Just wanting to bring this back above the reported posts. This ‘reporting’ is becoming a full time job!. I just wish these posters would stop pestering us!

I’m here so a positive… only managing one a day at the moment….

🧺🏖️🧳 All my washing is done so just waiting to be ironed for our next, and possibly last ‘hoorah’! As time marches on travelling is becoming more difficult and stressful so we are doing a long 5 week trip which could very well be our last cruise and stay holiday! Who knows only time will tell!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Ahh …. just flipped over onto a new page ….this must be a record?

Thanks for bumping us on to a new page of positives, V. Think it is a record for this forum, to have a thread run to this many pages. Hope you have a wonderful holiday Verano and that it isn’t your last trip away.

It’s been awhile since I posted positives, so here goes ….
🌻🌻 pleasant family meal out last evening, with my sister, her OH and my dad.
🌻🌻 received lots of spring bulbs I ordered recently, have created a planting plan and will be planting them up in the next day or two.
🌻🌻 caught up with some admin which had been sidelined over the last couple of months.

Hope you can find some positives to tell us about.

Sunny you shame me! If you can find positives then the rest of should definitely be able to.

So here I go ….

🧅🥦🌶️ Probably already admitted to making my first few pans of ‘winter ‘ soup. Today had my squash and ginger soup and have to say it was really lovely.

🧺🧺🧺 All my holiday washing done just need to start ironing now. The positive is that we won’t be wearing summer stuff before we go away so at least no further washing and ironing!

📺📺📺 catching up on lots of tv while ironing! Loving MAFS!!

Well done on gettin the laundry sorted, V. I’m thinking I’ll soon need to start making a packing list and ensuring things are clean ready to pack.

Positives from me today …
🌼🌼 ordered new swimwear for OH and myself, as we only bring one set with us when we travel back from Turkiye and will need more for our upcoming holiday
🌼🌼 we had our flu jabs this afternoon … thank you NHS
🌼🌼 have arranged for GS to join me for another gardening session tomorrow…. going to get those bulbs planted in and tidy up containers ready for winter

Glad you’re finding ‘positives’ Sunny.
Anybody else out there with even just one positive?

Struggle for me at the moment but ….

💐💐💐 Sent a present of flowers to celebrate the beginning of autumn and they were really appreciated.

🥬🥒🧅 Organised my last shopping list for dinner party at the weekend. As time goes I seem to need more and more lists!

🧺📺🧺 Lots of ironing in front of the telly today so nearly ready to start thinking about packing.

One positive … not too hard really????

Hello. Hope the weekend has been ‘positive’ for you.

Just one, or maybe more, for me today …

🥦🌶️🥒 had a lovely evening here last night … dinner for ten. Lots of Greek / Mediterranean food. So all good carb wise and caters to almost every taste.

🧳🧺🚰 Monday, will be lots of washing , then Tuesday the ironing….

But hey soon the 🧳🛩️⭐️ … can’t complain!

Hope you have a positive.

Not sure when you head off V, but have a wonderful holiday.
It occurred to me this evening, it’s been a few days since I posted here, so decided to rectify that …
🌸🌸 lunch with youngest daughter on Monday, dinner with eldest son last evening and plans to visit Dad this weekend
🌸🌸 batch of new salvia plants arrived today, looking forward to getting them planted in
🌸🌸 village newsletter compiled and sent for printing
Hope others are finding positives… if you’ve a moment, please post one or two here for us to share.

Finding it hard to find positives as so much going on that is causing difficulties but I will try:-

Went to quiz night and the food was terrible, bread and cheese with one slice of 3 meats each to share – €22 each. We came last, I don’t know how but the positive is we still got a prize, one bottle of wine each, fellow team member swapped my chardonnary for a rose she won in the raffle (hate Chardonnary – too oakie).
Won a bottle of Cremant d’Alsace in the raffle.
And finally, we have found a housesitter for Christmas. It was a match made in heaven, clicked straightaway. Looking forward to welcoming them into our home.

Guess things arent so bad. House hasnt sold.

S-g WOW! Great that you can still find a positive!

Sunny we are off on Sunday for 5 weeks! Still in the last throws of ‘panic’ although I know that whatever we leave behind won’t be the end of the world anyway…we aren’t going to Outer Mongolia!

So yes I do have some positives….
Hair cut and coloured today.
Pedicure tomorrow.
Packing going well.
Just looking forward to no ‘what shall we have for dinner tonight.’ for the next few weeks!

Keep positive!

You will be there on your holidays now Verano, not looked in for a few days. Dont really have positives but can turn some negatives around.

Learnt a lesson that the theory of turning carbs into resistant carbs (look it up) doesn’t really work if you want to lose weight or are diabetic and want to keep BG in check. Hey thats a positive, I wont be doing that again.

Just found out we cant just turn up in the UK with our possessions. Besides having to pay duty (we shouldnt as things are not new) we have to apply to the Home Office for permission to come home. At least we know what we are facing. It is the same thing immigrants have to do – apply for residency.

Struggling now but we have got a housesitter so will be seeing family soon.

V, hope you got off on you holiday with no issues and are having a wonderful time.
SG, sounds like you have plenty on your plate, so well done on finding positives despite the negatives.

Have a few positives to report myself ….
🌻🌻 pleased to report Dad is doing well and actively seeking out social interaction. Some friends and neighbours have been checking in on him too, which is lovely of them.
🌻🌻 have been tidying Dad’s garden for him, there is still lots of colour out there and I so enjoy pottering in a garden
🌻🌻 treated myself to a veggie meze lunch at a Lebaneses restaurant today …. (negative) ate too much, but (positive) will fast now until dinner tomorrow evening.

Have a lovely evening everyone.

Sunny glad you’re Dad’s doing well and he has help around him.

Holiday started as a nightmare… plane cancelled! We’ve been travelling for over 40 years and been to many parts of the world but this is the first time our flight was cancelled.
Anyway despite this there’s a positive…..

🛩️👎🛩️👍 We were rebooked on a later flight. We were flying SAS via Copenhagen to Athens, went Lufthansa via Frankfurt. Flights were excellent, assistance was excellent so we arrived , albeit 6 hours late, but we arrived and made the ship as scheduled. That’s the positive.

🥬🌶️🥒 Food is really good with lots of BSD friendly choices. Fortunately I love fish! But must admit to one cookie and part of a small muffin! In three days …. not bad? Oh but then there’s the blue cheese!
Anyway, not giving up my usual way of eating with ‘gay abandon’ just adding a few bites of something I fancy here and there!

Hope everyone has some positives although I know this time of the year can be really difficult.