Having A Smaller One!

 My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance - Tim Allen

Welcome to my first day of my school holidays 👌

 It was nice to have warm hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby gave me a sloppy wet 💋 before he went off to work.

I was taking one son up the town to get some more trainers for playing football with.

I waited outside while he got ready to come out.

Now out we go...

We parked in Car Park 4.

Son bought his trainers from Sports Direct.

I bought a mini Pom Pom tree from Magical Store.

(It was reduced from £16 to £4)

Got a cold mocha from Costa Coffee on the way back to the car.

We dropped it off home, then back out.

Got some bargains from the Charity Shops in Alcester.

Now to visit Waitrose.

Funny Private Eye Front Cover.

Son and I have  ice lollies in the car park before we go back home.

Unpacks all the shopping and bargains.

I bought two sewing machine books as well.

Found room for my Pom Pom tree.

Lunchtime.

Now to catch up with newspaper reading..

I got through reading of them.

Into the Recycle bin they go afterwards.

I puts the tea in the oven to cook.

Hubby come home and has a nice wet 💋

and hug.

Tea is served.

Quick look in today's newspapers.

 Estelle Louise Fletcher, known professionally as Louise Fletcher, is an American actress. She had her acting debut in the television series 77 Sunset Strip in the 1957/58 season. She guest starred in the television series Bat Masterson (episode "Cheyenne Club"), Maverick (episode "The Saga of Waco Williams") with James Garner, and Wagon Train in 1959 before making her film debut in A Gathering of Eagles in 1963. In 1974, after a decade-long hiatus from acting in which she raised a family, Fletcher appeared in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us. 

 Fletcher garnered international prominence with her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Other notable film roles include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Brainstorm (1983), Firestarter (1984), Flowers in the Attic (1987), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Cruel Intentions (1999)

She is 87 years old 🎈 

Terence  Stamp is an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the "master of the brooding silence" by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

He is 83 years old 🎈

  It's getting warm again at night....

Another night on the sofa?

At least the Friday Feeling is back tomorrow 🎈 

 

 

Keeping It Filled Up!

If you play with anything long enough it will break - Murphy's Law

Welcome to my Saturday 👅

Nice to have hug with a brew!

Breakfast.

Kids are off for their daily exercise.

They will meet us at the graveyard where my parents are buried.

I had some nice stuff arrive in the post↓

Now to go out for some fresh air.

Kids started on their walk.

We went past where the new Lidl is being built.

They are slowly bringing down the old buildings..

Tidied up my parent's grave.

Next Sunday is Mother's Day, and got the balloons ready as well as more flowers.

We had a look around the graveyard.

We found someone who died at 101 years old.

Kids arrived. 

Back home.

We had a nice treat of a Bacon and black pudding sandwich↓

Then off to get some meat for the freezer.

(I stopped in the car)

When we got back, time for all of it to go in the freezer.

Time for a much needed coffee.

Hubby and son then went off to do some food shopping for us and the next door neighbour.

I had a Cottage Pie to make.

Once it was done, in the oven it went.

Having fun at the moment trying to master bread.

We ate the last of it yesterday.

First thing tomorrow, the breadmaker is going back on.

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

Hubby and son came back.

Unpacked the shopping.

Time for tea!

Afterwards, I caught up with week's newspaper including todays.

Martin Kove  is an American actor, best known for The Karate Kid (1984), in which he played John Kreese, the head teacher of the Cobra Kai karate dojo. He reprised the role in two sequels, The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989) as well as the 2018 television sequel series Cobra Kai. He also appeared as Nero the Hero in Death Race 2000 (1975), and afterward as Clem in White Line Fever (1975). He was a regular on the TV series Cagney and Lacey (1982-1988), portraying Police Detective Victor Isbecki. He appeared in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). 

He is 75 years old 🎈 

Pauline Matthews , better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records.

Dee is best known for her 1974 hit "I've Got the Music in Me" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", her 1976 duet with Elton John, which went to number 1 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1993, she performed another duet with John for his Duets album, a cover version of Cole Porter's "True Love", which reached number 2 in the UK. During her career, she has released 40 singles, three EPs and 12 albums. 

She is 74 years old 🎈 

Now to watch more of season 1 of "Boss".

 Sleep tea time.

2 more episodes to watch tomorrow and we have finished season 1!!!

 

Getting Out In The Sunshine!

"Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees!" - 

Swedish proverb

 

Welcome to my Saturday 🌟

Brew and hug↑

We had to have crumpets for the time being as we didn't have a enough milk for our porridge.

Dressed.

Now out for part one of our walk↓

We went past my dad's house.

The sold sign is on the board now.↑

Back home.

Back out to drop off son for his boxing lesson.

We go into town.

I went to get my glasses tighted up.

As my glasses like falling down over my nose.

I got chatting to my postie friend.

Once glasses were done.

Back to the car with a much needed coffee.

Picks son up from his boxing lesson.

Back home.

Then back out to get some much needed meat.

Light lunch time↓

Quick read of the newspaper↓

Julie London  was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. Born in Santa Rosa, California to vaudevillian parents, London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous westerns, co-starring with Rock Hudson in The Fat Man (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in Saddle the Wind (1958), and opposite Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959).She would have been 94 years old 🎈

She died aged 74 years old in 2000.

Bryan Ferry CBE  is an English singer and songwriter. His voice has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established a distinctive image and sartorial style; according to The Independent, Ferry and his contemporary David Bowie influenced a generation with both their music and their appearances. Peter York described Ferry as "an art object" who "should hang in the Tate".

He is 75 years old 🎈 

Lynn  Anderson was an American country singer, songwriter and television personality. She is most remembered for her signature recording crossover hit, "Rose Garden." The song was a number one hit in the United States and internationally. Additionally, Anderson had four number one singles and 18 top ten hits on the Billboard country songs chart. She has also been regarded as one of country music's most significant performers.She would have been 73 years old 🎈 She died aged 67 in 2015.

Robert  Palmer  was an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He was known for his powerful, distinctive, gritty and soulful voice, sartorial elegance and for combining soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues.He died on this day in 2003 aged 54 

   I writes yesterday's blog post.

Writes out our shopping list and gets the shopping list from my neighbour.

Time to clear the cobwebs...

Another little walk...

2 miles done today \o/

Now to do some shopping.

No big packs of toilet roll left ↑↑↑

I bagged up  my neighbour's shopping.

The only thing we couldn't get was his YUM YUMS ...back here to tomorrow to get them and use up our £10 voucher off more shopping tomorrow.

Nice sunset↑↑↑

Gets back home.

Delivers my neighbour's shopping to him.

We unpack our shopping.

Hubby does the tea..

(Night off for me)

We watch 3 more episodes of NYPD Blue season 10.

With some sleep tea↓

I was glad we had a warm duvet cover to get warm under...

You never know what cold hands can do!