Gaining A New Toy To Play With!

 Never do anything in bed that you can't pronounce - Mitch Murray

Welcome to my Tuesday 🚛

Nice hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Hubby has calmed down now after the fun with his cue last night!

Thermal vest time.

Dressed.

Gives hubby a wet 😘 before I leave.

Parked back in my normal space.

It was quite warm, so no gloves needed.

I puts on my lights.

Now let's roll...🍭

Karma can happen so quicky...

One grey 13 plate Skoda, failed to stop and gave me the look of hate when she went past.

Only but 5 minutes later, she came back on my side of the road, and I stopped her.

Ooooo the look she gave me when she went past..

Having trouble all of my morning shift of cars not stopping at all.

The real danger was near to end of my shift.

I am stood in the middle of the road, holding my stick, a 40 tonne lorry comes up the road, and drives past me, any more in the road, it would have been bye bye to me!

Nearly been sideswiped by a lorry, doesn't happen too many times, thank god!

(That's why I won't let no cross until everyone has stopped)

I did mouth to lorry driver as he went past me.

(You are supposed to stop!)

I finished in one piece!

I picks up my newspaper on the way home.

Coffee machine goes on.

Loads up dishwasher,

On that goes as well as the Tumble Drier.

Now for a bit of spin!

Watched 25 minutes of "Ronin".

Cooled down.

Now for some much needed coffee!

I wrote and published yesterday's blog post.

Lunchtime. 

Now out for part 2.

Some nice big tunes to sing along with on the way..

Still too warm for gloves \o/

Turns on my lights.

Now for a good rabbit with friends.

Said goodbye to my friends.

Now for part 2.

One van on the otherside of the road, had no intention of stopping, good job my stick is so tall!

Finished in one piece.

Hometime.

More good music to singalong with:

On the way home, oh dear one blue car was in a rush, didn't stop at the island as I was coming round. He was stuck behind a council van and a low speeding lorry.

(He didn't like that)

He undertook the council van at the following island, then overtook the lorry.

Then off he went at 70mph+ in a 40 zone!

I was glad to get home after watching that! 

Once I chopped up everything I needed for tea and put in the oven.

Time for a brew!

Hubby came back and had another sloppy wet 💋

Dished up the grub.

Time for a bit of music to get us in the mood for next month!

My favourite out of the above 3 has to be...↓

Hubby went out and got our new toy for us of us to play with....

I  looked into today's newspaper.

Edward  Woodward,was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career on stage. Throughout his career, he appeared in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. He came to wider attention from 1967 in the title role of the British television spy drama Callan, earning him the 1970 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. From 1985 to 1989, Woodward starred as ex-secret agent and vigilante Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, earning him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor.

He died on this day aged 79 in 2009

Our new toy has arrived!

Hubby was on it like a Spider...

I told him to be careful, as tomorrow he will be very stiff!

(I have a warm hand to sort out stiffness!)

My go on it tomorrow.

Sleep Tea time.

Looking at the weather for tomorrow...

It's going to be a sunny Hump 🐫

 

 

 


 

Finally I Can Use It Again!

 If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon - Scott Fahlman

Welcome to my Saturday 🐝

Nice hug with brew.

We listened to last hour of "Sounds of the 60s"

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I was hoping to go to Droitwich Lions and give in my late dad's glasses.

(They recycle them)

One son was up to be dropped off at work, the other son wouldn't get out of bed on time.

Hubby was staying at home to wait for the Washing Machine Engineer....

Off we go...

Drops off son, and onto Homebase I go.

Gets some bits I need.

Back home.

Unpacks car.

Coffee time.

Son still wants to go to the Droitwich Lions.

Collects bag of glasses.

Off to Droitwich we go.

Parks opposite Waitrose.

Goes over to see the Droitwich Lions.

They were glad off the glasses.

My son bought some maps of some countries.

I bought a jar of marmalade.

Then off to look in some Charity Shops...

We dropped the trolley back to the car.

Now to get some bits from Waitrose.

There were some nice cars parked outside.

Done a bit of shopping, now for trip home via Hanbury.

I picked up the other son from his job.

The Washing Machine Engineer arrived at my house the same time I got home.

He looked under the sink, the washing machine pipe was missing two washers!

He done the job in five minutes!

Now I can use my washing machine!

While I was away, hubby had been busy.

He went on the Spin bike for 40 minutes, and was watching Squid Games.

He swept up the leaves which covered the path,

He cut the lawn too :)

Now for another trip out...

I heard one of my favourite Christmas songs for the first time this Christmas period...

Gets some Christmas presents for our kids while we were there.

There was a nice E reg VW Polo in the car park.

Back home to hide the pressies.

Once we had tea.

Time to watch episode 3 of Season 3 of Narcos: Mexico.

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Montserrat  Caballé  was a Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo. 
Caballé became popular to non-classical music audiences in 1987, when she recorded, at the request of the International Olympic Committee, "Barcelona", a duet with Freddie Mercury, which became an official theme song for the 1992 Olympic Games. She received several international awards and also Grammy Awards for a number of her recordings.

She died on this day aged 85 in 2018.

Sleep Tea time.

We have already watched 8 episodes and only 2 left to watch tomorrow!

Off to walk about 4 miles tomorrow!

 

 

Bang, Crash, The Lid Comes Off!

 That money talks, I'll not deny: I heard it once, it said, "Goodbye." - Richard Armour

Welcome to my Saturday 💪

I had a hot flush at 4.30am....

I couldn't cool down.....

Downstairs I went for a bit under the fan with a cup of tea!

I fell asleep for an hour...

Woke up and made a brew....

Took them upstairs....

Woke up Sleeping Beauty before the alarm went off...

We listened to Sounds of the 60s...

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Got one son up for his job.

Hubby waited for the Satellite repair man to come while I dropped off son at work.

I have a coffee and chat at my son's work.

Then off to Sainsbury's to drop off some shoes at the shoe bank.

Nipped into Sainsburys while I was there.

I gets back home shortly after.

No sign of the Satellite repair man, it had gone past 10am!
On his way, was his response when asked.

We had a sneaky bacon sandwich while waiting.

I went back to bed half an hour later to catch up on the sleep I missed this morning.

When I woke, the tree outside my son's bedroom window was just losing a large branch!

The Satellite Repair man, fixed the cable  that led from the sky box to the sky dish, however the branch belonging to the tree was blocking the signal.

He did offer to move the dish to the chimney for £150.

The tree losing one branch was the cheaper option.

The branch was added to the pile that was going down the Household tip tomorrow!

Light lunch.

We watched another episode of Hotel Inspector.

Then it was out for a little ride to get some bits..from...

Homebase.

Got some vanish for the garden bench.

Glue to glue back a horn back on the bull...

Next stop was a visit to our local Shopping Centre.

Parked in the Car Park.

Got some bits from Wilkinson's.

(Nice wind chime for the garden)

You still have to wear facemasks.

Some wasn't, glad I was.

I won some nibbles off a website "Too Good To Go."

I picked up the nibbles from Cafe Nero.

Back home.

When we put the bags on the kitchen table.

Hubby slammed the bag from Homebase on the floor....

Oh dear, I looked in the bag, the lid of the vanish came off and the whole bag contained white vanish......

Great!

Unpacked the bag from Cafe Nero.

Now to put the tea in the oven for later on.

I actually won a lucky bag from Waitrose for £5.

(Will collect that later)

Tea is served.

Later on, to collect my Waitrose order.

Brings my lucky bag back.

Our kids and I enjoyed Sushi for the first time.

Quick read of the newspaper.

 After watching 2 more episodes of "Hotel Inspector", it was off to a nice inviting bed!