Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess

Monday 24 December 2018

Not Long To Go...

“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.'” - Bernard Manning

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve's Wobby Wheel..

The alarm went off...

Hubby was going into work...

I kissed him goodbye 💋

I got up the kids,

As we are going to up town early.

The sun coming up↓

The some of the shops we visited:

Poundstretchers,

Superdrug,

The Works,

Nipped into Costa Coffee↓

I bought a wreath for my mum's grave.

Wilkinsons,

Whsmith.

Walked back to my Sexy Beast.

Then I went round to see my friend to give her, a Xmas card.

I wished her a good Christmas.

Back home to pick up Willow the Gerbil.

He had a visit to the vets

Will have to keep a eye on the tumour.

Hubby comes back from work.

Then out we go for the wreath for my mum's grave.

Pops into see my dad↓

Back home to hang something on the Christmas Tree...↓

I scanned the newspaper for Birthdays:

Cynthia Payne: English brothel madam,

would have been 86 years.

(She died in 2015 aged 82)

There has been two films based on her life...

Ricky Martin (Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales): Singer & Actor is 47 years old.

Jack Klugman: American actor (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus), died aged 90 in 2012

Private companies allowed to use the word "postcard" in the US. Previously they were labelled "Private Mailing Cards" and known as "souvenir cards" in 1901.

Broke open the new DVD, I bought on Saturday.

It didnt help I fell asleep after they found the body....

I climbed into bed at 1am.....

Sunday 23 December 2018

Never Mind The Wrapping...

“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” – Garrison Keillor

It was nice to have a bit of a lie-in..

Then out to do my job.

Plenty of singing along while cleaning...

Comes back..

It is time to fight the crowds to do some Christmas Food Shopping...

Off we go.

Bromsgrove Aldi.

We checked out the new Lidl in Bromsgrove.

Followed by the bigger store called the Food Warehouse.

We tried to find some Whipped Cream.

We visited the Bromsgrove Waitrose.

We got some nice reduced food.

The only place we could get some cream was the Asda in Redditch.

Back home for some late lunch.

Now to wrap some Christmas Presents up.

I did 90% of wrapping up.

I took a break to read the newspaper.

Johnny Kidd [Frederick Heath]: English singer–songwriter (Johnny Kidd & Pirates),

would have been 79 years old.

(He died aged 30 in 1966)

John Sullivan:
English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms,( including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends.)
He would have been 72 years.
(He died aged 64 in 2011)

Margaret Hamilton: suffered a second-degree burn on her face and a third-degree burn on her hand during a second take of her fiery exit from Munchkinland, in which the trap door's drop was delayed to eliminate the brief glimpse of it seen in the final edit. Hamilton had to recuperate in a hospital and at home for six weeks after the accident before returning to the set to complete her work on the film, and refused to have anything further to do with fire for the rest of the filming of"The Wizard of Oz" in 1939.

We caught up on Kirstie's Homemade Christmas...

Then off to a warm bed......

Saturday 22 December 2018

Trying To Pull!

“Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.” – Lenore Hershey

Welcome to the start of the weekend.

I still woke up early to listen to the "Sounds of the 60's".

We had breakfast after it finished.

We had to leave the house early to carry on with some shopping in town↓

I got a new watch battery from the market.

Then off to Poundland.

I got some nice DVDS from HMV↓

While hubby did my dad's shopping,

I messed about with some tools...

Now to try and put the wool through the holes...
Even with the new watch battery,

The watch isn't working properly.

I looked at the newspaper for Birthdays:

Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb: Singers (Bee Gees).

(Maurice died aged 53 in 2003)
(Robin died aged aged 62 in 2012)

Richard "Ricky" Ross: Scottish rock vocalist (Deacon Blue) is 61 years old.

Joe Strummer: British lead singer of the punk band "The Clash" (Rock the Casbah), dies at the age 50 in 2002

"The Graduate": American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, is released (Best Director 1968) in 1967.