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Friday 17 May 2019

When Friday Comes To Town!

It's Friday! I can't wait to be ashamed of what I do this weekend - Anon
Woo hoo it's come around again🍾
I had the normal nudge for tea..
Everyone had sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ when they all left.
It wasn't that warm out there :(
Black t-shirt and leggings time!
I gave all the plants a good water....
Followed by coffee↓
 Once the dishwasher was loaded
&
Kitchen was tidied up
I had to have a really early liquid lunch↓
 
 It looked like rain,
So the rain mac had to brought along!
 It might be double figures,
but it still cold enough for leggings!
I popped around to check on my dad.
Then on to work with more Motown to sing along to!
Now to check on the Birthdays↓
 Dennis Hopper : was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and artist. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared alongside James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956). In the next ten years he made a name in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s
He would have been 83 years old. 
(He died aged 74 in 2010)
 George Johnson:American Guitarist/vocalist of the duo Brothers Johnson.They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, with three singles topping the R&B charts ("I'll Be Good to You", "Strawberry Letter 23", and "Stomp!").
He is 66 years old.
Bill Paxton : was an American actor and director. He appeared in films such as The Terminator (1984), Weird Science (1985), Aliens (1986), Near Dark (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Tombstone (1993), True Lies (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Twister (1996), Titanic (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), U-571 (2000), Vertical Limit (2000), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014). He also starred in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011), earning three Golden Globe Award nominations during the show's run. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for portraying Randall McCoy in the History channel miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (2012). Paxton's final film appearance was in The Circle (2017), released two months after his death.
He would have been 64 years old.
(He died aged 61 in 2017)
Tracey Bryn: American vocalist and  guitarist with the band, Voice of the Beehive.
The band had five Top 40 singles from two albums in the UK.Their biggest commercial success came with the singles "I Say Nothing", "Don't Call Me Baby", "Monsters and Angels" and "I Think I Love You", taken from albums Let It Bee and Honey Lingers. Sex & Misery, a third album, was released in 1996; by this point sisters Tracey and Melissa were the sole group members. The band reformed in 2003 to play a two-week UK tour.
The members of Voice of the Beehive have gone their separate ways. Tracey  is a teacher in Laguna Beach, California.
She is 57 years old. 
 LaDonna Adrian Gaines widely known by her stage name based on her married name Donna Summer: was an American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the United States Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 230 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She also charted two number-one singles on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the US and a number-one single in the United Kingdom.
She died aged 63 in 2012
10CC releases "I'm Not in Love" in 1975 

  No blue skies for me today↓
 I gets home,
It's still cold at 13c!
 
 I have a much needed coffee before I go off to other job
It was nice to come back to blue skies!
 
Trying out one my my son's cup cakes he made at school!
Hubby and my sons went round to make my dad his tea.
I caught up on my blog!
When they returned we have sweet potato fries, mushy peas and fishcakes.
Caught up on some telly:
We didn't watch  The Graham Norton Show, as he wasn't presenting it
(He is covering the Eurovision Song Contest)
Now to celebrate the weekend coming..with
πŸ›πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ 
 
  

Thursday 16 May 2019

Getting Loads Of S.....

I am not interested in being original.I am interested in being true. Agostinho Da Silva
Ah, Friday's Eve is back....
Going to soak up the sun's rays some more πŸ•Ά
I had the nudge......
Then they all had sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ when they all left...
A nice coffee to set me up...
 I put the washing machine on
&
The dishwasher.
Tidied up the kitchen...
Liquid lunch time↓
 Hey hey hey the sun is back!
 
 Those big big sunglasses just have to come out πŸ•Ά
More Motown hits to sing along....
 Let's look at today's Birthdays↓
 WΕ‚adziu Valentino Liberace : was an American pianist, singer and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, Liberace enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame, from the 1950s to the 1970s, Liberace was the highest-paid entertainer in the world.
He would have been 100 years old.
(He died aged 67 in 1987)
Pierce Brosnan OBE  is an Irish-American actor, film producer, activist and environmentalist.  Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–1987), which blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, and detective procedural. After the conclusion of Remington Steele, Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film The Fourth Protocol (1987) and the comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993).
In 1994, Brosnan became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day).
He is 66 years old.
Hazel O'Connor: Is a British singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles "Eighth Day", "D-Days" and "Will You", as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass.
She is 64 years old. 
Glenn Gregory:  Is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music career spans more than 30 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of the new wave and synthpop band Heaven 17, which released six singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, and 1990s, including "Temptation", "Come Live with Me", "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry", "Sunset Now", "This Is Mine", and "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 
He is 61 years old. 
 Margaret  Hamilton : Was an American film character actress best known for her portrayal of Miss Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's classic film The Wizard of Oz (1939)
She died aged 82 in 1985
The Beach Boys release their groundbreaking album "Pet Sounds", containing hit singles "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in 1966 
  Woo hoo more blue skies!
*Getting loads of sunshine! *
 
 As I saw my dad this morning,
I got home on time...
 
 More Birthday presents for our children for next month↓↓
 My folders have to come to file away my magazines↓
 Much need coffee boost!↓
Went off to do other job...
Came back, the sun is hidden by clouds :(
We have a nice homemade chinese meal.
Telly time:
We actually had a early night...
Bed before 11pm!
The Friday Feeling will soon be here...🍾

 
 
  

Wednesday 15 May 2019

It's Growing Back!

I know looks aren't everything but I have them just in case - Bosababem
Welcome to my Hump of the Week🐫
Another sunny day is planned😎
The normal nudge....for tea
  I gave everyone their normal sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹
I enjoyed a much needed coffee before I tidied up the house..
 I watered the plants out in the front garden.
 My wisteria is growing flowers!
 Growing back after the winter :)
 Now for some liquid lunch↓
 Welcome back to the sunshine↓
 Some good double figures↓
 Plenty of Motown to sing along to on the way to work...
A quick look at the Birthdays↓
 Nicholas Hammond : is an Australian-American actor and writer who is perhaps best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music and as Peter Parker / Spider-Man on the television series The Amazing Spider-Man.
He is 69 years old. 
Mike  Oldfield: is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist. He recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow" and a rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo" 
He is 66 years old. 
 Lee  Horsley : is an American film, television, and theater actor known for starring roles in the television series Nero Wolfe (1981), Matt Houston (1982–85), and Paradise (1988–91). He starred in the 1982 film, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and recorded the audiobook edition of Lonesome Dove. 
He is 64 years old.
Ronald  Lacey :was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period and is perhaps best remembered for his roles as Harris in Porridge, Gestapo agent Major Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder II.
He died aged 55 in 1991
Clint Warwick, (born Albert Eccles):was the original bassist for the rock band The Moody Blues.
He died aged 63 in 2004.
George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK in 1981.
 Loving the blue skies!
 
 I go round to see my dad.
I am making him a pie to eat later.
I left the measuring tape for my hubby to measure him for some new pyjamas, when my dad said:
"I much prefer those pyjamas your brother got me from Asda, at Christmas!".
"Fine, let him go and get you some more pyjamas then!" I replied.
*My dad had better roll out the red carpet for the prodigal son on Friday Night *
I gets home
 
 More Birthday presents for our kids arrived↓
Had a much needed coffee
 I went to my other job.
I came back
&
My dad's 10.5 duvet, throw arrived for my hubby to take over to my dads.
I also gave him the single duvet cover I had↓
 Time to dish up the pie...
 My dad's pie↓
 I caught up with my blog.
Hubby dropped off the pie at my dads.
Then it was time to catch up with:
 &
 My house isn't as bad as some of those hotels!
Looking forward to some more sunshine tomorrow!