any small lovely things happening to you today that won't annoy or distress others on the board?

[Justiceisblind]

so...
I had received a text from my Doctors on Friday which I missed.
I'd spend the weekend thinking that either I was going to have to self-isolate or that my biopsy results were not clear after all...

Turns out they want me to pop in for my HRT review and a blood pressure check. The HRT is fabulous. The blood pressure is normal.

The only problem is that the receptionist and I didn't really want to get off the phone as we were enjoying our lovely normal chat. I told her to keep fighting the good fight.

@CosyAcorn - I really hope you didn't have children and potatoes for dinner!

I had to go into the office today, and the sainsburys next door had Christmas crackers (the one thing from my delivery on Monday that hadn't come and I hadn't been able to substitute) that made me happy 🙂

My sons Christmas gift arrived! Long story short I've been trying and failing to get him a laptop gor months they are too expensive or not in my area etc finally on the 15th I found a refurbished one on ebay this years model so I bought it 48hours delivery....didn't turn up upgraded Saturday to 24 hours delivery no sign of it tracking showed it ended up in Wolverhampton accidentally yesterday it finally made its way back into the area ready for delivery today and despite not being packaged for cross country travel neither the screen nor the case is cracked 🤣 thank goodness for the royal mail if it had been hermes i would have been screwed 😅

Had to queue in the driving rain to get in Marks & Spencer Foodhall this afternoon. But my fridge is now full of delicious easy to cook food, and loads of yummy nibbles and cheeses.

I got home to find my beautiful black & gold brocade ankle boots from Faith had been delivered! I absolutely love them. I'm going to wear them tomorrow with black jeans and a black cashmere sweater.

on my run with the teenagers today we passed a couple in matching, very colourful, very 90s silky training suits.

made me smile

I met two friends today. We were all wrapped up in coats, hats, walking boots and umbrellas and went for a lovely walk and natter. I can home wet and cold but revived.

Just made gingerbread men with DD and they smell and taste delicious.

Lovely thread, thank you OP 😘

My cousin dropped off homemade mince pies, brandy butter, marmelade and brown bread. She is a fabulous baker and the brown bread is just lovely. Had a nice chat with her too from the porch to end of path.

My husband has woken me with a bacon sandwich in bed FIVE days in a row now.

We have a new baby rabbit in the house who is just adorable.

The new neighbours dropped off Christmas cookies.

I just bought myself a litre of gin.

I painted my nails today and they haven't smudged or chipped which they usually do when l do them myself!

thank goodness for the royal mail if it had been hermes i would have been screwed 😅 Hermes would probably have chucked it at your doorstep.

@Vargas chicken! We had chicken!

We don't start on the children until after Christmas day!

A beautiful bouquet of flowers arrived today. They were from my parents and completely unexpected. We were due to spend Christmas with them but lovely to get a surprise

We had a Carol singer at the door, dds school friend, standing a meter away from the doorstep singing 'we wish you a merry Christmas'

For a second it felt like real Christmas

Also wondering about the shrimp....

I saw a heron catch a fish

Wow!

I felt my grandchild to be kicking in my dd2s tum for the first time today! DD2 is just coming up to 24 weeks .. now it feels real... !!

Yesterday my Matron came to find me and gave me a beautiful gift as a thank you for moving from my safe job to work in itu over the past few months (on and off).
I was really touched and will always treasure it, every time I look at it. And it is something that I have always wanted ☺️

I had a hospital appointment today. The car park attendant saw my distress as I was faffing trying to find money and said “don’t worry love. Have this one for free”

Then I was in and out of hospital in nine minutes.

I blooming love the NHS.

My shopping delivery driver said they can sometimes make gifts to the customers. He asked if it would be alright if he took the price of my bottle of wine off my order. So lovely!

Two friends have been in touch today. One with good news about work, one with beautiful photos from a day out.

One of the photos is exactly what I wanted for a space on my wall.

I had a stuffed up nose which stops me sleeping and I couldn't find the otrivine.
My husband went to Tescos at half past midnight and bought me some.
Then I slept all night

Blackbirds raised 2 broods of young in a bush in the garden this year.
Mr& Mrs Blackbird has stuck around because we have kept feeding them.
A few weeks ago we had the idea of putting some food on the kitchen windowsill to see if they will feed close up . Today they saw we were in the kitchen and bashed the glass with ( his ) beak to tell us they were hungry.