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Showing posts with label Altered Images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altered Images. Show all posts

Friday 3 January 2020

Escaping With The Friday Feeling!

Respect a man, and he will do all the more - James Howell
The Friday Feeling 🎈 has come around far too quick this week!
 Hubby isn't going too work as his chest infection is getting worst.
I was up early....
(Even for a Friday!)↓
 First cup of tea of the day↓
 I took up a cup of tea for sick hubby in bed.
I blew him a 💋 before I left the house↓
 Still not in the double figures↓
 I listened to more great tunes...↓
I had a quick look in the newspaper↓
 John Thaw, British actor would have been 78 years old 🎈
He died aged 60 in 2002
Mel Gibson is 64 years old 🎈
At least I got my B3 space↓
 
 It's wasn't busy as last Friday...
No grabbing of 50% off Christmas decorations.....
Coffee and nibble↓
 I had a good chat with my friend...
(I stopped longer today as I didn't have to go to my school job until next week!) 
I said goodbye,
More tunes to sing-a-long with...↓
 Back home.
 
 I had a healthy lunch↓
 I got the blog up to date..
Quick coffee and nibble before I go to The Happy Place Of Work.. ↓
Someone was liking my butterfly scarf a bit too much..
(Not wearing it there no more)
I was expecting to get everything done in the time limit, until people was doing overtime!
I gave up by 5.30pm.
I will finish it tomorrow!
I carried onto my final job of the day with some great music to sing along with:
I gets back,
I finally takes off the rollers...
It was nice to enjoy a cup of tea...↓
 
We caught up on the final episode of series 2 of:
Can't wait for series 3!
We caught up with series 15,
Hubby getting worst...
Only cuddles tonight :(



 

Sunday 17 March 2019

Adding More To The Hoard!

Cabbage served twice is death - Greek Proverb
I woke up far too early for a Sunday.
Nice early cuppa...
 Wearing a bit of blue today.
Packed lunch we bought from yesterday.
Even bought along the big black trolley.
Out nice and early
 Here we come...↓
 Sunshine and clouds greet us..
 
 
 
Nice chair↓
 Crochet Octopus↓
  A nice top someone made↓
 I sat down to enjoy a quick coffee on the pink carpet↓
 There were some nice sewing machines on sale...↓↓
 
 
 Nice crab
 We had our lunch, and headed back to the car.
Those dark clouds were following us...

 Just got in the car..
Here it comes↓
 While I blew the smoke off my feet...
I just checked to see how many miles we walked around the NEC...
No wonder I feel tired...
Slept all the way home.....
 Dropped off the trolley.
Quick coffee and back out to↓
 Got loads of reduced items..
&
free newspaper↓
 Gets back home to unload the trolley on what I bought at the NEC↓
 Now to enjoy tome coffee and a read↓
  Now to catch up on the housework...
Kitchen done,
Dining room done,
Living room done.
Washing machine goes on twice
followed by the dish washer...
Then the tumble drier went on...
Finally sat down to look at the Birthdays.. 
Nat King Cole: An American jazz pianist and vocalist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts.(Mona Lisa)He would have been 100 years old.
(He died aged 45 in 1965)
John  Sebastian:Is an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist, and autoharpist, who is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000; for his impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969; and for his No. 1 hit in 1976, "Welcome Back".He is 75 years old.
Clare Grogan:
Scottish actress and singer  who with Altered Images had the 1981 UK No.2 single 'Happy Birthday'. Her first film appearance was in the acclaimed film Gregory's Girl, and has since appeared in UK soap Eastenders, Red Dwarf and the comedy Father Ted.She is 57 years old. 
 Alex Chilton:an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, best known as the lead singer of The Box Tops and Big Star.
He died aged 59 in 2010.
Rod Hull: An English comedian, best known as a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet modelled on the Australian flightless emu bird.He died aged 63 in 1999.
Sia releases her single "Chandelier" with a music video featuring Maddie Ziegler in 2014.
While showers were taken.
Nice wind down with some Rock 'n' roll music....
As tomorrow is going to be a sad day...
I am going to another funeral tomorrow..
An ex-postman I worked with, passed away two weeks ago. If I don't make the funeral, I will go to the wake instead and see loads of former co-workers....for a massive catch up!
Bed early...
Back on the sad tearful wobbly work wheel tomorrow🎡