Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Saturday 30 May 2020

Cutting Back The Worzel!

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them - Alfred Adler
Welcome to my weekend🎈
 Hug and brew time↑
Has breakfast.
Gets dressed.
Out in the sunshine for a quick ride↓
 
 Off to Waitrose for some reduced food.
 Keeping 2 metres distance
 Once I got my bits.
I headed off to the Farm Shop for 3 bags of compost.
Some nice flowers growing in the car park↓
 We get back to unload the shopping.
 It's getting warm↗↗↗↗
Coffee and toast time↓
 Time for a DIY haircut↓
 
 Drop 2 stone just like that.
I have a lovely hot shower.
Washes what hair I have left.
Light lunch time↓
 Rehoming a picture↓
 Suddenly a cloud appears↓
 It reminds me of a "Fast Show" episode↓
 Time for tea at 3pm↓
 Then off to bed for siesta
Then we have a late tea of Salmon Wellington↓
 Catches up with today's newspaper↓
    The moon is out↓
 We could just make out Space X in the night sky, moving very fast↓
 Then we caught up on 5 weeks of 
"Have I Got News For You"
 Then off to a warm bed.....


 

Friday 29 May 2020

Hanging Up The Oranges & Lemons....

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all - Peter Drucker
Welcome to the Friday Feeling🎈
 I had a hug and brew↓
 As my foot was still hurting.
Hubby went to fetch the newspaper in the car.
I got dressed,
&
Sat outside in the sunshine
 
 While I was putting the clothes on the line.
I had a delivery↓
 I had a chat with my next door neighbour.
As we were going to Lidl's for a few things later on, he gave me a list of things he wanted.
(As he is self-isolating)
Now to enjoy coffee and reading the newspaper↓
  Out comes Kenny for a quick play↓
 Once the cakes were put in the oven.
Out came the breadmaker↓
 My Zoflora order arrived↓
 Orange flavoured cake↓
 Light lunch time↓
 I downloaded the Zoom app, so I could join the redundancy meeting next week with my Union Rep and soon to be employer.
Back to the pom pom making↓
 
 Bread is ready↓
 Tea at 3pm↓
 Off our for a little ride↓
 Lidl time↓
 Gives my neighbour his shopping.
Nice lean burgers for tea↓
 We do 2 days TV Theme Quizs.
First score was 4/6
Second score was 2/6.
I finally finish my Oranges and Lemons↓
 Off to work I go↓
With some good music↓
 The moon is out when I leave work↓
 My foot is still hurting.
More gel applied.
The swelling is going down a bit.....
Now to make the most of the Friday Feeling🎈

 

Thursday 28 May 2020

Pulling Too Hard!

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders.I Hate necks 
- Steve Martin
Welcome to my Lockdown Thursday🎈
Due to have painful left foot,
no walking today :(
Start the day however, with hug and brew↓
I had breakfast.
Got dressed.
The sun is back \o/ 
Out for a little ride in Sexy Beast↓
 Back home↓
I gave hubby a big 💋 as he was going back into the office again.
At least he doesn't have to lug this big thing back and forth each time↓


 Now for a peak in the newspaper↓
 John Karlen  was an American character actor who played multiple roles (Willie Loomis, Carl Collins, William H. Loomis, Desmond Collins, Alex Jenkins and Kendrick Young) on the ABC serial Dark Shadows, in various episodes between 206 and 1245, which aired from 1966 to 1971.
In 1971, Karlen starred as the male lead in Daughters of Darkness. He played Harvey Lacey, husband of Mary Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), on the CBS crime series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88).He would have been 87 years old🎈
He died in 2020 aged 86.
 Gladys Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.She is 76 years old🎈 
 Roland Gift  is a British singer, songwriter and actor. He was singer/frontman of the 1980s pop band Fine Young Cannibals.He is 59 years old🎈
  Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), killed in a plane crash aged 46 in 1971
Afterwards, as it is so nice outside.
I am going to attempt Orange and Lemon Pom Poms↓
 I pulled to hard on my pom pom maker and it fell off!!!!
 After I emailed Hobbycraft,
On where my order went.
It appeared like magic!
 My trees had arrived↓
 Time for light lunch↓
 My Amazon order arrived↓
Tea at 3↓
 I left the TV Themes Quiz until hubby gets back.
I noticed a ex-boyfriend was doing a bit of rubbernecking in his lorry when he went pastmy house.
(I could give him a picture it might last longer)
He did the same when he came back up the road......
(Already forgot what I look like????)
The pom poms are coming along nicely.
 I didn't fancy cooking after spending nearly all day in the garden.
Hubby got Scallop and chips on the way home↓
Then off to work with some great music↓
 It is still light when I gets back↓
  Someone flying away↓
 As my foot was really hurting.
Gel was applied plus a hot wheaty bag was left on....
Hopefully the swelling will go down soon....