Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Thursday 11 April 2019

Just Saying No!

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough - Mae West
At last we have reached Friday Eve..
One big stretch \o/
I gave everyone sloppy kisses 💋💋💋 before they all left...
I had a date with↓
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I had to tell my friend that I am saving some money for 3 Birthdays in June, and I couldn't afford to buy any of her daughter's items.(so she could reach the next level)
(I couldn't put up with the phone calls, text messages, and messages on FB, trying to get me to spend money I haven't got)
After my workout,
Liquid lunch time↓
 Fresh air time↓
 Not even double figures...↓
 More singing with The Hollies...↓

Now for the Birthdays↓
 Stuart Adamson:  Was a Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He was the co-founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of rock group Big Country, which rose to prominence in 1983.
Prior to that he founded Scottish art-punk band Skids. In the 1990s he founded alternative country rock act The Raphaels. He was once described by DJ John Peel as "the new Jimi Hendrix".
He would have been 61 years old.
(He died aged 43 in 2001)
 Cerys  Matthews: is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the "Cool Cymru" movement of the late 1990s.
She is 50 years old.
Michael Emile Telford Miller : known professionally as Emile Ford: Was a musician and singer . He was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the leader of Emile Ford & the Checkmates, who had a number one hit in late 1959 with "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?". He was also a pioneering sound engineer. 
He died aged 78 years old in 2016.
"The Avengers", directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlet Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner, premieres in Los Angeles in 2012.
 The sun is coming out↓
 
 
 It was nice to have some Vitamin D..
Wore those Big big sunglasses..↓
It's still not getting to double figures↓
 
 Coffee and nibbles↓
 
 Now onto the other job....
Came back to more blue skies↓
 Hubby won an Easter egg at work
(Lent doesn't end until next Thursday)
The kids can finish off the cakes↓
 We went out in the Sexy Beast
 Fill up
Check tyres↓
 When we got back,
We had Califlower Cheese
&
Caught up with:
 The temperatures is going down again...
Snuggle time in a warm bed....
Friday Feeling is back tomorrow🍾🍾🍾 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday 10 April 2019

Going Round & Round...

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind - Bernard M Baruch
Welcome to my Hump of the week 🐫
Nice big stretch...\o/
Then tea..
Gave everyone  big sloppy 💋💋💋 before they left the house.
I did some gardening....
 Rewarded myself with some liquid lunch↓
 Now outside for some fresh air..
 
 It's still quite cold...
More Hollies to sing along with...
I had to park in the lay-by as the car park was going to be rammed and I wouldn't be able to get out....
 
 
 Birthday Time.
Harry Morgan:  was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1984). Morgan appeared in more than 100 films.
He would have been 104 years old.
(He died aged 96 in 2011) 
Peter MacNicol: is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997).
He is 65 years old.
  Kevin Hall:Was an American actor best known for his roles as the title character in the first two films in the Predator franchise and the title character of Harry in the film and television series, Harry and the Hendersons. He also appeared in the television series Misfits of Science and 227, along with the film Without Warning.
He died aged 35 in 1991.
Larry Linville :Was an American actor known for his portrayal of the surgeon Major Frank Burns on the television series M*A*S*H
He died aged 60 in 2000.
 Freddie & The Dreamers were #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with the song, 'I'm Telling You Now' in 1965
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 premiered in Tokyo in  2017 
The sun is peaking through↓
 It will soon be filled up later↑
Nice bit of fresh air at dinnertime...
Now for more singing on the way  home..
 
 One strong coffee I need↓
 Now to leave the house to other job↓
 My replacement cleaning items had arrived!↓
 I found out who took all the kitchen sprays...
I will draw a line under it...̲̲̲̲̲̲

If they go missing in the future, I have to reorder....
Comes back to more blue skies \o/
 We had a nice chicken dinner for our evening meal...
We caught up on...
 Britain's Got Talent...
The temperatures went down↙↙↙↙
The heating had to go back.....brrrrrr
Back to bed with those ear plugs
 
  

Tuesday 9 April 2019

Get Me More!

Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy - unknown
Welcome to my Tuesday...
Hopefully having more plants for the garden today...💮💮 
Time for tea ⛾ ↓
Nice hug and 💋 afterwards.
Speaking of sloppy kisses...I gave them to everyone before they left 💋💋💋
 Nice bit of coffee to help write Monday's blog post...
Closely followed by my liquid lunch↓
 No sign of the sun just yet 🌞
 
 Still quite cold...
Now to listen to some↓
Some good tunes to sing a long to :D
Quick read of the Birthdays.
 Carl  Perkins : was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Amongst his best-known songs are 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Matchbox' and 'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby'. Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. 
He would have 87 years old.
(He died aged 65 in 1998) 
Michael Learned : is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series a record four times; three for The Waltons (1973, 1974, 1976), and one for Nurse (1982).She is 80 years old.
Les Gray :Was an English musician best known for his work with glam rock pop band Mud. Gray was also known for his distinctive vocal impersonation of Elvis Presley.
He would have been 73 years old.
(He died aged 57 in 2004)
Philip Wright :English drummer & lead vocals of the band, Paper Lace. (Billy Don't Be A Hero).He is 71 years old.
David Prater, Jr.: Was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1992), the Grammy Hall of Fame (1999, for the song "Soul Man"), the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1997), and he was a Grammy Award–winning (1967) and multiple Gold Record award-winning recording artist.
He died aged 50 in 1988.
All the President's Men", directed by Alan J. Pakula, based on the novel by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, is released in 1976.
The sun is trying to break through the clouds.

 The rain kept off \o/
Now for more  sing-a-long on the way home..
 
 At least the sun is shining on the lawn↓
 Nice bit of coffee and nibble↓
I had some plants delivered...:)↓
 Off to my other job.
I told my boss about the kitchen sprays gone missing..
"Order more"I was told.
I did when I got home...
 Lovely stuff :)
I finally got the step repainted↓↓
After tea, we caught up with:
We were in bed by ten pm....
I remembered to block out the snores.....