Looking In The Mirror!

There is no such as a little garlic - Arthur Baer

Welcome to my Saturday 👍

I woke up at 5.50am.

I got up and made a brew.

I listened to "The Sounds of the 60s" while writing yesterday's blog post. 

Sleeping Beauty woke up and we enjoyed breakfast.

Then to wake up son to drop him off at his work.

Dressed.

 It was my hubby's late mum's 81st Birthday today.

(She passed away 26 years ago)

Then out!

Drops off son.

Then off to Stratford Car Boot.

We had to park in the overspill car park.

Spot the Eastenders Characters!

Now to look around....

Here is the conversation I overheard...

Buyer: The view is not nice in this mirror..

Seller: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Buyer:I'm interested in this mirror

Seller:Give me an offer for it

Buyer: There is a bit missing of the mirror, no thanks, and he put the mirror down!

I found another Black eyed Susan vine.

Red flowers on it.

It was only £2.50!

Bargain!

Another look around.

I went past a old Singer Sewing Machine...

It looked good...

Bit the hand's man off for how much it was.

It was heavy, hubby had to swap hands taking it back to the car!

The boot full.

Now off to visit Alcester.

There was no price on anything....

I got a card and balloons for my friend who is 70 today. 

We enjoyed a fishcake and chips lunch.

Now to deliver the balloons and card!

He wasn't in, so I tied the balloons to the door handle.

(I'm sure he will be pleased when he came back!)

Back home to unpack the car 

&

Have a much needed coffee!

Here is a pictures of before my house and garden looked like 12 years ago, and now.

Now out to get a lucky bag from Morrisons.

Then for tea. 

Yummy.

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Windsor Davies  was a Welsh actor whose career in film and television spanned forty years. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) over its entire run. The show's popularity resulted in Davies and his co-star Don Estelle achieving a UK number one hit with a version of "Whispering Grass" in 1975. He later starred with Donald Sinden in Never the Twain (1981–1991), and his deep Welsh-accented voice was heard extensively in advertising voice-overs. 

He would have been 91 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 88 in 2019 

 David Soul (born David Richard Solberg) is a British-American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970; and Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973. In 1977, he scored a number one hit single with "Don't Give Up on Us".

He is 78 years old 🎈 

 

Now for some Sleep Tea...

As normal we carried on watching something on Netflix, and fell asleep!

Upstairs to bed as off to visit another car boot tomorrow!

 

Having A Smaller One!

 My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance - Tim Allen

Welcome to my first day of my school holidays 👌

 It was nice to have warm hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby gave me a sloppy wet 💋 before he went off to work.

I was taking one son up the town to get some more trainers for playing football with.

I waited outside while he got ready to come out.

Now out we go...

We parked in Car Park 4.

Son bought his trainers from Sports Direct.

I bought a mini Pom Pom tree from Magical Store.

(It was reduced from £16 to £4)

Got a cold mocha from Costa Coffee on the way back to the car.

We dropped it off home, then back out.

Got some bargains from the Charity Shops in Alcester.

Now to visit Waitrose.

Funny Private Eye Front Cover.

Son and I have  ice lollies in the car park before we go back home.

Unpacks all the shopping and bargains.

I bought two sewing machine books as well.

Found room for my Pom Pom tree.

Lunchtime.

Now to catch up with newspaper reading..

I got through reading of them.

Into the Recycle bin they go afterwards.

I puts the tea in the oven to cook.

Hubby come home and has a nice wet 💋

and hug.

Tea is served.

Quick look in today's newspapers.

 Estelle Louise Fletcher, known professionally as Louise Fletcher, is an American actress. She had her acting debut in the television series 77 Sunset Strip in the 1957/58 season. She guest starred in the television series Bat Masterson (episode "Cheyenne Club"), Maverick (episode "The Saga of Waco Williams") with James Garner, and Wagon Train in 1959 before making her film debut in A Gathering of Eagles in 1963. In 1974, after a decade-long hiatus from acting in which she raised a family, Fletcher appeared in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us. 

 Fletcher garnered international prominence with her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Other notable film roles include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Brainstorm (1983), Firestarter (1984), Flowers in the Attic (1987), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Cruel Intentions (1999)

She is 87 years old 🎈 

Terence  Stamp is an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the "master of the brooding silence" by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

He is 83 years old 🎈

  It's getting warm again at night....

Another night on the sofa?

At least the Friday Feeling is back tomorrow 🎈 

 

 

Puff! It's Gone!

 Dahling, I have enemies I've never met. That's fame! 

- Tallulah Bankhead

Welcome to my Saturday 😇

Hug with Brew!

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Time for hubby and son to go food shopping before it gets too busy to move about.

We have our post early.

More Prima Makes mags↓

Now to get 2 blog posts wrote.

I just finished one, and hubby came back with the shopping, the younger son had done next door's shopping as well.

I write yesterday's blog post.

Both blog posts get published.

Now back out to pick up my 2 parcels from Alcester.

It still not that warm out!

Hubby checks his tyres.

We got past the place where the new Lidl's is going to be built.

Parks in the Waitrose car park.

There was only one parcel not two!!!!

I will double check my emails when I get back to the car.

We walk down the high street.

Back down the otherside to get a takeaway coffee.

Coffee and nibble time!

Checks my emails.

The parcel was delivered last Tuesday.

I goes back in, and they look again, it's not there.

I was told to phone up on Tuesday to see if it's appeared!

Back home for a light lunch↓

Catch up on 2 episodes of TOTP's from 1990.

Now for the next episode↓

Watched the last half an hour of "Evil Under The Sun."↓↓

The kids were out delivering leaflets with Joe.

(They had their tea before they went out)

We were having ours when they got dropped back.

Onto Netflix for the first film of the night.

Really good film!

Next up was a new 3 part series that came out last month.

"Murder Among The Mormons"

Really good twist at the end!

I caught up with 6 days of newspapers.

Including today's.

&

Waitrose mag.

Sleep tea time.

The sun is due out tomorrow...

Time to see my parents in the sunshine!