Nearing The End Of The Line ..

The most beautiful words in the English langage, "Cheque enclosed." - Dorothy Parker

Whoo hoo the weekend is here 🎈

1st day of February!

Lots of special days coming up↗↗

Valentine's Day💓

&

My real Birthday (29th) 🎈

I was up early↓

 I enjoyed listening to "The Sounds of the 60s" with a cup of tea↓

 I had a nice nibble 💓

Kids got up and dressed.

Now out of the house early..↓

 It's coming up to double figures↓

 Now onto the road trip we go..

 Nice to see the church on the hill..

 &

Waitrose.

We popped in to see the Droitwich Lions..↓

 Got some nice things from there.

Now to visit some Charity Shops...

 Nice shoes,

Pity they are not in my size!

We had a quick visit into Waitrose..

We got some nice reduced food↓

 On the way back,

I popped into see my dad.

He is looking terrible and not got too long left.....:'(

I did find a nice photo of my dad when he was starting out as a Plumber↓

 We made sure he was comfortable before he left.

We got home to unpack the lovely items we bought today↓

 

 I went to my job with some great tunes to sing along with↓

 

The sun was going down when I finished.

 Just over 2 years to go before that bottle gets opened 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾↓

 While tea was cooking in the oven.

Three of us had a go on a game we bought earlier↓

 

 One of us was winning by miles.......

(It pays to sing lots of songs!)

Tea is finally ready...↓

I had a quick look at the Birthdays...

Don Everly, American singer and half of the rock and roll duo "The Everly Brothers" (Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie), is 83 years old 🎈

Dennis Edwards  was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records.He died aged 74 in 2018.

 My prodical brother is not coming back until tomorrow afternoon. So we can visit my dad tomorrow morning....

My other brother was stopping with my dad tonight...

We caught up with some telly programmes from this week.

Graham is joined on the sofa by actors Margot Robbie, Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith and Jim Carrey, and Lewis Capaldi performs his single Before You Go.

Then to catch up with↓

 Then off to bed for more nibbles.....

 

 

Back On The Road...

A tourist is someone who goes 3000 miles to get a photograph pf themselves in front of their car - Robert Benchley

What a surprise I wakes up really early on a Saturday morning!

Just in time to hear "Sounds of the 60s" on Radio 2.

We enjoy a nice cup of tea listening to it.

At 8.30 it was time to wake up the kids!

"Wakey Wakey!"

After they had their breakfast and got changed..

We were out of the house...

Road Trip Time!

 Let's hope we don't have a windy problem like last time I wore the dress!

 Off we go....

 First we got some great things from the monthly sale by the Droitwich Lions↓

 We moved the car to the long stay car park.

Nice to see the church on the hill again

 Charity Shop Time!

Pity they didn't have any in my size!

 One of my favourite shows↓

 

 £12.99↑↑

 Went for a coffee in the Library...

I read the newspapers↑

  Now for a reduced lunch from Waitrose↑

 A bargain boxset↑

We finished putting the pictures over the bed, and 

got a new bed spread to go over the duvet↓

 We nearly have finished sorting out our bedroom.

Just waiting for one other item...

(clue: It is a movie poster)

My spare curtains arrived as well↓

 I caught up with my blog...

Until I saw the time....↓

Hubby was fast asleep when I got to bed...

Now to test my new earplugs!  

 

Twelve Months Ago....

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

It's the first anniversary of my accident.

In the morning I was enjoying coffee..↓

By the afternoon I was in a hospital bed, with no achilles tendon attached to the bone, and ankle bone chipped↓

 Twelve months on, 

I am back at work, driving,and can share a bed with a warm hubby....:)

Back to 2018....

 Breakfast in bed↑

 Getting out of the house

 Off to visit the Salvation Charity Shop↑↑

 Someone is glad to see me↑

 It's getting warmer.

 I popped in to see my dad.

Back home with our bargains↓

 

 

 

 

Lunch..↑

 Is a storm coming???

We watched The Apprentice..

 Then I mounted the stairs....

To celebrate Hump of the week.🐪