Time To Dip Into The Box!

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do - Walter Bagehot

Boxing Day

Welcome to my Boxing Day 🎁

Nice warm hug.

Brew with breakfast.

Thermal vest.

Dressed.

Now out for some much needed fresh air.

We bought the newspaper and some 25p hand gel.

Now onto see my parents.

I see the gold-digging younger brother dropped a wreath down with a blue ribbon.

Now to get home out of the rain!

Now for a hot cup of coffee!

Nice hot sandwich with hot cheese inside.

Now to watch a 3 part spin off of series from 

I Am a Killer - Released.

We put the chicken in the oven, as well as the stuffing balls, and pigs in blankets.

I must have a 20 minute nap as I missed the last episode.

Tea is ready to be served up!

Now to catch up with some telly....

Then to watch a great film that is over 20 years old↓

I looked inside today's newspaper.

"The Philadelphia Story" film directed by George Cukor, based on the Broadway play of the same name, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart, is released (Academy Awards Best Actor 1941) in 1940. 

"The African Queen", directed by John Huston and based on the 1935 novel of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, is released in LA, California (Academy Awards Best Actor 1952) in 1951.

The Beatles' I Feel Fine single
goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks in 1964.

UK No.1 on this day in 1974: 

Mud - Lonely This Christmas

Time to dip into the box....↓

I had a early Sleep Tea...

I watched the last episode of I Am A Killer - Released.

Then the Review of the Newspapers.

Tomorrow on the hunt for more Nutcrackers....

 




 

 

 

That's A Lot Of Booze & Chocolate For One!

I want to get as thin as my first husband's promises 

- Texas Guinan

Welcome to my Thursday 👍

Nice warm hug to start the day.

Breakfast with brew.

I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he left for work.

Then I started to wrap the final presents.

Then Thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

Gets all the kids up.

One son is having his second Covid 19 jab this morning.

We leave the house.

We wait in the car park, while my son has his second Covid vaccine.

Then it's on to make my parent's grave feel a bit more like Christmas.

Then off to Sainsburys.

I picked up my Soup Maker from Argos.

Then I needed 2 more items.

The person in front has 26 items in his trolley.

Lots of tins of Quality Street, and Booze.

His bill came up to £197.

He paid in cash.

My two items came up to £3.50.

Loaded it up in Sexy Beast.

Now back home. 

Coffee machine put on!

What's behind the Advent Calender door?

Lunchtime.

My friend came round soon after.

Coffee, Banana loaf and chat.

Swapped presents.

Wished her a Happy Christmas.

My Cake tins arrived...

Out came Kenny to mix the mixture.

Lots of Brandy added.

(Finished what was left in the bottle)

I had to use another tin as well, as had some mix left over.

4 tier Xmas Cake.

The cake mix was added to the tins, and will be put in the oven tomorrow morning.

Hubby came home to have a sloppy wet 💋.

Dishes up the tea.

Quick look in the newspaper.

Frederick Heath , known professionally as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer-songwriter, best remembered as the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles British rockers to achieve worldwide fame, mainly for his 1960 hit, "Shakin' All Over".

He would have been 86 years old 🎈

Honey Lantree (born Anne  Lantree, born  in Hayes, Middlesex).She was the  drummer and singer in the 60s band, The Honeycombs.

She sadly died aged 75 in 2018.

We watched the news review.

Sleep tea time.

I hopefully get Christmas Cake made and decorated by the end of the day....

&

The Friday Feeling is back 🎈

 

 

Flick, Flick, And More Flick!

 Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps - Emo Philips.

 Welcome to my Sunday love 💓

I went to bed early last night, and stopped in bed longer than I should have ....

Nice to have a warm hug with brew.

Breakfast.

The temperatures are to drop this week.

So on goes the thermal vest...

Dressed.

Now to sort out Sexy Beast... 

Checked the tyre pressures.

Next to pick up some bathroom paint from:

Once the tiling has been done,

The walls are going from pink to bright blue!

Back home.

The coffee machine went on.

So did the washing machine.

Coffee time!

Then it was blogging time.

I wrote 3 blog posts,

I had a break for lunch and then carried on.

The tiler carried on with tiling the bathroom.

He will carry on a doing a bit tomorrow night.

Tea time.

Published the three blog posts.

Now to settle down for some music...

Christmas Legends:

But Who's The Oldest?

It's a pity they didn't include two members of MUD that are still alive!

Rob Davis: Born 1947 

Ray Stilies: Born 1946 

Their Christmas song is at the end of the blog!

Inbetween flicking inbetween the music channels, I also enjoyed some Genesis and Phil Collins...

I did miss my favourite Phil Collins songs...↓

Moving along to another music channel..

Quick look into today's newspaper...

Bill Bixby was an American actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panelist. His career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series. He is known for his roles as Tim O'Hara in the CBS sitcom My Favorite Martian, Tom Corbett in the ABC sitcom The Courtship of Eddie's Father, stage illusionist Anthony Blake in the NBC crime drama series The Magician, and scientist Dr. David Banner in the CBS science-fiction drama series The Incredible Hulk.

He died on this day aged 59 in 1993. 

Sleep Tea Time..

Back on the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.