Braving The Snow!

I've several varieties of sex.The conventional position makes me claustrophobic, and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw -

Tallulah Bankhead

Welcome to my Saturday ❆

We listened to "Sounds of the 60s" in bed with a brew.

The UK Singles top three was from 1964. 

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Breakfast.

Thermal vest time.

Dressed.

The snow is coming down when we leave.

Drops one son off at work.

Now to carry on to Bromsgrove to have my Booster jab.

Steady 40 m.p.h speed.

Gets to the Covid Centre.

Goes in, gets the Booster.

Sits down for 15 minutes.

Then out I go to see Hubby.

Off to Lidl to do the week's foodshop.

Anyone want a coffee machine?

Big Telly time.

Octopuss anyone?

Another big telly at the till.

We got a bargain wok for £19.99 instead of £79.99.

We then went into Food Warehouse, then Home Bargains.

On the way home, we nipped into Morrisons and we had a cheeky Americano from Starbucks.

Back home.

Unloaded the shopping.

Getting very cold in here.

Draws the curtains, heating goes on.

Time for a warm lunch.

Plus a much needed cup of coffee with a nibble.

We watched a great progamme about Brian Clough.

Then we watched:

I Am A Killer on Netflix.

Time for tea.

We watched Queen at the BBC.

Then.

Freddy Mercury: The Final Act.

The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from Aids, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/Aids.

The film hears from those who performed at the epic gig, including Gary Cherone (Extreme), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Lisa Stansfield and Paul Young, as well as the concert’s promoter, Harvey Goldsmith.

For the first time, Freddie's story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period. Medical practitioners, survivors and human rights campaigners, including Peter Tatchell, recount the intensity of living through the Aids pandemic and the moral panic it brought about.

Afterwards we caught up with the news.

Looked in today's newspaper.

Eddie Rabbitt was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions", "I Love a Rainy Night" (a number-one hit single on the Billboard Hot 100), and "Every Which Way but Loose" (the theme from the film of the same title). His duets "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" with Juice Newton and "You and I" with Crystal Gayle later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children.

He would have been 80 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 56 in 1998 

Trevor Ward-Davies 'Dozy', British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), (born in Enford, Wiltshire).

He would have been 77 years old 🎈

He sadly died in 2015 aged 70.

 

Sleep Tea Time.

I had a email concerning the cleaning job I applied for on Monday.

 

That's fine:) 

Perhaps they might want to take the advert down if they are interviewing people....

The Bathroom is being finished tomorrow \o/

Now off to that warm bed...

 

Lots Of Pink Sunshine!

We ought never do wrong when people are looking - Mark Twain

Welcome back Friday, it's been far too long since last time, the Friday Feeling has visited me 🎈

Big hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Gets kids up for school.

Heard the sad news that our friend, Joe has lost his seat as a Councillor.

Infact there were no Labour Councillors elected at all....

Bad day for Labour.

Even the Council seat for my district turned blue instead of red! 

Gave everyone their sloppy wet 💋💋💋

 Big big sunglasses time!

Gets to my lollypop job in the sunshine.

Tree Shot.

It was unusually quiet for a Friday...

I stopped the lambo..

A few car drivers didn't stop when I put my lollipop stick up in the sky!

I finished in one piece this Friday!

Back home in the sunshine.

Much needed coffee needed.

Then back out to do cleaning job.

The dark roast coffee is nice...:)

Finished cleaning.

Wished everyone a good weekend.

Back home for some light lunch.

Goes back out to do my final shift of the week.

Can't find any car parking spaces again.

I finally find one in the old GP Surgery car park.

RESULT!

I put on my summer coat and my summer hat.

Then the fun starts...

Traffic queues starting to build up.

I was asked:"If I was going to wear my summer coat soon?

"I am wearing my summer coat!"I replied.

I finish in one piece.

Now off home for coffee and crumpet!

Then out with a bag of 70's tunes...

Gets into work.

Loads up my skip for my shift.

Had a nice long play with the hoover.

At least the sun is out.

Bagged up all the dirty cloths for the week.

Finished for the week \o/

Back on the singing route.

Back home.

I had tea.

Quick look in the newspaper.

Eddie Rabbitt  was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions", "I Love a Rainy Night" (a number-one hit single on the Billboard Hot 100), and "Every Which Way but Loose" (the theme from the film of the same title). His duets "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" with Juice Newton and "You and I" with Crystal Gayle later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children.He sadly died on this day in 1998 aged 56.

I just flopped into bed without my Sleep Tea and not putting in my ear plugs...

I woke up at 3am to the sound of my hubby's loud snoring...

Ear plugs back in...

Silence is Golden! 

 
 
 



 

 

Every Which Way Around The Kitchen!

When a piece gets difficult, make faces. - Vladimir Horowitz

We now have reached Sunday.

I left hubby to have his lie-in.

 Tea and toast↓

 I got two blog posts wrote.

Our local radio station read out a Birthday request (for tomorrow)

Now onto work I go

 RIP rat↓

 Listening to some good tunes↓

I gets back↓

 There was a lovely smell of white spirit coming from the back garden...

Hubby said he knocked over the jar of paint brushes with the white spirit.

FFS

I told him to wash it away.....!

While hubby goes to do a tip run.

I put all my teapots back on the shelf↓

 The unit I painted up

Now contains all my cook books in the Dining Room.

While we had a light lunch↓

 We watched Louis Theroux's Weird Weekend.

"Demolition Derby"

 Louis has to overcome his nerves to enter a demolition derby in car-mad Michigan.

 Now to sort out the kitchen.

Got everything off the surfaces.

Done a check pattern with the tiles.

Ordered a new net curtain to match the black & white theme of the kitchen.

Filled up the new cupboard..

Hubby was trying to sort out one of our son's bedroom....

After our tea,

The kids disappeared upstairs,

We watched more Louis...

First up was "Infomercials"
Louis attempts to become a presenter on Florida's Home Shopping Network TV channel and meets Anthony Sullivan and Billy Mays. He also meets people who invent, sell and make a fortune from products such as the Win Gym.

 then↓

 "Swingers"

 Louis meets a couple from Southern California who host swinging parties. He visits one of these to find out what drives couples to want to swap partners. This programme also offers a brief look into other kinds of swinging through an organisation that has a database of members that are rated on a scale of 1 to 10. Under this system, people rated highly are invited to exclusive parties intended to keep out unattractive, socially awkward, or otherwise undesirable people.

 Wow after watching that!

I'm back on the small Wobbly Work Wheel tomorrow...🎡