Having A Smaller One!

 My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance - Tim Allen

Welcome to my first day of my school holidays 👌

 It was nice to have warm hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby gave me a sloppy wet 💋 before he went off to work.

I was taking one son up the town to get some more trainers for playing football with.

I waited outside while he got ready to come out.

Now out we go...

We parked in Car Park 4.

Son bought his trainers from Sports Direct.

I bought a mini Pom Pom tree from Magical Store.

(It was reduced from £16 to £4)

Got a cold mocha from Costa Coffee on the way back to the car.

We dropped it off home, then back out.

Got some bargains from the Charity Shops in Alcester.

Now to visit Waitrose.

Funny Private Eye Front Cover.

Son and I have  ice lollies in the car park before we go back home.

Unpacks all the shopping and bargains.

I bought two sewing machine books as well.

Found room for my Pom Pom tree.

Lunchtime.

Now to catch up with newspaper reading..

I got through reading of them.

Into the Recycle bin they go afterwards.

I puts the tea in the oven to cook.

Hubby come home and has a nice wet 💋

and hug.

Tea is served.

Quick look in today's newspapers.

 Estelle Louise Fletcher, known professionally as Louise Fletcher, is an American actress. She had her acting debut in the television series 77 Sunset Strip in the 1957/58 season. She guest starred in the television series Bat Masterson (episode "Cheyenne Club"), Maverick (episode "The Saga of Waco Williams") with James Garner, and Wagon Train in 1959 before making her film debut in A Gathering of Eagles in 1963. In 1974, after a decade-long hiatus from acting in which she raised a family, Fletcher appeared in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us. 

 Fletcher garnered international prominence with her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Other notable film roles include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Brainstorm (1983), Firestarter (1984), Flowers in the Attic (1987), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Cruel Intentions (1999)

She is 87 years old 🎈 

Terence  Stamp is an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the "master of the brooding silence" by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

He is 83 years old 🎈

  It's getting warm again at night....

Another night on the sofa?

At least the Friday Feeling is back tomorrow 🎈 

 

 

Nice To See A Bit Of Vintage...

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

Welcome to my Sunday 💗

Nice big hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

The three males of the family went to have their hair cut.

I meanwhile caught up with Friday's blog post.

They came back with fancy haircuts!

Now out for a ride in Sexy Beast.

First to check the tyre pressures.

Then to say hello to my parents.

Then the rain came down!

Nice vintage car on the way home.

Austin Allegro↓

Back home for coffee...

I then wrote yesterday's blog post.

Then out again...

Time to check Hubby's car tyre pressures..

Then off to Co-op for some bargains...

Nice honey, still a bit expensive...

Back home...

Light lunch.

Now to catch up with more of the Hotel Inspector..

We have now caught up with both series that was on Channel 5 catch up.

Tea time.

Getting quotes in for a replacement carpet on the landing. It's been down for nearly 12 years........

Now for a look into today's newspaper.

Bill Withers  was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a relatively short career of fifteen years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977) and "Just the Two of Us" (1981). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Two of his songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

He would have been 83 years old today 🎈

He died in 2020 aged 81

Barry Carter , better known by his stage name Barry White, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and composer. A two-time Grammy Award–winner known for his bass-baritone voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with The Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring soul, funk, and disco songs such as his two biggest hits: "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe".

He died on this day in 2003 aged 58.

 Sleep tea time.

All ready to mount the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.

 


 

I Only Went In To Get One Plant!

 Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before  -  Mae West.

Welcome to my busy Saturday ⚘

I got bit later than we normally get up during the week.

We caught the last hour of Sound of the 60s.

Brew with Breakfast followed.

Dressed.

Then to take son to work.

We popped into  Omega for a chat and a coffee.

We nipped into Boomarang and got two bargains.

One ideal present for hubby's dad who likes Blackpool.

We blew up the balloons to put on my dad's grave for Father's Day.

(It will be a nice surprise for brother's went they come up tomorrow to see him!)

Puts them on my dad's grave.

All ready for tomorrow.

At least it brightens up the grave yard!

Back home for a light lunch in the garden.

Then we went to pick up our son from work.

We carried onto Homebase in Bromsgrove.

Compost, reduced plants and pots....

Loads of bargains.

I told one woman while we were pushing the trollies back to the car;

"I only went into the store to get one plant!"

As the kids and hubby loaded up his car full of plants. I carried on talking and they went home to unload the car.

I was still talking when he came back.

(Nearly an hour later, I said goodbye to the woman, who I had never met until today!)

Off to Aldi to get a drink, my throat was all dry from all that talking!

Anyone fancy a mince pie in June?

Nice drink and nibble↓

We got home to unload our bargains.

Next to visit Co-Op for some more bargains.

Lots of things I can cook with on the reduced stand.

Back home to unpack.

Now to use some of the compost up to replant the plants I bought earlier....

Time to use those Diffusers I bought from Aldi↓

Now for a nice bit of tea.

Now to catch up with 4 weeks of Top of The Pops from 1991.

Next one: 

Next one:

Final week:

The number 1 that week is:

Sleep Tea time:

Getting ready to celebrate Father's Day tomorrow......