Going Back 30 Years...

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to -

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Welcome to my Tuesday 👅

Bruises appearing on my knee still...

Brew and hug time.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he left for work.

I did the same to our kids before they left too.

I enjoyed a much needed coffee...

My Zoflora order arrived \o/

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

No post today..

(I am waiting on a pattern to make a large bag to hold fabric in)

I had some light lunch.

Now to make something with this↓

Out comes the sewing machine.

Had a minor break at 3pm for tea at 3.

Back to it....

Finally made something beside facemasks.

Dust cover for the sewing machine!

Now to catch up with Top of the Pops from 1990.

I actually bought the single and still have it.

I really liked it :)

(Another single I bought at the time)

  

I fast forwarded to the next episode of Top of The Pops.

(Another single I bought!)

They played out with a good song from Aerosmith.

The next two episodes are on this Friday \o/

Time to dish up the meat free Stir Fry.

Now to move onto Hell's Kitchen Season 4.

Hubby went to Morrison's to get some blue milk.

The eggs had all gone, and big packs of toilet rolls again.

Now to catch up with 

The Great British Bake Off...

This time last year I went to the Craft Show at the NEC. Producers from the show wanted me to sign up for The Great British Bake Off.

I said,"No way!".

 At the end of the episode tonight, they want people to sign up for series 12.

I said to hubby, "No way!".

Quick read of the newspaper.

Sandra Louise Anderson , professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. She made her film debut in 1968 in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in such hit films as Willard, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Gauntlet, Every Which Way but Loose, Bronco Billy, Any Which Way You Can and Sudden Impact. She worked often with Clint Eastwood, who was her companion for 14 years. She also directed four films, notably Impulse. Locke's autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey, was published in 1997. She died on this day in 2018 aged 74 years old. 

Now to enjoy some Sleep Tea before bed.

Hoping for a sunny Hump Day 🐫 tomorrow.

 
 

No Dance Monday!

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

 - Christopher Morley

Welcome to my Monday \o/

No Wobbly Work Wheel to mount today, due to my Inflammed knee still!

At least the brew tastes a lot better!

Brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby went and got the newspaper for me.

There was some nice clouds above the house.

I gave hubby a nice wet sloppy 💋 before he went to work.

Our kids had the same 💋💋

The house was so empty and quiet once everyone had left.

Coffee

&

Read of the newspaper.

 Brian Poole  is a singer and performer who was the lead singer of 1960s beat band The Tremeloes (1957–62) and then Brian Poole and The Tremeloes (1962–66).He is 79 years old 🎈

Bruce Welch OBE ( Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a member of the Shadows.He is 79 years old 🎈

Stefanie Powers (born Stefania Zofya Paul; ) is an American actress best known for her role as Jennifer Hart in the American mystery series Hart to Hart, with Robert Wagner, which aired for five seasons from 1979 to 1984. Powers and Wagner later reunited for eight Hart to Hart TV movies in the 1990s. She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and five-time Golden Globe Award nominee.She is 78 years old 🎈

Bernard Stanley Bilk, MBE , known professionally as Acker Bilk, was a British clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat.

Bilk's 1962 instrumental tune "Stranger on the Shore" became the UK's biggest selling single of 1962: it was in the UK charts for more than 50 weeks, peaking at number two, and was the second No. 1 single in the United States by a British artist in the era of the modern Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. He died on this day in 2014  aged 85.

  I wrote yesterday's blog post.

Then I had to make a patch for my son's trousers.

Afterwards I had put sewn it on, 

I might put a pocket over it instead.

I will see how son feels about it when he comes back later.

I had some infacing arrive in the post,

with some more material to play with.

 A late lunch.

I sorted out all my craft themed books out.

 I haven't looked into the cupboard containing a lot of cook books....

(I will save that for another day) 

I watched Boris in Parliament while having my 

Tea at 3. 

Our children came home.

Told me all about their school day \o/ 

30% off meals at McDonalds.

That's tea sorted out for tonight.

£7 off the bill.

Hubby went with one son to fetch it.

We carried on watching the semi-final of season 3 of Hell's Kitchen.

The final was in two parts.

Rock was the winner.

Sleep tea time.

Just when I think my knee is getting better.

More bruises appear and my foot starts to swell up!

Roll on Tuesday!

 

Yuk, Just like Dishwater!

There's nothing a man can do, that I can't do better and in heels."

Ginger Rogers

Welcome to my Sunday 😝

After tasting my brew...

It tasted terrible...

The water filter in the kettle is on the way out....

Yukky brew!

Breakfast.

Dressed.

We nipped out to Waitrose to try out the knee.

There were lots of reduced items to be had.

It's a good thing I had left my £5 off voucher that came in the mail last month.

There was a big queue to get in when I came out.

Gets back home to unpack the goodies.

At least I have a Waitrose calender to hang up in my kitchen on January 1st.

Nice cup of coffee....

Hubby ordered some more water filters for the kettle. He went off to pick them up, while I read this week's Private Eye magazine↓

Light lunch time.

We then caught up with:

While I dried 3 baskets of washing in the tumble drier.

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

Hubby meanwhile had some spare time to go on the Wii...

Then it was time to round up the kids for their showers, and get their school clothes ready for tomorrow.

Faggots,Mash and Peas for tea.

Back on to season 3 of Hell's Kitchen.

I read today's newspapers.

 Noah Lindsey Beery  known professionally as Noah Beery Jr. or just Noah Beery, was an American actor specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more famous uncle, however, Beery Jr. seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. He was best known for playing James Garner's character's father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in the NBC television series The Rockford Files (1974–1980).He died on this day in 1994 aged 81 years old.

I enjoyed some sleep tea.

Everyone is going to back to work and school tomorrow except me....

Really hope this swelling will go down↓↓

 

 






 

 

Time To Mount The Broomstick!

If you don't like the road you're walking.Start paving another one."- Dolly Parton

 

 Welcome to my Saturday 🍿

On this day in 2017,

I had an accident, 

Which involved an ambulance ride to my local hospital...

My Achilles tendon had come off the bone.

Plus the corner bone of my foot had gone 6 inches into my foot.

  (I had a phone call from by then Lollipop Supervisor the very next day, am I coming back to work?)

I was in hospital for 2 weeks.

I had my tendon reattached and bone glued back on!

8 months off work, I had to learn to walk and drive again!

Had brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Washing machine went on, followed by the tumble drier being put on.

Now for coffee....

Hubby went out with one of our sons to drop off a box of Cds that belonged to my late dad to the Droitwich Lions.

I got out the sewing machine to finish off my face masks...

I got the final four facemasks finished...

Hubby comes back with son.

I had Kenny the Kenwood out for a quick play..

Banged the cake in the oven.

Light lunch time.

 While watching  

Season 2 of 

"Hell's Kitchen"....

The internet goes off....

Great.....

We leave the final of series 2 until later.

Hubby and son has to go out and do the food shopping for us and our neighbour...

After a few hours of the cake being in the oven.

Time to decorate!

While in Lidl, the panic buying of toilet rolls is starting again....↓

At least they have a pack of 4 Shea Butter Toilet Rolls still on the shelf!

I get yesterday's blog post wrote.

Hubby comes back.

They even got a Wonky Box from Lidl.

We had lots of lovely things in our box.

I used the Kale, courgette and aubergine.

Used it in tonight's veggie meal.

Now to tune it to Boris...↓

It's going to be interesting to see if hubby can work from home, from Thursday....

Fingers crossed once my knee gets better, and I can return back to work in two weeks!

 We finished watching the final of 

Hell's Kitchen season 2.

Then we moved onto Season 3.

Caught up with today's newspapers.

John Candy  was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in such comedy films as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, Summer Rental, Home Alone, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck, as well as more dramatic roles in Only the Lonely and JFK. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the talkative shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. 

He would have been 70 years old 🎈

He died aged 43 in 1994.

Larry Mullen Jr.  is an Irish musician and actor, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen's distinctive, almost military drumming style developed from his playing martial beats in childhood marching bands. Some of his most notable contributions to the U2 catalogue include "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Pride (In the Name of Love)", "Where the Streets Have No Name", "Zoo Station," "Mysterious Ways", and "City of Blinding Lights". He is 59 years old 🎈

 

Time to wear the hat and to mount the broom!

Time to shut the door on Hell's Kitchen!