Party In The Airing Cupboard

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it - Evan Esar

Welcome to my Saturday.

Such a big lie-in, I missed "Sounds of the 60s" :(

(I will catch up later with it)  

We have the plumber returning this morning to fit the part to our 13 year old boiler.

As from Wednesday, we have had no hot water....

Plenty of water gun fights outside instead of showering..

 When we got up,

We enjoyed toast and coffee..

 While waiting for the Plumber.

I put a second coat of paint on my big 1960s unit..↓

(It's not orange no more!)

&

Changed the colour of my other unit too.

(It's not blue anymore)

As normal, run out of paint!

 

I had Alexa booming out the 60s hits from the kitchen, when the Plumbers arrived to fit the new part.

One Plumber said:

"We are having a party in your Airing cupboard!"

I replied,"I already have the music, just to need fit the glitter ball!." 

After an hour they had done the job!

Hot water is back...

Woo Hoo! 

Hubby had came back from dads, he had installed his new microwave...As the old one started to smoke!

Back to tidying up our youngest son's bedroom.

He has had that room for the last 6 years.

I can see he has inherited my hoarding skills ;)

 One of my kids has mastered crochet↑

 Light lunch with coffee↑↓

 At 8pm, it was time to leave alone our son's bedroom..

We had tea.

Then to catch up with more Louis:

&

with part 2.

It was coming up to midnight......

Time to enjoy the hubby a bit more ;) 

  

 

Mum's Singing Club Part 2

Life is like a prism.What you see depends on how you turn the glass - Jonathan Kellerman

The Friday Feeling is back🎈

I enjoyed a nice cup of tea in bed...

 I gave hubby a big sloppy 💋 before he left the house.

Nice t-shirt to wear today↓

 Oh dear no cabbages this year↓

 Kids up..

Now for a ride in Sexy Beast

 

 Big big sunglasses time

Off to pick up my order from the man's cave↓

 

 There was another woman in there,

who wasn't happy they didn't have her shade of paint she wanted.

My order was in...

 Interesting top 10 in todays newspaper↓

Meanwhile in today's newspaper

I noticed it was Andy Fairweather Low's 71st Birthday.....

He was in one of my favourite bands in the 60s..

(The favourite song is played at the end of this blog post)

 Off to town.

I parked in Car Park 4.

 

Soon as I walked in to the shopping Centre.

The singing along just had to be done..↓

We goes onto the market.

Got some nice things of the food stall.

Sung along with the following songs.

(My kids had to escape from my singing to the Library) 

 I met up with them in the Library.

I caught up with today's newspaper.

Then off to get a coffee..

 It didn't help I couldn't find the red token to get out of the car park....

I get back to Sexy Beast,

I had left it in there!

(It would have cost be £10 to get out,

If I had not found it!)

Pays to get out....

More good tunes to sing along with from the new 60s album I bought earlier in the week.

One of kids actually liked one of the songs!!!

 Next stop was Sainsburys.

 It was feeling well warm now↓

 

Unloads shopping.

Washing machine goes back on.

Lunchtime 

After reading the newspaper.

I was off to work...

 Fun time at work as normal.

Came home in sunshine not the rain like yesterday.

It's amazing what my kids learn when they are not on their mobile phones.

One has learnt to do crochet.

Once tea was made and eaten.

I caught up with two episodes of...

Off to do final job of the week.

 With some great music↓

 Once I finished, we caught up with some more Louie.

 In Love Without Limits

Altered States
In Love Without Limits, Louis travels to Portland, Oregon, the heart of a movement seeking to rewrite the rulebook on how we conduct intimate relationships and experience family life.
Portland, whose city motto is 'Keep Portland Weird', is seen as the US capital of polyamory and ethical non-monogamy, the practice of openly and transparently having multiple relationships that go further than just sex.
Louis embeds himself with families who have made the bold decision to open up their relationships in a number of different ways, whether inviting others into existing relationships or allowing partners to seek romance elsewhere. He discovers that for many, more partners means more love and more happiness. But for others, multiple relationships have led to jealousy, upset and broken hearts.

 &
By Reason Of Insanity Part 1

Louis immerses himself in the world of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals, meeting patients who have committed crimes - at times horrifically violent - while in the grip of severe mental illness. They have been found not guilty by reason of insanity and ordered by the courts to secure psychiatric facilities to receive the treatment that it is hoped will, one day, lead to their reintegration back into society. 

In the first of two episodes, Louis spends time with patients attempting to come to terms with their crimes and the clinicians entrusted with helping to make them safe. And he investigates the difficult question - when is a patient with a serious crime in their past ready to be returned to the outside world

I was trying to fight the zzzzzz

Now to enjoy the final moments of the Friday Feeling 🎈 in 🛏

 

 

 

 

One Seal Away

The question is not what you look at, but what you see - Henry David Thoreau

Welcome to my Thursday.

I enjoyed a cup of tea in bed..↓

 I gave my hubby a sloppy 💋 before he left the house.

I got up soon after,

As the Plumber was coming to check the 13 year old boiler.

The washing machine went on..

Followed by coffee and vitamin C↓

 The Plumber came early.

Do you want the bad news?"He asked

I replied,"It can't be as bad as me not winning the Lottery last night!"

One seal had perished on the boiler, 

The remaining seal could go and fumes could leak from the boiler.

So he disconnected the boiler from the gas.

They have to source a new part for the boiler.

Until then, we have no hot water.

I was hoping for new boiler...

No chance...

The boiler is slowly being rebuilt with new parts! 

 Hopefully the part will come soon...

One my kids went to fetch the newspaper for me..

I went outside to get some fresh air...

 The washing machine went back on.

Now to put a third coat of paint onto our bedroom door..↓

I left to that dry.

Now to paint the toilet door↓

I left it to dry.

Lunchtime↓

 

 I got some nice stuff to use at work↓

 I went to work,

Leaving two washing machine loads to dry on the line.

While I looked out of the window..

I saw the rain come down....

(Great!)

(I had left my coat at home)

I had lovely wet t-shirt when I got home.

Oh dear, I can't have a hot shower....

I have got no hot water!

We got the washing off the line,

They will have to go back in the washing machine tomorrow! :( :(

 While having chicken with rice.

I watched more:

While hubby and kids went to do my dad's shopping.

I went to work with some great music..↓

 Gets back before hubby↓

We watched more Louis.  

A Different Brain

Louis Theroux

Louis takes a look at the issues that some of the estimated one million people in the UK living with the long-term effects of a brain injury have to deal with.

Louis spends time with staff and service users at the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, one of the UK's largest providers of neuro-behavioural rehabilitation, in an effort to understand how individuals and their families come to terms with this life-changing condition.

Often called a 'hidden disability' because those affected can show little physical signs of change, acquired brain injury results in enormous cognitive, behavioural and personality challenges. Those affected are left to reconstruct who they are - from relearning the basics of walking, talking and eating to redeveloping complex personality and behavioural traits, often in the shadow of who they once were. Family members are often caught between grieving for the loved one they have lost and learning to love the person they are now.

It was sad and thought provoking.

Off to bed....

As I will have loads of Friday Feeling 🎈 to burn off tomorrow!