Going On A Long Warm Ride...

A Sunday well spent can bring on a week of content.....

After going to bed late this morning...

I caught up on some sleep... 

I heard my name mentioned on our local radio station for this Thursday 🎈🎈

Everyone had breakfast.

Time for nice ride in the sun...😎

 Nipped in for the free newspaper and coffee↓

 

 I saw a ex-postman who I used to work with, in my days working for Royal Mail. Had a good yak for 10 minutes :)

Now onto the Road Trip...

 

 

 

 

 A quick bun to fill the hole...

 

 

 

 We looked around RAF Defford Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now to look around Croome. 

 

 

 The house is in the distance↑

The Church is having it's roof done↓

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The sun is shining...↓

 

 

 Den building time↓

 

 James's Den↑↓

 Jack's den↓

 

 Back to the car for a bit to eat

 

 Eat and read time↑

 Nice and warm.

On the long road back home

 The sun going down when we got home.

 

 

 I took off the washing. 

Washing machine went back on again.

Getting things ready for the return back to work tomorrow....

Quick look at the Birthdays...

 Paul Jones: English singer (Manfred Mann) and radio presenter (The Blues Show) is 77 years old.

Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein: Is an British-American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, dramatist and author ( "Escape", "Him" is 72 years old.

 Lonnie Turner: Bassist with the Steve Miller Band who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker' is 72 years old.

Johnnie Ray: American singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 63 years old in 1990.

 Dennis Weaver: American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered), dies at 81 in 2006.

Harold Ramis: American actor & director, (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day) dies at 69 years old in 2014.

 "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" film based on novel by Muriel Spark directed by Ronald Neame, starring Maggie Smith (Academy Award Best Actress) premieres in London in 1969.

The ironing board came out to be played with,uniforms needed ironing...
I promise tonight, after flicking through Netflix, it won't be a late one......;) 

 

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....↓

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!