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Friday 3 May 2019

Hold On, Friday's Coming....

“It’s Friday and I’m thirsty.”.......
At long last, it's arrived..🍾🍾🍾
I was up before the alarm...
Time for tea...(a early one)↓
 We had a snuggle before breakfast...
Gave everyone sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ before they all left the house.
Meanwhile, I had a coffee and chat date to attend...
 I brings my rain mac just incase
 A nice coffee and chat time
I had to go into work early....
Just got in on time...
Rains, get soaked,
Sun comes out, get dry. 
Woo hoo back home..
Checks on Birthdays↓ 
Alex Cord (born Alexander Viespi Jr.;  is a retired American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, better known as Archangel, in 55 episodes of the television series Airwolf (1984–1986). Early in his career, he was credited as Alex Viespi.
He is 86 years old. 

Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio; is an American singer and actor, known as the frontman of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful head voice. Valli scored 29 Top 40 hits with The Four Seasons, one Top 40 hit under The Four Seasons alias The Wonder Who?, and nine Top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of The Four Seasons, Valli's number-one hits included "Sherry" (1962), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (1962), "Walk Like a Man" (1963), "Rag Doll" (1964) and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (1975). Valli's recording of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" reached number two in 1967. "You're Ready Now", a Valli solo recording from 1966, became a surprise hit in the UK as part of the Northern soul scene and hit number eleven on the British pop charts in December 1970. As a solo artist, Valli scored number-one hits with the songs "My Eyes Adored You" (1974) and "Grease" (1978).
Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi and Bob Gaudio – the original members of The Four Seasons – were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
He is 85 years old.
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppertis an American singer-songwriter.  Cross won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen). 
He is 68 years old. 
 David  Ball : is an English producer and electronic musician, who has played in bands such as Soft Cell and The Grid, and collaborated with other producers including Ingo Vauk and Chris Braide. He is usually called Dave Ball on record sleeves. 
He is 60 years old.
Anthony Ainley : was an English actor best known for his work on British television and particularly for his role as the Master in Doctor Who. He was the fourth actor to play the role of the Master, and the first actor to portray the Master as a recurring role since the death of Roger Delgado in 1973.
He died aged 71 in 2004
 42nd Eurovision Song Contest:Katrina and the Waves for United Kingdom wins singing "Love Shine a Light" in Dublin in 1997.
 
 
It may be double figures, but it is well cold..
I looked at the most popular Funeral Songs..↓
My song wasn't on there...↓↓
Goes of to do my two other jobs.
The final one I had some big tunes to listen to...
 
When I got back,
I caught up on:
Graham is joined by guests Keanu Reeves, Kylie Minogue, Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell and Suranne Jones. Michael Rice performs the UK Eurovision entry, Bigger Than Us.
We were running out of the Friday Feeling 🍾🍾🍾🍾......
Jumped into that warm πŸ› before the clock hit midnight! 
 
  

Thursday 2 May 2019

Getting Plenty Of....

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real - Cormac McCarthy
Finally made Thursday...
Fingers crossed I am not going get too wet
Tea in bed time!
I gave everyone  sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ before everyone left. 
I enjoyed the first coffee of the day↓↓
 I unloaded the dishwasher
&
loaded it back up.
Liquid Lunch time
The forecast said it won't rain until 3pm..
Out in the fresh air
 
 Double figures↗↗↗
 Birthdays Time
John  Neville:Was an English theatre and film actor, who moved to Canada in 1972. He enjoyed a resurgence of international attention in the 1980s as a result of his starring role in Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). 
He would have been 94 years old.
(He died aged 86 in 2011)
 Engelbert Humperdinck : Is an English pop singer. Humperdinck has been described as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around."His singles "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz" both topped the UK music charts in 1967, and sold more than a million copies each. In North America, he also had chart successes with "After the Lovin'" (1976) and "This Moment in Time" (1979). He has sold more than 140 million records worldwide
He is 83 years old.
Lesley Sue Goldstein  known professionally as Lesley Gore: Was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16 (in 1963) she recorded the pop hit "It's My Party" (a US number one), and followed it up with other hits including "Judy's Turn to Cry", "She's a Fool", "You Don't Own Me", "Maybe I Know" and "California Nights".  
She would have been 73 years old
(She died aged 68 in 2015)
 Doctor Robert, [Bruce  Howard]: Is the lead singer of the band,"The Blow Monkeys".They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. Their first hit song was "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1986. They had four albums and eleven singles in the UK charts from 1986 and 1990.
He is 58 years old.
 Oliver Reed : Was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and "tough guy" roles. Notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (1968), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973), Tommy (1975), Lion of the Desert (1981), Castaway (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) and Funny Bones (1995).For playing Antonius Proximo, the old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) in what was his final film, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
He died aged 61 in 1999.  
 "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", starring Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley, is released in 1997.
 Oh dear the rain is coming in,
&
I have left my rain mac as home.
Good job I got a big umbrella!
Oh dear, it's wet t-shirt time!
 
 
The rain stopped and started again.
Gets home listening to some more great 60s tunes....
 
 Coffee time!
 Comes back from other job
 My Amazon order arrived....
 My bulk order of sleep tea↓
 I will be getting plenty of that ...with honey.
We had a nice evening meal with pork chops, with roast stuffing on the top.
We caught up with:
We had a early night...
As it's Friday tomorrow \o/
 
 
 

 

Wednesday 1 May 2019

Playing I-Spy

Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise - Ingmar Bergman
Welcome to bikini wearing Hump of the Day 🐫πŸͺπŸͺπŸͺ
I can only hope the weather gets that warm!:D
We had our normal tea in bed...
Then sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ all round once everyone left the house.
First thing to have before anything else..
Coffee and nibbles..
I had my honey order....↓↓
It's great in my sleep tea!
Sorted out things to get off Amazon...
Liquid Lunch time!
Now off in the sunshine....
 
 Double figures again↗↗↗↗
Big big glasses time again↓↓
A certain song was being rewinded alot on the way to work it was so good...
(It's at the end of the blog post)
 Let's have a look at the Birthdays
Glenn Ford : Was a Canadian-American actor whose prolific career lasted more than 50 years. Although he played many different types of roles in many different types of movies, Ford was best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age.
He would have be 103 years old.
(He died aged 90 in 2006) 
Judith  Collins : is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism. 
She is 80 years old.
Rita Coolidge : Is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on Billboard magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts,and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and then-husband Kris Kristofferson. Her most famous recordings include "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher", "We're All Alone", and the theme song for the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy: "All Time High".  
She is 74 years old. 
Douglas Barr, also credited as Doug Barr: is an American actor, writer, and director. He has starred in movies and on television.
His big role came in the ABC TV series The Fall Guy as Howie Munson from 1981 to 1986. Barr then made some guest appearances on series such as Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel and Murder, She Wrote. His other well-known role was in the short-lived CBS TV series The Wizard as Alex Jagger from 1986 to 1987, and he later starred as Bill Stillfield in the hit CBS series Designing Women from 1988 to 1991.
He is 70 years old.
Ayrton Senna  was a Brazilian racing driver who won Formula One world championships for McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991, and who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time He died in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix for Williams aged 34.
Sir Henry Cooper : was a British heavyweight boxer. Cooper held the British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight titles several times throughout his career, and unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966.
Following his retirement from the sport, Cooper continued his career as a television and radio personality; he was the first (and is today one of four people) to twice win the public vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and is thus far the only boxer to be awarded a knighthood. 
He died aged 76 in 2011
Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"in 1971.

   At least the sun is still shining↓
 Someone was playing I-Spy with my Sexy Beast.....↓
More cracking 60's tunes on the way home.
 
 
 My son had baked some cinnamon whirls↓
 They tasted so nice.
We had chicken with rice for our evening meal.
Now off to see my dad while it is still light.
 My youngest brother was upset on how my dad is looking. I used my sense of humour to help everyone, even my dad smiled.
When we were coming back,
some of the car drivers wasn't putting their headlights on.....
We flashed them, and they ignored it...
I had my lovely sleep tea..
(with added honey)
 Now to finish Hump Day πŸͺ with some warm hugs and kisses...πŸ’‹πŸ’‹