Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Monday 24 August 2020

Matchsticks Time!

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? -
Charles De Gauille
Welcome to my Monday🎈
Time to mount the small Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
Back on the sofa I went early on in the morning....
 I fell asleep for an hour before getting up.
(It was too uncomfortable on the sofa)
Time for brew and hug upstairs↓
 Breakfast.
Dressed.
Out for our daily walk↓
 
 I gave hubby a sloppy 💋 before he left for work.
Loaded up dishwasher.
Put the tumble drier on.
(I can't trust the weather!)
I even got Henry out for a quick play↓
Quick look in the newspaper afterwards↓
 
 With coffee↓
 Then onto blogging....
Writes 3 blog posts.
So tired after getting up really early...
I finally bought the camp bed...
It's coming on Thursay \o/
Lunchtime 
How hot is it in the USA?
 No nap.....
Just use matchsticks to keeps eyelids open!
got some facemasks to make...
Not bad going...
Just had to turn up Alexa when a great song came on↓

I did 6.
 Four are going to Wales↓
 The front↑
The back↓
 In need of some fresh air...
(Or I might fall asleep)
It was Wayne Fontana's funeral today :(↓
Hubby came home, 
Nice big sloppy 💋
Nice Beef Stir Fry for Tea↓
 2 More episodes of Season 6 of NYPD Blue to watch↓
Then off to work I go...
Big tune to start the week with↓
Once back, carried on with 2 more episodes,
with my sleep tea↓
Lots of rain due tomorrow, all thanks to Storm Francis coming in!
 
 

 
 
 

Sunday 23 August 2020

Walking We Will Go....

“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.” – Steven Wright
Welcome to my Sunday🍾
Another night enjoying the king size bed instead of the sofa....\o/
We were up early to do our daily walk..
But first↓
 Brew and Hug time↑
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Out for a longer walk↓

 Scrap metal anyone?↑

 My brother has repainted the garage door white. Hopefully there will be a For Sale board up soon↑

Up the steps we go.
We get our newspaper,
And now to walk back.
Over the bridge we go↗↗ 


 Under another bridge↑
 Nice mini-van↑
 Gets home after 45 minutes.
We drops off our sons for their little walk.
I visit and tidy up my parent's grave↓
Then off to Asda↓
 They sold out of their Ham Hocks.
While my hubby waited in the car, I got two lovely plants from B&Q.
Then we drives to Sainsburys.
 We waited for the rain to go.
We got a Ham Hock for my neighbour.
Enjoyed a much needed coffee↓
 Back home in the sunshine↓
 Planting plants time↓
 We collected all the veg that was growing in my garden↓


Late lunch time↓

 Now to watch a great film↓
 Nothing else was any good on television.
Out came the NYPD Blue boxset again.
 I also read today's newspaper...
 Vera  Miles is a retired American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film Psycho, reprising the role in the 1983 sequel Psycho II. Other films in which she appeared include Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), The Searchers (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956), A Touch of Larceny (1959), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Follow Me, Boys! (1966), Sergeant Ryker (1968) and Molly and Lawless John (1972)She is 91 years old 🎈 
Geoff Capes is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor.
As an athlete he represented both England and Great Britain in field athletics, specialising in the shot put, an event in which he was twice Commonwealth champion, twice European indoor champion, and three-time Olympian.
As a strongman, he twice won the title of World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion on two occasions, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man.
As a Highland Games competitor he was six times world champion,first winning the title in Lagos in 1981,and held world records in numerous events. Following retirement from competitive sport he continued to be involved in strength athletics as a referee, event promoter and coach. He also ran a sportswear retail shop, and became renowned as a world-class breeder of birds. Capes stood 197 cm (6 ft 5 12 in) and weighed 170 kilograms (370 lb) at his peak condition.He is 71 years old 🎈
 Husband woke up after the second episode had finished.
I had to put on the tumble drier.
Cup of tea
 With hot dogs for tea↓
 Afterwards,
Hubby got his things ready to take to work tomorrow.
I have one full week left before I go back to my school jobs....
Back onto the boxset for one final episode↓
With my sleep tea↓
 We all had a early night....
Which I hope I won't be woken up too early by snoring again....
(The clue is the end song↓)