Trying To Remember What I Did!

 "If you are going through hell, keep going!"- Winston Churchill

Welcome to my Saturday 👍

Lots of warm hugs with brew!

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I gets the kids up to finish off sorting their rooms out....

I was still washing and drying clothes my son found in his room....

(I hope he has enough room to put them all back in!)

I writes yesterday's blog post.

Nice little treat to help with my sense of humour↓

Bacon sandwich!!!!

Yum Yum

Once blog post was published.

There were 3 jobs I was applying for.

Pity the old computer died before I could copy my CV over to the new computer!

I had saved a CV from 2015.....

Trying to remember all the jobs since 2015

&

everything else!

Sent off the CVs...

Fingers crossed I get a sniff of a interview!

Bags of crap was apppearing in black bags from both bedrooms.

More tip run tomorrow.

We are going to start on the dining room tomorrow...

Tea at 3.

Hubby went to get two pizzas from Asda for tea.

We watched 2 episodes of

&

(Dragon's Den)

After being issued U.S. patent #6,281 on April 10, 1849, for the safety pin design.

 Walter Hunt sold the patent to W. R. Grace and Company for $400 in 1849.

(roughly $12,000 in 2019 dollars). Using that money, Hunt then paid the $15 owed to a friend and kept the remaining amount of $385 for himself. What Hunt failed to realize is that in the years to follow, W.R. Grace and Company would make millions of dollars in profits from his invention.

Walter Hunt  also known for:

fountain pen
sewing machine
safety pin
flax
streetcar bell
hard-coal-burning stove
street sweeping machinery,
ice plough

He died aged 62 years old in 1859 

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana premieres in Toyko in 2017.

Time for Sleep Tea...

We watched the newspaper review.

Then off to a very warm bed as the heating is going off!

 

 

 

 
 

 

Ain't No Doubt, It's Tuesday!

 Coffee isn't my cup of tea - Samuel Goldwyn

Welcome to my Tuesday 🎕

Hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Got my kids up ready for school.

Gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he went off to work.

Gave my kids 💋💋 before they left for school.

I emptied the dishwasher and loaded it back up.

Tidied up the kitchen.

I went outside for some fresh air.

Followed by a much needed cup of coffee.

I needed to get out of this house for half an hour.

So I went to see my parents.

My other brothers hadn't been up to leave any flowers for Mother's Day.

(Not surprised really!)

I tidied up the grave.

I had a quick chat with them.

I went past my late dad's house.

Yellow and blue cars now parked on the drive as well as my brother's limo and his wife's car.

Where is he going to park them all when the house has been sold?

I gets back home.

Time for a little play with Henry.

Now to look in my buttons collection for my son's suit jacket.

Got the buttons sown on.

Time to write yesterday's blog post.

Once published.

Lunchtime.

Then I made a beef stew with dumplings for tea.

In the oven ready to put on.

Tea at 3.

Then I started to have a sort out of things that are under the sideboard in the living room.

Once the Droitwich Lions start up again, I have loads of books from my late dad's house to give them.

More big sorting out tomorrow as well.

Hubby comes home.

I give him a big sloppy 💋

He gives me the newspaper.

Roy North is an English actor and television presenter, who played Mr Roy in Basil Brush.

 He appeared on series 8–11 of the original Basil Brush Show from 1973 until 1976. He had been appearing in the London West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, when he received a call to audition to replace Derek Fowlds as the glove puppet's companion. After leaving The Basil Brush Show, he hosted the ITV children's music show Get It Together, with Linda Fletcher and later Megg Nichol from 1976 to 1982 and appeared on Seaside Special and other shows. In 2004, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure, "The Axis of Insanity". 

He is 80 years old 🎈

James Bradford , known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and the title role in Spender. He also recorded a 1992 number one single, "Ain't No Doubt". 

He is 67 years old 🎈 

Yaphet  Kotto  was an American actor known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His films include the science-fiction/horror film Alien (1979), and the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction/action film The Running Man (1987). He portrayed the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973). He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller Midnight Run (1988) as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosley. 

He died on the 15th March 2021 aged 81

No Judge Rinder this week due to horse racing.

Dished up the tea.

Back onto Season 2 of Line of Duty.

Sleep Tea time.

We have the final episode of series 2 to watch tomorrow.

Hopefully we have a dry Hump tomorrow 🐪

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly 12 Months On....

Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out - Jewish Proverb

Welcome back to the Friday Feeling 💓

Cup of brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby was working from home today.

Gets kids up ready for their on-line learning.

I went out to get some fresh air, and get the newspaper.

I got the newspaper.

My late dad's drive still is being used as a car park by my younger brother.

It will be 12 months next Friday when my lovely dad passed away :(

Gets back home for a much needed coffee.

Quick read of the newspaper:

Mark Wynter  is an English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, but developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays. 

He is 78 years old 🎈

Tom  Selleck is an American actor and film producer who has starred in a number of television series and films.

His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988). Since 2010, Selleck has co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods, and the show has been renewed for its eleventh season in 2020–2021. Beginning in 2005, he has portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B. Parker novels. 

He is 76 years old 🎈

Roddy Frame  is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was the founder of the 1980s new wave band Aztec Camera, and has undertaken a solo career since the dissolution of the band. In November 2013, journalist Brian Donaldson described Frame as: "Aztec Camera wunderkind-turned-elder statesman of intelligent, melodic, wistful Scotpop."

Since the end of the Aztec Camera project, Frame has released four solo albums, the last of which is the 2014 album Seven Dials.

He is 57 years old 🎈 

Adam  Lambert  is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide.

 Alongside his solo career, Lambert has collaborated with rock band Queen as lead vocalist for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011, including several worldwide tours from 2014 to 2020. Their first album, Live Around the World, released in October, 2020, and debuted at number one on the UK's Official Albums Chart.

He is 39 years old 🎈 

 

 

Hilton Valentine was an English musician, who was the original guitarist in the Animals.He died on this day in 2021 aged 77.

Started to write yesterday's blog post.

Lunchtime. 

Then I carried on writing the blog.

I put my juke box on my Twitter.

Once hubby went food shopping.

Let's see what I can watch...

Tea at 3.

Then to rewatch...

I watched it 3 years ago.....

Rewatch time! 

Hubby comes back.

Pizza time.

Mmmmmmm.

We got up to episode 5.

Now to enjoy more Friday Feeling🎈

 

 

 

 

Watching More,More And A Little More!

I will never be an old man.To me, old age is always 15 years older than i am - Bernard M Baruch

 

Welcome back to the Friday Feeling🎈 

Brew with added hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

More nice rain for today.

Hubby went to get the newspaper in the car.

 Juliet  Stevenson, CBE  is an English actor of stage and screen. She is known for her role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other film appearances include Emma (1996), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Being Julia (2004), and Infamous (2006). 

She is 64 years old 🎈 

My favourite horror read is at number 3.

Salem's Lot.↓

Coffee time↓

My flowers look nice on my dressing table.

(With the sewing machine, ready to use!)

Hubby did his power exercise on the wii.

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

More sewing things arrived in the post.

I hope do be back on the sewing machine tomorrow to finish off more masks....

Light lunch time...

Now onto Season 2 of Hell's Kitchen.

Tea at 3

More Hell's Kitchen.

Now to put the tea on...

Hot dogs with added slices of Black Pudding.

My youngest son lit the candle for his Pumpkin...

Nice light up mask for the front door.

More Hell's Kitchen to finish off Friday with.

Sleep Tea....

The weekend is nearly here......🍾