When Are You Coming Back?

Success is a journey, not a destination.The doing is often more important than the outcome - Arthur Ashe

Welcome to my Thursday 🎈

I wish the weather would make its mind up on what to do....!

(Bikini 👙 goes back in drawer)  

 Brew and Hug↑

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Just got ready to go on walk when it started to rain↓

 Into Sexy Beast we go.

We went past the middle school our kids went to, and everyone was queuing up to get through the school gates at 8am!

Back to have a quick read of the newspaper↓

 Pauline Collins OBE  is an English actress of stage, television, and film, who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–73) and its spin-off, Thomas & Sarah (1979). In 1992, she released her autobiography, titled Letter to Louise.

Collins played the title role in the play Shirley Valentine, for which she won an Olivier Award in 1988, and Drama Desk and Tony Awards in 1989. She reprised the role in the 1989 film adaptation, winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. She also starred in the television dramas Forever Green (1989–92) and The Ambassador (1998–99). Her other film appearances include City of Joy (1992), Paradise Road (1997), Albert Nobbs (2011), Quartet (2012), and The Time of Their Lives (2017)She is 80 years old 🎈 

 With coffee↑

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

I gave hubby a sloppy 💋 before I left.

 Nice bit of tunes to sing-a-along with↓

 It rained all the way!

Those rain clouds followed me by the look of it↓

 I had a better day today.

It helped by me bringing in my reading glasses ...

The sun came out on the way home \o/

 Light lunch time↓

 My friend was popping in for chat and coffee later.

Hubby ducked out the house with a shopping list.

My friend came...

Yak and coffee on the menu↓

 Once my friend went.

Hubby came back with food for our Wedding Anniversary on Saturday \o/

I was trying to sort out the mobile phone contracts and I was not getting anywhere  as normal!

Tea is served↓

Watched more of:

Off to work I goes.

Starts with a big tune↓

When I gets back. 

Customers were asking when I was coming back to the Lollipop job.

(I was due to go back next Monday.)

The Council has suspended the service until they can get it Covid Safe.

I'm getting in the mood to go back↓

 

 Now off to bed after that fun↑↑↑

The Friday Feeling is back tomorrow 🎈

 

 

 

Surprise Time!

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-conidence - Robert Frost

Welcome to my Thursday.

I am still coming to terms with the death of my lovely dad..:'(

Thermal knickers get put on... 

I had a lovely hug and cup of tea↓

 I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋

Out of the door I go↓

 

 Today's tree picture↓

 The final picture before I start work↓

 I see two car drivers using their mobile phones while driving...

I saw two Tanks...

(Car drivers not clearing their windscreens!)

It was freezing cold!

However, due to my thermals,

I wasn't feeling it \o/

I finished in one piece.

Back home↓

 The Robin is back↓

 Coffee and nibble↓

 Hubby and I share some soup....↓

 Hubby had got the newspaper earlier.

Patrick Macnee, British actor (The Avengers, Magnum, P.I., Sherlock Holmes),would have been 98 years old 🎈

He died aged 93 in 2017.

 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], Italian-American singer, songwriter, and actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide), died of heart failure at 93 years old in 2007.

 James Whitmore, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption, Give 'em Hell Harry), dies of lung cancer aged 87 years old in 2009.

 It seems I won't be getting my keys to my dad's house just yet. My dad had borrowed my keys, and surprise surprise, my brothers can't find them, so I am locked out and can't visit my dad's house :'(

Now back to do my afternoon shift of Lollipop🍭

 Low lying sun again↓

 It wasn't busy like it will be tomorrow...

I finish in one piece.

Back home.

I get changed...to go to The Happy Place Of Work..

Tea is ready for me when I got back.

A lovely Meat-free meal↓ 

 We have a surprise visitor.

Someone who I haven't seen for four years!

Our kids were glad to see him again!

I took a reunion picture.

 I said goodbye to him...

I went off to do my final job of the day with some great music↓

 We catch up with today's news...

Followed by a rush to a warm bed....

As the Friday Feeling 🎈 is back tomorrow! 

 

Trying To Getting Over It!

Democracy means government by discussion,but it is only effective if you stop people talking - Clement Atlee

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

Hubby is still unwell..he is off to the doctors later...

I enjoyed a cup of tea and hug to start the day↓

 I blew hubby a 💋

& gave our kids sloppy 💋💋

Out of the house I go↓

 

 It's a bit windy....

 It might be new year,

But I still have the same problems..

One car driver stopped for me,

Then changed her mind, and carried on driving!

Oh dear!

I finished in one piece.

 

 I enjoyed a much needed coffee↓

 I blew hubby a 💋

Off  I go for some more singing...↓

 

 I had a quick peak in the newspaper↓

Dame Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer, is 83 years old 🎈

 Little Anthony [Anthony Gourdine], American rhythm and blues singer (Little Anthony and the Imperials-Goin' Out of My Head) is 79 years old 🎈 

  Terry Sylvester  is the English former guitarist/singer with The Escorts, The Swinging Blue Jeans (1966–69) and The Hollies.He is 73 years old 🎈

Peter Sarstedt, British musician (Where do you go to my lovely), died at the age of 75 in 2017.

 I looked across the fields of fun↓

 I finished with a nice red face.

More singing along to do...↓

I gets home to enjoy coffee and a nibble↓ 

Blew hubby a 💋

Then off to do more Lollipop🍭

Some of the cars were driving under my raised lollipop stick ..

I finished safely.

Gets home.

Then off to The Happy Place of Work.

Someone has lifted my bathroom cleaner!

Great.....

Was giving something nice to take home↓

 Hubby got back from the doctors.

They gave him a chest X-ray just to check the lungs.

I made a shepherd's pie with a twist↓

 Now off to burn it off and to do a bit of work with some great songs↓

 I gets back home.

We caught up with the news and the newspaper review...

I dragged a ill hubby off to bed....

(Only to have some sad news about my dad tomorrow......)