If you can afford it, then there is no pleasure in buying it
- Wallis Simpson
Welcome to my Thursday fun 👌
I had a nice warm hug with a brew.
Breakfast.
The thermal vest went on...
Dressed.
Gave hubby a sloppy wet 😘 before I went out.
Woah it was a bit nippy out.
4 layers, under my Winter coat.
Winter hat and gloves were put on.
I put my lights on,
Let the fun now start...🍭
It was a bit quiet for traffic as the High School had broken up for their half term holiday yesterday. Still had a few cars trying not to stop!
Especially going past, looking up at the stick as they drove past.
A few minutes to go before I finished, a car came out of the nearby side road, put her foot down and sped past under my stick!
At least I didn't walk out in front of it!
Once finished, off to the Co-op to get a top up.
While bagging up, I just had to sing along....very loud to it!
I gets the newspaper on the way back home.
I noticed my neighbour going up the road on his Mobility scooter.
(He didn't too well)
Coffee machine goes on....
Warms up the computer to start to write the blog post...
But first, coffee...
After my Amazon delivery had been, I noticed an Ambulance was out the front.
Then a stretcher was took next door.
My neighbour was brought out on it and loaded up into the Ambulance, and it drove away.
I asked my neighbour's son, "what was wrong with his dad?"
"His oxygen level is too low. He was looking very ill,He has lived a extra 12 months to what the doctors said last year!"He replied.
Back to finish my blog post, up to lunch.
Back out for the afternoon shift.
3 layers under my Summer Coat.
Once I turned on my lights..
I enjoyed soaking up the rays...
I had none of my friends turn up to chat to.
Soaked up the rays until I started my shift.
Most car driver did stop, just had a few just stop in the Keep Clear space.
I finished in one piece.
Now back home.
Time for a much needed coffee...
I was sorting out the tea, when had a message from hubby, he working over, but he can leave early tomorrow because of it \o/
He came back later and still had sloppy wet 💋
Tea is now served.
Quick look in today's newspaper.
Manfred Lubowitz, known professionally as Manfred Mann, is a South African–English keyboardist, arranger, singer and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member and eponym of the bands Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
He is 81 years old 🎈
I have ordered some things to do my D.I.Y project.
Hopefully when they deliver them, it's to my house and not one of the factories...
The Business which sent my parcel, has now got so quiet over a refund, might have to go down the legal route if I don't hear from them soon.
If you think it's difficult to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball - Jack Lemmon
Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫
Nice warm hug followed by,
Warm brew and breakfast.
A lot of rain was falling outside...
Time for those sexy lumo trousers to wear!
I gives hubby a sloppy wet 😘 before I leave.
All the waterproofs on.
I turns on lights and goes back to stand by Sexy Beast to avoid the heavy rain!
Now for the fun to start...🍭
Some car drivers were going to fast in the rain.
Plenty of cars braking last minute when my stick gets put out.
It stopped raining half way during my shift.
I was getting well warm, even had to take off my gloves!
The blue 21 plate mini was no where to be seen!
Finished in one piece.
Now to go and pick up some bits!
First from Screw Fix,
Picks up newspaper and neighbour's magazine.
Final stop was Argos, to pick up some things in the sale...
Back home.
Puts on the coffee machine.
Tidies up the back garden.
Insulates all the pipes that are outside.
Adds a grid topper to the drain.
Next up was to sort out the new curtains for the little windows in the living and our bedroom windows.
I looked high and low for some curtain tape..
All through my craft crap...
Finally found some!
A much needed coffee is needed!
It was raining, thundering, lighting,outside.
As the curtains I bought are Eyelet and are changing them.
Plus adding another pair of curtains to the back of them, instead of adding curtain backing.
Pinned the curtain tape to the curtains.
By the time I had finished that,it was lunchtime!
I could see blue skies outside now!
Now for round 2...
A little bit of Manfred to put me in a good mood..
The hall was closed where I normally park.
Parked in another car park.
I went and put on my lights.
Then I sat down on the bench to enjoy the sun's rays...
One friend was talking to another parent.
I started my shift in the sunshine.
Some car drivers decided they wasn't stopping no matter.
Some had the BOINGs when they went under the stick.
My other friend appeared is a CD he bought yesterday..
Maroon 5 - Songs about Jane.
It has a Level 42 Cd inside it.
He was taking it back to the Charity Shop.
I finished in one piece.
Him and me walked back to my Sexy Beast.
We had a good rabbit until 4.20!!!
I said goodbye to him, as he walked back to his car, then onwards to the Charity Shop.
I drove past him, and waved as he was walking down to the Charity Shop. When I went past it, it closed at 4pm!
More Manfred to sing along with....
Back home.
I got the blue curtains down from the Dining Room Window. Put some longer and brighter ones up.
I needed help getting down the net curtains down. Younger son got them down for me.
Then the new ones went up.
While he was putting up the net curtains, the 12 year old plastic curtain rail came off and snapped!
Great!
Going to be fun putting up another curtain rail.
It took hubby nearly all day to put the one above the front door, as the walls are so solid, he broke 3 drill bits!
Another job to do at the weekend!
I put up the new bathroom curtains.
They too are eyelet curtains.
They are being changed as well.
Just had to order more curtain tape as didn't have enough!
Hubby came home with tea.
Then I dropped him off at the Palace Theatre to watch Chubby Brown.
I got home to write yesterday's blog post.
Then to catch up today's newspaper.
The song at number 6, was one of the songs played at my late dad's funeral last year.
Number 1 is Gerry and the Pacemakers and
"You'll Never Walk Along"
Kathy Kirby (born Catherine Ethel O'Rourke) was an English singer, reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day's "Secret Love" and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest where she finished in second place. Her physical appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe.
Her popularity peaked in the 1960s, when she was one of the best-known
and most-recognised personalities in British show business.
She would have been 83 years old 🎈
She died aged 72 in 2011.
Tom Petty was an
American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He
was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
He would have been 71 years old 🎈
William Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films, and later in his career, comedies (sometimes spoofing his villainous image). His most distinguishing physical quality was his misaligned eye. Before his career in acting, he took several jobs in finance and served two years in the United States Navy during World War II.
Elam performed in 73 movies and in at least 41 television series. Some of his more memorable roles are in Once Upon a Time in the West, High Noon, Support Your Local Sheriff!, and on the series The Twilight Zone and Gunsmoke.
He died on this day in 2003 aged 83
I goes and picks up hubby from the Chubby Brown concert.
