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Showing posts with label Monday Motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monday Motivation. Show all posts

Monday 21 February 2022

Soothing A Battered Ego!

If you play with anything long enough it will break - Murphy's Law
Welcome to my Monday Motivation 🎈
No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 this week \o/ 
Nice warm hug to start the non-working week with. 
Brew with breakfast.
Hubby still has to go to work.
I gives him a sloppy wet one before he leaves.
I go back to sleep for a bit.
Then it was time to get up.
Both kids are up.
One son has work to go to ....
I leave the house and wait in Sexy Beast. 
I get the newspaper on the way.
Drops one son off,
The other one nips into Lidl.
Then off down to post some letters, and visit the local Charity shop.
First stop, Post Office.
Has a laugh with the Post Office staff, on the letters are for.
"You are gettting them poor inmates all excited!"
"True, and they must like what I am writing, as they write back!"I replied.
 Now onto the Charity shop...
Loads of bargains!!!!
Dropped off the bargains in Sexy Beast.
Quick look in Co-op for more reduced stuff.
I got the veggies for the homemade soup this week!
Now back home.
Coffee machine went on.
Unpacked all my bargains.
8th Minion......
My youngest has worn out the DVD of "Grease" he likes it that much!
My other son hasn't seen "Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", or "Snatch".
The soup and bread maker went back on.
So he has no excuse not to watch them now!
 Coffee Time.
&
Soup.
I did a bit of meditation,
The lavender candle and incense was well nice.
Felt full charged.
Tea at 3 
Then I got yesterday's blog post wrote up to tea time.
Meat Free Stir Fry.
Yum.
The bread from the breadmaker wasn't quite done, back in the oven for a bit longer....
Now to look inside today's newspaper.
Tyne Daly  is an American actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work and a Tony Award, and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.
 Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in the play That Summer – That Fall in 1967. She is best known for her television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey (1982–88), for which she is a four-time Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 1989, she starred in the Broadway revival of Gypsy and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
She is 76 years old 🎈 
William  Baldwin  is an American actor, producer, and writer. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the second-youngest Baldwin of the four Baldwin brothers. He has starred in the films Flatliners (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Virus (1999), The Squid and the Whale (2005), Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which he portrayed himself, and the Netflix show Northern Rescue (2019). Baldwin is married to singer Chynna Phillips. 
He is 59 years old 🎈 
 Les Gray was an English musician best known for his work with glam rock pop band Mud. Gray was also known for his distinctive vocal impersonation of Elvis Presley.
He died on this day in 2004 aged 57.
UK No.1 on this day in 1963:
Frank Ifield - Wayward Wind.
UK No.1 on this day in 1975:
Pilot - January.
UK No.1 on this day in 1976:
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons -
December 1963, (Oh What A Night)
UK No.1 on this day in 1981:
Joe Dolce Music Theatre -
Shaddap Your Face.
UK No.1 on this day in 1998:
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On. 
USA No.1 on this day in 1981:
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
The bread is now done!
I have 3 Godfather Books to read.
Outcomes the first one:
With 
Sleep Tea.
Hubby comes back all deflated.
He lost his snooker match and his team lost 3-2.
His has a week away from it now,
(As we are celebrating my Big Birthday 🎈)
He came back with my Birthday present from his dad.
Plus
 2 magic bags from Spar and Co-op.
Now to use my warm hand to soothe his battered ego in bed!


 




 



 
 

 

Monday 14 February 2022

Celebrating The Love!

 Until you've learned to drive, you've never really learned how to swear - Robert Paul.
Valentine's Day
Welcome aboard the Love's Wobbly Work Wheel 💓🎡
Nice big wet sloppy 💋 for hubby.
Brew and breakfast.
Thermal vest goes on.
It's a bit windy but dry out there.
I gives hubby another sloppy wet 💋 before I left.
The hall car park was closed.
I parked around the corner.
Someone said "I should carry some bolt cutters,", when they asked why I was parking here!
I got my two hats on with the big big gloves.
Off I went to turn on my lights.
Turns on the lights.
Now for the fun to start..🍭
Just as I started, a black Audi stopped in the Keep Clear space, so unable to cross a child over. Had to walk further up the road to stop traffic to get the kids over.
My deputy boss turned up and stayed until I finished.
He saw the cars going under my big stick.
Then car stopping at the last minute.
He was quite amazed by it all.
Finished in one piece.
Then the rains came in.
Quickly got changed and jumped into Sexy Beast.
I got the newspaper on the way home.
The coffee machine was put on.
Kenny the Kenwood came out for a little play for tonight's pudding.
They were put in the oven for later.
The Soup maker came out to make some nice soup for later.
Once the soup was made, it was poured into a jug and bowl to cool down.
Then the bread maker appeared like magic.
Put that on before I enjoyed my soup.
Chicken, Mushroom and Coriander.
Coffee time.
Now to wrap up hubby's Valentine's presents↓
Balloons↑
Cake and Roses↑
Now out to do round 2.
Two hats and big gloves go on.
Turns on my lights.
Then it's rabbit time.
Nice long yap!
Said goodbye to my friends.
Now it's round 2.
The cars on the otherside of the road are failing to stop.....
(Eyeroll time)
Ten minutes before the end, it started to rain!
At least I finished in one piece, just a bit damp!)
Hometime.
The breadmaker finished.
We have bread!
Now to get the Living Room ready for tonight!
Hubby comes back.
Nice wet sloppy one 💋
Candle lit.
Starter time.
A good film to go on while we have tea.
Main course.
Pudding
My presents.
Hubby's Presents
Quick look in the newspaper....
Andrew  Robinson  is an American character actor and the former director of the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the University of Southern California. Originally a stage actor, he works predominantly in supporting roles on television and in low-budget films. He is known for his portrayals of the serial killer Scorpio in the crime film Dirty Harry (1971), Larry Cotton in the horror film Hellraiser (1987), and Elim Garak in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999). He and his wife Irene have a daughter, actress Rachel Robinson, who appeared in Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor". 
He is 80 years old 🎈 
UK No.1 on this day in 1968:
 Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
USA No.1 on this day in 1994:
Celine Dion - The Power Of Love
On this day in 1972, The first episode of Fingerbobs was broadcast as part of the BBC's Watch With Mother strand. Only 13 episodes were ever made and it was presented by Rick Jones.  
The Flumps was first broadcast on BBC1 on this day in 1977 There was only 13 episodes made but repeated countless times.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles was released in UK cinemas in 1988.
Quick sleep tea.
Off to bed with some warm hands!




 



 


 

 

 

 

Monday 29 November 2021

Trying Not To Slip & Slide!

It's the good girls keep diraries. The bad girls never have the time - Tallulah Bankhead
Welcome aboard to a very cold Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
Nice warm hug.
Brew with Breakfast.
Lots of layers on top of the thermal vest.
I gives hubby his sloppy wet 💋 
Very icy, and cold outside.
I parks in the car park around the corner.
As the Covid-19 Boosters are in the hall.
2 winter hats go on with gloves, and boots.
The Christmas Santa has now returned!
Now let's go to work.
Car drivers were going a lot slower than normal because of the ice on the roads.
I hope where I stand in the afternoon, defrosts, as it is slippy as hell on that side of the road.
Everyone commenting on how cold it is this morning. It was -2.5c when I started this morning.
Few car drivers kept going and not stopping on the otherside of the road.
At least I finished in one piece.
I was careful going back to Sexy Beast.
I got changed and just about to walk down to the Post Office, when I forgot my facemask.Back to the car to fetch that.
I was careful going down the hill. Gets my letters weighed and gets asks if I know these people I have wrote a letter too.
"Nope, not yet, as they are on Death Row in America, I won't get to meet them personally either."
She was fascinated about it.
I told her about the series on Netflix about people being on Death Row. 
I found a website that you can write to inmates  on Death Row. So I did!
The queue was getting longer in the Post Office, so I finished my conversation and said goodbye once I paid the postage.
I just about got up the hill, but nearly slipped over in the car park near my car.
Gets off my boots.
I picked up the newspaper on the way home.
Puts on the coffee machine.
I moved the things around in the bathroom to create more room in there!
Put the recycling out, and fetch some bread to the birds.
I had my minor workout after that!
Coffee is now needed.
I had to chase up Amazon up as they charged me full price for two Amazon echos instead of £29.99, I even put the discount code in.
I will have to wait for them to be delivered next week to get the refund!
I write yesterday's blog all the way to lunchtime!
Now for part two.
Nice little tune on repeat on the way to work.
Managed to park in the car park of the old Health Centre.
I gets gloves and 2 winter hats and walks up to put on my lights.
Has a good rabbit with my two friends before I start my afternoon shift.
Now to start.
One parent commented he nearly slipped over on the pavement before I crossed him back over this morning.
I'm glad the ice has now been defrosted on the pavement.
One parent I was talking to, was saying she went out for meal with 3 others on Saturday at a nearly pub. The cost was for three courses each, wine etc...... The amount was £280!
I pointed out I don't drink alcohol, I normally drink lemonade, but go dangerous and have lime added to it!
I wished her a happy Birthday for tomorrow.
Finished in one piece.
Hometime.
When I got home, the younger son had got all the boxes of Christmas decorations out from the loft.
He has put all a Christmas Tree in his room.
Hubby is at snooker tonight, and won't be putting up the decorations in the house until tomorrow night. The boxes went back up in the loft.
Someone was kept downstairs mind.
In need of a  strong brew...
Out comes the new wok we bought Saturday.
Meat Free Stir-Fry time.
Quick look in the newspaper. 
Martin Ruane  was an English professional wrestler of Irish parentage. Best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks he was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked in both Canada and the United States under the name "Loch Ness Monster" or simply "Loch Ness".
Ruane was known for his massive physical size, billed as standing 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall and weighing from 31 stone (434 lb; 196 kg) at the beginning of his career to 48 stone (672 lb; 304 kg) by the end of it; at his heaviest, he weighed 49 stone 13 lb (699 lb; 317 kg).In the 1970s he formed a heel (those that portray the villains) team with Big Daddy and later had a long-running, high drawing feud with a face Big Daddy as the team broke up. During his career, he held the European Heavyweight Championship and British Heavyweight Championship in the UK, and won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship twice in Canada, with the Dynamite Kid and Bret Hart. 
He sadly died aged 52 in 1998 
I took my sleep tea up to bed.
As I have a good book to read about the Godfather film.
Hubby comes back from snooker.
He loses his game and his team loses 4-1.
I told him to take a break next season, and just practice with his snooker pal on a a Monday Night to try get his snooker Mojo back!
The warmth and the sun is back tomorrow, going up to 12c!
A few layers of clothing will be removed tomorrow!