Good Morning Sunday 10th December 2023

Church this morning in the smallest church in our Benefice, a tiny medieval building with a fine Norman arch over the chancel steps. I always enjoy services there - it’s easy to feel part of a long line of worshippers.

Not much else on the agenda so might do some meal planning for the festive period as there will be more coming and going than I had originally envisaged and I will need to be organised.

Good morning all and it’s very quiet after the rain and wind last evening.

DS1 came and put all the outside decs up and was a great help with the indoor ones. All looking very festive.🎄.

I’ll take Dd and little gd to her swimming lesson today and they’ll come back for roast chicken.

A busy week ahead and we’re hoping to get up to Suffolk for a few days next week 🤞.

Lovely pics on here and what a sunrise greyduster .
Enjoy your lunch Mick
Tessyo I wonder what’s making you think about returning to church! 🤔. I recently returned and am finding it very uplifting.

A peaceful, gentle day to you all. 🙏

Good Morning everyone from Severnside. It’s dry and the sky is grey with swiftly moving clouds.

I’ve spent two days at home so I will go out this morning. Hopefully to find some small gifts. Yesterday was spent tidying some areas and setting up my tree etc ready to decorate. Will finish today. Cards are written and ready to post.

Hope you all have a lovely day 🎄💐

Good morning everyone from a dry and cloudy Northampton,.quite still out today, after yesterday's heavy rain and high winds.

Got the Christmas tree up and decorated yesterday, and also put a mini tree in the porch, and found the fairy lights for it. House is starting to look Christmassy.

Shall leave the rest of the decorations till tomorrow, as I am out to the cinema again today with a couple of friends; we are going to see Maestro, about Leonard Bernstein; looking forward to it, as it has had 5* reviews. And I love his music.

Chicken Provencal (courtesy of M&S!) for dinner tonight, with new potatoes and veg.

Wishing all a pleasant Sunday.

Good morning from Durham. It’s dry and mild, but rain is due. I’m still coughing and sneezing, but don’t feel as bad as I sound.
Meeting DD2 and family at their nearby Garden Centre for breakfast - there are donkeys! (Not on the menu) I’ll take her clean laundry with me. Afterwards, we are buying a selection of Lego for DGS1.
Best wishes to all. X

Good morning from a quiet South Downs.

Yesterday I decorated the outdoor Christmas tree with its lights between rain. I looked out last night and the two foxes were just sitting next to it in the light -it would have made a photo worthy of Chris Packman!

Today is the annual neighbourhood festive lunch at the golf club, with carols. We (about a dozen of us) are meeting up in one neighbour’s house for pre-lunch drinks - I’m taking over some canapés. Must sort out some Christmas sparkle to wear. It is always a very jolly time.

That is my day sorted🙂🎄

Peace and harmony to all.

Good morning from South Lanarkshire. It’s another dreich day.

I have a big birthday later this week and DD has asked us over this afternoon as they will be busy with work and school on the actual day. I think DS and family will be there which will be lovely as I seldom see all the grandchildren together.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Marydoll I hope your boiler is ok. I've broken a match for you. My ex fil always broke a match if two things went wrong.

Thank you for thinking of me, GMBatty! 😂

Morning Mick, morning All from a dry, calm corner of Somerset.

Yesterdays winds disturbed just about everything. Very strong gusts and spells of horizontal rain. Cards finally written they were squeezed into an almost full box just before emptying time. Phew. After a very pleasant lunch, other than me having a coughing fit half way through, we deposited a bag of cards and gifts and decided to risk a trip to a usually quiet garden centre. Fortunately the roads had huge puddles rather than floods but goodness the fields were flooded. A wander and a cuppa accompanied by excellent cake made for a very enjoyable if ‘coughey’ afternoon

Quiet one today, may write some local cards, will produce sausage rolls and hope some make it to the freezer. Mr C will I hope make inroads into the latest jigsaw, I’d truly like a tidy table before Christmas appears.

With thoughts for all finding life a struggle, hope Sunday is kind to us all.

Good morning all from the Black country where the wind has finally dropped.
A quick trip to Aldi then back to finish my book so I can pass it on to my hairdresser when I see her this week.
Have a lovely Sunday all whatever your plans and may you all find some ☀️.

Just thought I would come back with this morning’s sunrise. It looked very lacklustre when I posted earlier, but now - Wow!

Good morning from DD’s. Still dark and I’m not up yet. The weather sounds quieter. Heavy rain and high winds yesterday which didn’t spoil a lovely shopping day with DGS, DD1 and2. I’m pretty much done for gift shopping.
Back home today and DD2 will help me decorate the house. I was going to stay to watch DGS play football but it looks like poor weather is expected and getting soaked before a 2 hour drive is not very sensible!
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning. Michael and all GNs from a dry and blessedly calm South Yorkshire. Yesterday, after a very brief dry spell, was horrendously wet and windy. My garden chairs, which I have still to find room for in the garage, were tossed around the patio like matchboxes. One is in the flower bed. Plans for today are amorphous. DD and the menfolk are coming for Sunday lunch at some stage but it will depend on whether GS is playing football, if the pitch is playable. I fancy it won’t be. I expect someone will let me know what time to put the meat in - eventually. We shall have mystery pudding today - even I don’t know what it’s going to be yet!
Have a good day, folks.

Good morning. Dry so far down South.
Did a leaflet drop recently for the Carol Service today.
Then an afternoon rest.

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 6° and damp. Ash lovely photos. You live in a lovely part of the country. Marydoll I hope your boiler is ok. I've broken a match for you. My ex fil always broke a match if two things went wrong.
Yesterday I looked after dgs2 on the morning. In the afternoon dgs1 came round for a sleepover. We put out the Christmas decorations and he tried to put the star on the tree but he's still too wee, even standing on the step ladder. Hot chocolate after his bath and popcorn which was very disappointing as it burnt in the microwave.
This morning we are up and he's watching cat videos on YouTube and playing with cars. He's a good wee soul. He had been playing quietly in his bedroom until I got up. No plans for later apart from tidying up and a visit to mum. Steak casserole to make and lentil soup. Have a good day all

Good morning everyone from Inverness, still dark here but mild at 4º
Sounds like a lovely day with your DGD mizuna so nice you can share that time together being creative and teaching her those skills.
I’ve got DGS here watching TV in bed beside me, no rush to get up for the school run this morning. We’ll be dropping him off at home late morning and hoping DGDs sleepover party with her 3 pals went well. Probably not much sleep involved but lots of noise and laughter. Then I’m going to a local garden centre to look for some sort of Christmas gift for my pal.
If you’re out and about today meeting friends and family have a lovely time
Thinking of everyone with worries and struggles, hope today is gentle and take care all whatever the day brings 💐

Good morning from a calmer Essex coast, the wind last night was ferocious.
We had a great evening yesterday at a fund raising event, based on Strickly, for a young lad with Downs and Autism who has had extensive surgery to improve his walking. . It was so much fun, and a good amount was raised to go towards building a small extension so the young boy can have a downstairs bedroom built.
As DH and I are going away for Christmas we have decided to have a traditional Christmas lunch today.
Have a great day everyone xxx

Good morning from a dry, mild Colchester where the sun is forecast to shine for a short while before turning to rain again later. Yesterday was very wet and windy. Double figures temperature.
We will walk into the City centre later to browse the Christmas market. DS has some cash to deposit, luckily there is a Metro Bank that opens on Sundays (we hope they can stay in business as they are very handy).
Roast chicken later.
Love to all 🦩 x

Morning Mick and all from a calmer S Hants, the wind has dropped from yesterday.
Yesterday was quiet, some mental sorting out and list checking with a quick walk.
Daughter and grandchildren will call in today at some point, we’ve some baubles for them to collect.
Tomorrow our tree will come in and a busier week will commence.
🦩🦩

Morning all, still dark, but no wind or rain it seems - haven’t actually poked my nose outside yet. Well the dog got 1 walk yesterday & I also managed to drop some toys off at charity shop - my granddaughter gave her permission! - amidst the atrocious weather. What will today bring? Hopefully a bit more outside activity but I’m trying to be more disciplined about housework, so maybe give the kitchen or front room a good going over. Maybe. Have recently been wondering about a return to church after decades an atheist. Happy Sunday x

Good morning. North Leicestershire is very chilly at the moment.

Our choir is singing at a Festive Food Fair at the pub at the top of the road this morning. Roast chicken for dinner.

Have the best day possible everyone.

Morning all from a still dark West Oxfordshire.
After yesterday’s exertions in the kitchen (bread sauce, stuffing balls, sausage rolls, chocolate fudge icing, Christmas gravy and lemon iced cream) today will be a little quieter. Church this morning. This is the church in the Benefice where bat poo has to be wiped off the pews before we sit down. We are having lunch out at a gastropub which has been recommended. On our return, and if I have any energy, I’ll make another two dozen sausage rolls.
Have a good Sunday.

Good morning from south Gloucestershire, it’s a dray start to Sunday.
An uneventful drive home yesterday, it’s good to be back here😊 The house was so cold it took ages to warm up; perhaps turning the heating to frost setting at this time of year wasn’t such a good idea.
Today’s plan is getting all the unpacking and laundry done then a quiet afternoon. I now have 3 crocheting projects underway 🙄, finishing one is my focus from now until Christmas.
This week I must write Christmas cards and attempt to get vaguely organised although it’s just us two here.
Have a lovely day 🌹

Good morning all from a damp Glasgow.

Been wondering about since 5am, needed pain relief and anti-histamines.

I realised the boiler was making strange noises and when I checked the pressure gauge was at red. After that was sorted and I had checked the heating was working, I tidied up the kitchen and then sorted my weekly medication box.
The meds box is a faff to do, no two days are the same and I tend to forget to do it , if I get caught up in things.

I came back to bed with a cuppa, to find DH hadn't noticed I was gone and was still snoring sleeping.! 😔

Have a pleasant day folks, enjoy your family meet ups.

Good morning from Oxfordshire, still in bed so don’t know what the weather is doing, but I can’t hear the gales or rain beating on the window, so I guess it’s calmer outside.
Off to the Devon/Cornwall border to meet GCs and DD for lunch, taking birthday cake for GD, the restaurant says we can cut the cake there, she would be mortified if we sang and had candles though, so it will be a whispered ‘happy birthday’ a quick opening of Birthday presents and then we will have to organise a place to meet up with the cars and pass over Christmas presents. Don’t know where that will be as the City centre will be fairly busy (I would think it will be rammed) and it’s unlikely that we will be able to find Parking at the same place.
Then back home.
Have a good day everyone.