Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Bang It's Goes!

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it - Les Brown
Welcome to my Hump of the Week ๐Ÿซ
More bangs to put up with...
Brew with hug.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Turned on my Lava lamp.
Bang, the bulb blew!
My lava lamp is over 20 years old.
I could not find a bulb for it anywhere :(
Google some Lava lamps...
Hubby goes for his walk to get the newspaper.
Quick read of it↓
 Hank Marvin  is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard, and subsequently for Marvin, Welch & Farrar. He is 79 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
 


Dennis Franz Schlachta known professionally as Dennis Franz, is a retired American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He also portrayed Lt. Norman Buntz in the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues (1985–1987) and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–1988).He is 76 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
Glyn Geoffrey Ellis , known professionally as Wayne Fontana, was an English rock and pop singer, best known for the 1965 hit "The Game of Love" with the Mindbenders. He would have been 75 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
He died in August 2020 aged 74.

James  MacArthur  was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-O, and for playing the juvenile lead in a series of Disney movies. He died on this day in 2010 aged 72.
With coffee↓
While I write yesterday's blog post.
Hubby goes back on the wii to do his exercise.
Afterwards hubby goes and gets my new lava lamp.
I have some lovely stuff comes through the post.
Sewing Books arrived \o/
More material, and a bag pattern I need to make my bag!
To put on top of my car ariel↑
Light lunch time.
We watched the final two episodes of season 11 of NYPD Blue.
Afterwards, hubby puts his clothes away.
I change the thread on my sewing machine to be multi-coloured.
Gets on with sewing some masks, while listening to one of my playlists on Amazon.
I tried to tell Alexa to mix it up five times, and she wasn't having any of it....
Started off with some 10cc...
I have over 500 songs on it, so we made full use of it....
Nice to get out the air guitar and play along with the Shadows...
I got four face masks made.
Fish and chips for tea.
We carried on listening to my great playlist...
Now to start on Season 12 of NYPD Blue.
We have watched the whole 11 seasons since July.
The lava lamp is well away↓
Enjoyed some Sleep Tea.
Good job we have that 16 tog duvet on the bed!


 

 




 
 







Tuesday 27 October 2020

Time For A Carve Up!

 Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head - Ambrose Bierce
 
Welcome to my Tuesday๐Ÿฟ
The further adventures of the knee......
Brew with a warm hug.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Hubby went off to do the daily walk to fetch the newspaper.
I phoned up to see if I could to speak to a Doctor about my swelling problem.
Hubby came back with the newspaper.
 Simon  Le Bon  is an English musician, singer, songwriter and lyricist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia. Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.He is 62 years old๐ŸŽˆ
Lou Reed was an American musician, singer, songwriter and poet. He was the guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades.He died on this day in 2013 aged 71.
 Has coffee too.
Doctor phones.
Sicknote for 2 weeks and more anti-flammables tablets.
Finishes writing yesterday's blog post.
Hubby was doing his 30 minute work out on the Wii Exerbeat game.
Some more material has arrived to make some nice skirts with↓
Catches up with reading while hubby sweats↓
 Light lunch.
Now out to fetch the sickness note, tablets and to drop off the note at one of my work places.
Now for the journey home.
Now for Tea at 3.
Now for more...
Son carved  his pumpkin for Halloween↑↓
Veggie tea time.
2 more episodes of NYPD Blue with 
Sleep Tea.
Hopefully we have a sunny Hump Day tomorrow ๐Ÿซ




Monday 26 October 2020

Back Into Hell's Kitchen!

Boxing is just show business with blood -
Frank Bruno 
 
Welcome back to the Monday Feeling!
No wobbly work wheel ๐ŸŽก this week.
I had a strange dream about the Wild West Books I inherited off my late dad last night↓
Let's kick off this Monday with:
Brew with hug.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Hubby dropped off son for his boxing lesson.
Hubby brings back the newspaper.
Quick read.
Bob Hoskins  was an English actor. His work included lead roles in Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), and Super Mario Bros. (1993), and supporting performances in Brazil (1985), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), A Christmas Carol (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He also directed two feature films: The Raggedy Rawney (1988) and Rainbow (1996).He would have been 78 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
He died aged 71 in 2014.
  Coffee↓
I decided to get some fresh air and see how my knee responds to driving again.
Picked up son from his boxing lesson.
Back home.
Now to put leg up again.
I wrote yesterday's blog.
Lunch time!
Hell's Kitchen series 19 is back on!
We watched the first two episodes.
No binge watching of it, as only two episodes a week is being broadcasted on ITV2.
 Followed by:
Tea at 3
Hubby went out to do some more food shopping.
I received my Hobbycraft order↓
Nice photo of me in all my glory!
I did some cutting up of material.
All cut up ready to make more face masks.
Hubby comes back with the shopping.
Nice Duck Stir Fry for Tea.
We watched some Judge Rinder.
Moved onto some onto some songs.....
I was named after White Plains hit↓
I have this tune as my ringtone↑↑↑
I had a hot shower shortly afterwards.
Carried on watching where we left off:
With some Sleep Tea↓
Back onto the Doctors tomorrow,
As the swelling is going down.....↓