Making The Most Of Warm Monday!

 My mouth is so dry they could shoot Lawrence of Arabia in it - Dyan Canon

 Welcome back to the more missed Monday Feeling 🎈

Nice big stretch to start the non-working week for me 😶😲

Time to do the Heardles

Heardle 60s:

My son's answers were:

Breakfast Time with Brew.

Dressed.

Gives hubby a sloppy wet one before he goes off to work 😘

I also had lots to do.

Time to leave the house.

On the way to drop off son at work.

I picked up my newspaper.

Picked a order up from Wickes.

Dropped son off.

Paid a visit to B&Q

That would look good in our back garden!

I forgot to pick up my B&Q loyalty card!

Got my stuff.

Now onto Tool Station to pick up one more thing.

Then back home.

Now to put on the coffee machine.

Unloaded and loaded up dishwasher.

Watered the plants.

Now for that coffee!

The bees are enjoying my Lavender.

Now to vanish the garden bench.

I bought a small tin and run out after the first layer was applied.

Will get some more tomorrow.

I swept the path, and tidied up the garden.

I am painting the front of our house, and the tin was paint was going to be delivered by DPD.

I have had diverted elsewhere.

(As we know from experience, they won't deliver it here)

I had a early lunch.

One son had been on the campaign trail for someone who is trying to be a Worcestershire Country County.

Both he and son came back for a drink and chat.

I mentioned about our 16 year old boiler...

He asked "How did the funeral go of my late Father-in-law?"

"Great, being called a Twat, no one speaking to me, and a general atmosphere of hatred of me!"

One more social event to go, of seeing those awful family members and won't never have to see them ever again \o/

Tea at 3

I wrote two blog entries.

I listened to Pick of the Pops from last Saturday.

The year was 1966.

The Top 3 was:

3:

Chris Montez: The More I See You

2:

Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time.

1:

The Troggs - Girl Like You

Put the tea on.

I gave hubby a sloppy wet one 💋 

Had a nice tea.

Now to look into today's newspaper.

UK No.1 on this day in 1963:

The Searchers - Sweets for My Sweet. 

US No.1 on this day in 1960:

Brian Hyland -  "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.

US No.1 on this day in 1987:

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I Have Been Looking For.

Then it was nice to enjoy the silence in the front garden.

The moon is nice and bright tonight.

It got dark quite quick after 9am.

Back in for some sleep tea.

Now to enjoy some Monday Feeling in bed 🎈

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

Cabin Fever Not Setting In Yet!

I dress for women - and I undress for men - Angie Dickinson.

Welcome to my Monday Motivation 🎈

Day 6 of me suffering from Covid-19 

Another night of ......↓

Shared a nice breakfast with hubby.

No sloppy wet one or hug.

Feeling terrible after breakfast.

Back to sleep I go....

By the time I woke up, everyone had gone to work or Sixth Form.

I drag myself out of bed,

Dressed.

(Thermal vest goes on still)

Coffee machine goes on.

Goes outside for a nice breath of fresh air.

That's better!

On goes the breadmaker and soup maker.

Time for coffee :)

Caught up with more my good book I am reading.

The bread was ready before lunchtime.

Now to try the bread and the soup out!

Well nice!

Hubby tried for the second time to post the letters to my Prison Pal Pens.

Post Office was shut again!

(He will try again tomorrow!)

I started to write yesterday's blog post.

Tea at 3 

Hubby is playing snooker tonight and visiting his dad as well.

Once I finished blog.

I had to reorder my garlic tablets and more Manuka honey.

Now for a Meat-Free Stir Fry.

I made hubby's Hulk bear some trousers.

Quick look in the newspaper.

Timothy  Dalton  is an English actor. Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, where he starred in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Dalton has also appeared in the films Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010) and The Tourist (2010).

He is 76 years old🎈 

UK No.1 on this day in 1998:

RUN DMC v Jason Nevins -

It's Like That

UK No.1 on this day on 2015:

Sam Smith Ft. John Legend -

Lay Me Down.

USA No.1 on this day in 1953:

Patti Page - How Much is the Dog in the Window

USA No.1 on this day in 1964:

The Beatles - She Loves You

USA No.1 on this day in 1981:

REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You.

USA No.1 on this day in 1987:

Club Nouveau - Lean On You.

Now to catch up with some amazing hotels...

Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Oman↓

 Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland↓

Ashford Castle, Ireland↓

The Silo, South Africa↓

Sleep Tea time.

Hubby won his snooker singles match \o/

In the end, his team won 3-2.

He came back as I was going upstairs.

No sloppy wet one or hug to be given out.

Taking another Covid test tomorrow....

Off to enjoy the king size bed with a good book!

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

Wouldn't Fit In The Car!

If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it - J.P.Morgan

Welcome to my Saturday 🎪

Nice big hug :)

Brew with Breakfast.

We listened to "The Sounds of the 60s"

The Top 3 Singles From 1968. 

3:

2:

1:

Not so many layers to day.

Loads up the shopping trolley into the car.

Going to have a full day of rain!

Drops son off at work.

Then on our road trip to Droitwich...

First stop was to visit the Droitwich Lions Event.

Lots of lovely things!

I bought a Les Dawson and Elizabeth Taylor.

It's on again in 3 weeks.

We said goodbye to them, and moved the car to the other car park. 

Now onto look round some Charity Shops.

The first one had a big map of the world.

There is no room on my son's walls for it,

Plus it wouldn't fit in the car for a start!

I found a book for my Father-in-law for next Christmas.

I got Birthday card for my son's nan whose 80th Birthday is next weekend.

We visited three more, when I spotted a↓

Pity I got one already!

Then we looked in one more Charity shop before we went to put the shopping trolley in the car.

Before we went into Waitrose, we visited one more Charity Shop.

Got some books on soups and some good DVDS.

Now to get some blue milk from Waitrose!

Now for a drink and a nibble when we came out.

Still raining on the way to pick up son from his job.

Once we got home, it was time to unpack all our bargains we got.

The coffee machine went on,

&

Soup maker.

The 2000 piece world puzzle will keep son busy.

Now for much needed coffee.

The soup was lovely!

Sweet Potato, vegetables, tomatoes, herbs and added Chilli for added kick.

I finished it off what was left in the soup maker as it was so nice. 

As hubby didn't go food shopping last night.

He went this afternoon with younger son who was doing our neighbour's food shopping.

I meanwhile had other things to do.

Washing machine went on as well as the Dish Washer.

Now to write yesterday's blog post.

Opened my post that came this morning.

 The lighthouse is going into the bathroom.

The hunt for Chicken Mince was called off, as they couldn't find any.

Younger son was miffed off as so many wasn't wearing their face masks.

Unpacked the shopping.

Time for light tea.

Steak with Lentil Noodles.

Now to catch up with some telly programmes from this week.

First up was:

"Dragon's Den"

then The Apprentice.

Time to open a bottle of non-alcohol fizz.

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Peter  Sarstedt, briefly billed early in his career as Peter Lincoln, was an English singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He was the brother of musicians Eden Kane and Clive Sarstedt.

Although his music was classified as pop, it generally encompassed ballads derived from traditional folk music rather than traditional rock and roll. He was best known for writing and performing the song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?", which topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969. Set to a "faux European waltz tune" and described as "a romantic novel in song", it won an Ivor Novello Award. The record remained Sarstedt's biggest hit. He had 1 more hit single and 1 hit album but despite numerous releases never had chart success again. 

He died on this day aged 75 in 2017. 

The Ministry of Food introduced food rationing in the UK, to ensure there was enough food to go round during the Second World War. Britain was particularly vulnerable to a naval blockade as it imported 20 million tons of food per year on 8 January 1940.

TV series "All Creatures Great and Small" debuts on BBC TV, based on the books by James Herriot, starring Robert hardy and Christopher Timothy in 1978.

The first episode of Gimme Gimme Gimme broadcast on BBC2. It ran for 3 series and starred Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus in 1999.

 

Sleep tea time.

We watched caught up with the news.

The deaths were 313 today :(

We have reached the grim total of 150,057 deaths :(

Off to get under that warm duvet cover before the heating goes off!