Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else -
Will Rogers
Welcome to my Saturday 👯
I have my interview to be my Ward Councillor on my local Council later....
(Fun,fun fun!)
Nice brew with warm hug.
Breakfast.
We did the Saturday quiz and got 8 out 15.
Dressed.
Quick coffee...
Now out for a little ride...
We got the newspapers.
I got chatting to a parent who I knew from doing my previous Lollipop job. From last Wednesday, they have been told (The staff in Tesco), they will refuse to serve people if they don't wear a facemask.)
Now on to get some meat.
Once done there.
Just to do a bit of top up shopping until tomorrow.
Gets to pay for the shopping, then the red light goes off...
Back home..
Nice bit of soup to warm up with.
Got the tablet ready for the interview.
I got changed.
Pity I can't wear a badge which I found to wear at the interview↓
Things didn't go as planned 😨
I was second to be interviewed.
During the interview,
I was asked "If I would go for another ward, if I didn't get this one?"
(Red lights flashing!)
Waited in the waiting room to find out my fate.
My gut feeling says no.....
As normal, I didn't set my expections to high and my gut was right....
I didn't get chosen!
My interview notes went into the recycle bin!
Now to wait for the gloating to start that I didn't get it!
My hubby was quite upset I didn't get chosen.
I gave him a big hug and sloppy 💋
As we have watched "House of Cards", I am glad I am out of it!
Tea time.
The steak was awful 😶
Quick catch up of the newspapers.
Bradford Dillman was an American actor and author.
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace -
Robert J Sawyer
Welcome to the Friday Feeling 🍿
Hug with a brew!
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Hubby went out to clear his car of snow...
I gave him a big sloppy 💋 before he left.
I got the kids up to do their on-line learning.
I meanwhile got on writing my blog post from yesterday.
Before I did my Jukebox on Twitter.
Time to get the newspaper..
Still cold!
I chats with the woman in the Newsagent.I told her I didn't get the LTS job,but I have another interview tonight.She wished me luck for that one.
Back home.
Now for a much needed coffee!
&
Look in the newspaper
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE is a Welsh singer, whose career began in 1953, well known for her expressive voice and for recording the soundtrack theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single.
In 2000, Bassey was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey is one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain.
She is 84 years old 🎈
Peter Sarstedt, briefly billed early in his career as Peter Lincoln, was a British 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, despite his releasing
numerous successful albums and singles from the late 1960s onward.
He died on this day in 2017 aged 75.
Michael Apted, CMG
was a British director, producer,
writer and actor. One of the most prolific English film directors of his
generation, he is known for directing: the Up series (1964–), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the American film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980); the latter being nominated for seven Academy Awards, including for the Best Picture. He also directed Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award nominations and one Academy Award nomination, and the critically-acclaimed films Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Enigma (2001).
He died on the 7th January 2021 aged 79.
I added my Jukebox tunes to Twitter.
Early lunch with some hot soup.
I watched a film I haven't seen for ages...
Tea at 3.
Next was a programme I found on the planner I hadn't watched↓
Then I have to get all my things ready for the interview..
Tablet ready.
The interview went well.
When asked if I knew what the Whip does....
Out came my hand pretending to use a whip with noises.....
later on in the interview..
I just had to mention handcuffs......
I was told after the interview I am going onto the next stage, and have another interview in another 4 weeks time. \o/
Light lunch involving crumpets and finishing off the tart I made yesterday.
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth - Lilliah Hellman
Welcome to my cold Thursday....😬
Brew with warm hug.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Hubby went to scrape his car free of ice.
I gave him a sloppy wet 💋 before he left the house.
I got the kids up to do their on-line learning for school.
I wrote yesterday's blog post.
Put some music from my Jukebox on Twitter.
Now out for some fresh air...
Now to scrape Sexy Beast's windscreen.
It's freezing cold!
I gets the newspaper.
Comes back home.
All the curtains remain closed, as I have very draughty windows, and what with the heating being in, I don't need to lose the heat!
Coffee time.
Quick read of the newspaper.
Kenny Loggins is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His early soundtrack contributions date back to A Star Is Born in 1976.and he is known as the King of the Movie Soundtrack.As a solo artist, Loggins experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy Award nomination for "Footloose" in 1985. Finally Home was released in 2013, shortly after Loggins formed the group Blue Sky Riders with Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman. He won a Daytime Emmy Award, two Grammy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
He is 73 years old 🎈
Erin Gray is an American model and actress whose roles include Colonel Wilma Deering in the science fiction television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and as Kate Summers-Stratton in the situation comedy Silver Spoons.
She is 71 years old 🎈
Larry Grayson , born William Sulley White,
was an English comedian and television presenter who was best known in
the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for hosting the BBC's
popular series The Generation Game and for his high camp and English music hall humour.
His camp stand-up act consisted mainly of anecdotes about a cast
of imaginary friends; the most frequently mentioned were Everard and
Slack Alice. He is often cited as one of the first gay entertainers to
have enjoyed mass appeal, although he never made any reference to his
sexuality. He was devoted to his adopted home town of Nuneaton, where a museum display relating to his life and work and a memorial have been established.
He died on this day in 1995 aged 71.
Then to roll out the pastry to make a tart.
I blind baked the pastry in the oven.
Now Kenny came out for a quick play...
As soon as the pastry was ready in the oven, the cake tins went into the oven.
Filled the tart with mincemeat.
(My youngest son had wanted a mincemeat tart over Christmas,now I have the time,I can make one!)
The Carrot Cake Tray Bakes were ready.
&
Mincemeat Tart.
I had soup for lunch.
I needed a chill session.
I bit the bullet and hired a film off Amazon video.
John Malkovich is the star of this film.
Patrick Stewart has hair in this film!!!
I caught up with my magazines.
My lollipop boss phoned me up to ask how things are going. We had a nice chat for half an hour. Felt better for it :)
Belated tea at 3.
Hubby came home and received a nice sloppy 💋.
I pan fried some salami, pepperoni, onions, spinach, and garlic.
Added them all on top of fried eggs on toast.
With some nice hot flavoured beans.
As I was saying how good the Book Club was, hubby wanted to watch it.
So we did.
We both enjoyed it!
I have another Zoom interview tomorrow.
Got the tablet ready.
I will have to talk about myself for 5 minutes.
If I can do it for The Apprentice Interview in front of the producers for the show and a room of 50 back in 2012..
This should be easy....
However, I'm sure the alarm will sound if I go on for longer!
