Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Monday 20 January 2020

Codename:Thermal Knickers

Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome aboard my Wobbly Work Wheel🎑
So much for Blue Monday...
 More like↓
 Those Thermal Knickers had to come out....
I enjoyed a warm hug and a cup of tea↓
 I gave everyone their sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹
Now to leave the house↓
 
 I had to scrape Sexy Beast.
Lovely view of the sunset outside the Newspaper Shop↓
 I got down to do my Lollipop
 Today's sunrise picture↓
 It's that time of the year when we have frost.
The tank drivers come out...
One car driver had scraped his side of the windscreen, and not his front passenger's side. As he went past me, his passenger window was down and his son looking at me!
 One man I crossed over the road,
Just said to me,"It's cold out here.."
I replied,"Good job I have my Thermal Knickers to keep me warm,isn't it!"
He had a nice blush to his face after I said that! 
Still some car drivers were failing to stop!
I finished in one piece.
Now onto enjoy some Webbs Experience↓
 
Nice to B3↑
Coffee,nibbles and chat↓
 I said goodbye to my friend.
Now back on the singing...
Quick read of the newspaper↓
 Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter & musician (The Mindbenders, & 10cc) is 75 years old 🎈
 Heather Small is an English soul singer who was the lead singer in the band M People and later became a solo artist.She is 55 years old 🎈
 Etta James  was an American singer, dies from leukaemia aged 73 in 2012.
First look across the fields of fun of the week↓
 
 
I finished with a nice red face.
Back to more singing along↓
Back home↓
 
 I had a much needed coffee↓
Back out in the sunshine.
The low lying sun was being a problem again↓
 My 🍭 stick must be invisible...
Loads of cars were failing to stop!!!
I still finished in one piece.
Now back home with a little more singing along..
The temperatures are starting to go down↓↓↓
I get changed and off to The Happy Place of Work... 
I didn't know Dr Hinge (of Hinge and Bracket) started working there....↓
 (On the left)
When I got finished.
The Chicken Stir Fry got put on↓
 Once I finished..
Now to burn it off while singing and working to↓
It's getting cold.
I jumped into hot shower...
That's better :)
Now for a quick rub.....down...

 


 

Sunday 19 January 2020

Lights,Camera & Little Action!

Anyone could write a novel given six weeks, pen,paper, and no telephone or wife - Evelyn Waugh
At least I had a little lie-in...
The sun's rays were coming through the net curtains..↓
 It was nice to have snuggles and a cup of tea in bed↓
 After breakfast.
We got up and went for a little ride↓
 It went really cold last night..
It was well slippy outside↓
  And cold↓
 Pick some bits up in the Dunelm sale↓
 And to have a coffee with nibble↓
 We bumped into some old friends in Lidl's.
We had a good yak
(Like you have to!)
We nipped into Argos to pick something up in their sale.
We finished up at Morrison's...
A nice bit of brew we had↓
 I had a late lunch↓
 My 1970's CD's came↓
 While hubby and son went to do our food shop...
I had some serious housework to catch up on.
Washing machine back on...
Tumble drier back on..
Dish washer on...
All the bins emptied..
The recycling box emptied..
At least our new bedroom light works...↓
 When hubby came back...
Back out in Sexy Beast to check its tyres↓
 Once home,
The new yellow rug got put down in the Living Room↓
Even the new floor lamp I got today, looks nice in the Living room↓
I had a quick look in the newspaper....

 Phil  Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers
("Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie," "All I Have to Do Is Dream," "Bird Dog," and "Problems") would have been 81 years old
🎈
He died aged 74 in 2014
 Michael Crawford [Michael Patrick Smith], British Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera), is 78 years old 🎈

Dolly  Parton  is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, is 74 years old 🎈
 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter would have been 71 years old 🎈
 He died aged 54 in 2003.
Carl Perkins, American singer and songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes), died aged 65 years old in 1998.
 Wilson Pickett  was an American singer and songwriter.He died aged 64 in 2006.
 School uniforms all ready for tomorrow.
I have got all my bits and pieces ready to mount that Wobbly Work Wheel 🎑..tomorrow
(Including those thermal knickers!) 

 


Saturday 18 January 2020

Trying To Fit It In!

"Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly." - Virgil
The Home phone rung at 4am...
(Lifeline had phoned the Paramedics, as my dad had pressed the button, and wasn't answering the phone)
My hubby went round to meet the paramedics, my younger brother arrived an hour later.The urine infection is making my dad confused. He was told to start drinking more water, he he don't he will go back into hospital...
Hubby came back and joined me back in the warm bed.
I got up later on as I needed a cup of tea.
(I left hubby alone, as he needed the catch-up)↓
 
 I caught up with the blog.
Hubby arose, plus the kids.
As we needed to be out of the house, to drop one of the son's at his boxing lesson.
The sun was out↓
 First stop was to Morrison's.
 Nice price↓
 I got a few bits...
We had coffee and nibble↓
 Next stop we nipped into Sainsburys.
Nice car in the car park↓
 Pick up a red faced son from Boxing.
I saw my dad and told him to drink more water!
Then off to Stratford Age UK Reuse Centre at Burton Farm.
Loads of nice things I got for £5.
Just a mile down the road I nipped into The Shakespear Hospice..
I got what I needed from there...
Now for the ride home↓
 I had a late light lunch↓
 We moved the living room around to fit  the item I bought in..
Quick look in the newspaper↓
 Bobby Goldsboro is an American pop and country singer-songwriter. He had a string of pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature No. 1 hit "Honey", which sold over one million copies in the United States, and the UK top-ten single Summer (The First Time).He is 79 years old 🎈
Tom Bailey, English rock vocalist & keyboardist (Thompson Twins),he is 64 years old 🎈
Al Waxman
was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series King of Kensington and Cagney & Lacey.He died aged 65 in 2001.
 Tony Hart, English artist and television presenter (Take Hart, Hartbeat), died aged 83 years old in 2009.
   A very nice price↓
 We got it in↓
 Now to catch up on last week's telly.
Graham's guests include Just Mercy stars Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan, comedian Jennifer Saunders and Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart. With music from Michael Kiwanuka.
I have got some more 1970's CDs coming tomorrow... \o/
(More singing along to do!)
Then the breaking news about Harry & Meghan....