Happy Birthday To Me!

 "The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." - Lucille Ball

 Welcome to my Birthday 🎈

The card and presents were ready to open!

But first tea,hug and breakfast!

Opens up the presents and cards.

Downstairs they all go.

One more present from hubby failed to arrive yesterday, fingers crossed it comes tomorrow.

Coffee time!

Then out for some much needed vitamin D!

Quick walk around the block.

Things we saw...

Back home to start taking off the Border up the stairs and add a new one.

We added the new one to the left of the stairs.

Lunchtime.

We however run out of Border to finish the stairs and adhesive...

Tried to find any Hardware shops near me that sells the tubs....only small tubes...

Back onto Amazon, and I had to reorder another roll of Border as well! 

Going to repaint the skirting going up the stairs with a tin of yellow paint I had bought and not used tomorrow.

Belated Tea at 3.

Let's see who shares my Birthday.

(Proper Birthday is the 29th February)

Joss Ackland, CBE  is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). 

He is 93 years old 🎈

Writes part of Friday's blog post.

As my lovely tea was ready, I will carry on writing it tomorrow.

Film Time.

I much prefer The Krays film from 1990.

Next film we watched was:

As it is quite a long film, we are watching the rest of it tomorrow.

Sleep Tea Time.

No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 for me tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Blow Then Eat....

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore - Ogden Nash

Welcome back on my tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

 My youngest son turns 15 today!

(Makes me feel old!) 

Brew and hug time↓

 Breakfast.

Got dressed.

Left it too late for the walk.

Into Sexy Beast we go↓

 

 Back home↓

  Gave hubby a sloppy 💋 before he left to go to the office.

I had to put some balloons up in the garden for the Birthday Boy↓

 Now to carry on with covering the cake↓

 Once it was finished,

Let it set in the fridge.

Cup of coffee time↓

 &

Had a look in the newspaper↓

 Cake is ready↓

 The candles were blown out.

A big box arrived for me.

(Made sure it wasn't ticking either)

 My new hat had arrived↓

 &

My Amazon order arrived as well↓

 Tea at 3

 I got 4/6 on the Tv Themes Quiz.

I did my blog from yesterday.

Out came the sewing machine,

(I bought back in 2018)

 I made another face mask↓

 The cake going down well↓

 I go down to work a bit early↓

 Big tune to start↓

 Back home in the daylight↓

 Cheese toasty sandwiches↓

 Get all my craft things out to find more bobbins, material, and thread out for another go on the sewing machine tomorrow.

Tidied up the kitchen,

Got to pick up some nice things from Dunelm tomorrow, to put in there.....

It's getting cold at night....

Back under that 16 tog duvet...... 

 

1-2-3......16!

The least of learning is done in the classrooms - Thomas Merton

Our son's 16th Birthday 🎈

&

Friday Feeling 🎈

I gave him a bit of lie-in.

The bunting and balloons need to be put up first!

 Brew and hug time↑

Breakfast,

Gets dressed.

Not looking too good again↓

 Back into Sexy Beast↓

 Once we get back.

I gave hubby a wet 💋

Off to work he went.

I had to get the balloons and bunting up!

 Quick cup of coffee↓

  Birthday Boy wakes up.

He opens his cards and presents.

He likes all the balloons and bunting outside.

I have to finish his cake....

But before that happens..

Unload and upload the dish washer.

Tidy the kitchen...

Back on the Baking Play Time..↓

 Light lunch time↓

 Quick look in the newspaper↓

 Len Barry (born Leonard Borisoff  in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer.He is 78 years old 🎈

 John Linnell  is an American musician, known primarily as one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. In addition to singing and songwriting, he plays accordion, baritone and bass saxophone, clarinet, and keyboards for the group. He is 61 years old 🎈 

 Ricky Valance (born David Spencer), was a Welsh pop singer. He was best known for the UK number one single "Tell Laura I Love Her", which sold over a million copies in 1960. He was the first male Welsh singer to have a UK number one single hit. He died aged 84 in 2020.

  

 My son received his Birthday card from his dad. I said "Be careful opening it, it might contain a £50 note!"
Nothing was in it.
"It's invisible, only your dad can see it!"I replied to him.
 Two pieces of cake gone already↓

 My tea at 3↓

  I wrote yesterday blog.

Ordered in tonight's tea↓

 One more episode of:

Off to work I go↓

Start with a big big song↓

I had a long hot shower when I got back home.

I heard Ricky Valence had died :(

Now for some sleep tea and added the ear plugs....

More work for my warm hands....