Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Wednesday 26 February 2020

I Will Give You A Hernia If You Try!

I must govern the clock,not be governed by it - Golda Meir
Welcome to my Hump of the week🐫
I was hoping for a sprinkle of snow...
Looked out of the window....nothing!
At least the thermal knickers were being put on, as it looked cold out there!
Now to enjoy hugs with tea↓
 Before I left,I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋
 
 It's freezing↑
I was glad to wear the thermals!
Today's tree shot↓
 Some drivers totally ignored my Stop sign.
Some realised they had to stop to save their windscreens!
I finished in one piece.
Fills up Sexy Beast, 
And picks up a takaway coffee.
Back home.
  Gets changed,
Has a early lunch↓
  Another CD time in car to sing along with↓

 More singing along↓
Looks in newspaper↓
"Fats" Domino was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 hits.He would have been 92 years old 🎈
He died aged 89 in 2017
Johnny Cash  was an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-spanning songs and sound embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.He would have been 88 years old 🎈
He died aged 71 in 2003
Sandie Shaw, is an English singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, she had three UK number one singles with "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (1964), "Long Live Love" (1965) and "Puppet on a String" (1967). With "Puppet on a String", she became the first British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to the UK top 40, for the first time in 15 years, with her 1984 cover of the Smiths song "Hand in Glove". Shaw announced her retirement from the music industry in 2013.She is 73 years old 🎈
 J T Walsh was an American actor. He appeared in many films, notably Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), Hoffa (1992), Nixon (1995), Sling Blade (1996), Breakdown (1997) and Pleasantville (1998).He died aged 54 in 1998.


 Looks across the fields of fun↓
 It rained for a bit.
I had a nice red shiny face when I got finished.
The cold blowers went on in the car.
Followed by some great singing along↓
 Back home for a quick coffee and read↓
The afternoon's tree shot↓
 We might be having problems with the low lying sun↓
 One van driver went under my stick, and looked up to see how far my stick was from his van!
One car got impatient and wouldn't wait for someone to cross.
At least I finished in one piece.
Back home↓
Quick drink and off to the Happy Place of Work.
Someone was going to give me the bumps on Friday for my real Birthday on Saturday.
I advised it,as he might get a hernia from trying!
It was still light when I got home \o/
Tea time↓
Now to burn it off with work and singing↓

When I got home,
I needed a early night.
Off to bed with a sleep tea↓

 
 

Tuesday 25 February 2020

It Has Calmed Down For Now!

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good - Samuel Johnson
Welcome to my Tuesday🎈
Hopefully the weather will calm down.... after yesterday.
I enjoyed a much needed cup of tea and a warm hug↓
 I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋
The sun is back \o/
 
 I got down to do my 🍭 job..
The sun is coming ↗↗↗
 My tree shot↓
 I was chatting to a friend while going to my spot.
He asked "Would I go public if I won a million pounds?"
"Hell no, you would get so many so-called friends knocking your door, wanting some it!"I replied.
On to do 🍭 job.
Car drivers was actually stopping for once :)
I finished in one piece.
Back home↓
 
 I walks into the kitchen..
Bowl full of dirty bowls from breakfast.
I loaded them up in the dishwasher.
Emptied the kitchen bin and recycling bin.
Now for a much needed coffee↓
 
 &
 Now to leave and do some singing↓
Quick look in the newspaper↓
 The List↓
  Now for the Birthdays↓
Sir Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Doctor Zhivago, To Catch a Spy) is 83 years old 🎈
 Elkie Brooks  is an English singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" and the title track of the album No More the Fool. She has been nominated twice for Brit Awards.She is 75 years old 🎈
Mike Peters  is a Welsh musician, best known as the lead singer of the Alarm. After the band split up in 1991, Peters wrote and released solo work, before reconstituting the Alarm in 2000. Additionally, he is co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Between 2011 and 2013, Peters was the vocalist for Big Country as well as The Alarm.
He is 61 years old🎈
 Mark Hollis, British synth-pop musician (Talk Talk), dies at 64 in 2019.
I look across the fields of fun↓
 
 I goes into work.
It was hail stoning for a bit.
I left with a nice red face.
Back to singing along↓
 
 Back home↓
 
 Coffee and nibble↓
 The dark clouds were coming over...
 The rain held off....
Those dark clouds followed me home.
Quick coffee↓
 Now off to the Happy Place Of Work.
Back home for some nice pancakes↓
 Off to the final job with singing added↓
Snow is forecasted ....
Will I need a Snow Plow tomorrow?

 
  

Monday 24 February 2020

Go Now

Take time to deliberate,but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in - Napoleon Bonaparte
Welcome aboard my Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
It was windy and rainy out there...
Back on the full Wobbly work wheel 🎡 today.
Had a lovely hug and cup of tea↓
 Those sexy lumo trousers have to come out now.
I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋
Now to leave the house in the rain↓
 Getting warmer↓
 I went to turn on my lights↓
I walked back to my car..
Soaking wet!
  Onto Lollypop spot..
It's raining hard.
Car drivers are failing to stop again!
One purple Rover nearly took out the legs of one man I was trying to cross over!
I nearly took out a windscreen to top it off!
I was suffering from soggy gloves and soggy socks!
Once I got home↓
 
 Nice coffee and cream↓
 Followed by a light lunch↓
  Now for a CD change↓
 
 Sing-a-long time↓
It is still raining↓
I had a quick look in the newspaper↓
 Happy ending↓
 Good film on tonight↓
Now for the Birthdays↓
Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann)is 78 years old 🎈
 Rupert Holmes  is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and "Him" (1980).He is 73 years old 🎈
I looked over the fields of fun↓
     I got in.
I was chatting with a co-worker on how unhappy I was.
"Resign then!"
I left with a nice red face!
More singing along↓
 
 Quick coffee and nibble time↓
 Back out.
It has stopped raining \o/ 
Now having problems with the wind!
 The rain kept off.
I saw an old boy who I normally cross over in the mornings.
He looked like he had go five rounds with Frank Bruno!
8 stiches above his left eye, black eye too.
I asked him what happened.
He crossed over the road from the Corner shop, and tripped over the pavement,landing face first!
Someone ran over and helped him up and called an ambulance for him!
"What's the point of being awkward,when you can show it!" He said. 
The dog owner who staffie dog mauled another dog in front of me and my boss earlier this year.Now wears a muzzle.That was a good job, because he tried to attack a guide dog!Just before I finished!
The guide dog looked back at the staffie dog with a sign of relief on its face it had a muzzle on!
 I was telling the parents that I was crossing over.
"Don't know what's worst? Rain or wind problems?"
The rain kept off.
I was stuck in traffic problems on the way home. 
My kids had made me a nice cup of coffee for me when I got home :)
Then off to Happy Place Of Work. 
When I got back,
I made my Stir Fry↓
 Then off to burn it off with work and singing↓
I gets home.
Chilled with some sleep tea.
I was asleep before my head touched the pillow!