Good Morning Wednesday 14th October 2026

Good morning all from Polmont where it's currently 9° and dry. Marydoll a rude awakening! Changing a wet bed is not the best way to start the day. Ashcombe take things easy today. GrandMattie I hope you enjoy your break.
Yesterday the boys were easy which is not always the case. Tesco duly arrived at 8 and both boys helped unload it which means I don't know where half the stuff has gone. Then I dropped off dgs1 at football camp and rushed back to meet a man who was coming to quote for tidying the garden. He was already waiting and walked round with me. After he left, dgs2 got back in the car and headed to soft play, stopping for petrol on the way. Soft play was heaving and I got the last table. Dgs2 was happy because someone from his class was there and they spent an hour tearing around. Once we went home, he was quiet and played happily by colouring in. When we went to pick up dgs1, the heavens opened and the rain was horrendous. I sat in the car for a little but had to go out in it eventually. The wind was ferocious too. It took 2 people to open the door to the sport's centre. Having claimed dgs1, we headed home to find BT digging up the footpath outside my house, ready for installing full fibre. Then I received the quote from the garden people which I agreed with. Fortunately they can come tomorrow and make my garden tidy again. Dinner for me was also sausage, mash and beans but slightly altered- chicken sausage, sweet potato mash and no sugar baked beans.
Today I'm doing an extra childcare shift. A glutton for punishment! Both the other grandparents have hospital appointments so I offered. I will get the boys at 9, then drop off dgs1 at football camp before taking dgs2 to Hobbycraft for Halloween craft supplies. Hopefully that will keep him occupied for a while. Bt will be back again today. Dinner will be salmon with broccoli. Have a good day all.

Good Morning everyone from a clear and dry central south coast. The sun is coming up now so it will soon warm up and be a pleasant day out for DH and his cycling club. They are in the South Downs today with a coffee stop followed by lunch out later.

My lovely cleaners have just arrived and admired my stair lift (which is proving a really good help). Then I shall have a quiet day to catch up with some desk work and will watch "Bakeoff" recording later.

So sorry you have so much to cope with Marydoll. Life for you just isn't playing fair. Hope today is better.

G. Mattie I think there are more of us with "eggshell" DDs amongst the Gransnet community. I am very proud of and love my DD but always feel a slight constraint between us and that isn't there with my DS. Is it Mothers and daughters or just different characters? It makes me sad because I always wanted to be close to her but she doesn't seem to want that.

Well, here's hoping we all manage a good day and enjoy what we can. Take care all.

Good morning all from the Scottish Borders. There's a red sky but it looks like quite a nice day.

Your poor neighbour Marzipan. I feel for her.

Sorry about your bruises Ashcombe . I hope you have soothing gel. I seem to remember that French pharmacists are well stocked with herbal remedies. Arnica for bruising.

I have "noted my interest" in the most recent house but won't know for some time as it is newly on the market.

Yesterday was busy again. Starting with the boiler in the granny flat being condemned.
I'm advised to replace it but think I may wait a while as the new owners may want to do major changes and rip everything out.

The rest of the day was spent filling my car and the skip with heaps more stuff.

I managed to post pictures of a bed on gumtree as a freebie and someone will collect it!

Yarn group this morning and community lunch.

I hope you enjoy your break gMattie

Sorry to hear your Dollie is unwell on holiday Marydoll . That's extra rotten. 😟
I hope you manage to have a peaceful, pain free day.

Wishing you all a pleasant day.

Good morning all from the Black country.
Have overslept and its toddlers this morning, would give it a miss but know that a couple of helpers are already off today.
Will pick up DH prescription on way back and we are out for a meal later.
Must give my younger brother a ring as it's his birthday.
Will catch up with everybody's happenings later.
Have the best day you can everyone whatever your plans, and may the poorlies find some respite.

Grandmabatty I could not cope with such a busy day as you had. In days long gone, I used to have a 20 minute quiet time after lunch, me and the dgc, they had a choice of books and sat on the sofa. It was bliss, I had to stop myself nodding off

Good Morning from Morecambe Bay where a warm sunny day is forecast. We may take advantage of the weather and head into the Lakes. But first it’s my second shingles jab. I hope it’s ok as I’m still feeling the effects of my flu jab!
We will have to include the purchase of a new kettle at some point into the day as ours decided to give up the ghost last night. We have a kettle for using on the gas in the camper so that was pressed into service this morning.
A quick look on the internet this morning brought my attention to water dispensers rather than a traditional kettle. I must keep up with the times!
Ashcombe can you get any arnica for your bruising?
Take care everyone 🌸

Good morning from South Lanarkshire, there’s no rain at the moment.

Very little sleep last night, mainly due to my family worries which aren’t any better.

I’m going to do a few hours work (unpaid) in our local wool shop today. It’s owned by the daughter in law of one of my yarn group friends who covers a morning a week for her and asked if I’d like to join her. So a different kind of volunteering.

Hope your bruises heal quickly Ash, a rude awakening indeed.

Good luck with the phone call MD

Harri

Have the best day possible everyone.

Good morning all from a bright looking Essex.

Just had a phone call from the company doing our conservatory roof saying the plasterer won’t be coming as his elderly mother has been rushed into hospital. Hopefully he’ll come tomorrow. 🤞.

Today the usual trip up to town, a wander around the market and a coffee with my pal. We always end up in M and S foodhall buying things we didn’t know we needed. Dh loves the sushi so I’ll get him that.

So sorry Marydoll for all your trials. I know that feeling sometimes of just wanting to ‘run away’. Take care 💐.

I hope all poorlies see some improvement today.

Success! A doctor phoned me, didn't want to speak to DH (🤣) just me!!

I suspect that there is an alert on his record.
This man cannot be trusted.
He has an appointment late afternoon. I am so relieved.

Baubles, enjoy your volunteering. I am sorry things are no better.💗

Morning all from a blue sky autumn morning in West Oxfordshire.

Well done MaryD!

Laundry, ironing and quilting today.

It is the village local history society tonight. The talk is on a house in the village. A fairly old house with a ‘history’.

I’ve had to book Milo the 16-year old black cat in for an appointment at the Vet next week. His fur has started to come out in clumps. His skin looks ok so we have no idea what’s going on.

Have a good day.

Just read your latest post MD. Well done - hope the rash can be dealt with, plus the bed and whatever else lies in wait! It never just rains, does it? 😘

Good morning, Michael and all GNs. A late one from me here in South Yorkshire - I went to bed at ten and didn’t wake up until ten to nine. I must have been unconscious rather than asleep! Unheard of recently.

Usual here today. Writers group at the library this afternoon, and some shopping.

Have the best day you can, folks.

Good morning, Michael12 and all!

Lying in bed last night at about 11, with my tiny little brain cogs slowly moving around, I was thinking about people with ''the'' in the middle of their names or titles, such as Conan the Barbarian. So I've come up with a few.

1 - William the Conqueror - Billy the Conk!

2 - Attila the Hun.

3 - Vlad the Impaler.

4 - Edward the Confessor - Eddie the Con!

5 - Elizabeth the Second.

6 - Alfred the Great,

7 - Richard the Third.

8 - Henry the Eighth.

Some of those were great, others not so and others definitely not, but you know the greatest of them all?

Gari the Baldi!

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Sorry, just my peculiar sense of humour!

I'm at work waiting for customers to come in, guzzling a cuppa and scoffing a pink sparkly doughnut!

Have a good one!