Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Friday 17 April 2020

'Ello,'Ello,'Ello

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation - Unknown
Welcome to the Friday Feeling🎈
 The sun is back \o/
 I enjoyed a warm hug and cup of tea↓
 We had breakfast.
&
Dressed.
Now off for a little walk↓
 The hole has now been covered up↓
 Back home.

I gives hubby a sloppy 💋 as he goes off to work.
I meanwhile have a look in the newspaper↓
 Billy Fury, was an English singer from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s.He would have been 80 years old🎈
 He died aged 42 in 1983
  Jan Hammer  is a Czech-American musician, composer and record producer. He is 72 years old 🎈
 Eddie Cochran was a mid-20th century American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s.He died at age 21 after a road accident, while traveling in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire, during his British tour in April 1960.
 If I was still working for Royal Mail,
I would have been celebrating 30 years working there🎈
However I was medically retired in 2012.
I wrote and publish yesterday's blog.
Cake and coffee time↓
 Then I sit outside to catch up with this newspapers in the sunshine

Followed by light lunch↓
 Then I was back on sorting out all my old an new characters for my new book↓
After an hour, I was all set to start writing.
I sent my kids out for there 20 minute walk up and down the road.
They were just coming back, when the police stopped them and asked what they were doing.
"Exercise," replied one son.
"Do you live in the same house," he was asked.
"He is my brother,and we live in that house," Replied my son pointing to our house.
"Keep safe," the policeman replied and drove off. 
Out for a bit of air and they get stopped. 
I carry on writing a chapter of my book.
My youngest son says;
"Is that all you wrote!" 
Cheek! 
I leave the book alone and get on with the tea.
Gives hubby a big hug when he comes home.
Tea is served↓
  Then off to work I go with some great tunes↓
 We gets back to listen some great tunes on the 70's channel...
Then off to practice some parts from my new book on my hubby in bed....

 

Thursday 16 April 2020

Didn't Use The Bird This Time!

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity,animals,weather, and their own content - Paul Valery
Welcome to my lockdown Thursday🎈
The sun was shining😎↓
 Had a warm hug and a cup of tea↓
 Has breakfast.
Gets dressed.
Now off for the walk...↓
 Road still closed↓
Gets back home↓
Hubby had to go back into his office.
Gave him a sloppy wet 💋 before he left.
Quick read of the newspaper↓
 Sir Peter Ustinov was an English actor, voice actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter.He would have been 99 years old 🎈
 He died aged 82 in 2004
Bobby Vinton, is an American singer and songwriter who briefly appeared in films. In pop music circles, as a teen idol he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music pays tribute to his Polish heritage. His most popular song was "Blue Velvet", a cover of Tony Bennett's 1951 song, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 and number two in the UK in 1990. It also served as inspiration for the film of the same name.He is 85 years old 🎈 
 Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was an important singer of blue-eyed soul and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sixteen on the UK Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989. She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and UK Music Hall of Fame.She would have been 81 years old 🎈
She died aged 59 in 1999
Gerald Rafferty  was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter. His solo hits in the late 1970s included "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Night Owl", as well as "Stuck in the Middle with You", which was recorded with the band Stealers Wheel in 1973.He would have been 73 years old 🎈 
 He died aged 63 in 2011
  Loads up dishwasher.
Puts that on.
Washing machine on.
Washing put out on the line.
Finished decorating the cake I made yesterday↓
 I made a quick fruit pie.
In the oven that went!
Now to enjoy coffee and nibble↓
 I went outside to enjoy the coffee and some vitamin D↓
 The sun is coming across the garden↓
 Fish and Chips↓
Followed by a light lunch↓
 
 My friend who I used to see on a Tuesday,
phoned me to see how things are doing, since my dad's funeral.
Hubby then phoned,
He can't wait to work from home!
The fruit pie was ready
(Just forgot to add the bird!)
 I got in the mood for work later↓
 One son was enjoying the sunshine↓
 I need to keep my hands busy.
Out comes the wool↓
 A few pom poms made↓
 We had another announcement from the Government↓
Lockdown for another 3 weeks!
Nice treat of having a Fry up!
 Off to work I go↓
Comes back to catch up on the events from America↓
 Watches the Newspaper review.
Then to watch Trump↓
 The Friday Feeling 🎈 is back tomorrow
  

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Time To Play With Him Again!

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find - Peter Ustinov
Welcome to my lockdown Hump of the Week 🐪🐫🐪

The sun was back \o/
 I had a lovely hug and a cup of tea↑
We had breakfast,
&
Got dressed.
Time for a quick walk↓
 All the cones accounted for now↓
 A plane flying off somewhere nice?↓
 Oh no the cone has vanished!↓
 Back home↓
 Back to work for hubby↓
Quick read of the newspaper with coffee and nibble↓
 Marty Wilde, is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde.He is 81 years old 🎈
 Dave Edmunds  is a Welsh singer/songwriter, guitarist, actor and record producer. Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.He is 76 years old🎈
Graeme Clark is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He came to prominence as bass player, founder member and songwriter from the pop/soul band Wet Wet Wet.He is 55 years old🎈
John Fred Gourrier , known by his stage name John Fred, was an American blue-eyed soul, swamp pop, rock and roll, and R&B performer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for the 1967 hit song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"He died aged 63 in 2005.
  Followed by a bit more cake↓
 I wrote and published yesterday's blog.
Hung washing out on the line.
More coffee and nibbles↓
 A great film arrived to watch↓
  &
Cake mix to do↓
 Light lunch time in the garden↓
 Once hubby went back to work.
One of my friends, took a pic of my younger brother enjoying his limo in the sunshine↓
 I enjoyed the sunshine even more.
 Walked down the path a few times in the sunshine↓
 My kids went for their little walk.
I had a small power nap.
Then its time for cake and coffee!
 Time to play with Kenny once more↓
 Once the cake was put in the oven.
I started on the evening meal.
Used up a pack of Linguine with mince,lentils, mushrooms and onions.
 Hubby went food shopping.
I went off to work with some great music↓
 I got back home and enjoyed sitting in my garden, waiting for hubby to return from his shopping trip↓
 Unpacks the shopping.
Enjoyed listening to some great 70s music on a Sky music channel....↓
Watched the press conference by Trump↓
 Hubby has to go into his office tomorrow.
His computer is packed away.He
 won't be having hugs,kisses,coffee and tea on demand (By me)while he is at work tomorrow ;)
Now to give hubby a rub down with my cold hands.......;)