Whip, Handcuffs But No Chains!

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace - 

Robert J Sawyer 

Welcome to the Friday Feeling 🍿

Hug with a brew!

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby went out to clear his car of snow...

I gave him a big sloppy 💋 before he left.

I got the kids up to do their on-line learning.

I meanwhile got on writing my blog post from yesterday.

Before I did my Jukebox on Twitter.

Time to get the newspaper..

Still cold!

I chats with the woman in the Newsagent.I told her I didn't get the LTS job,but I have another interview tonight.She wished me luck for that one.

Back home.

Now for a much needed coffee!

&

Look in the newspaper

 Dame Shirley  Bassey, DBE  is a Welsh singer, whose career began in 1953, well known for her expressive voice and for recording the soundtrack theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single. In 2000, Bassey was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey is one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain.

She is 84 years old 🎈 

Peter Sarstedt, briefly billed early in his career as Peter Lincoln, was a British singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He was the brother of musicians Eden Kane and Clive Sarstedt.

Although his music was classified as pop, it generally encompassed ballads derived from traditional folk music rather than traditional rock and roll. He was best known for writing and performing the song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?", which topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969. Set to a "faux European waltz tune" and described as "a romantic novel in song", it won an Ivor Novello Award. The record remained Sarstedt's biggest hit, despite his releasing numerous successful albums and singles from the late 1960s onward.

He died on this day in 2017 aged 75. 

Michael  Apted, CMG was a British director, producer, writer and actor. One of the most prolific English film directors of his generation, he is known for directing: the Up series (1964–), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the American film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980); the latter being nominated for seven Academy Awards, including for the Best Picture. He also directed Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award nominations and one Academy Award nomination, and the critically-acclaimed films Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Enigma (2001). 

He died on the 7th January 2021 aged 79. 

I added my Jukebox tunes to Twitter.

Early lunch with some hot soup.

I watched a film I haven't seen for ages...

Tea at 3.

Next was a programme I found on the planner I hadn't watched↓

Then I have to get all my things ready for the interview..

Tablet ready.

The interview went well.

When asked if I knew what the Whip does....

Out came my hand pretending to use a whip with noises.....

later on in the interview..

I just had to mention handcuffs......

I was told after the interview I am going onto the next stage, and have another interview in another 4 weeks time. \o/

Light lunch involving crumpets and finishing off the tart I made yesterday.

I had my Sleep Tea early.

Speaking of handcuffs early....

I dug mine out for later...↓

The whip will have to be oiled!

Now I ready for the weekend!

 

 

Back Into Hell's Kitchen!

Boxing is just show business with blood -

Frank Bruno 

 

Welcome back to the Monday Feeling!

No wobbly work wheel 🎡 this week.

I had a strange dream about the Wild West Books I inherited off my late dad last night↓

Let's kick off this Monday with:

Brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby dropped off son for his boxing lesson.

Hubby brings back the newspaper.

Quick read.

Bob Hoskins  was an English actor. His work included lead roles in Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), and Super Mario Bros. (1993), and supporting performances in Brazil (1985), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), A Christmas Carol (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He also directed two feature films: The Raggedy Rawney (1988) and Rainbow (1996).He would have been 78 years old 🎈

He died aged 71 in 2014.

  Coffee↓

I decided to get some fresh air and see how my knee responds to driving again.

Picked up son from his boxing lesson.

Back home.

Now to put leg up again.

I wrote yesterday's blog.

Lunch time!

Hell's Kitchen series 19 is back on!

We watched the first two episodes.

No binge watching of it, as only two episodes a week is being broadcasted on ITV2.

 Followed by:

Tea at 3

Hubby went out to do some more food shopping.

I received my Hobbycraft order↓

Nice photo of me in all my glory!

I did some cutting up of material.

All cut up ready to make more face masks.

Hubby comes back with the shopping.

Nice Duck Stir Fry for Tea.

We watched some Judge Rinder.

Moved onto some onto some songs.....

I was named after White Plains hit↓

I have this tune as my ringtone↑↑↑

I had a hot shower shortly afterwards.

Carried on watching where we left off:

With some Sleep Tea↓

Back onto the Doctors tomorrow,

As the swelling is going down.....↓

 


 

Wherefore Art Thou My Bargains?

The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with a light on - Anon

Welcome to a wet Hump of the Week🐪

*2000th blog post*
 My dad's death announcement in the local newspaper↓

We all enjoyed a rare mid-week lie-in...

Closely followed by:

 Warm hug & cup of tea!

We all got up and out of the house↓

 Quick look in the newspaper↓

Smokey  Robinson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles),is 80 years old🎈

Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 hit "Lightnin' Strikes".He is 77 years old 🎈

 It was starting to rain again.

We get to Stratford Upon Avon...

We made sure we got a ticket ↓

 

 Off to the first Charity Shop.

I got 4 1960's CDs for £2!

I got talking about "Sounds of the 60s" on a Saturday morning to the staff.

"I won't be getting up that early for Tony Blackburn!" One said.

Off to visit more Charity shops.

 

 

 I walk into the next Charity Shop,

Then I started singing along..↓

People was looking at me, I carried on singing along.

Once the song finished,

I left the shop.

I moved on to the next Charity shop

and found a great book↓

  They was song, which I had to sing along with↓

Looked around a bit more↓

 

 The water is still up↗↗↗

 

 Lunchtime↓

 Let's have a look in Laura Ashley↓

 

 

 

 I got a bargain↓

 Nice shoes↓

 Nice↓

We then moved onto a great place↓

They had some great stuff↓

 

 

 

 I got some nice stuff↓

 

 We drop it off home.
Then we go round to my dad's house.
Utterly heartbreaking.
The heart has been ripped out :(
The flowers and cards:

Back home for coffee and nibble↓

 I managed to salvage some photos...↓

 My dad with his grandson↑

My dad sorting out the land he just bought↑

 Me opening up a xmas present in the 70s↑

 My late mum on her wedding day↑
Some of the lovely things I bought from Stratford Upon Avon↓

The cake stand I paid £8 (instead of £30) is being used! Nice bit of bling↓

 Then off to the Happy Place Of Work
Tea was ready when I got back↓

  We finished off the banana cake↓

 Off to do more work with some great tunes to sing along with↓

 

Back home to kick off the steaming hot rollers↓

Now to use my warm hands to their full use on hubby!