Trying To Release The Red Stuff...

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat - P. J O' Rourke.

I have a bad enough time trying to sleep,

(I am a light sleeper).

I had a loud snore in my ear....

So I resolved the problem,

(besides giving a elbow in the ribs and a quick kick)

I got up to enjoy tea and toast,

Plus I watched an episode of Kirstie's Homemade Christmas..

 Before falling asleep again...

Later on, Hubby warmed my breakfast back up with he went to work.

He a big 💋 goodbye.

I had a phone call,

Someone is coming out to look at the roof tomorrow..

(It's blowing a gale in the loft) 

Another pop star has passed away.

It is 
Daryl  Dragon 

from

Captain & Tennille

 He died from from renal failure at the age of 76 years old.

I had to go and have a blood test.

Out into the cold I went.

 

 Anyone fancy a shopping trolley,toilet,fridge or garden chair???↑↑↑

 Parks up at the hospital.

  All ready to try to get that rare thing out of arm...

(My veins don't like giving blood at the best of times....) 

I looked at the Birthdays

 John Thaw: British actor,(The Sweeney,Inspector Morse) would have been

77 years old.

(He died at the age of 60 in 2002)

Bill Travers [William Inge Lindon-Travers]: British actor, director, officer and animal rights activist (Born Free, Gorgo), would have been 97 years old .

(He died aged 72 in 1992)

  Joy Adamson([Friederike Viktoria Gessner]: Austrian naturalist and author (Born Free),was murdered by her servant at the age of 69 in 1980.

 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist, Aretha Franklin in 1987

Once that was done, I tried to pay to get our of the car park...

2 cards were declined..

 Walked back to car to see how much loose change I had.

£2.50 in 20p,10p and 5p.

Then I tried my card using contactless...

Surprise Surprise, it worked!!!!

I was out of there in under 20 minutes!!

Back home for coffee and lunch..

 Had a nice packet through the post.

 Free gift↓

 

 Now I can try and use my knitting looms to knit my own hat....

Went back out...

Today's hat was the pink one!

 I parked by the college, as older son needed to collect his order from town.

 Then I went around to see my dad.

 We had strong words

( I did, as I don't like being accused of stirring the shit, when I haven't).

I got back home ..↓

 

 Sorted out the evening meal.

Went to work.

Came back for another strong coffee.

My kids have found Shaun the Sheep on Netflix.

 Making plans on how to use tomorrow Friday's Feeling...🍾🍾🍾

 

 

Fancy A Bit Of Pussy?

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile - Albert Schweitzer

Welcome to my Hump of the week 🐫

It was back to work for hubby.

The dust was removed from the alarm clock..

It was a early tea in bed this morning!

  I even waved him off....

It was so cold...

 We had a hard frost last night....

More house tidying up to do...

Much needed coffee afterwards..

 Once my kids had surfaced, and had breakfast.

Time to add bobble hat and scrape the windscreen....

 No wonder it is was cold....↓

 Plenty of singing along to the CD...

 Down to Morrisons again..

 I got some nice orange and blue Pussy Willow.

Afterwards dropped in to see my Dad.

He refused to come downstairs,

So I had my coffee downstairs.

 Back home,

The temperatures had gone up to 3c.

 More bobble hats arrived for me↓

 The lovely Pussy Willow↑↑↑

While I was reading the newspaper.

I came across the Life in Brief section.

Honey Lantree, the drummer with The Honeycombs in the 60's has passed away on December 23rd 2018 aged 75. :( 

Ray Sawyer : Singer with Dr. Hook passed away on New Year's Eve aged 81.

 Yesterday,

Dean Ford:Singer with the band, Marmalade passed away aged 72.

 On a brighter note:

Birthdays 

Roger Miller:Country Singer( (King of the Road, Dang Me),would have been 83 years old.

(He died aged 56 in 1992) 

 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon in 1974.

Now to have a quick play with Kenny.

 Popped the Fruit Cake into the oven

before I went to work...↓

 After 5 hours in the oven, it's ready!

 Now to use some whippy cream on my piece of cake!

 

Starting The New Year With A Clean Up!

“I’m a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser” – (Robert Paul)

New Year's Day

Welcome to 2019!

We watched the firework display up our road last night 🎆

  We brought the coal,silver coin,food and a glass of whiskey through the front door and out the back door.

Then we watched the London Fireworks on catch up 🎆 

 Finally dragged myself to bed at 1.30am...

It was nice to wake up to a cup of tea..

 Forgot to stock up on the milk yesterday.

Not enough for breakfast.

Wrote a nice list, and out of the house in Sexy Beast. 

 We had a nice CD to listen to...

 Everyone was grabbing the reduced food like it was going out of fashion.

We only got the stuffing balls and some ham slices.

Had to get some backing dark chocolate as it was on offer!

(Never have enough of baking chocolate in this house!)

↓

 

 Once we finished, we went home.

Then we had loads of things to do:

Take down the Christmas 🎄 and decorations inside and out.

Sorted out the garden.

Tidied up the Living Room and Kitchen.

Checked Fridge for out of date food.

We put the shopping away.

Moved around some of my quotes in the hallway.

Moved my hearts from the kitchen to hallway.

 Even Henry came out for the New Year!

 My brother who dressed as a woman last night at a party, returned my Pearls 

While the chicken was cooking in the oven.

I had a quick look at the Birthdays:

"F. R." David (born Elli Robert Fitoussi):

French singer (Words) is 72 years old.

 Hank Williams - American country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 in 1953.

 Cesar Julio Romero Jr:American actor (Batman, Ocean's 11), dies at 86 in 1994.

 Simon & Garfunkel's: "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.

We put up the new calenders in the kitchen.

 

  I highlighted the main points for this month.....

It's back to work, and back to school....

Now to enjoy pudding!