Having Lots Of Play!

If you think nobody cares if you're alive or dead, try missing a couple of car payments - Flip Wilson

Welcome to my Saturday.

I slept right through and missed

"Sounds of the 60s" 

(I will catch up with it on BBC Sounds later)

 The sun might make appearance today.

 It was nice to have a warm snuggle and a cup of tea in bed.

It would have been my mum and dad's 51st Wedding Anniversary today.

(My mum passed away 6 years ago)

There is a lot of great people whose Birthday it is today.

Stephanie Cole is 78 years old 🎈

 Steve Miller  is 76 years old 🎈

Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) would have been 74 years old 🎈

He died aged 51 in 1997

Russell Mael,(Sparks) is 71 years old 🎈 

 Bob Geldof is 68 years old 🎈

 Now for a little play with Kenny↓

 

 Once the carrot cake was put in the oven.

Coffee & Nibble↓

I had 2 blog entries to write up.

While doing that I listened to Pick of the Pops from 1964.

Some of the hits that were in the chart:

Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers

One Way Love↓

 Jim Reeves - I love You Because.↓

Matt Monro - Walk Away↓

We're Through - The Hollies↓

The Batchelors - I wouldn't Trade You For The World↓

Number 1 is Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman↓

Moving onto 1979

The Dooleys - The Chosen Few↓

Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts↓

Madness - The Prince↓

Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind↓

The Buggles - Video Killed Off The Radio Star↓

Bellamy Brothers - If  I Said You Had A Beautiful Body↓

Blondie - Dreaming↓

Number 1 is: The Police - Message In A Bottle↓

Coffee & light Lunch↓

 My order arrived...↓

 

 Once the cakes were cooled down.

Now for a little play...again↓

 *I will unveil the cake on Wednesday.*

Finally finished it!

A late tea↓

 We caught up with The Graham Norton Show↓

 Graham's guests are Renee Zellweger, Lenny Henry, Louis Theroux and Andrew Ridgeley. Elbow perform White Noise, White Heat.

&

The final of Interior Design Masters

We caught up with Law and Order season 11 for the week.Only to find the ending was being cut off!!! Before we could see if they were been found innocent or guilty. We are going to watch it off Universal TV channel instead, as it is showing Season 11 as well as 5*USA channel.

 The new curtains in our bedroom are looking nice and keeping the bedroom warm.

 

 It probably helps we have a 16 tog duvet as well ;)

 

 

A Bit Of Hanky Panky..

Scratching an itch is one of nature's sweet pleasures, and so handy - Michel De Montaigne

Welcome to the weekend🎈

We enjoyed a nice long lie-in.

Even used a warm tongue and even warmer hands in bit of Hanky Panky 💋

I enjoyed the cup of tea afterwards!

  Now to get some fresh air..

 Off to Morrison's to do some top up shopping...

Back after an hour..↓

I enjoyed a much needed coffee

 with a light lunch↓

 I caught up with the blog.

I listened to Pick of the Pops on Radio 2.

This week's chart run down was from 1968.

There were a few songs I would have liked them to play, but they didn't :(

I however will now↓

Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy

Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Tich - Last Night in Soho 

The Number 1 was:

Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells

The following year was 1979.
The following songs were in the chart,
But wasn't played:

The Korgis - If I Had You

 Darts - Duke Of Earl

Supertramp - Breakfast in America

The Dooleys - Wanted
The number 1 was:

Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
I started to get the evening's meal sorted↓

Cup of tea time while it baked in the oven↓

 The homemade Steak and Kidney pie was ready!

I carried on making pom poms.

I couldn't find any Law and Order to watch.
So I bought the whole season 19 off Amazon to watch on our firestick!
Now to binge watch a few episodes without the adverts!

 After 4 episodes, it stopped carrying on to the next episode and asked if we wanted to watch more?
My answer was↓

After watching 7 episodes,
It was off to bed to carry on where we left off this morning 💋💋

 
 

Just A Little Bit Of Flop

I got up early today on purpose!

Between 6am - 8am we were listening to

"Sounds of the 60s" with a cup of tea. 

Followed by nibbles↓

 Hubby took our kids out for some fresh air..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Followed by a little trip to....↓

 I meanwhile had to exercise my foot..

 Now to recover from all those exercises with:

 &

Listening to "Pick of the Pops"

The great years were, 1970 & 1987.

 Fresh air for me now...

 That's better...:)

Now to flop and watch more of...