Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess

Saturday 13 April 2019

Getting My Hands On Some Music!

If you see me on Friday, you will see different material on Saturday night! - Kathy Griffin

I woke up before the start of

"Sounds of the 60s"...

We had cuddles and 💋 in bed.

Once we got up, dressed and had breakfast.

I got the flowers 💮💮💮 ready

Off to the graveyard.

I couldn't find out anything about how he died in 1970↓

I put the flowers on Andy's Grave↓

Then on my friend's Dave's grave↓

The remaining flowers went on my mum's grave↓

Now to celebrate World Record Shop Day↓

Loads of lovely vinyl to see...

Then off for coffee and nibbles↓

Back home to unpack the vinyl↓

Plenty of good tunes to listen to↕↕↕

I caught up with some magazine reading

while we watched some great movies..

Now for the Birthdays.

Harry Clifford Keel known professionally as Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer with a rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s and in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981–1991.

He would have been 100 years old.

(He died aged 85 in 2004)

Paul Sorvino : Is an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor.He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He held supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon and Romeo + Juliet. He is the father of actress Mira Sorvino and actor Michael Sorvino.

He is 80 years old.

Albert Leornes Greene often known as The Reverend Al Green: Is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together". Inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, Green was referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music".He has also been referred to as "The Last of the Great Soul Singers".Green was included in the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, ranking at No. 65, as well as its list of the 100 Greatest Singers, at No. 14.

He is 73 years old.

Stephen Stucker :Was an American actor, known for portrayals of bizarre, larger-than-life characters, notably the manic control-room worker Johnny in the early 1980s Airplane! movies

He died aged 38 in 1986

"Avengers: Age of Ultron", directed by Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner, premieres in Los Angeles in 2015

Now to enjoy my secret weapon of a good night's sleep...↓

With added ear plugs....

Friday 12 April 2019

Getting On Top Of The Friday Feeling

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life:it goes on Robert Frost.

That good once a week Friday Feeling is back🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

I break up for my two weeks Easter Holiday today :) :)

Let's celebrate with tea↓

Gave everyone a sloppy 💋💋💋 before they left the house...
Sneaky coffee before I got ready...

I got ready for coffee and chat date.

It was still freezing cold when I left the house↓

Not even double figures!

I had a Fiat 500 up my arse all the way to my friend's house.

She was so near to my back end of Sexy Beast, she could have kissed it.💋

I had a good yak and coffee before I said goobye..

Off I go...↓

Gets to work...

Birthdays Time

María de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch: was a Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo.

Caballé became popular to non-classical music audiences in 1987, when she recorded, at the request of the IOC, "Barcelona", a duet with Freddie Mercury, which became an official theme song for the 1992 Olympic Games. She received several international awards and also Grammy Awards for a number of her recordings.

She would have been 86 years old.

(She died aged 85 years in 2018)

Ned Miller : Was an American country music singer-songwriter. Active as a recording artist from 1956 to 1970, he is known primarily for his hit single "From a Jack to a King", a crossover hit in 1962 which reached Top 10 on the country music, adult contemporary, and Billboard Hot 100 charts. He had several more chart singles in his career, although none matched the success of "From a Jack to a King". He also composed and recorded "Invisible Tears".

He would have 94 years old.

(He died aged 90 in 2016)

Jeremy Beadle: Was an English television presenter, radio presenter, writer and producer. During the 1980s he was a regular face on British television, and in two years appeared on 50 weeks of the year.

He would have been 71 years old.

(He died aged 59 in 2008)

Andy García: Is a Cuban American actor and director who became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman. In the 2000s, he starred in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels:, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, and in The Lost City. In recent years he's had a career resurgence in such films as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule, and My Dinner with Hervé.

García was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III. He was Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated for his titular role in For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story.

He is 63 years old.

Harvey Ball : Was an American commercial artist. He is recognized as the designer of a popular smiley graphic picture, which became an enduring and notable international icon.

He died aged 79 in 2001

The Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK in 1963

Pheasant getting away from me↑

I was so glad to finish!!!

More singing on the way home↓

Coffee and nibbles↓

The flowers came for my friend's graves↓

Hubby does my dad's shopping.

We have fish with potato wedges..

We catch up with:

Graham is joined by Hollywood stars Chris Hemsworth and Paul Rudd, starring together in new Marvel blockbuster Avengers: End Game, Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, star of the acclaimed drama Gloria Bell, and Kit Harington, who discusses the final season of Game of Thrones. With music from Brits breakthrough act Tom Walker, who performs Just You and I

Then off to bed to celebrate the Friday Feeling...

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↓

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.