Daily thread ~ Thursday

[meep]

Morning all :)

It's a beautiful, fresh morning. Last night on way home from gym I got caught in a typical Glasgow autumnal shower; absolutely soaked! But this morning the sun is shining in that really bright way it does when winter's coming, and it's fair nippit! (Scots: freezing!) A perfect day for wrapping up warmly and taking a walk through the park; too bad I'm at work :roll:

Got a lunch appointment for work today, which will spice the day up! Have been to the gym two days in a row after a good month 1/2 of not going and it's safe to say I am as stiff as anything this morning! It hurt to put my shirt over my head by stretching my arms up :roll: But no pain, no gain right?!

Can't wait for the weekend. I'm going to go curtain shopping! It's getting cold in the flat at night so need to get some insulation. On that theme, also going to buy big bootie-slippers like I had for 2 years until they fell apart, and some thermal pjs!

Hope everyone has a good day :)

[Mags]

Morning folks :D

It's quite a pleasant start to the day here, the sun is just beginning to break through and the autumnal nip is in the air.

Usual household tasks to do and I have the hairdressers this afternoon. Not a very exciting day!:lol:

Hope the sun is shining where you are, have a lovely day..:D

[dinahsmum]

It was raining heavily when we woke but appears better now. It had better be as I am booked for a lift to the allotment whilst the other half goes to the gym, so I will be there for a couple of hours. I'll have to retreat to the polytunnel if it rains again.
Lots of this gym attendance going on :) . My husband started in April, when it came free with a health plan his company joined (That sounded too good to be true, and indeed was - it's now a paid thing!) He really enjoys it; I'm sure I would hate it. But it has done him good and even though he was fit (classic meaning of the word, not the new one, though he is fine in my eyes) before he is more toned now and even more fit. He finds it amusing on Saturdays when he gets to the breakdown with his whistle quicker than the players who are half his age or less.
So - I'll head off and get my gardening clothes on and will return to chat this afternoon. Take care.

[dinahsmum]

Hello Mags - Bit of duplicate posting this morning. Never mind. Can you move it, in your capacity as Mod?

[yola]

Bright and sunny here today; nippy too!

I have a self-inflicted headache today as I got too chummy with the bottle of wine last night :roll: Still, it's not too bad and the strong, black Illy coffee is working wonders already :-D

Am popping out for lunch with my brother to discuss how best to invest the money from our Aunt's house sale (if at all; he's a very cautious investor), and to just generally chat about stuff.

This evening I'm going to a meeting at the boys' school to hear about future plans and no doubt be badgered into helping out with the parents' association. Sadly I don't really have time for that . . . . haven't even got time for the gym - but reading about meep's endeavours I must do better LOL :roll:

[meep]

Yola, you can do it ;) Whilst 2 days is puny in comparrison to, well, almost everyone I know's gym routine, 2 days is better than none and like I said, my body feels worked in a satisfying way :D I like going to classes, as it's a set amount of time, you can't 'leave early' and the instructors are great at getting the most out of the 45 mins.

DM, uber fit OH's are a pain aren't the? :roll: My OH is a fitness fanatic. There are at least 50 copies of Muscle and Fitness (note: this is difference to Men's Health. It's not the male Cosmo, but more dedicated to body builders and UFC fighters) around the flat, he works out 6 days a week, has all his own weights, takes protein, and quite a few other supplements, goes to Muay Thai boxing classes and is hoping to get the chance to fight soon (:shock: eep!) and is pretty darned muscley and fit! Last night he was lifting weights in the back room whilst I was eating a Gu Chocolate Souffle :lol: :lol: Whatever floats your boat ;)

[Kazz]

Hiya all

Feeling rough today, may not go into work I will see later.

Kinda nice day hee no rain so far.

Karen

[angieh]

Sorry to hear you're not too good this morning Kazz - hope you feel better later.

Lovely blue sky here this morning and a bit of a breeze. Have the door open, so it's not too nippy although there has definitely been a temperature drop.

I can't believe meep, in this day and age that your landlord can get away with no heating etc in your flat! In Scotland! No wonder you chose 2 large furry warm cats - they'll do their best I know!

Have a good day everyone.

[meep]

:lol: Angie, sorry if I've caused confusion. There is heating, but it's all electric storage heaters. OH and I are hesitating to put them on as they're renound for being pricey. Also, I was only a student on year ago and have still got student habits of not using heating unless absolutely necessary. In second year, when all three of us in the flat were a bit pauperish, we had the heating on for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening in December! You get used to it ;)

Hence the need for curtains, thermal pjs and slippers!

[meep]

Oh and Darcy and Minsky are excellent mobile heaters. Minsky fell asleep spread out across both OH and my's laps last night, and was doing a great job of keeping us warm! (He really is long enough to fit across both our laps and then some! I used a pillow as a prop for his bum so he didn't fall off!)

[angieh]

You're certainly all made of hardier stuff up there! I think I'd get hypothermia!

[meep]

:lol: I actually hate the cold, and was brought up in a house where the heating was on full blast all the time, so I could happily wander around in vest top and bare feet in December! (happier times!)

But needs must. OH and I have taken to hiding under a fleecy blanket on the couch at night when watching tv. And it's only October :shock: It's all about aclimatising.

I have just looked up on google 'how to use storage heaters' so may have a play around with them this weekend. Still going to get my furry boot slippers though because they're so cosy :)

[meep]

I just noticed that this thread was moved to another thread with a different name; from 'Thursday's Daily' to 'Daily Thread - Thursday'. Sorry if I didn't label it correctly :oops: I've noticed that it's occasionally called different things, didn't realise there was a rule :oops::roll:

[dinahsmum]

Don't think there's any need for any :oops: s Meep.
You posted at about the same time Mags was posting another daily and I answered yours before Mags had finished and posted hers (are you following?). So, as Mags has The Power to move threads, she has merged them both. :) All's well.

It's been a beautiful day, after a bit of a wet and wild start. I had a lovely time schlepping round the allotment, leaving parts of it nice and tidy, so I can holiday with a clear conscience :) . Brought back four nice fennel bulbs, so that meant I had to wander to town, to the market, to pick up some nice fish to go with that for our supper tonight. So, on a scale of tiredness going 1 to 10, I'm feeling about 8 and a half.

The fit hubby :roll: has gone off to ref a boys match starting 4pm, so we'll probably both be dozing nicely in front of the TV by 9.30. Just as well we're resisting putting any heating on. I think we will hold out till we come back from hols. :)

Mags - have you gone back to Canbot Circus since the opening? I can't help feeling they've chosen a really difficult time to open up. I suppose there will be plenty of visitors in the run up to christmas but what about in the cold dark broke days of January?

[meep]

Thanks DM :) Mags cleared it up for me too, confused averted! :D

I think my fit OH is heading out for a run after work too, as his gym is closed. But then he's baking brownies for work (did I mention he used to be a chef?) so I'll happily tuck into one of those later :)

[dandysmom]

Hi all in the chilly UK from chilly Washington! I'd been determined not to turn the heat on yet, as it's supposed to warm up by the weekend, and woke up this morning to find it on! I'd cut the thermostat back to 13 in Spring; well, it got colder than that last night obviously, so it cut on! Leia is most pleased at her radiator being nice and toasty again; she's been looking reproachfully at me for a few days when she's tested it only to find it cold......:-D. Right now it's 14, wind chill of 12, brrr! No market run today; this is my bi-weekly delivery: all the heavy stuff plus essentials. So had a nice lie-in.

Meep: I have an electric heater to supplement the furnace when it's really chilly (this is an old house and not well insulated), and they are sooo expensive to run! I too am a great believer in thermal underwear and fluffy warm house slippers! Hang in there, girl!

Kazz, sorry you're not feeling well,

Hope the sun is shining where you are!

[Moli]

Afternoon all, we had rain first thing, then a lovely mid morning afternoon, although definitely coat weather, managed to get the grass cut, now its pouring...
Went to Airport to pick up hubby, walked the dogs, all before the rain thank goodness....Have a casserole bubbling in the oven so now its an hours me time....

[angieh]

.... that's a lovely thought Moli. I love warming casseroles and stews. I think I might make one at the weekend!

[calismum]

Hi all
Just back fom work. I had to scrape ice off the windscreen this morning!!!!

Stew for dinner tonight, just waiting for tatties to boil.

Getting ready tonight for my girls weekend in London. Can't wait we have a list of things to do but are going to see musical and shopping, shopping, shopping.

CM

[PoshPuss]

I'm a latecomer today too, CM :)
Been for my first study day on the course that work has sent me on. Oh, my head hurts! There is so much to do. I have homework tonight and tomorrow morning, then back to school for more lectures. I have to submit a 1500 word essay by 8th January and another 2500 one by 5th March. Plus 30 practical assessments between now and end of February. Failure is not an option! :shock:

I need a drink and a foot rub, STAT! :(

see you all tomorrow morning, after I swot up!