My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we're having a change. We're going to let her in - Les Dawson
Welcome to my Sunday 👅
Little bit of a lie in...
Nice warm hug with hot brew!
Breakfast.
More Christmas themed clothes to wear!
Kids were helping to deliver some Labour leaflets for our good friend Cllr Joe.
I declutted the bathroom.
All the empty Body Shops tubs were put in the recycle bin, as our local store has closed down!
Coffee time!
The kids were back in no time.
Now for us to go out for some fresh air!
The Christmas Tree looking nice↓
We got some reduced items.
Funny Private Eye Front Cover↓
There was a nice hunky man on the next magazine I looked at!
We had to go to Morrisons for some mixed fruit.
We picked up a whole Salmon for under £8.
That's being cooked on Tuesday!
Nice large Mocha on the way out..
Back home to unpack the shopping.
Light lunch time↓
There is now a vacancy come up for a Cllr for my ward.The one who was going up for it, as moved to Nottingham. so I have to go for a interview and get the ball rolling.
That should be interesting....
I gets yesterday's blog wrote while hubby does his work out on the Wii.
Tea is served!
Roast Pork with lots of stuffing and veg.
With Crab Apple jelly.
We watch more of Season 15 of Hell's Kitchen up to the final episode.
I have quick look in today's newspaper..
John Hillerman was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980–1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. He retired from acting in 1999.
He would have been 88 years old 🎈
He died aged 84 in 2017.
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto) was an American singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor in film and television.
He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.
Just living is not enough,one must have sunshine,freedom, and a little flower - Hans Christian Andersen
Welcome to a sunny Tuesday.
I'm hoping the roller boots won't be letting off too much steam today...
It was nice to see the sunshine.....
(Hopefully I will enjoy it later)
I had tea in bed :)
I gave everyone sloppy 💋💋💋 before they left.
I was slapped all over with some lovely stuff!
I watered the plants in the front garden...
(They needed a drink!)
Coffee time!
followed by liquid lunch↓
The sun was out....
It's getting warmer 😎
Listening to lots of great Motown tunes on the way to work....
Plenty of singing along ♪♪♪
Birthday Time↓↓
Bobby Darin : was an American singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, and actor in film and television. He performed
jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.
He started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. This was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee.
He would have been 83 years old.
(He died aged 37 in 1973)
Derek "Lek" Leckenby :was an English musician and lead guitarist, most famous for his work with English pop group Herman's Hermits.
He would have been 76 years old.
(He died aged 51 in 1994)
Robert Zemeckis : is an American director, film producer and screenwriter frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. He first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of Romancing the Stone (1984) and the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future film trilogy, as well as the live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). In the 1990s, he directed Death Becomes Her and then diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump,for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director; the film itself won Best Picture. The films he has directed have ranged across a wide variety of genres, for both adults and families.
He is 67 years old.
Tim Roth : is an English actor and director. He made his debut role in the television film Made in Britain (1982). He garnered critical acclaim for his role as Myron in the film The Hit (1984), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the "Brit Pack", Roth gained more attention for his performances in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Vincent & Theo (1990) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990).
He later earned international recognition for appearing in Quentin Tarantino's films, such as Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Four Rooms (1995) and The Hateful Eight (2015). For the historical drama Rob Roy (1995), Roth won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He made his directorial debut with The War Zone (1999), for which he received numerous accolades.
He is 58 years.
Hugh Griffith :Was a Welsh film, stage and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ben-Hur (1959) and received an additional Oscar nomination in the same category for his work in Tom Jones (1963).
He died aged 67 years old in 1980.
Riley B. King known professionally as B.B. King: was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists.
King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues".
He died aged 89 in 2015.
The Adventures of Robin Hood", directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland is released in 1938
