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Showing posts with label Wonderwall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wonderwall. Show all posts

Friday 6 May 2022

Less Frantic Friday Feeling!

For sincere advice and the correct time, call any number at random at 3.00am - Steve Martin.
Welcome to the Friday Feeling 🎈
Nice big hug...
Brew with breakfast.
Let's open the curtain to check the weather!
No thermal vest needed!
The kids came back from the count at 3am this morning....
Redditch had 7 Labour Councillors now.
Now to get out of the house:
Gets the newspaper.
Now to slip into the summer coat, with Big Big Sunglasses.
Turns on my lights.
Now ready to rock 'n' roll...
Had a chat with the parents, some asked what happened on Wednesday. I told them the brief details, and I was being asked what I am doing over the weekend... lots I replied.
A few BOINGs happened on the cars on the otherside of the road.
One major Boing for one car on my side that failed to stop.
At least I finished in one piece!
Back home.
Coffee machine went on,
As did the washing machine!
The soup maker went back on again..
Gave all my plants a water with the new watering can...
Now for some light lunch...
Rain is forecasted later, so the washing will have to wait until tomorrow to be put out.
Now for the final shift of the week!
I still puts on my summer coat.
Turns on my lights and waits...
My friends arrive and we have a good rabbit..
I wish them a good weekend when it was time to start!
Car drivers being good for once!
No BOINGs give out!
I survived!
Hometime.
Has a much needed brew...
Now to start making the tea for tonight.
Faggots were put in the oven.
Peeled the potatoes.
Hubby came back and had a warm hug and a sloppy wet one!
Tea is served.
Afterwards hubby and younger son went food shopping.
Time to look into today's newspaper.
UK No.1 on this day in 1995:
Oasis - Some Might Say.
Hubby came back from shopping.
Once it was all put away.
Time for some telly!
Have I Got News For You.
Followed by sleep tea...
More of the Friday Feeling in bed.....🎈

 







 

 

 

Wednesday 5 August 2020

Back To Talking To The Kitchen Wall!

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say - Cyril Connolly
Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫
Having a rest from walking....
Back on that walking 🎡 tomorrow.
 Brew and Hug time↑
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Out for a little walk↓
  When we got back.
We enjoyed coffee in the garden.
 Quick play↓
 &
Read of the newspaper↓
 
 Richard Huxley  was an English musician who was the bassist for the Dave Clark Five, a group that was part of the British Invasion.
Born at Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent, he joined the group in 1958, and played on all of the band's hits including "Glad All Over" and "Bits and Pieces". He was the only member of the group who did not write songs. After the group disbanded in 1970, Huxley pursued a career in property development but maintained an involvement in the music business. He was in attendance for the ceremonial induction of the group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008, along with Lenny Davidson and Dave Clark.He would have been 80 years old 🎈
He died aged 72 in 2013.
 Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played nine different characters, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, and The Ladykillers (1955). He collaborated six times with director David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy; for the original 1977 film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.He died in 2000 aged 86 
   I put the breadmaker on.
Made some scones.
I had a letter from my late dad's solicitor, seeing if we were going to hold off until January next year before disputing his estate three ways..... 
Mmmmmm no to that.
My dad's house will be put on the market soon....
Just think of the 6 months interest the solicitor will be gathering in THEIR bank account!!!!
While I was talking to my younger brother, I missing the timer going off for the scones...
The stones were a bit over done....
Hubby had made room by the front door,
Sorted out the shoe rack......
Light lunch time↓
 Cheddar and Sun Dried Tomato bread was ready!
 Followed by Tea at 3
Writes yesterday's blog post.
Followed by a go on the sewing machine..
More face masks made↓
 Our sons helped out sorting out the uniform for the upcoming uniform bank this month.
We had our treat of the month↓
 Fish and Chips 
Moving onto two episodes of:
Of to work I go.
Big tune time↓
Just enough light left when I got home↓
 I jumped into a nice hot shower.
Followed by a lovely sleep tea↓
 Off to look around Hanbury Hall tomorrow...
Hoping for NO rain...... 

 
 

Monday 2 March 2020

Now You See It, Now You Don't!

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels - Bob Thaves
Welcome to being onboard my Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
I didn't cover up Sexy Beast last night...
Oh dear, it's scrape time later...
But first hug and tea↓
 I made sure those thermal knickers were put on!
I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋
before I left the house↓
 
 Frigging cold↑
Down to Lollipop job.
The tree picture↓
 It started to warm up.
The stinky blue van is still spewing out clouds of diesel.Someone wondered if it has got a MOT.....
I finished in one piece.
Back home to move the lorry that was blocking my drive...
 
 
  The lorry went back over the drive again↑↑
Some things I had to catch up.
Empty bins.
Load up dishwasher.
Coffee and early lunch↓
The lorry went....
Big sunglasses time
 More singing to do↓
The first Papershop didn't have my newspaper in.Off to the next shop.While I went in to get the newspaper, one red car was waiting for the traffic lights to change.I came out, it was still waiting.I wasn't going to wait.Someone came out to the driver to tell him to move the car under the sensor.I turned around, went all round the reakin' to the traffic lights,only for them to turn red on me, and the lights turned green for the red car!
I finally got to read my newspaper before work!
 Some good films on tonight↓
Birthdays:
Al Waxman,  was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series King of Kensington (CBC) and Cagney & Lacey (CBS).He would have been 85 years old🎈
 He died aged 65 years old in 2001.
 Karen Carpenter, American vocalist and drummer (We Only Just Begun),would have been 70 years old🎈

She died aged 32 years old in 1983
Dusty Springfield [Mary O'Brien], English vocalist (Growing Pains), died  aged 59 in 1999.
 I looked across the fields of fun↓
I gets in.
I had two more Birthday cards :)
They asked how my Birthday went.
I replied,"The food was great, the 4 tog on the bed was not nice, and even the dancing cobweb had more fun than me!"
I got my rollers to move even faster than normal↓
I left with a nice red face...
Back to more singing↓
 I guessed the year right ;)
Back home.
 
 Coffee and nibbles↓
 Great Birthday cards↓
 My son's waistcoat arrived for his prom in June.
(The tie came yesterday, suit jacket will come on Friday.Got everything else already!)
This afternoon's tree picture↓
 
The fun with the low lying sun.
I chatted with some of the parents before I started.I repeated what I said earlier on.
 "The food was great, the 4 tog on the bed was not nice, and even the dancing cobweb had more fun than me!"
It seems my Lollypop stick was turning invisible as some point during my shift!
I could see it, but the car drivers couldn't!
One woman has to slam her brakes on, as I was walking back to the pavement when she suddenly started to drive off!
I finished in one piece JUST! 
Back home to enjoy a much needed coffee!
Both kids got spot the intro
Oasis - Wonderwall.
If they had played my favourite cover of it, they wouldn't have got it so quick...
(It's at the end of the blog)
Now onto The Happy Place Of Work.
I had to redo the polishing of desks, I did on Friday....Mutterings of someone had to hoover some biscuit crumbs off the floor of an office!
There were no crumbs on the floor when I finished on Friday....!
 They asked how my Birthday went.
I replied with:
 "The food was great, the 4 tog on the bed was not nice, and even the dancing cobweb had more fun than me!"
Now more music to work to...↓
 
 Back home to have a nice Stir Fry↓
Then off to burn that off with work and singing....↓
The rollers were kicked off...↓
 Now to enjoy my King size bed 🛏