Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Tuesday 20 October 2020

Kissing The Knee!

 He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves - Lord Chesterfield
Welcome to my Tuesday.
Another day to let the swelling go down around my knee...
A 💋 on my knee might have me feel better,
The swelling isn't go down much :(
Brew and Hug time.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
 My son went got my newspaper for me.
"Good Lad"
I gave everyone a sloppy wet 💋
Early coffee time!
Quick look in the newspaper.
Tom Petty was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
He won have been 70 years old 🎈
He died aged 66 in 2017. 
  I wrote yesterday's blog post.
I did my normal search of the internet for some interesting fabric.....
Ebay was too expensive.....
Found it on Etsy instead.....↓
Plenty of facemasks to make next week!
I phoned up my Doctors about the swelling of my knee.
Doctor will phone me back this afternoon. 
Early lunch time.
I finished the last 2 episodes of Godless on Netflix.
Tea at 3.
Time to watch a favourite film of last year!
 I put the tea in the oven.
4 Packets of noodles went in the saucepan.
The Doctor phoned.
Gave me some tablets for the swelling.
Got to keep off my foot this week.
Texted hubby to fetch the doctors from the Chemists.
He comes home to have a nice sloppy wet 💋 from me.
Food is ready.
Chicken with Green Pesto on Top with Noodles
Take the first tablet with it.
Hubby went down to my job again.
It flashed up on Sky News that Spencer Davis had passed away at the age of 81...
When hubby got back.
Time to watch Great British Bake Off.
With some Sleep Tea.
(Time to kiss the knee!)
Let's hope we have a half decent Hump Day tomorrow!




 


 
 

Monday 19 October 2020

When It Blows Up Too Much!

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher - Victor Hugo
No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 today.
Due to the Baker's Cyst on the back of the leg making my knee grow 3 times the size!
Brew and hug time.
My knee has gone down a little bit over night.
Still painful to walk...
I had to let my employers know I wasn't coming to work today!
Had Breakfast.
Dressed.
Made a slow way down the stairs.
One son fetched the newspaper for me.
"Good Lad"
Gave everyone their wet sloppy 💋💋💋 before everyone left.
I hopped to the kitchen to make a much needed coffee...
&
Quick look in the newspaper.
 
Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson ) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number-one hit.She is 75 years old 🎈
Leg raised up on the sofa.
Caught up with the last week's newspapers.
There was a good interview with OMD in Saturday's I newspaper.
I looked through Netflix.
I like anything to do with the Wild West.
There was a series called Godless.
I had a small lunch.
More Godless to watch...
Tea at 3
I tried switching from a hot pack to a cold pack to put on my rather large knee.
The cold was making it worst.
Kids came back from school.
Told me all about their day.
One button needed to be put back on the blazer.
I managed to put the pie in the oven.
No pizza or Stir Fry today.
Gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 when he got back.
Pie was ready!
Hubby had to do my other job as I was not in no fit state to do it.
I got out my sewing basket to sew on the button back on the blazer.
I will have to wear a mask at my second job from next month.
More masks to make....
I have the time next week to make more as it's half term \o/
I have made some already.....
Gives me an excuse to look for more fabric ;P
Hubby comes back from my job, looking pleased with himself.
We caught up with Judge Rinder..
With some sleep tea.
(No doggy tonight due to the swelling of the knee!)
Then off to a warm bed and to keep the leg raised up ↗↗↗








 
  

Sunday 18 October 2020

Auditioning To Be A Pirate!

I like to be a free spirit.Some don't like that. But that's the way I am - Princess Diana
 
After the shopping trip, my left knee blew up like a football.Making it impossible to walk.
All night was left leg was up......↗↗↗
Brew and hug.
Breakfast. 
Dressed.
Hubby had to drive the Sexy Beast.
We dropped off son at his Boxing lesson.
Checked Sexy Beast's tyres.
Back home to swap cars over.
Checked hubby's tyres next.
Off to Chemist to try to get down the swelling and ease the pain.
Coffee with a dash of pain relief.
Picks up son from his Boxing lesson..
Back home to put leg up....↗↗↗
Had some light lunch.
Washing machine went on,
&
The tumble drier.
It was looking like a Chinese Laundry here.
I got my blog updated.
The pain might be helped with the gel, but I'm having trouble walking....
Feel like an extra in a pirate film.
Tomorrow's Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
is looking doubtful.
Chicken tea.
While hubby had a hot shower.
I caught up with 2 episodes of Top Of The Pops from 1990.
I have got the 7 inch single of this song↑
Next up was a lot of fast forwarding
Until I got to:
A great new entry into the chart this week↓
Great to see Del Amitri again↓
I saw them twice in concert in 1990.
I got all their singles and their "Waking Hours" album.
Fast Forwarded to the next episode.
Another great song was on↓
I see my favourite song is still going up ↗↗↗
I fast forwarded the rest as I couldn't stand the rest of the songs being played.
Quick look at the Birthdays.
Chuck Berry was an American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.He would have been 94 years old 🎈
He died aged 90 in 2017. 
Curtis Stigers  is an American jazz singer. He achieved a number of hits in the early 1990s, most notably the international hit "I Wonder Why" (1991), which reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.He is 55 years old 🎈 
 
Alfredo Lettieri  was an Italian-American actor and screenwriter. During his career, he acted with some of Hollywood's biggest screen stars, including Steve McQueen in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ, Richard Harris in The Deadly Trackers, Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney in Pulp, and Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather. In most of those roles, he was cast as a villain and was sometimes credited as Anthony Lettieri.
He died on this day in 1975 aged 47 years old.

Julie London  was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. Born in Santa Rosa, California to vaudevillian parents, London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous westerns, co-starring with Rock Hudson in The Fat Man (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in Saddle the Wind (1958), and opposite Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959). 
She died on this day in 2000 aged 74 years old.

Now for some Sleep Tea....
I am fearing I won't be able to get abroad the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.