Good Morning All! What are you all up to today?

[lucysmam]

I'm just drinking my first cuppa of the day, in my kitchen spot, watching the trees blow about in the rain outside. The cats have been fed & gone back to bed - boy cat took up most of my leg room last night 🙄.

I've put dd's school shirts on to wash already, tidied round the kitchen, and put a few pots to soak. Washing them is my next job.

We haven't got anything planned for today. The weather's uninspiring & dd has quite a bit of homework she wants to get done as she has exam prep to focus on this coming week, and a night out at a gig on Thursday. I'm also out all next weekend, so want to do a thorough clean/tidy this week, and make sure all the washing's caught up etc. to try and make my life easier through the week.

Other than that, I think it'll be a moochy, pottering kind of day. I'll get out my case and start thinking about what to take with me to London next weekend 🤔. I'm dreadful at packing & always take too much!

I haven't looked for inspiration for tea yet - possibly chicken wraps & salad, unless dd wants something else!

After that, showers and chill for the evening. I'm not getting far with my current book so might pick a differemt one - we'll see!

What about all of you? 🙂

Im working today, hopefully storm Amy will mean we are quieter as the trains are all cancelled.

Good morning Lucysmam and others. I'm recovering from a biopsy earlier this week. It isn't painful as such, but reminds me occasionally I've had a needle stuck in my boob. The results are due in a couple of weeks and the consultant isn't overly worried so I won't be either. I've had two coffees, a cuppa and a slice of homemade bread. The sheets are in the tumble dryer and I'm about to put on the dishwasher. Then I will potter about. I need to take money out later, so will brave the roads after storm Amy. We had a power cut and trees down in the local area. Dinner will be something from the freezer, maybe bolognaise. Have a good day all

Up early take DD to work, cooked breakfast for her. Now having breakfast, possibly go out for coffee with neighbours. Do laundry.

Morning
I'm taking mum to her flu jab at 11am
I'm sitting listening to Taylor swifts new album 🙌 whilst drinking coffee
It's sunny here this morning after an awful day/night yesterday
Dh out today and dd1s bf here for the weekend so I won't see much of them
Dd2 has lots of college work to do
I'm recovering from a chest infection and still feel pretty rough 😷

Good morning all. Storm Amy meant I didn’t get much sleep, I got up at 6am but at least it means my housework is now done and I can enjoy the weekend.

Currently having a coffee, debating putting the Halloween decorations up. Tonight will be something easy for tea and a glass of wine or 2 whilst watching the new Ed Gein series on Netflix.

Right now we are all watching SpongeBob in pajamas and slowly starting breakfast.
Later I am catching up with washing, hoovering and general tidying but only the bare minimum. DC are having switch time this morning and DH is starting stripping the walls in DS's room for redecorating.
Hopefully this afternoon we might go for a blustery walk if all that's done by lunchtime!

Good morning, the weather is awful here, really windy and absolutely tipping down with rain - poor dh having to work outside in it!

I was exhausted last night after a really busy week and very little sleep so went to bed at 9.45pm, woke up at 7.10am and feel human again this morning. Dh went to work around 7.45am and dd11 got up around 9am. I’ve made a start on the laundry and made me and dd toasted tea cakes for breakfast. We’re both now sitting under a blanket on the sofa with a cup of tea for me and hot chocolate for her. I’ve booked to take her to the cinema at 12 to watch the Taylor swift thing (dreading it as I’m not a fan at all but dd loves her). Afterwards we need to nip to asda which is next door to the cinema for some bits I forgot to order in my Tesco shop and then the butchers for steak for tea one night this week. Hopefully it’ll then be around 3pm so I can pick dh up from work then back home. I really need make a start on decorating the master bedroom now dd18 has moved out of it to uni so me and dh can move from our downstairs bedroom into that one (3 bed house, 4 dc still at home when we moved in then we were too lazy to move everyone around as the older ones moved out but now we have no excuse as only 1 dc left at home 😂). We’ve bought the paint so need to start sanding woodwork and get going on it but I really cba! Hopefully I’ll motivate myself to do an hour or so once I get home this afternoon but we shall see.

Tea tonight is pasta bolognese at DD’s request. Dh is off to the pub with his friend this evening and I plan on showering, getting into comfy, warm pjs and sitting under a blanket on the sofa and finding something to watch on tv. Dd11 might join me or she might have a friend round or disappear into her bedroom as she’s started to do more often (😭). I might also have a glass of wine as I have a bottle in the fridge left over from last weekend but I’ll see how I feel. Early night again for me though to carry on catching up on sleep I missed out on this week!

Morning everyone!

@lucysmam I love packing. Shall I pop round and do yours? In fact packing is my main job for today too - going to Porto on Tuesday.

Also need to do some cleaning and work. Then pop to the pub I think.

Have a great day!

Morning Lucysmam and Saturday gang

Off for my usual Saturday morning coffee and catch up with my pal. Then back and taking the dogs in tag team style to the groomers. They desperately need it!

My tumble dryer broke down last weekend, but new one has arrived so I can crack on with my washing mountain. House need a tidy too.

We have a wedding next weekend and I need to get something to wear, so might persuade DH to come to Bluewater with me. He is sorted as wearing a kilt although not in his own tartan, he picked the tartan of the mother of the bride, which she will be delighted about ❤️

Have a good and hopefully not too windy day all!

We’re going to collect our new cat soon! She’s from the RSPCA. 5 months old. I’m sure other things will happen today but that’s all that matters 😄

Good morning @lucysmam and everyone.

I'm about to go and have a shower - just waiting for the shower room to warm up a bit first. Then I have to try to rescue chorister grandson's birthday cake, which I made and decorated yesterday. Unfortunately it was still a bit warm and everything on the top slid off - so it looks like a nobbly cow pat.

We're picking him up from the Cathedral later on this afternoon, and going back to his home for birthday tea - with said cow pat cake.

In between the two, I'm going to try to get together/identify all the plates, glasses, serving dishes etc. that I'm going to need for my little retirement party in just over a week. I'm not good at social events so thinking about it and planning for it is taking up an inordinate amount of my time. I am excited though... not least because everyone I invited is coming, and three of those people live in the next county, at least an hour away. These are people I like, but I'm never quite sure if I am liked back, so it makes me feel good.

You’ll need to pay cat tax please once you’ve got her home. We are going to the Titanic Experience today. It’s not for from us in South East London. Should be good x

@LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand hopefully the biopsy result is nothing to worry about.

@potato08 I listened twice yesterday, not really keen on most of it but there are a few I'll add to my playlist. What do you think of it?

@BitOutOfPractice if you could pop round & do it, that would be fantastic! I'm currently debating whether to take a skirt and my boots, or just stick to my jeans 🤔 (I'm bringing back some of dd1's merch collection to wash so a bit mindful that I have to be able to get my case on and off the train when I get home). But I might fancy skirt and boots! Packing's hard 🤣.

🤣 I was just about to request that @MinnieMountain paid the cat tax! Latest photo of my two dickheads attached...they've taken to day sleeping on dd1's desk chair.

Good morning @lucysmam and everyone.

very windy here but sunny and blue skies. I should go for a walk but can’t summon up the enthusiasm!

Have had a few cups of tea and a slice of toast and did my puzzles.

Enjoying not having to do much this morning. We are having some decorating done in kitchen/diningarea/sitting area and utility room so have had a painter in every day for last two weeks. It’s nice not to have to be up and dressed and have the place sorted early today. He hopes to finish on Tuesday so hopefully we can get back to normal then.

I’m going up to London today for a mooch about and to meet a friend for dinner.

Adorable 😍

Sorry, sorry.

Here’s Tabasco.

Off on holiday in 2 weeks so off to the Trafford Centre which I hate by the way, but at least it’s all under one roof in this shocking weather. Hoping to get a few nice things and Mozzie repellent!!!

We are off to Twickenham to watch South Africa V Argentina. Its very windy!

Morning all. I’ve had a long lie in til 10am! Unheard of. I’ve been really unwell this week so I think I needed it to recoup a bit.
It’s still very windy here and just started raining again. Dh has gone out with the dogs and we will have bacon butties when he’s back. Need to pop out later for a few household bits, might stop somewhere for a hot chocolate. If it’s calmed down later we will take the dogs on another walk then settle down for the night. Fire on, Strictly, takeaway. Perfect!

I've emptied the dishwasher, hoovered all downstairs and mopped the kitchen floor. Then I've had a bath and washed and dried my hair. Thought of my late mum as I was doing that as it was her hairdryer and my room is painted all pink now, like hers was.
I'm not properly dressed yet as uncomfortable under my boobs so have put some moisturiser on and still in my towelling robe, though I'm dressed form the waist down.
I've also put a load of washing on.
Some bottles of pop etc need to go back down beside the bin now the floor's dry but hoping Ds will do that job, when he surfaces.
Nobody else is up yet. I've only had a tangerine and a coffee so thinking about what to have for breakfast. It'll probably be a brunch now as DD is working from 12.30 so I'll be taking her there, so probably scrambled egg, sausage and (for me) mushrooms, beetroot and onion as it's an easy way to get veg in.
My aunty's birthday is on Monday so I need to nip up with her birthday present (gin and coffee creams and I'll get flowers and do card later). She said she was having her flu jab so I'l double check before I head up there that she feels ok for me to visit. It won't be before 2 anyway.
I also want to take the curtains down in the sitting room and put others up as the ones we've got are definitely due a wash.
I brought some stuff in just to the stone annexe area last night because of Storm Amy but they'd probably have been ok so we could hang them out again.
Was hoping to give DH that job as he's just surfaced but he's claiming he's too tired so having food and going back to bed (eye roll).
He's been told he's vitamin D deficient but he won't help himself and go outside. Hanging the washing out would be a great job for him.
No idea what DS is planning but it will probbaly involve metro/town.

I took mine to see the TS film last night - I loved it and now have at least two of the album tracks stuck in my head. Hope you enjoy it in the end!

Good morning Saturday gang. I've got the kind of regret that comes with the morning after 3 glasses of wine. I did a sober September and I think my tolerance is not what it was! I've showered and done a few house jobs, now in the queue for McDonalds in the hope that an egg muffin will soothe me. Then driving to see DD at uni. She is in second year and lived to her uni house at the end of August so it's been a while since we've seen her. It's 2.5h drive so won't get there til 1pm ish. She has a couple of house jobs she needs dh to do and then We are taking her for lunch and a mooch around the city. I'm sure she'll rinse me in the shops.

The the long drive home, burritos for tea and a bit of TV. I think I'll be for an early night tonight. Have a good weekend everyone

Good morning

I've been up for a few hours (thank you dc 😂), but have just had breakfast.

Not sure what the plans are for the day, but I'm going to suggest a trip to a local NT house or something.

I also want to do some batch cooking tomorrow so am going to sort out my online grocery shop