Not going shopping again today!
By Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30232)
Lichfield, England
January 23, 2024 4:45am CST
I'm not going to the little Tesco this morning, because it looks grey out, it's starting to rain already and the wind is getting up. Storm Jocelyn is apparently due to hit at midday, but I think she's already arriving! My Mum is going to the shop instead, and she's going now, so that she can hopefully get back before midday.
I've asked my Mum to get me some mini cheddars which are like little biscuits in a packet like you get crisps in.
Instead of going to the little Tesco, I will be staying home in the nice and warm and dry, watching the telly!
I'm hoping to do some more drawing this afternoon, maybe on the canvas that I painted black. I'll need to go over the pencil marks in my white gel pen so that they can show up. But I hope my bedroom is warm enough! My bedroom is the coldest room in the house because under my window I have plasterboard instead of brick. Don't ask me why!
Anyway, what's the weather like where you are?
What are you lot getting up to today?
I hope you are all well.
Have a nice day. 
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8 responses
@xFiacre (13374)
• Ireland
23 Jan 24
@sharonelton Our place looks like a tornado ripped through it, with branches, huge branches, strewn everywhere. Still very windy and wet with traffic lights out and trees across roads.
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@KarenAnne (257)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 24
@sharonelton We've got to put our bins out tonight, probably okay when they're full but tomorrow, when they are empty, who knows what adventures they will be going on!
@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
@KarenAnne Oh, gosh! I hope you don't lose your bin down the street! We put our bins out tomorrow night ready for Thursday.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
It's like that around here too, but fortunately our street is OK. It's definitely getting windier. I'll have to keep a check that our fences are OK and that are wheelie bins aren't going for a journey round our garden! 
I'm glad I'm inside in the warm.
I'm glad I'm inside in the warm.2 people like this
@mildredtabitha (16422)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Jan 24
I'm also not going shopping today. It's sunny today here. Enjoy your time drawing today.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy your day. I'm looking forward to doing my drawing.
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@mildredtabitha (16422)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Jan 24
@sharonelton I did enjoy my day. You are welcomed.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
24 Jan 24
@mildredtabitha I'm glad you enjoyed your day. It's my pleasure. 
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@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 24
@sharonelton Oh yes all sorts of things! But I really must do it.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
24 Jan 24
@Fleura Yes, unfortunately that's true. 
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
24 Jan 24
It's so windy here at the moment it's scary! The fence didn't blow down after the last storm, I wonder if it'll be intact after this one.
I hope you found something to do to put off filling in your tax return!
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@just4him (318822)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Jan 24
@sharonelton I'm not sorry. I wish it were more than a trace.
We're getting rain tomorrow and Thursday. It will melt the snow and turn it to ice. Not good.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
Thank you. I don't like it when the weather is like this. The weather person was very optimistic that this sort of weather is going to get more frequent! 
Thank you weather person.
I'm sorry you've got snow forecast. I hope it doesn't happen!
Thank you weather person.
I'm sorry you've got snow forecast. I hope it doesn't happen!2 people like this
@LindaOHio (185414)
• United States
23 Jan 24
We are having ice and rain today. The schools are closed or on delay. Have a good day.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
Thank you very much.
I don't think the schools round us are closed. I haven't heard. But I don't expect us to as we don't have anyone who goes to school in our house!
You have a good day too.
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@KarenAnne (257)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 24
@sharonelton I like watching Frugal Queen in France, Huw Richard's gardening videos and Country Life Vlog, but I also like a lot of Fortean/folklore videos like Hare in The Hawthorn, Angela's Symposium. Sometimes health/lifestyle like Dr Rangan Chatterjee or The Minimalists.
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
@KarenAnne Wow. I watch how to painting videos and a vlog from.a lady in South Wales. Her channel is called Planet Imo. But every morning I watch my own videos to make sure someone is watching them!
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
23 Jan 24
Oh, I love going shopping, but not in the bad weather! I think it's a good decision to stay home today.
I hope you enjoy your day catching up on housework and sewing. What YouTube videos will you be watching?
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@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
25 Jan 24
Yes, I did stay in to be nice and warm on Tuesday. But we went out to the big Tesco yesterday. We didn't have to walk far though thank goodness because of my step-dad dropping us off and picking us up again.
@sharonelton (30232)
• Lichfield, England
24 Jan 24
I'm the same! I'm in bed now and the wind is whistling round our house! It's scary!
I'm going to continue with the peacock this week and I've drawn a water lilly on a mini canvas which I painted black. I might paint that.
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