Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess: lava lamp

Wednesday 24 February 2021

One Bang, & It's Gone!

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well - Dan Rather

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐪

Hug and brew to start the day.

Breakfast.

Followed by a hot shower.

Dressed.

Hubby goes and fetches the newspaper.

I turn on my Lava Lamp and the bulb blows!

Trying to find a matching bulb is going to be an adventure!

Either the watt is too high,or the bulb is too expensive!

I could have got a new Lava lamp on what I paid for the 3 bulbs I got in the end!

At least my bread flour order arrived!

Now to sort out my kitchen unit that will hold this flour↓

I sorted and gave it a good clean out.

I didn't have enough storage jars for where the flour was going in to.

On-line order, hubby will pick them up later.

I whipped up a French style of bread in the breadmaker while I was sorting out the various flours.

Much needed coffee time.

Afterwards, I went outside for some much needed fresh air.

I had a funny shaped parcel delivered to me.

It was the wallpaper boarder I ordered.

Another job to be done over the weekend!

I had more post as well.

The final book I ordered for my next neighbour came.

As well as a book I ordered for one of my sons.

I had a letter about booking an appointment for my Covid jab. Already booked in for mine in a few days...

Lunchtime.

Quick look in the newspapers.

Al Lettieri was an American actor and screenwriter. During his career, he acted with some of Hollywood's biggest screen stars, including Steve McQueen in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ, Richard Harris in The Deadly Trackers, Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney in Pulp, and Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather. In most of those roles, he was cast as a villain and was sometimes credited as Anthony Lettieri.

He would have been 93 years old 🎈

He died aged 47 in 1975.

Paul Jones is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, radio personality and television presenter. He first came to prominence as the lead singer and harmonicist of the successful 1960s group Manfred Mann, with whom he had several Top Ten hit records from 1962 to 1966. He presented The Blues Show on BBC Radio 2 for thirty-two years, from 1986 to 2018.

He is 79 years old 🎈

David Goldstein , better known as Rupert Holmes, is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, and for his television series Remember WENN.

He is 74 years old 🎈

Harold Ramis was an American actor, comedian, director and writer. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). The final film that he wrote, produced, directed, and acted in was Year One (2009)

He died on this day in 2014 aged 69.

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

Tea at 3.

The French Bread was ready \o/

Hubby went to get my order,

Top up shopping.

I put the tea in the oven.

Woo hoo my order has come↓

Now tea is served↓

Caught up with today's episode of Judge Rinder.

While hubby went to have a shower, I watched a great programme on Sky Arts.

News Review with Sleep tea.

Then to get under that WARM duvet cover!

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Bang It's Goes!

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it - Les Brown

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

More bangs to put up with...

Brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Turned on my Lava lamp.

Bang, the bulb blew!

My lava lamp is over 20 years old.

I could not find a bulb for it anywhere :(

Google some Lava lamps...

Hubby goes for his walk to get the newspaper.

Quick read of it↓

Hank Marvin is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard, and subsequently for Marvin, Welch & Farrar. He is 79 years old 🎈

Dennis Franz Schlachta known professionally as Dennis Franz, is a retired American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He also portrayed Lt. Norman Buntz in the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues (1985–1987) and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–1988).He is 76 years old 🎈

Glyn Geoffrey Ellis , known professionally as Wayne Fontana, was an English rock and pop singer, best known for the 1965 hit "The Game of Love" with the Mindbenders. He would have been 75 years old 🎈

He died in August 2020 aged 74.

James MacArthur was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O, and for playing the juvenile lead in a series of Disney movies. He died on this day in 2010 aged 72.