Getting Them Bargains In!

It took me 15 years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous
 - Robert Benchley

Welcome to my Boxing Day!

It is the Sixth anniversary of me being Tea-Total 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

I had a little lie-in....

Followed by tea and cuddles in bed!

 &

 I forgot to open a present from my dad↓

 Nice↓

 We all get up, dressed and to pick up my Dunelm order↓

 Nice coffee with mince pie↓

 The view from my chair↓

 Then we looked around..

That would look nice in my bedroom if I had room↓

 

 Then off to town to get more bargains.

The view from Car Park 4↓

 I gave 5 plastic empty items into Bodyshop.

They don't do the £5 voucher no more :( :(

Got some items from there in their sale.

 I went into Debenhams and got another bargain↓

I saw a long queue to get into Pandora shop.

Then off to get some bits from Wilkinsons↓

While I was paying for my items in HMV,

I noticed a Manfred Mann boxset for £45↓

 Oh I was so tempted....

(I resisted)

Back home to unpack my bargains from HMV↓

Now onto my Dunelm order↓

 I enjoyed a Picnic↓

  Now off to work I go...

 I gets back to have a Lemsip...

As all the males of the households have coughs, and feeling shit!

Hubby tried to do tea without the Turkey that was left!

(Nice try!)

Back on the turkey we go...

A lovely turkey salad....

Yum Yum!

The 13 year old boiler is now playing up again..

It is only letting us have heat and no hot water!!!! 

We watch↓

  Then onto..

 Breaks open the new dvd of:

Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), died at 80 in 1986.↓

 Sir Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II) died aged 72 in 2001

 Fontella Bass, American R&B and soul singer and songwriter (Rescue Me), dies from a heart attack at 72 years old in 2012.

 Now to rub that Vapor rub into hubby.....

 

 

The Need For No Speed!

Clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones nervous - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Welcome to my Christmas Hump of the week 🎄🐫

Woo hoo Christmas Day is finally here!

I had to wake up in excitement 

or

Just needed a cup of tea↓

 The oven was turned on to get the turkey cooked..

Back to sleep....

At ten am....

With a cup of coffee..

 It was downstairs to open the presents!

 Loads of lovely presents↓

 Hubby's presents↓

 This is my youngest son's present↓

 Nice breakfast↓

 The cake is ready to eat↓

 We go off for a little ride..

 To see my dad and give him his presents.

My youngest brother and his wife is bringing him his Christmas dinner this year.

I gets back to put everything else in the oven,

 Hubby goes fetches his dad.

Once my father-in-law arrives.

Christmas dinner is ready to serve up↓

 Well nice :)

We catch up on some movies to watch:

We had crackers and cheese for tea.

I had to scrape Sexy Beast as the car was frozen!

  I went down those country lanes without any street lights, with only my headlights on and some good Christmas music...

Some car drivers didn't like been stuck behind me sticking to the speed limit....

I didn't fancy finding myself in the hedge if I speeded up on the icy dark roads! 

*Had the same fun coming back.....!*

We put my dad to bed,

As younger brother changed his mind about stopping over night!

The prodigal brother is visiting my dad tomorrow and hoping my other brother will see my dad too! 

Now to watch Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special ...

 Then we watched a programme on BBC News on the Celebrity Deaths in 2019

There was some sad news,

Allee Willis  was an American songwriter and director. She died on Christmas Eve aged 72. Willis co-wrote hit songs including "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for "I'll Be There For You", which was used as the theme song for the sitcom Friends, and won two Grammy Awards for Beverly Hills Cop and The Color Purple, the latter of which was also nominated for a Tony Award. She was the only woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. 

 Rod Serling, writer and host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), would have been 94 years old.🎈

 He died aged 50 in 1975.

Kenny Everett [Maurice James Christopher Cole], British DJ and TV personality (Kenny Everett Show), would have be 75 years old🎈

He died aged 50 in 1995

Dido , is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999) is 48 years old 🎈

 Now to drag a hubby off to bed to try out one of "other" "adult" present on him....

 

  

Finally Getting Ready For Xmas!

My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running.This year we're having a change.We're going to let her in - Les Dawson.

Welcome to my Christmas Eve 🎄🤶

The alarm went off for the final time...

I had a nice cup of tea and hug in bed..

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

I got up to go for a quick ride...

 I bought two buckets from B&Q↑

It is still cold↓

 I had quick look in the newspaper↓

 Cynthia Payne, English brothel madam,would have been 87 years old🎈

There are two films that are loosely based on her life, both released in 1987: Wish You Were Here, about her adolescence, with Emily Lloyd in the lead role, and Personal Services, about her adult life, starring Julie Walters. 

 She died aged 82 in 2015

Ricky Martin is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and author who is widely regarded as the "King of Latin Pop" is 48 years old 🎈

   I enjoyed a quick coffee↓

 Off to work...with some great music↓

I gets back to enjoy a lovely coffee↓

 light lunch↓

I went and wrapped all the presents ready for tomorrow...

Time for Kenny to come out and play↓

 While the cake was baking.

I caught up on the blog.

We watched a great film..

 Finished decorating the Christmas Cake↓

We finally defrosted the turkey↓

 Set the alarm for tomorrow to turn on the oven.....

 

Drinking Plenty Of ......

Everything that irritates us about can lead us to an understanding of ourselves - Carl Jung

Welcome to my Monday🎈

(No wobbly work wheel 🎡 for me today)

However,my hubby is on his wobbly work wheel 🎡 until tomorrow dinnertime...

 The alarm went off...

It was nice to have hug and a cup of tea in bed...

 I gave him a big 💋 before he goes to work.

I drew the curtains back..↓

 I get up,

Goes for a little ride in Sexy Beast↓

I have a little look at the Birthdays↓

Johnny Kidd,(Born Frederick Albert Heath) played in the pop group Johnny Kidd & The Pirates would have been 84 years old 🎈

He died aged 30 in 1966.

Belinda Lang, English actress, (Dear John, 2point4children) is 66 years old 🎈

 Honey Lantree, English drummer & singer (The Honeycombs), died aged 75 years old in 2018

 Coffee time with nibble↓

 Then I get ready for the Happy Place Of Work's Christmas Lunch...

Before I leave to go to that, my friend appears with a Xmas card for us. I give a Xmas card to her, and walk up the road with her and her daughter.

I promise to see her next week.

I have a go on the raffle....

(I win some nice things)↓

 *I don't drink alcohol*

(6th year anniversary off being tea-total coming up in a few days time!)

Off to lunch..

 I'm ready for my food↓

 My lovely steak↓

  Drinking plenty of lemonades with a dash of lime....

 I have a lovely time chatting with my boss's dad for 3 hours..

Back home to find the dishwasher hadnt be unloaded and reloaded...

(Eye role time)

My kids are either sniffing or coughing

I need soup↓ 

 To ward it all off!

Time to catch up on other people crafting↓

Hubby comes back from snooker....

Warm up the fingers.....