Having Fun With Pop Art!

 If you aren't fired with enthusiasm,you will be fired with enthusiasm -

Vince Lombardi

Welcome to my Thursday 🍾

I still have some nice bruises on my knee from the swelling.

I am still keeping the leg up where possible!

Brew with warm hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I give everyone their sloppy wet 💋💋

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

Now for the coffee!

Now for cut cut...

Pop Art Material↑

Cut all the elastic for the facemasks.

Now for some peaceful sewing.....

Lol...

The bobbin ran out after finishing 3 masks....

I was waiting for a Fabric order when I noticed a blue DPD van go next door .

I checked the delivery process...

My order had been delivered!

I got in touch with the place I got my Fabric to see if it could be redelivered to me.

Light lunch 

Finally got 5 facemasks made!

The Pop Art masks really stand out!

Another sewing pattern arrived for me to try out.

At least Amazon found me!

Belated Tea at 3.

The driver redelivered my parcel \o/

Some nice fabric!

Then watched the last two episodes of series 3 of the Great British Sewing Bee.

I gave hubby a wet sloppy 💋 when he came home.

He in return, gave me today's newspaper.

 Bobby Fuller,was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance" and "I Fought the Law", recorded with his group The Bobby Fuller Four.He would have been 78 years old 🎈

He died aged 23 years old in 1966.

Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynn Moorer,) is an American singer and songwriter and the older sister of Allison Moorer. The success of her pop rock album I Am Shelby Lynne (1999) led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (despite being her sixth studio album). She released a Dusty Springfield tribute album called Just a Little Lovin' in 2008. Since then she has started her own independent record label, called Everso Records, and released three albums: Tears, Lies and Alibis, Merry Christmas, and Revelation Road. Lynne is also known for her distinctive contralto voice.She is 52 years old 🎈

A nice beef Stir Fry for tea.

Then we moved onto Series 5.

Hubby went down to do my job.

Brusing is appearing on my knee due to the swelling :(

When hubby gets back, we move onto 1970s episode, where they have to make flares!

Out comes the Sleep Tea.

At last the Friday Feeling arrives tomorrow 🎈

 

 

When It Blows Up Too Much!

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher - Victor Hugo

No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 today.

Due to the Baker's Cyst on the back of the leg making my knee grow 3 times the size!

Brew and hug time.

My knee has gone down a little bit over night.

Still painful to walk...

I had to let my employers know I wasn't coming to work today!

Had Breakfast.

Dressed.

Made a slow way down the stairs.

One son fetched the newspaper for me.

"Good Lad"

Gave everyone their wet sloppy 💋💋💋 before everyone left.

I hopped to the kitchen to make a much needed coffee...

&

Quick look in the newspaper.

 Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson ) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number-one hit.She is 75 years old 🎈

Leg raised up on the sofa.

Caught up with the last week's newspapers.

There was a good interview with OMD in Saturday's I newspaper.

I looked through Netflix.

I like anything to do with the Wild West.

There was a series called Godless.

I had a small lunch.

More Godless to watch...

Tea at 3

I tried switching from a hot pack to a cold pack to put on my rather large knee.

The cold was making it worst.

Kids came back from school.

Told me all about their day.

One button needed to be put back on the blazer.

I managed to put the pie in the oven.

No pizza or Stir Fry today.

Gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 when he got back.

Pie was ready!

Hubby had to do my other job as I was not in no fit state to do it.

I got out my sewing basket to sew on the button back on the blazer.

I will have to wear a mask at my second job from next month.

More masks to make....

I have the time next week to make more as it's half term \o/

I have made some already.....

Gives me an excuse to look for more fabric ;P

Hubby comes back from my job, looking pleased with himself.

We caught up with Judge Rinder..

With some sleep tea.

(No doggy tonight due to the swelling of the knee!)

Then off to a warm bed and to keep the leg raised up ↗↗↗

 

  

Let Them Have Cake!

Love is the exploding cigar we will willingly smoke - Lynda Barry

Welcome to the Weekend 🎈

We had a nice lie-in.

Dropped of son at his boxing lesson.

We enjoyed a much needed Boost with coffee↓ 

We got the bedroom tidied up.

I had to sort out my baking hand↓

Once the cake went in the oven.

The washing machine went on.

Then it was time to play with Henry..

Tumble drier back on.

Light lunch time↓

Now to make more facemasks↓

Whiskey and Ginger Cake.

I got the shopping list from my neighbour.

It was still raining, and the wind got up!

Now to do the shopping for the week.

Once we did the shopping in Lidl.

We popped into Home Bargains for some Spring Onions for my neighbour.

The rain was lashing down and a dash of heavy winds!

Gets back home in the rain.

Dropped off my neighbour's shopping...

Put our shopping away.

Quick read of the newspaper

 Eddie Cochran  was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s.He would have been 82 years old 🎈

He died aged 21 years old in 1960.

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans) is an American rock 'n roll singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles including the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B hit "The Twist" and the Pony with hit "Pony Time". In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958, an honor it maintained for an August 2013 update of the list. He also popularized the "Limbo Rock" and its trademark limbo dance, as well as various dance styles such as The Fly. He is 79 years old 🎈

Lindsey  Buckingham  is an American singer, songwriter, and producer, best known as lead guitarist and one of the vocalists of the music group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has released six solo albums and three live albums. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Buckingham was ranked 100th in Rolling Stone's 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Buckingham is known for his fingerpicking guitar style.He is 71 years old 🎈 

Now to enjoy a late evening meal...

Catch up with this week's newspapers..

Caught up with last night's telly programmes.

 &

The Big Hits of 1990.

 Compilation of the best performances from 1990 in the Top of the Pops studio, including Adamski featuring Seal, Sinead O'Connor, Primal Scream, En Vogue and Snap!.

I am looking forward to watching Top Of The Pops from 1990.

Here are some songs from that year I am looking forward to hearing again:

I really hope this rain stops...

I need to get back on the walking!