Join us for Fredagsmys (cosy Fridays)

Katiehound

Oh dear you've sent me on a reminisce 

Within 30 miles we have a brick built castle (1440) NT and a village near there has the largest one handed church clock in the world!
 About 20 miles in the other direction is a tiny stone church with box pews and is the only thatched church in the county 

Wonder if your mother has visited them?  Today you certainly need to wrap up cosily as it's grey & chilly.

Sun_Addict

Yes it’s officially Blue Monday on the 20th https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/blue-monday-2025/

It will not defeat us though, we will beat it 💪

Sun_Addict

This cat likes to be warm and cosy 😆

KajiKita

@Katiehound, yes technically not a cosy subject, but that kind of architecture is inherently suited to the local climatic conditions so it sounds like a good place to start … Also, it makes me think of the kind of rambling, relaxed conversations you end up having with friends around a fire, with a cuppa, after a good meal … Feels cosy to me iyswim 😉😊 

Sun_Addict said:

Yes it’s officially Blue Monday on the 20th https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/blue-monday-2025/

It will not defeat us though, we will beat it 💪

Agreed. We need a specific focus to help us get through next Monday … 🤔

KK

Wednesday2000

One of the cats I used to have was an expert on getting cosy.🤣

ETA I'm showing this old pic to my husband. OMG, that cat was a character.

Katiehound

^^^^
I think the phrase is: " Just make yourself at home""

KajiKita

Oh @Wednesday2000 🤩❤️🤩 
GORGEOUS!! 

KK

Sun_Addict

@Wednesday2000 What a beautiful cat 🥰 I used to have a pure white male cat that used to sit with his legs spread eagled washing his bits 🤣

PennysIntoPounds

I don't mean to sound cynical but Blue Monday was literally made up by a company flogging holidays, so how about we all take a small diversion from the Fridays cosiness and have a 'sod that, I'm going to smash it' Monday?
The things lingering on to-do lists we don't want to do, we just do them. No procrastinating, no leaving space for our brains to come up with excuses, just a big collective nose-thumbing at corporate manipulation trying to make us feel worse so we spend more money.
Anyone up for joining me this Monday by choosing the biggest Thing That Is Being Put Off and blimmin well doing it?
We can then have mse treat food/drink/telly time to reward ourselves 🍻

Wednesday2000

PennysIntoPounds said:

I don't mean to sound cynical but Blue Monday was literally made up by a company flogging holidays, so how about we all take a small diversion from the Fridays cosiness and have a 'sod that, I'm going to smash it' Monday?
The things lingering on to-do lists we don't want to do, we just do them. No procrastinating, no leaving space for our brains to come up with excuses, just a big collective nose-thumbing at corporate manipulation trying to make us feel worse so we spend more money.
Anyone up for joining me this Monday by choosing the biggest Thing That Is Being Put Off and blimmin well doing it?
We can then have mse treat food/drink/telly time to reward ourselves 🍻

Same with the 10,000 steps thing as that is a marketing gimmick, but I still try to get my steps in as a rule. 

I'm going to get my husband to sort out his passport application on Monday and declutter my wardrobe and take it to a charity shop.