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Showing posts with label Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli Time to say goodbye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli Time to say goodbye. Show all posts

Wednesday 3 June 2020

Only Those Need To Know!!

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much - Walter Lippmann
Welcome to my Hump of the Week🐫
Where has the sunshine gone????
Wet and cold for the rest of the day ;(
 Warm Hugs and brew↑
Has breakfast, gets dressed.
Now to use Sexy Beast.
Frigging cold↓
 &
Rainy↓
Back to work hubby goes↓ 
Coffee and nibble time↓
 Quick look in newspaper.
Suzi  Quatro  is an American rock singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and actress. She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star.
In the 1970s, Quatro scored a string of hit singles that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland. She reached no. 1 in the UK and other European countries and Australia with her singles "Can the Can" (1973) and "Devil Gate Drive" (1974). Following a recurring role as bass player Leather Tuscadero on the popular American sitcom Happy Days, her duet "Stumblin' In" with Smokie's lead singer Chris Norman reached No. 4 in the US.She is 70 years old🎈
 Kelly Jones is a Welsh singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the rock band Stereophonics.He is 46 years old 🎈
Adds a new cover to my work stool↓
 Kenny comes out for a quick play.
While cake is put into oven.
Breadmaker is put on.
 Then starts on blog.
Halfway through,
It's light lunch time↓
 Finished decorating cake↓
 The bread comes out alright.
 Then it's time for Tea at 3↓
 We got 6/6 on the TV Themes Quiz 🍾🍾🍾🍾
Finished blog post.
I found out when my friend's funeral was...
It was last Tuesday!!!!!!
I wasn't even told about it :(((
I can't even visit his grave as he was cremated.
His ashes will be spread over the pitch of his favourite football team.
  He was a witness at our wedding in 2011.
RIP Jim.
Now for tea↓
 One quick episode of
Off to work I go...
 New pipe laid↓
 
 Big tune to start work with↓
 It is still cloudy when I got home↓
 Trying to get Microsoft Meetings to work for the redundancy meeting for Friday.
It won't work on my phone or tablet.
Back to the drawing board again! 
Weather still looking crap for tomorrow!
Bikini πŸ‘™ stopping in the drawer.

  
 

Thursday 5 March 2020

Saying The Final Goodbye To My Lovely Dad

Death is like the rumble of a distant thunder at a picnic - W.H Auden
Today is for saying goodbye to my lovely dad.
 Rain wasn't forecasted today....
I enjoyed a much needed hug and cup of tea↓
 I gave everyone sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹
As I left house,
It started to rain :(
 
 Today's tree shot↓
 As it was World Book Day.
All the kids came to school dressed as book characters.
Harry Potters,Cats in the Hats, and 5 boys on scooters arrived wearing green tutus.
They said "They were the Boys In The Dresses!"
 Most of the cars were stopping....
I survived!
Filled up Sexy Beast.
Back home.
 
 Coffee and nibble.
My hubby arrived with his dad.
They were going to my dad's funeral.
I wasn't, due to a hot head Prodigal son who wouldn't hesitate to lamp me!
I was going to wave my dad goodbye as he left his house, followed by me delivering my flowers to his grave.
I kiss my hubby πŸ’‹
Off to say goodbye.
While I waited, the green bins were being emptied,as the same time as the hearse arrived at my dad's house.
 All ready to go↓
I wave goodbye to my dad.
The service lasts for an hour.
I have things to do...
Nips to the doctors↓
 Shopping and gets yet another 60s CD↓
 Quick peek in the newspaper↓
 Murray  Head  is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including the role of Bob Elkin in the Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody SundayAs a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries).
He is 74 years old 🎈 
Clodagh Rodgers is a singer and actress from Northern Ireland, best known for her hit singles including "Come Back and Shake Me", "Goodnight Midnight", and "Jack in the Box".She is 73 years old 🎈
The Proclaimers are a Scottish music duo composed of twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid . They are best known for their songs "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Sunshine on Leith", "I'm On My Way", and "Letter from America", and for their singing style with a Scottish accent.They are 58 years old 🎈
 Patsy Cline was an American singer. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to successfully crossover into pop music.She died aged 30 in a plane crash in 1963.
  Light lunch
While everyone was at the Wake.
I went round to my dad's grave to deliver my flowers to him and have a chat!
 
Hubby meanwhile went to the Wake↓
 
 Food↓
 
 
 
 
 
 
My late dad's lady friend didn't want my dad's dressing gown and slippers in her house.
"What do I want a man's dressing gown and slippers in my house for????" she laughed.
She wanted one of my brothers to collect them from her house asap.
I talked to my dad for a good 20 minutes at his grave.
 Then the heavens opened!
So much for no rain today!
Off to do my 🍭 job.
I crossed over the boys in their green tutus.
I survives.
Back home to talk to hubby and father-in-law.
Get changed.
Off to Happy Place Of Work.
Nice music to work to↓
I gets back to sort out tea and chat with my father-in-law.
Pie and chips time!
I say goodbye to my father-in-law.
Off to final job of the day↓
 Once finished...
I kicks off the hot rollers..↓↓
 Now for a snuggle and a good cry with hubby :'(