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 🎈 

 

 

In Need Of A Good Blast!

 I'm a wonderful housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house - Zsa Zsa Gabor

 Welcome to my Sunday fun 💋

I was up at 5.30 as I was far too hot.

I gave the garden a quick water before it got too hot too do so!

I published 9 blog posts.

Sleeping Beauty woke up and we had a nice breakfast downstairs while it was still cool!

Dressed.

Now out to sort out Sexy Beast... 

Checks the tyres...

Fills up for the week with fuel.

On the way to town, one car couldn't wait to go into the car park of the lake, and drove straight in front of me....

He had a good blast of the horn off me...

Nearly causing an accident....!

Now off to town...

Car park 7 was still closed.

Parked in Car Park 4 instead.

Hubby got some new clothes from Primark.

I got some clothes in the sale in New Look.

It was getting well warm in the Shopping Centre.

Time for a quick visit to Mum and Dad.

(And to water the plants on their grave)

Back home.

Light lunch.

Then off to Costa Coffee in Henley to get some more nibbles.

Back home.

See what nibbles we got...

Enjoyed the sunshine in the garden...

(Under the parasol)

I got more food from Waitrose on the food app.

Now to go and get it...

The staff were talking about the Magic bag I had to come and collect.

I told them I was here for the Magic bag.

It wasn't ready, so I went off into WH Smith to have a look in there.

Five minutes later the magic bag arrived with some reduced flowers!

Back home.

Now for tea...

We caught up on the last episode of 

"Dragon's Den"

Quick read of today's newspaper.

 Dion is an American singer and songwriter whose music has incorporated elements of doo-wop, rock, R&B and blues. As lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, then a solo career, he was one of the most popular rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion era. He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, with the Belmonts or with the Del-Satins. He is best known for the singles "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among other hits. 

He is 82 years old 🎈

 

Martha  Reeves  is an American R&B and pop singer and former politician. She is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas which scored over a dozen hit singles, including "Come and Get These Memories", "Nowhere to Run", "Heat Wave", "Jimmy Mack", and their signature "Dancing In The Street". From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected council woman for the city of Detroit, Michigan.She is 80 years old 🎈

 Having a early night as back on the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow in this heatwave!

 

 

Bang, Crash, The Lid Comes Off!

 That money talks, I'll not deny: I heard it once, it said, "Goodbye." - Richard Armour

Welcome to my Saturday 💪

I had a hot flush at 4.30am....

I couldn't cool down.....

Downstairs I went for a bit under the fan with a cup of tea!

I fell asleep for an hour...

Woke up and made a brew....

Took them upstairs....

Woke up Sleeping Beauty before the alarm went off...

We listened to Sounds of the 60s...

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Got one son up for his job.

Hubby waited for the Satellite repair man to come while I dropped off son at work.

I have a coffee and chat at my son's work.

Then off to Sainsbury's to drop off some shoes at the shoe bank.

Nipped into Sainsburys while I was there.

I gets back home shortly after.

No sign of the Satellite repair man, it had gone past 10am!
On his way, was his response when asked.

We had a sneaky bacon sandwich while waiting.

I went back to bed half an hour later to catch up on the sleep I missed this morning.

When I woke, the tree outside my son's bedroom window was just losing a large branch!

The Satellite Repair man, fixed the cable  that led from the sky box to the sky dish, however the branch belonging to the tree was blocking the signal.

He did offer to move the dish to the chimney for £150.

The tree losing one branch was the cheaper option.

The branch was added to the pile that was going down the Household tip tomorrow!

Light lunch.

We watched another episode of Hotel Inspector.

Then it was out for a little ride to get some bits..from...

Homebase.

Got some vanish for the garden bench.

Glue to glue back a horn back on the bull...

Next stop was a visit to our local Shopping Centre.

Parked in the Car Park.

Got some bits from Wilkinson's.

(Nice wind chime for the garden)

You still have to wear facemasks.

Some wasn't, glad I was.

I won some nibbles off a website "Too Good To Go."

I picked up the nibbles from Cafe Nero.

Back home.

When we put the bags on the kitchen table.

Hubby slammed the bag from Homebase on the floor....

Oh dear, I looked in the bag, the lid of the vanish came off and the whole bag contained white vanish......

Great!

Unpacked the bag from Cafe Nero.

Now to put the tea in the oven for later on.

I actually won a lucky bag from Waitrose for £5.

(Will collect that later)

Tea is served.

Later on, to collect my Waitrose order.

Brings my lucky bag back.

Our kids and I enjoyed Sushi for the first time.

Quick read of the newspaper.

 After watching 2 more episodes of "Hotel Inspector", it was off to a nice inviting bed!