Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Saturday 23 February 2019

I Feel Pretty, Witty & Bright!

It is Saturday night, which means that it is time for you to be a hero and rescue some that has been trapped inside a bottle....
Woo hoo it's Saturday!
I caught the half an hour of "Sounds of the 60s"
 It is hair cut time...
We all leave the house↓
 Drops James off at the Barbers.
We park in Car Park 1.
Nice view of the bus station↓
 
 A bus goes up the hill...
 Nice coffee while we wait for James to come back..
 Back to the car as I have my hair appointment
 The sun is out...
 Off to the hair cut time...
Feel a lot better for having short hair!
I feel like I have lost 2 stone in weight!
Sun is shining again!
 Nice bit of lunch to work off ....
 Goes off to do some work...
Singing along like I have to..
 
Felt better after that workout.
 
 Nibble time↓
 I had a email from Littlewoods. It showed a pink and white box in the baking bit...↓
 I found it...
£189.99!!!!
Even my second hand gas cooker isn't go to cost that much!!!
Found a great film to watch later...
(As the director, Stanley Donen has died aged 94)
 Found some good programmes on Netflix
My brother came round and dropped off my gas cooker.
My husband offered to clean it.
I stopped in his tracks...
I pointed out, "If he hadn't tried to clean the last cooker, I wouldn't need to buy another one..."
We had a quiet evening from then on.
More Netflix time:
  I caught up with the Birthdays.
Linda Cristal: Argentinian actress (High Chapparal), is 85 years old.
Peter Fonda: American actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip),is 79 years old.
Kelly Macdonald: Scottish actress,(Trainspotting, Nanny McPhee) is 43 years old. 
Emily Blunt: English-American actress,(Devil Wears Prada, Mary Poppins Returns) is 36 years old. 
Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson):was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy died aged 74 in 1965.
Lewis Gilbert: British film director, producer and screenwriter, who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979) died aged 97 in 2018.
US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture in 1945.
"Trainspotting" directed by Danny Boyle based on the book by Irvine Welsh, starring Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and Jonny Lee Miller opens in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in 1996
Hubby went to bed,
I watched one more programme on Netflix....
 Such a powerful programme.
Oh dear better get to bed....↓

Friday 22 February 2019

Hooked On That Friday Feeling!

A little drama wins more friends than boring - Scott Westerfeld
It's coming around so fast....
The Friday Feeling..🍾🍾🍾
I woke up during the early hours of the morning to snoring again...
Ear plugs back in......\o/
Back to sleep....Zzzzzz
I didn't need the normal nudge,
I woke up before hubby came up with breakfast...;)
 I kissed hubby 💋 goodbye before he went to work...
I meanwhile had a nice warm bed to make the most of....
(Last day of lie-ins for me)
 I got up  much later to enjoy a coffee and a nibble....↑
 Our kids went round to see Grumpy Granddad, while I tidied up the garden in the sunshine...
 They came back.
I enjoyed some liquid lunch..↓
 Now for Birthdays↓
 Dame Julie Walters:
English actress (Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears),is 69 years old.
James Blunt: English musician,(You're Beautiful) is 45 years old.
Thomas Jane: American actor,(Deep Blue Sea, Boogie Nights) is 50 years old.

Kenneth Williams: British actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On films),would have 93 years old.
(He died aged 62 years old in 1988)

Andy Warhol: American pop artist and film producer (Frankenstein, Bad), dies aged 58 in 1987.
15th Golden Globes: "The Bridge on the River Kwai",won Best Picture,Best Director and Best Actor for Alec Guinness in 1958. 
Heath Ledger posthumously wins Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor, for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" in 2009



 Off to Job 2.
 One of my co-workers brought some cake in for everyone.
(As it's his birthday 🎈🎈🎈 on March 5th)
I will be bringing cake in on Wednesday afternoon, so they can scoff cake on the Thursday,
(As you guess,it's my Birthday 🎈🎈🎈 on Thursday.
My real one (29th) in next year)
 Back home in the sunshine....\o/
 Now for coffee and nibbles↓↓
 All the washing on the line ready for the weekend full of sunshine...↓
Had a fish and chips tea.
While hubby did my dad's shopping.
I did Job 3.
We all met up back at home.
Quick sip of sleep tea....
Enjoying a silent sleep with ear plugs! 
 
 
 

Thursday 21 February 2019

Escaping Into The Sunshine...

I hope life isn't a big joke,because I don't get it - Jack Handey
I had a night without ear plugs....
As I fell asleep first..Zzzz
Now I have the dreaded cold and cough back once more...
I'm covered head to toe with Vicks again...
  I was up and ready for the tea, no nudge needed...
 Gave hubby a big 💋 before he left for work.
I meanwhile had to get up as I was off for a visit to the hospital...
Sun was coming up when I left.
 
 It didn't take too long to the hospital.
I think I missed the rush hour...
 As it was getting warm,
off the come the winter hat and scarf.
 If I am very lucky, I could be out in 20 minutes and not pay the £2.50 parking charge!
I gets in, picks a number, before I could whip my phone out to take the photo of it, I was called in. Blood taken, and out I went.
Can you believe it????
I just got out in under 20 minutes!
No fee to pay!!!
 Back home to see what my kids got from Lidl

 Something nice for me↑
 My video tapes can come in useful....
 Now out for a little ride in Sexy Beast.
 
 Some nice music to listen to...
 Long time no see...↑
 Nice cake and nice price...
 Enjoyed my free coffee and newspaper
 We went round to see my dad...
 He wanted some Ginger Ale and some Brandy for a stomach upset↑
 The sun is shining...
 Wow it's getting warm...
 Blue skies time...
I picked up my favourite butter....
only £1.50 instead of £2...
 Nice bit of soup with lemon and honey tea.
 Had to strip of some layers to go to Job 2,
as it was well warm,....
Bikini 👙time tomorrow????
Birthdays Time

James Beck:Was an English actor who played the role of Private Walker, a cockney spiv, in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, would have been 90 years old.
(He died aged 44 in 1973)

Alan Rickman: English actor (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Die Hard, Harry Potter), would have been 73 years old today.
(He died aged 69 in 2016) 
 Tyne Daly: American actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained),is 73 years old.
Kelsey Grammer: American actor, comedian, director and activist (Frasier Crane in Cheers, Fraiser) is 64 years old.
John Thaw:  was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles, his most popular being television series such as Inspector Morse, Redcap, The Sweeney, Home to Roost and Kavanagh QC died aged 60 in 2002.
Alka Seltzer introduced in 1931
Our tea including pasta shells, mixed with garlic, red onions, ginger and tomatos

Now to catch up with some reading...↓↓

All ready for tomorrow's Friday's Feeling 🍾🍾🍾