Happy 2023!

 New Year’s resolution: to tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.” —James Agate

 Happy New Year!

After going to bed early, and missing the chimes of Big Ben. Onto You Tube to watch the new year coming in....↓

Now to start the New Year with a bit of Heardle.

Heardle 60s

My answers:

Breakfast and Brew.

Thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

We still have a bit of moving about to do.

Before we start,

Coffee machine goes on.

Coffee time.

First up to sort out the shoe racks out.

We have white rack from hubby's late dad's house to replace a old shoe rack which has seen better days.

Shoes that don't fit was put in a bag to to the shoe bank.

The old shoe rack is off to the tip tomorrow!

The Dragon that the late neighbour's son gave me on Christmas Day is now guarding the front door!

That was done,

Liquid lunch time.

Back to more tidying up.

Put all my teddies from the film:

"The Secret Life Of Pets" together.

Moved the living room around a bit more.

Now to get the tea on the go...

Quick look into this weekend's newspaper.

UK No.1 on this day in 1969:

 Marmalade - Ob La Di, Ob La Da

US No.1 on this day in 1966:

 Simon & Garfunkel - Sound Of Silence

Tea is ready.

Now to watch one of the films I had for Christmas...

Then we caught up with the news.

Sleep Tea time.

Going to enjoy the Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow 🎈

Moving The Friday Feeling About!

Money is exactly like sex: you think of nothing else if you don't have it and other things if you do - James Baldwin

Welcome to my Friday Feeling 🎈

Up early as we have lots of things to do!

Headle Time!

Headle 60s.

My results.

Breakfast and Brew.

On goes the thermal vest.

The rain has returned.

Hubby is hiring a van and taking our younger son to collect somethings from his late dad's house.

I meanwhile am going for coffee and yak!

I gave hubby a sloppy wet one 💋

I got the newspaper on the way.

Looked in Hobbycraft.

Now for some coffee, chat and nibble.

I had a good chat.

One good thing about visiting,

I didn't buy nothing at all!

Said goodbye to my friend and went home.

Hubby had come back with loads of stuff.

While he went back for more things.

I put the rug down in our living room!

Now to add the coffee table!

I started on with the tea, while hubby returned the Hire van.

Gave hubby a sloppy wet one 💋 when he came back.

Tea is served.

Now to look into today's newspaper.

US No.1 on this day in 1967:

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye

Still have some moving about to do tomorrow...

That's one half of the living room done \o/

Sleep Tea time.

Now to burn some excess energy in bed with hubby!

 

Having The Purple Ones....

It works better if you plug it in - Sattinger's Law

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

We got up early to do the Heardles.

Heardle 60s.

My answers:

Breakfast and Brew time!

On goes the thermal vest.

Then on goes the coffee machine....

Hubby had to sort some things out at his late dad's house.

I gave him a sloppy wet one 😘 before he left.

I had to take down the Christmas Decorations.

My new Microwave arrived.

It is the exact same make of  Microwave as we had before.

The old one lasted 8 years!

The old one came out and I put the new one in!

My French Style French dresser is being sold as we have moving the living room around.

My garden gnome arrived.

In the garden it went.

Liquid lunch.

I had a late Christmas present...

Hubby came back.

(He had a sloppy wet one 💋)

He is renting a van on Friday to bring some larger items from his late Dad's house to here.

I have some of the house to fit some of it in!

It's going to be fun on Friday!

Tea Time.

Yum.

Now to look into today's newspaper.

UK No.1 on this day in 1985:

Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

US No.1 on this day in 1959:

Frankie Avalon - Why

US No.1 on this day in 1974:

Helen Reddy - Angie Baby

After doing all the moving about in the house.

I was a bit tired.

Sleep Tea time.

More fun to have tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting It All Wrapped Up!

I was bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, "Toys not Included" - Bernard Manning

 Welcome to my Monday Fun 🎪

Hubby had to go to work this week,

I am having a rest from the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

Time to do the Heardles...

Heardle 60s:

My answers:

Breakfast and Brew time!

Thermal vest goes on.

Now to leave the house.

I gives hubby a sloppy wet one 💋.

Down to Morrisons to get more bits I need to wrap up the Christmas presents.

Ordered a takeaway coffee on the way out.

Back home.

Carried on drinking my takeaway coffee.

Now to get the presents wrapped up.

Put on my playlist to have a sing-a-long.

Took a few hours to get it all wrapped.

Liquid lunch time.

Then I caught up with last week's blog posts.

Tea at 3.

More blogging up to making the tea.

Hubby came home and had a sloppy wet one 💋

Meat Free Stir Fry. 

Yum.

Then it was time to look into today's newspaper.

UK No.1 on this day in 1958:

Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe. 

UK No.1 on this day in 1987:

Pet Shop Boys - Always on my Mind.

UK No.1 on this day in 2009:

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 

US No.1 on this day in 1964:

The Supremes - Come See About Me. 

We caught up with the news, 

&

Newspapers Review.

Sleep tea time.

Now to make full use of 16 tog duvet...