Titter Ye Not!

Always look out for number one and be careful not to step in number two - Rodney Dangerfield 

Welcome to my Hump of the week 🐪

Brew with a very warm hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I had blood test appointment early.

I get there early.

I tried to make the Blood Nurse smile.

Failed....

First I was weighed.

"Best to take off my trainers, as it will be a unfair advantage!" I said.

No smile there.

When I stepped on the scales...

I said:

"The red light is flashing."

No smile.

Blood pressure was fine.

The invisible veins were playing up, so the small needle had to come out.

I wished her a good day afterwards. 

I picked up husband and we got the newpaper.

Coffee time

&

Read of the newspaper.

Michael  Prendergast MBE , known professionally as Mike Pender, is an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers.He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by the Searchers, including the song "Needles and Pins" and "What Have They Done To The Rain?". 

He is 80 years old 🎈

Dave Mount was the drummer of the band Mud.

 (He born  in Carshalton, Surrey, England as David George Mount.)

He would have been 74 years old 🎈 

He died aged 59 in 2006.

Jennifer  Warnes  is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1988 for the Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". Warnes is also noted for her close collaborations with Leonard Cohen. 

She is 74 years old 🎈 

Miranda Richardson  is an English actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for Enchanted April (1992) and the TV film Fatherland (1994).Her other films include Empire of the Sun (1987), The Crying Game (1992), The Apostle (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Chicken Run (2000), The Hours (2002), Spider (2002), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), The Young Victoria (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), Belle (2013), and Stronger (2017).

She is 63 years old 🎈

I had my Amazon orders arrive↓

I back up more my stuff off the computer onto my new portable hard drive.

My Birthday card comes from my lovely friend.

Lunchtime.

Back to backing up more stuff.

The Waitrose driver couldn't find my house to deliver my shopping. I went outside to wave to him as I gave him directions.

As I was taking the shopping into the house, a big lorry couldn't get past his Waitrose van. Lots of horn was given.

I said thank you for my shopping, as he reversed his van so the big lorry could get past.

Tea at 3 time.

Put the shopping away.

More backing up of the stuff off the dodgy computer.

Tea goes in the oven.

I ordered some Sage,

(To burn it around the house to ward off spirits!)

More Judge Rinder is needed.

Tea is served.

We tried to watch series 6 of House of Cards.

Oh dear....

We gave up after 20 minutes.

At least my new computer is coming tomorrow.

Back on with the blogging \o/

Sleep Tea time.

More fun to have tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of Crashing Going On!

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way 

- Samuel Butler

Welcome to my Tuesday 👻

Brew with hug.

Breakfast.

I woke the kids up for their on-line learning for school.

Hubby got dressed and he was working from home.

Hubby went to get the newspaper.

I had a really bad headache.

(Paint fumes from yesterday)

Back to sleep for me. 

Hubby bought up a much needed coffee for me later..

Time to get up.

Dressed.

I went outside for some fresh air.

Half way writing yesterday's blog post when computer kept crashing...

No blogging for the time beginning!

I had to buy another portable external hard drive as I filled my other one.

Then I had to make a decision to either a second hand or a new desktop computer.

Second hand computer didn't have enough Ram on them and most were overpriced.

I found a reasonable price new one and can be paid over 6 months that I can afford.

So in the meantime I hope I can get all my stuff off the old one before it dies on me completely.

Lunchtime.

I had a look inside the newspaper.

Al Waxman,  was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series King of Kensington (CBC) and Cagney & Lacey (CBS) and Twice in a Lifetime (CTV).

He would have been 86 years old🎈 

He died aged 65 in 2001.

Karen  Carpenter was an American singer and drummer who, along with her elder brother Richard, was part of the duo the Carpenters. She was praised for her three-octave contralto vocal range and drumming abilities. Her struggles with eating disorders would later raise awareness of anorexia and body dysmorphia. 

She would have been 71 years old 🎈

She died aged 32 in 1983 

Mary  O'Brien OBE , professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was a British pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was an important singer of blue-eyed soul and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sixteen on the UK Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989. She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and UK Music Hall of Fame. International polls have named Springfield among the best female rock artists of all time. Her image, supported by a peroxide blonde bouffant hairstyle, evening gowns, and heavy make-up, as well as her flamboyant performances, made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.

She died on this day in 1999 aged 59. 

 

Tea at 3

I put on the tea.

Nice sunset.

Hubby did some top up shopping and collected my order from Dunelm.

&

new duvet cover which was in the sale.

Tea is ready.

We caught up with today's Judge Rinder.

Then to catch up with two episodes of Top of the Pops from 1990🠇

On to the next episode......

Number 1 was Steve Miller Band

There was actually good tunes on this episode!

Still had to forward some bad songs.

Then we caught up on the news.

Sleep tea time↓

Hopefully have a warm hump tomorrow 

Instead of a cold one 🐫

 
 
 

Having The Patience of Jobe!

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves 

- Dorothy Parker 

 Welcome to my Monday 👺

Brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Gives hubby a wet sloppy 💋 before he goes to work.

I gets the kids up ready for their on-line school learning.

Hubby is getting the newspaper before he goes to work.

I enjoy a coffee before I start on the housework.

Dishwasher gets loaded up.

Tumble drier goes on.

Put recycling in the bin.

Even Henry comes out for little play.

Now to try and paint the skirting going up the stairs.

The yellow paint let off some strong fumes.

I opened the window on the stairs to let out the smell.

I let what I painted to dry.

I settled down to write 3 blog posts!

Oh dear.

The computer wasn't playing today.

It took the rest of the day to write them.

Computer kept crashing....

I hear the kitchen bin lid suddenly come off.

No one was in the kitchen at the time!👻

I had to have some light lunch before I even finished Friday's blog post!

I got my portable hard drive and started to take my stuff off the computer, when it would let me before crashing!

Well earned Tea at 3!

Back to saving my stuff and trying to write 3 blog entries.

Just before hubby came home,

I had finally finished!!!!

Who would though blogging could be so stressful!

While cooking the stir fry,

The front door handle was being lifted up and down, from the inside, again no one was there! 👻

Much needed hug and sloppy wet 💋 time with hubby!

Chicken Stir Fry time!

We watched today's episode of Judge Rinder.

Quick look into today's newspaper↓

Mike d'Abo  is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to their dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", the latter of which was a hit for The Foundations. With Manfred Mann, d'Abo achieved six top twenty hits on the UK Singles Chart including "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James", "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" and the chart topper "Mighty Quinn". 

He is 77 years old 🎈

Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner ) is an American movie, television and stage actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series and Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series. He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing.

He is 76 years old 🎈

Catherine Bach (born Catherine Bachman) is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson.

She is 67 years old 🎈

Still trying to get off my stuff off the computer up the time of 10pm!

In need of some sleep tea!

I have no patience to go to bed with!