Something Else!

The mirror above my bed reads: objects appear larger than they are. - Gary Shandling

Welcome to my Tuesday 💥

I brought up the tea,

While hubby brought up the breakfast.

Dressed.

Out to get the newspaper before it gets busy.

Bloody cold!

Says hello to everyone in the newspaper shop.

My dad's drive is down to 3 cars now! 👏

Goes to fetch the new curtain rail for the hall.

Back home.

Quick coffee time.

While I get the blog wrote.

Hubby has to take off the old curtain rail and put the new one on.

Quick job we thought....

Kids were going to help Joe delivering more leaflets. I cut Joe and Pete some cake.

Lots left↓

We had some soup for lunchtime.

The one curtain rail was finally took off.

The 12 year old blind was took down as well

(the covers the little window).

Hubby had broke 3 drill bits trying to put the brackets on the wood covering the wall....

No one had told me that we had run out of staples for the staple gun..

(The other grey staple gun has been reported missing!) 

The blind is going to be covered in more material as the blind has a gap between the end of it and the window.....

It doesn't help the window is draughty as hell.......↓

Tea at 3. 

Finally the curtain rail is up over the window and door! \o/

My bulk load of Sleep Tea arrives from Amazon \o/

It starts to snow again...

Starts making the non-meat Stir Fry.

We watched the whole of Louis Theroux:

Shooting Joe Exotic from the beginning.

The HDMI Splitter I bought yesterday which also came today wasn't working as we couldn't no Sky at all.....

(Something else!!!!)

We watched episode 7 of  season 1 of Snowpiercer on Netflix instead.

It turns out the Splitter was the wrong sort!!

I had to organise the return of it...

(One job to do tomorrow!)

I cut out the material to cover the blind with...

(Another job tomorrow to do)

I ordered the new cabin bed for my son's box room. It's coming Thursday morning.

My son will have sort through his room tomorrow.

  His old bed frame and wardrobe will be to be took down on Thursday....

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Roy Thinnes  is an American television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series The Invaders.

He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (also known as Doppelgänger), and also played Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law & Order. 

He is 83 years old 🎈 

Michael Rooker  is an American actor, known for his roles as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Grant Grant in Slither (2006), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).

Rooker is a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn, having appeared in seven of his films either in supporting or cameo roles.

He is 66 years old 🎈 

Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician and was one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.

She sadly died aged 55 years old in 1998.

We caught up with the newspaper review.

Sleep Tea time.

I expect it to be a cold Hump tomorrow..🐪

 

 

 

 

When The World Gives You Lemons...

I've been on more laps than a napkin - Mae West

Bank Holiday Monday

Welcome to my Monday 🍥

 Hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I wanted to get the newspaper before it gets really busy with people.

Where has the sun gone?

Out in Sexy Beast we go..

It's now starting to snow ⛄

It's really cold....brrrrrr

Says hello to everyone in the shop when I get my newspaper.

Goes past my dad's, still looking like a public car park...

Back home.

The lawn looks nice :)

The blossom is coming out now on the tree.

Quick coffee before starting on the Easter Cake.

Hubby goes on to put the boarder on the wall in the toilet room.

I have a date with lemons...

I had a little play with Kenny as well.

The sponges were put in the oven to bake.

Hubby had finished putting the boarder up.

Once the cake had cooled down from being in the oven.

Time for some decoration!

Now for a special Afternoon Tea.

(at home)

That was so nice and yummy.

Dishwasher emptied and loaded up.

Plus the washing machine went on 3 times!

I carried on writing yesterday's blog post.

Once that was done and published.

Tea at 3. 

I went off to have a nice hot shower!

The curtain rings on the curtain rail above the front door wasn't holding the curtain.....

Nearly 12 years that has been there...

Time for a longer curtain rail that covers the little window and front door!

I ordered one and picking it up tomorrow.

Next on the to do list.

1)Get a new bed for the son that sleeps in the box room. 

2) Another mattress for the other son. 

As we are not going away on holiday at Whitsun.

Sheds and loft is going to be sorted out too. 

We weren't very hungry come teatime.

We had crumpets with grated cheese...

Then we caught up with today's episode of 

Judge Rinder.

Then I caught up with today's newspaper.

Crispian St. Peters (born Robin Peter Smith) was an English pop singer-songwriter, best known for his work in the 1960s, particularly hit songs written by duo The Changin' Times, including "The Pied Piper" and Ian & Sylvia's "You Were on My Mind". 

He would have been 82 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 71 in 2010

Allan Clarke  (born in Salford, Lancashire, England) is an English pop rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Hollies. He achieved international hit singles with the group and is credited as co-writer on several of their best-known songs, including "On a Carousel", "Carrie Anne", "Jennifer Eccles" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress". He retired from performing in 1999, but returned to the music industry in 2019. Clarke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

He is 79 years old 🎈

 

Stan Ridgway  is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums. He was the original lead singer and a founding member of the band Wall of Voodoo.

He is 67 years old 🎈

Gene  Pitney was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer^.

Pitney charted 16 top 40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top 40 hits, and 11 singles in the top ten. Among his most famous hits are "Town Without Pity", "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa", "I'm Gonna Be Strong", and "It Hurts To Be In Love". He also wrote the early 1960s hits "Rubber Ball" recorded by Bobby Vee, "Hello Mary Lou" by Rick Nelson, and "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He sadly died on this day in 2006 aged 66.

 

We missed the first half an hour of the new 

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic

We will watch it from the beginning tomorrow.

Sleep Tea.

More things for hubby to do tomorrow....

(Making the most of him while on holiday!

What could go wrong?????) 

 

Trying Not To Be A Sloth!

I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, honey, rich is better - Sophie Tucker 

 Welcome to my Sunday 👯

Brew with warm hug.

Breakfast.

I stopped in my Purple Rabbit suit as long as I could as it was cold first thing.

Watered all the plants in the living room.

Put the tumble drier back on.

Now the fun to try and get a wall hanging up↗

(Which we bought yesterday) 

It has been folded in half as it was too big for the wall.

Coffee time.

Soup time.

Now out to get some fresh air.

And to go to pick up my order.

I was number 4 in the queue.

Got my bits and went straight home.

Sloth PVC tablecloth.

&

Some hanging for my inside tree!

I had a good clean around where my computer table is situated. 

Hubby and son had 2 games of chess.

Considering hubby hasn't played chess for 20 years, middle son came second both times.

Tea at 3.

It will be coming up to the first Anniversary of my late dad's death on Feb 5th....

I hope I will be be able to visit the grave soon, as due to lockdown, the grave yard is closed.

Another Super Heros film to watch.

Nice bit of Pork for tea.

We watched some Louis afterwards.

Then↓

With my Sleep Tea,

Jim Croce
was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and numerous singles. He would have been 78 years old 🎈

He died aged 30 in 1973. 

Bob Lang, English bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders).

He is 75 years old 🎈 

No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 for me tomorrow.

On-line school learning for our kids.

At the moment hubby is still going into work.

Now to get under that 16 tog duvet!