I Won't Back Down!

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none - Julies Renard

Welcome to my Tuesday🎈

 I had covered up Sexy Beast last night.

I looked out of the window, and it had rained during the night. 

Nice hug and cup of tea↓↓

 I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋

Before I left the house..

 

 I tried to go down a country lane to get to work a bit quicker, only to find a lorry blocking the road!!!

3 point turn and back on the normal route to work.

My tree pic↓

 The rain started with 25 minutes left of my shift...

Cars were ignoring the Stop sign again

One lucky white mini narrowly missed having her windscreen smashed.Stopped 25 yards up the road to nip into the local coffee shop! 

I finished in one piece..

Off home I went

 

 Coffee and nibble↓

 My good friend came round for a coffee and chat.....

She felt better when she left

Told her to sing along with some Big Tunes!

Out of the door I soon followed...

 Singing along with some tunes↓

On the way, I saw two men wearing yellow lumo trousers standing on the road.One was peeing in the hedge.I was so tempted to honk the horn when I went past!

Now to look in the newspaper↓

Michael  Prendergast MBE , known professionally as Mike Pender, is an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers. He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by the Searchers, including the song "Needles and Pins" and "What Have They Done To The Rain?".He is 79 years old 🎈 

  I looked across the fields of fun↓

 I got in.....

Then I lost my temper

The gates of hell opened, mass screaming could heard, and my horns appeared...

I even threatened to put on my coat and leave.

Gulp of water,deep breath, the horns went back down.

I left late, nice and sweaty with a red shiny face...

Back to more singing↓ 

 

 

 A lorry back over the drive↑

Much needed coffee and nibble↓

 Back out again...

With more singing along↓

Car drivers weren't even looking when going past me, some of them nearly had their windscreens put in for their trouble!

I finished in one piece.

Now for more singing on the way home↓

I got changed to go up to Happy Place of Work 

I was glad to have some music to sing along with↓

 Back home for hug and tea↓

Off to burn it off with singing and work↓

The flowers for dad's funeral is being delivered tomorrow.

They look so nice!

 

 

They will look really nice on his grave on Thursday :)

It looks like its going to be a wet,soggy hump tomorrow🐫🐫

 

Now You See It, Now You Don't!

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels - Bob Thaves

Welcome to being onboard my Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

I didn't cover up Sexy Beast last night...

Oh dear, it's scrape time later...

But first hug and tea↓

 I made sure those thermal knickers were put on!

I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋

before I left the house↓

 

 Frigging cold↑

Down to Lollipop job.

The tree picture↓

 It started to warm up.

The stinky blue van is still spewing out clouds of diesel.Someone wondered if it has got a MOT.....

I finished in one piece.

Back home to move the lorry that was blocking my drive...

 

 

  The lorry went back over the drive again↑↑

Some things I had to catch up.

Empty bins.

Load up dishwasher.

Coffee and early lunch↓

The lorry went....

Big sunglasses time

 More singing to do↓

The first Papershop didn't have my newspaper in.Off to the next shop.While I went in to get the newspaper, one red car was waiting for the traffic lights to change.I came out, it was still waiting.I wasn't going to wait.Someone came out to the driver to tell him to move the car under the sensor.I turned around, went all round the reakin' to the traffic lights,only for them to turn red on me, and the lights turned green for the red car!! 

I finally got to read my newspaper before work!

 Some good films on tonight↓

Birthdays:

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 (CBC) and Cagney & Lacey (CBS).He would have been 85 years old🎈

 He died aged 65 years old in 2001.
 Karen Carpenter, American vocalist and drummer (We Only Just Begun),would have been 70 years old🎈

She died aged 32 years old in 1983
Dusty Springfield [Mary O'Brien], English vocalist (Growing Pains), died  aged 59 in 1999.

 I looked across the fields of fun↓

I gets in.

I had two more Birthday cards :)

They asked how my Birthday went.

I replied,"The food was great, the 4 tog on the bed was not nice, and even the dancing cobweb had more fun than me!"

I got my rollers to move even faster than normal↓

I left with a nice red face...

Back to more singing↓

 I guessed the year right ;)

Back home.

 

 Coffee and nibbles↓

 Great Birthday cards↓

 My son's waistcoat arrived for his prom in June.

(The tie came yesterday, suit jacket will come on Friday.Got everything else already!)

This afternoon's tree picture↓

 

The fun with the low lying sun.

I chatted with some of the parents before I started.I repeated what I said earlier on.

 "The food was great, the 4 tog on the bed was not nice, and even the dancing cobweb had more fun than me!"

It seems my Lollypop stick was turning invisible as some point during my shift!

I could see it, but the car drivers couldn't!

One woman has to slam her brakes on, as I was walking back to the pavement when she suddenly started to drive off!

I finished in one piece JUST! 

Back home to enjoy a much needed coffee!

Both kids got spot the intro
Oasis - Wonderwall.
If they had played my favourite cover of it, they wouldn't have got it so quick...
(It's at the end of the blog)
Now onto The Happy Place Of Work.

I had to redo the polishing of desks, I did on Friday....Mutterings of someone had to hoover some biscuit crumbs off the floor of an office!

There were no crumbs on the floor when I finished on Friday....!

 They asked how my Birthday went.

I replied with:

 "The food was great, the 4 tog on the bed was not nice, and even the dancing cobweb had more fun than me!"

Now more music to work to...↓

 

 Back home to have a nice Stir Fry↓

Then off to burn that off with work and singing....↓

The rollers were kicked off...↓

 Now to enjoy my King size bed 🛏

 

  

 

  

All Aboard The Magical Mystery Tour!

If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it - J. P Morgan

I woke up at 6am.

I could hear the snores through my ear plugs.

Cup of tea needed...↓

 Got back into the warm bed afterwards...

We got up later to enjoy a shower for two!

The view from our room↓

 We went down for breakfast.

Tried to open the door when we came back...

Oh dear, we were locked out.

I sat down on the sofa↓

 Hubby came back from reception,

The door opened finally.

Collected our belongings.

Went past a couple of Henrys on the way out↓

 

 Bye bye hotel↓

 I popped round to see my mum's grave.

They took the gravestone.

Everything was left in a complete mess↓

 Drops off bag at home↓

 Now onto a Magical Mystery Tour↓

 We took the wrong way, and it took us 45 minutes to get to it!

I saved £14 by the way.

I need a bloody coffee after all that travelling↓

 Back on the right way to do more shopping↓

Back home to unpack the shopping↓

Time to check the tyres↓

 I got back,

The washing machine went on.

Quick check of today's Birthdays↓

Mike  d'Abo  is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann, on their No.1 hit "Mighty Quinn", and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", the latter of which was a hit for The Foundations. He is 76 years old 🎈

 Dirk Benedict is an American movie, television and stage actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series.He is 75 years old 🎈

Now for tea↓

We caught up on Top Gear

Paddy, Freddie and Chris find out which is the fastest of the emergency services: fire, police or ambulance. Chris celebrates legendary rally driver Colin McRae, while Paddy tests the new BMW M8. Tom Allen is the studio guest.

Then we watched a couple of episodes of Blankety Blank with Les Dawson from 1985

 Got things ready for the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

Now to try out our 16 tog duvet!