Ping Time...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday Night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you! - Ogden Nash

Woo hoo Saturday is here...

I managed to hear the last 20 minutes of "Sounds of the 60's". 

I heard a good song to start Saturday with...

 We were going to do our food shopping early before it's gets busy!.

 Fresh air time...

 Lidl time....

 Nice bargain price from £29.99 to £29.99↑

One woman picked up a reduced chicken,

I picked up the other one...

I could hear her gums banging together to her husband when I walked off with it! 

We nipped into Home Bargains.

We couldn't visit Waitrose, as the car park was full!

 Next we visited Pets At Home for hamster and gerbil supplies

 Lovely little hamster like our Ruby↑

Pops round to see my dad.

Back home to unload the shopping.

Puts the oven on and it keeps tripping the electric!

Good job we have a microwave!

Now to test out the microwave...↓↓

 We carried on watching series 18 of Hell's Kitchen...

 I caught up with the Birthdays.

 Andrew Ridgeley: English, rock guitarist (Wham) is 56 years old.

Paul Newman - American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), racing car driver and charity food company founder (Newman's Own),would have been 94 years old.

(He died aged 83 in 2008)

 Colin Vearncombe: English singer-songwriter (Black), dies after a road accident at 53 in 2016

"Bridge over Troubled Water": 5th and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Engineered Non-Classical Album 1971) in 1970.

 As the oven isn't working,

A light tea ahead...

Now in for some more Hell's Kitchen....

(Hopefully get the oven working next week!)

 

 

I Will Get The Hang Of It Sooner Or Later...

Employers are their happest on Mondays,
Employees are their happiest on Fridays -Mokokoma Mokhonoana 

Welcome to the Friday Feeling!

I'm feeling 65% better than I have been... 

 Nice cup of tea in bed↑

While everyone left the house.

I looked out of the front door...

 Time for coffee and vitamin C boost↓

 I received my on-line order....

All half price....\o/

Loaded and put the dish washer on.

Tidied up the living room.

After all that fun...

Liquid  lunch. 

I caught up with Hell's Kitchen (season 15) from where I fell asleep last night...

  The wool comes out to play with...

 By the time I filled the pegs on my knitting loom, I looked at the You Tube video, and I did it all wrong!

BALLS!

 It had to be unpicked......!

That was a few hours wasted!

 I think its better if I stick to pom pom making, as that is the second craft project to go pants today....

The first project was using...

 It didn't work out either!

Grrrrrrrr 

I sulked on coffee and toast...↓

and watched some great films...

Caught up watching our favourite Judge...↓

 Now for Birthdays

 Dean Jones: American actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Love Bug), would be 88 years old

(He died aged 84 in 2015) 

Tobe Hooper: American film director,(The Texas Chain Saw Massacre & Poltergeist) would have been 76 years old.

( He died aged 74 in 2017) 

Andy Cox: British guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals, The Beat),is 63 years old.

Demis Roussos: Greek singer and performer (Aphrodite's Child),dies aged 68 in 2015.

"M*A*S*H", directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, is released (Palme d'Or 1970) in 1970.

George Harrison: releases "When We Was Fab"in 1988.

 We finished off this Friday Feeling with..

 Hoping I will be feeling fine tomorrow....

🍾🍾🍾🍾

 

Playing With Lemons

I wonder why you can always read a Doctor's bill and you never read his perscription - Finley Peter Dunne.

Welcome to my Thursday...

Off to see the Doctor this morning..

But first breakfast in bed...↓

 Out in the fresh air...↓

 Sees the Doctor.

Just keep doing what I am doing, as it's on my chest,nose and throat.

I have a sick note until Monday.

(Hopefully the Red cross will be took off the front door) 

I drop off hubby so he can pick up his car after it had been MOT.

 At least the temperatures are going up ↗↗↗↗

Hubby drops off 2 sicknotes at my 2 jobs.

He goes back to work....

Coffee time!

 I have my Amazon order arrive↓

 My favourite packs of Lentils were on offer...

£1.35 each instead of £2.20!

 Having an upgrade on my tablecloths↓

 My new tool arrived from France.

It was sold out all over Christmas.

Finally got my hands on one!

 The new National Trust handbook arrived ↓

 Now for some hot soup↓

 Followed by some Jaffas!

While I went back to watch Season 15 of Hell's Kitchen... 

 It's Birthdays time.

 Ade Edmondson: British comedian(Young Ones, Bottom) is 62 years old.

 Ernest Borgnine: American actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy, Marty,Airwolf), would have been 102 years old.

( He died aged 95 in 2012)

Neil Diamond: American singer-songwriter, musician and actor is 78 years old.

Chris Penn: American actor (The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs), dies at the age of 40 in 2006.

 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel), dies of pneumonia at 64 in 1986.

  33rd Golden Globes: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Jack Nicholson, & Louise Fletcher win in 1976.

 I have 3 lemons and some eggs to use up.

What better than to get Kenny out for a quick play...

Lemon Drizzle cake!

 Going to be using this to get to sleep later↓

We carry on watching Hell's Kitchen.

Hubby goes off to bed early....

I carry on watching the semi-final...

Then I wakes up at 1.20am.....

Oh dear.....

Too much Friday Feeling too early!

Making Something Else...

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ - John Steinbeck.

Welcome to my Hump of the week 🐫

Enjoyed the tea in bed. 

 Hubby had a day off from work.

He had to drop his car off for the MOT.

Out for some fresh air..↓

 Comes back to enjoy some honey on toast↓

 Followed by making pom poms and coffee↓

Now to watch season 14 of Hell's Kitchen.

I also caught up on the Birthdays.

Randolph Scott: American actor (Ride the High Country, Last of the Mohicans, Western Union), would have been 121 years old.

(He died aged 89 in 1987)

 Gil Gerard: American actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)is 76 years old.

Richard Dean Anderson: American actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS),is 69 years old.

Gorden Kaye: British actor (Allo Allo), dies at 75 in 2017.

"A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC in 1983

 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, Buddy Holly, J L Lewis & Elvis Presley) in 1986.

I have a shoe delivery for my youngest.↓

 Size 11!

 I finally finished my Pom Pom Wreath↑↓

Up on the wall :) ↑↑
We carried on watching Hell's Kitchen.
That got in the mood to make a nice healthy meal, packed with garlic,ginger,onions,chilli, with Chicken.

It was too late to pick up hubby's car from the MOT station.We will pick it up tomorrow.
We caught up on the new series of

 Still feeling rough...
Hopefully the Doctor tomorrow will find out why I still have this bad cold Hump!🐪