with pics of granny and nonno having a lovely holiday in the sun.
Hope that magpie's gone phoenix

I just can't seem to add emoticons (is that the correct terminology
?) I really am an ignoramus.

I'm on GN because I can't be bothered to get on with vacuuming the carpets. If I concentrate on my iPad I will not notice the 'bits' which seem to have multiplied overnight. I may compromise and pick up the 'big bits' by hand - after yet another black coffee, of course. (Trying to cut the calories, but too idle to be more active today) wink

I'm on here because I've just got up. For no particular reason I had such trouble getting to sleep last night and didn't go off until 5.30. I couldn't believe the time when I woke up and now I am all at sixes and sevens. Just as well I don't have to go to work any more.

Indinana - you'll notice no one said anything. Nice aren't we?

Brought in! Told you it was tricky.

Stopped mossing for and .

I have lost my reading glasses so am using the varifocals. Tricky.

Things one doesn't want brought it is the main reason I don't have a cat. That and the fact cats think they are gods.

I'm on here because I was up early walking the dogs, letting the chickens out etc. I then had to iron a shirt for DH because he had an appointment for a blood test this morning and as he missed one last week, (his fault - slapped wrist,) he wanted to butter up nursie make a good impression!

So.....after driving him to his appointment, picking up some milk etc., from the village shop, driving him home again, emptying the washing machine, nagging him to change out of the clean shirt before he wanders off to the workshop, I'm chilling out on the sofa with a coffee.

Because I'm worth it

Goodness, where on earth did 'prevaricating' come from? I swear I typed procrastinating . Flippin' iPhone!

I am on here to have a rest from editing several million short clips from the wild-life camera into a reasonable sequence, deleting all the many bits where nothing is happening. The editing software is incompatible with the laptop so it has to be on a small-screen tablet. I am going cross-eyed. This should have been done long ago (all taken last year) but I have procrastinated until I am getting near the deadline - I promised to show the result at the end of September.

Stopped for and

I'm putting off attacking the disaster zone that is my kitchen as dh cooked last night. Lovely meal but lovely mess. I know I should have tackled it last night but I just. couldn't be bothered. I'll have to get a move on as Tesco delivery due around 11 so more chaos. Aargh-just noticed its 10 to!!! Byeeee!

I am here for the same reason as usual: I am prevaricating.

Phoenix whatever did you do about the magpie? . I would definitely be staying out of the kitchen.... but wait.... was it still alive??? If it was, I'd probably have to conquer my fears and go in and try to do something.
Now this is why I'm not a 'cat person'!!!!! Dogs are far too soppy to be able to catch anything. Although many moons ago my DH said he saw our Dalmatian catch and eat a rabbit . I refused to believe him. Mainly because I couldn't bear to think of it

I am checking in, having a browse and girding my loins before we take GS to the football field for a kick about! When he is here I have to fight both him and Grandad for the iPad in the mornings.

Speaking of feathered things, DH once spent a very long time removing the gas fire in our then sitting room as he could hear a bird flapping behind it. Took him ages but he did it eventually and rescued the soot-covered blackbird from the gap and took it out into our garden. He let it go and it flew into the hedge whereupon a cat laid underneath, sunbathing, leapt up and caught the bird and it became an ex-blackbird. All his effort was in vain. The bird was doomed!

I, too, hate feathered things and small, grey, squeaky things with tails. The other day Kiwi brought in a bird of some description while we were still in bed having a cup of tea. I don't know which was worse, having to leap out of bed and leave the room or having to change the bed when it wasn't a bed changing day!

I really hate days when I have to rush and I've just checked my diary to discover that I have two such days next week.

Computer on, then breakfast & couple of cups of coffee while I see what's going on in the world.

OMG phoenix!!! Is it dead?!!!

What will you do??? Have you gone to work? Have you left the kitchen door open or shut?

You poor thing. You are living a nightmare.

It's comforting to know that we're all doing the same sort of thing in the morning. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I'm retired!

It takes at least an hour and several cups of tea to unstiffen and start to feel human in the morning, so it's iPad, make tea, feed dog and let her wander down the garden, then I check emails, Facebook, several online news sites, pay any bills online and Gransnet before taking the dog for her walk. Those mornings when I have to rush about are thankfully few and far between.

Jane What he really meant was, "Have you got all my stuff?"