I have my standards.They may be low, but I have them - Bette Midler.
Welcome to my Sunday🎈
Is it going to be stress free Sunday or not???
I will find out on Tuesday when my dad's funeral is...
I let hubby have a longer lie-in than me.
I went down downstairs to make the tea...
I left his cup of tea by the bed.
I had a bit of yogurt with tea.
The wind was blowing outside....
Storm Ciara has arrived!
I wrote yesterday's blog post.
Hubby rose from the warm bed.
I fancied a bit of 💋
So I took him back to bed for a bit of it...
I felt a lot better after that!
While hubby cleaned out our gerbil.
I started to make hubby's Valentine's present for Friday..
Finished doing up the wooden heart...
It's pom pom time↓
Then the phone calls was coming from my younger brother...
The progical brother was throwing everything away in the skip...
Photos, etc...
As progical brother wasn't there.
Hubby went round, and found my house keys straight away.
They put stickers on things that I want.
Photos of my kids were got out of the skip!
Hubby brought some things back from my dad's house↓
Then we sorted out the funeral songs for my dad's funeral.
I had a look in the newspaper...
Carole King, American singer-songwriter (Tapestry),is 78 years old 🎈
Holly Johnson, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), is 60 years old 🎈
Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure aged 52 years old in 1997.
Ian Richardson, was a Scottish actor of film, stage and television.
He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy. Richardson was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor.He died aged 72 in 2007.
I got the lollipop coat dried for tomorrow.
All ready to mount the wobby work wheel tomorrow 🎡
I have often lamented that we cannot close our ears with as much ease as we can our eyes.
- Sir Richard Steele
I woke up 1:25am with the sound of snoring.
The ear-plugs got put back in...
Back to sleep until...↓
I had a nice hug and kiss in bed.
Now to leave the house...
Lots of fresh air to be had↓
Parks in Car Park 4.
Looking Down↓↓
The first song I hear when I get into the Shopping Centre was:
Started to look around the shops.
Hubby collected his flower for his mum's grave. Which he will put on her grave tomorrow.
Someone knew I was coming ↓↓↓
Enjoying a much needed coffee↑ While walking back to the car, I heard another great song (Which is at the end of this blog post) Gets everyone in the mood for the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow!
My mum has another flower on her grave↑↑↑
I visited a friend as well.
No sign of the cup I left a few years ago.
I will drop some flowers around to him next weekend↑↑↑
I found the grave of the ex-postman, who died last month and I went along to his Wake.
I will pop some flowers on his grave next week also↑↑↑↑
I unpacked my plants I bought from town and B&Q.
All ready to hang the new gate up ↑↑
It's done :) No trouble with it coming off!:) :)
While we all have showers,
I look at the Birthdays:
James Garner: Was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He
starred in several television series over more than five decades,
including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook (2004).
He would have been 91 years old.
(He died aged 86 in 2014)
Ian Richardson:Was a Scottish actor of film, stage and television.
He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy. Richardson was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor.
Richardson's other notable work included a portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for the BBC, significant roles in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Brazil, and M. Butterfly, and as the lead in the Broadway production of Marat/Sade.
He would have been 85 years old.
(He died aged 72 in 2007)
Gorden Kaye:was an English actor and singer, best known for playing womanizing café owner René Artois in the British comedy series 'Allo 'Allo!
He would have been 78 years old.
(He died aged 75 in 2017)
John Oates : Is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates (with Daryl Hall).
Although Oates's main role in the duo was guitarist, he also
co-wrote many of the top 10 songs that they recorded, including (with
Hall): "Sara Smile" (the song refers to Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen), "She's Gone", and "Out of Touch", as well as (with Allen and Hall): "You Make My Dreams", "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", and "Adult Education".
He is 71 years old.
Geoffrey Lewis :Was an American character actor. Lewis was known for his film roles alongside Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood.He typically played villains. He also played a bodyguard inDouble Impact.
He died aged 79 in 2015.
Tim Pigott-Smith: Was an English film and television actor and author. He was best known
for his leading role as Ronald Merrick in the television drama series The Jewel in the Crown, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1985. He appeared in many notable films including: Clash of the Titans (1981), Gangs of New York (2002), Johnny English (2003), Alexander (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Quantum of Solace (2008), Red 2 (2013) and Jupiter Ascending (2015).
