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Showing posts with label Something's Gotta Give. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Something's Gotta Give. Show all posts

Wednesday 6 January 2021

Points Mean Prizes?

 I don't want to sound paranoid, but that electronic line judge knows who I am - John McEnroe

Happy Hump of the Week 🐫
Brew with warm hug.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Plugged in the tablet...
I gave hubby a wet sloppy 💋 before he went to work.
Kids had to get up, to start their on-line lessons for school.
All ready for the interview.
I thought the interview went well.
I will find out later if I got it or not.
Now for some cold fresh air!
I gets the newspaper and my neighbour's magazine.
When I come back, I go around to see my neighbour and take his magazine round.
I need a coffee to warm up!
I write yesterday's blog post.
&
Add some great tunes from my Jukebox.
I just needed a light lunch,so I had a bowl of soup!
Quick read of the newspaper.
 Lou  Rawls was an American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and record producer. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his song "You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine". He worked as a film, television, and voice actor. He was also a three-time Grammy-winner, all for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. 
He died on this day aged 72 in 2006. 

Some lovely post came...↓
Then it was time to prepare tonight's tea.
Onions chopped, mushrooms, garlic, spinach, chopped chicken, and chopped tomatoes.
All fried and put into oven.
The noodles will be done in the last 10 minutes.
I tried to find a funny film to watch.
I have it on DVD.
(I am not spending hours trying to find it, and I am not renting it out for £3.49 on Amazon video!) 
I found a great film on Netflix↓↓
Such a funny film, so many stars in it!
Belated Tea at 3.
I then found out  I didn't get the job I went for earlier.
(Let the gloating start!)
The reason was.....I didn't get enough points????????????
My religion is Jedi= -20pts
When I was at Junior,Middle and High School, I didn't stop at school for lunch, I went home. So I didn't have to deal with any dinnerladies =
-30 pts.
Going to be get sent further than Coventry 😶
Oh well, I have another interview on Friday for another job,let's hope that is a successful one.
I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋.
Tea is served.
So yummy.
We watched what was going on in America on the news......
Then we watched the newspaper review.
They put the wrong name up.
He is Andrew Pierce from the Daily Mail.
Nice cup of Sleep Tea...
Back on the baking and sewing tomorrow.
By the look of the temperatures tomorrow,
the thermal knickers will be worn too!


 

 

 

 




 



Saturday 13 April 2019

Getting My Hands On Some Music!

If you see me on Friday, you will see different material on Saturday night! - Kathy Griffin
I woke up before the start of 
"Sounds of the 60s"...
 We had cuddles and 💋 in bed.
Once we got up, dressed and had breakfast.
I got the flowers 💮💮💮 ready
 Off to the graveyard.
I couldn't find out anything about how he died in 1970↓
 I put the flowers on Andy's Grave↓
 Then on my friend's Dave's grave↓
 The remaining flowers went on my mum's grave↓
 Now to celebrate World Record Shop Day↓
 Loads of lovely vinyl to see...
 Then off for coffee and nibbles↓
 Back home to unpack the vinyl↓
 Plenty of good tunes to listen to↕↕↕
 I caught up with some magazine reading
while we watched some great movies..
Now for the Birthdays.
Harry Clifford Keel  known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer with a rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981–1991.
He would have been 100 years old.
(He died aged 85 in 2004)
 Paul Sorvino : Is an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor.He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He held supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon and Romeo + Juliet. He is the father of actress Mira Sorvino and actor Michael Sorvino. 
He is 80 years old.
 Albert Leornes Greene  often known as The Reverend Al Green: Is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together". Inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, Green was referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music".He has also been referred to as "The Last of the Great Soul Singers".Green was included in the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, ranking at No. 65, as well as its list of the 100 Greatest Singers, at No. 14. 
He is 73 years old. 
Stephen Stucker :Was an American actor, known for portrayals of bizarre, larger-than-life characters, notably the manic control-room worker Johnny in the early 1980s Airplane! movies
He died aged 38 in 1986
"Avengers: Age of Ultron", directed by Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner, premieres in Los Angeles in 2015  
 Now to enjoy my secret weapon of a good night's sleep...↓
 With added ear plugs....

 

Saturday 5 January 2019

Remembering I have Two Already!

Life is a blank canvass, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can. - Danny Kaye 
Woo hoo its the start of the weekend..
Up early to listen to "Sounds of the 60s"
After an hour, I fell back to sleep....Zzzzzz
Woke up to hear the Graham Norton Radio Show...
We had a late breakfast.
Gets the kids up too.
Starts to sort out the house.
All ready for everyone returning back to school on Monday.
Washing machine,Tumble drier and dish washer all on!
I had to do a bit of detective work, as someone with the same name as good friend I delivered his mail in Studley had died on Xmas Day.
I asked on Social Media.
It was actually my good friend
(who gave me the inspiration to write!)
His Funeral is on Wednesday afternoon. 
 Here is a great photo of him arriving with his son at our wedding party in 2011↑
We write out the shopping list...↓
 Now out to do a little bit of shopping...

 I looked at one item in the sale...
*I remembered I have two at home!*↓↓↓
Still got some nice items in their sale.
After tea,
I checked the Birthdays.
Robert Duvall: American award winning actor and filmmaker (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, MASH, Great Santini, Taxi Driver),is 88 years old. 

Diane Keaton:American actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl),is 73 years old.
 Sonny Bono: (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62 in 1998.
  Buddy Holly: releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"; he was killed in a plane crash 29 days later in 1959.
Now to watch some movies...
 then
Fitted another film into watch:
 The skating scenes were so good!
Oh dear we are into Sunday.....