Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Sunday 2 December 2018

Going Back In Time.

Habit is a cable; We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it - Horace Mann
We were up early....
We took sexy beast for a little ride to...
 
 
 
 

70's and 80's Christmas Time at Hanbury Hall!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wow what a good experience of going back in time!
There was a lovely Rolls Royce to look at.
 
 
 Do the sheep remember me from Friday?↓
 We then went onto Droitwich....
 
 Had a free coffee and newspaper↓
 Now to pick up my net curtains up↓
 Got home..
 
 
 The new net curtains are up↑
Trying to find cheaper ingredients for the pie.
The top prices are from Waitrose
The bottom prices are from Asda. 
I had a quick look at the Birthdays:
 Rick Savage: Bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages) is 57 years old
 Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 in 1982
In 1967:1st human heart transplant performed in South Africa by Dr Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky
We watched:
 Now to wait to mount the Wobbly Work Wheel..... 

Saturday 1 December 2018

No Kippers But Plenty Of Nets

Never sweep.After four years the dirt gets no worst. Quentin Crisp

Welcome to December!
 I was up early to listen to "The Sounds of the 60's"
We listened to the rest of the show in a nice warm bed.
After getting up and having breakfast.
It was time to upgrade the house a little bit.
Net curtains and tidying up bedrooms was top of the list.
Time for some fresh air!
 
 We managed to get a parking space.
First stop was my Dunelm Experience.
 Picked up net curtains and net curtain wire.
Next stop was to get some top up shopping in Lidl.
Robot vacuum cleaner↓
 
 Much prefer my Henry...↓
 Bongo time!
 Much prefer my Kenny :)↓
 Pops in to see my dad for an hour.
Enjoyed a good coffee↓
Gets back home to continute upgrading the house.
My older son had some nice blue net curtains.
My younger son had some nice green and white net curtains.
We had some nice blue bird net curtains in the small window.
 After we finished tea.
It was time to relax....
 I put another internet order for some more net curtains for the huge stairs window.
(As the nets have not been changed for 8 years!!!)
It was ready for 10 to 6pm.
However I was in my PJ's and the shop shuts at 6pm...
However it was ready at
We bought this particular film a few months ago...

 It was a very good film.
So good, I have ordered the second film...↓
 and another film,
we missed when it came out on the cinema. 
 
I had quick look at the Birthdays...
 Matt Monro: English singer, (Born Free,From Russia With Love) would have been 88 years 
(He died in 1985 at the age of 54.) 
 Keith Michell: American actor and theatre director (6 Wives of Henry VIII) would have been 92.
(He died in 2015)

Anton Rodgers: British actor (Fresh Fields, May to December) died at the age of 74 in 2007.
 John Lennon & Yoko Ono: release
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US in 1971.
 
Off to bed, as we are visiting another Country House tomorrow....