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Monday 25 January 2021

Putting The Whisky To Good Use!

I was so cold when I was in England, I almost got married 
- Shelley Winters 
 Welcome to my MondayπŸ‚
No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎑 for me.
Hubby is working from home,
&
And our kids...
Warm hug with brew.
Breakfast.
I get the kids up to do their on-line learning.
Whereas hubby gets up,
I enjoy the warm bed for another hour!
After that, it's up up ↗↗↗
Let's explore the snow outside!
Put some bread out for the birds and gave them fresh water.
Coffee time!
Now to have a quick play with Kenny...
Cake goes in the oven for 1 hour.
One of my sons had a free lesson, and fetched my newspaper for me.
Dean Jones  was an American actor best known for his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That Darn Cat! (1965), Jim Douglas in The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) and Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven (1992). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971). In 1995, Jones was inducted as a Disney Legends award winner for his film work.
He would have been 90 years old 🎈 
He died aged 84 in 2015.
I had some nice soup for lunch.
Cake is ready!
Whisky and Orange Fruit Cake.
Tea at 3
Hubby's turn to make the tea today.
Meat-Free Stir Fry. 
I went outside to take more snow pics.
(I am hoping the snow might disappear by tomorrow!)
Interesting marks in the snow↓
Nice picture of the moon↓
Went back in after shaking the snow off my boots.
Now for more:
Sleep tea time as well.
Now to get back under that 16 tog duvet cover!

 


Tuesday 17 November 2020

Mixing Chocolate With Orange!

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it - W Somerset Maugham
 
Welcome to my Tuesday πŸ‘©
Finishing off the cheesecake today....
Brew with warm hug.
Breakfast.
Hubby went and got the newspaper for me before work.
Before he left for work, I gave him a big sloppy πŸ’‹.
The son that went to school also had a sloppy one πŸ’‹
Coffee time..
&
Look in the newspaper.
Martin Scorsese  is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential directors in film history. Scorsese's body of work explores themes such as Italian-American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, nihilism, crime and tribalism. Many of his films are known for their depiction of violence, and the liberal use of profanity and rock music. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation and in 2017, he introduced the African Film Heritage Project.He is 78 years old 🎈



Jimmy  Ruffin was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)".He died on this day in 2014 aged 78.

Now to finish making the top for the cheesecake....
Melted lots of dark chocolate and added Chocolate Orange pieces on the top.
I wrote yesterday's blog post.
Now to catch up with Top Of The Pops from 1990!
(I bought both records in 1990)

Bought all of these records↑↓

Highest new entry was Jive Bunny.
(I didn't like this one too much)

Next week's Top of The Pops

 

Going down :(

Lunch time....
No post again today....:(
Now to put knee up for a good bingewatch of ..
I had made a Cottage Pie and it had been slowed for a few hours in the red metal pot.
We finished watching up to the semi-final of Season 8.
We will watch the semi-final of The Great British Bake Off tomorrow.
I have a quick Sleep Tea.
 
Goes to bed only for the loud snores to penetrate past my ear plugs....
I was too tired to put up the camp bed.
I just tried to make it comfortable on a two seater sofa to sleep on.....