Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Saturday 6 March 2021

Keeping It Filled Up!

If you play with anything long enough it will break - Murphy's Law
Welcome to my Saturday 👅
Nice to have hug with a brew!
Breakfast.
Kids are off for their daily exercise.
They will meet us at the graveyard where my parents are buried.
I had some nice stuff arrive in the post↓
Now to go out for some fresh air.
Kids started on their walk.
We went past where the new Lidl is being built.
They are slowly bringing down the old buildings..
Tidied up my parent's grave.
Next Sunday is Mother's Day, and got the balloons ready as well as more flowers.
We had a look around the graveyard.
We found someone who died at 101 years old.
Kids arrived. 
Back home.
We had a nice treat of a Bacon and black pudding sandwich↓
Then off to get some meat for the freezer.
(I stopped in the car)
When we got back, time for all of it to go in the freezer.
Time for a much needed coffee.
Hubby and son then went off to do some food shopping for us and the next door neighbour.
I had a Cottage Pie to make.
Once it was done, in the oven it went.
Having fun at the moment trying to master bread.
We ate the last of it yesterday.
First thing tomorrow, the breadmaker is going back on.
I wrote yesterday's blog post.
Hubby and son came back.
Unpacked the shopping.
Time for tea!
Afterwards, I caught up with week's newspaper including todays.
Martin Kove  is an American actor, best known for The Karate Kid (1984), in which he played John Kreese, the head teacher of the Cobra Kai karate dojo. He reprised the role in two sequels, The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989) as well as the 2018 television sequel series Cobra Kai. He also appeared as Nero the Hero in Death Race 2000 (1975), and afterward as Clem in White Line Fever (1975). He was a regular on the TV series Cagney and Lacey (1982-1988), portraying Police Detective Victor Isbecki. He appeared in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). 
He is 75 years old 🎈 
Pauline Matthews , better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records.
Dee is best known for her 1974 hit "I've Got the Music in Me" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", her 1976 duet with Elton John, which went to number 1 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1993, she performed another duet with John for his Duets album, a cover version of Cole Porter's "True Love", which reached number 2 in the UK. During her career, she has released 40 singles, three EPs and 12 albums. 
She is 74 years old 🎈 
Now to watch more of season 1 of "Boss".
 
Sleep tea time.
2 more episodes to watch tomorrow and we have finished season 1!!!








 

Friday 5 March 2021

Back To It!

My wife was looking through a fashion magazine, and saw a fur coat. She said, I want that." So I cut it out and gave it to her - Tommy Cooper 
 
Welcome to the Friday Feeling 🎈
Hug with a nice brew to start Friday with.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Hubby goes and gets the newspaper.
I wake the kids up to do the their online learning.
We have a quick coffee...
Quick read of the newspaper.
James B. Sikking  is an American former actor known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues.
He is 87 years old 🎈 
Lloyd Michael Warren  is an American retired television actor and former college basketball player, best known for playing Officer Bobby Hill on the NBC television series Hill Street Blues
He is 75 years old 🎈
Murray  Head  is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday.As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album Say It Ain't So. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts, and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor. 
He is 75 years old🎈 
Clodagh Rodgers  is a retired singer and actress from Northern Ireland, best known for her hit singles including "Come Back and Shake Me", "Goodnight Midnight", and "Jack in the Box".She is 74 years old 🎈
The Proclaimers are a Scottish rock duo formed in 1983 by twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid , who were born on 5 March 1962.They came to attention with their 1987 single "Letter from America", which reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and the 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, Iceland and New Zealand. The Proclaimers have sold over 5 million albums worldwide.
They are 59 years old 🎈🎈 
Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley) was an American singer. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to successfully cross over into pop music Cline had several major hits during her eight-year recording career, including two number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country and Western Sides chart. 
She died in a plane crash on this day in 1963 aged 30. 
Then I get on with writing 3 days of blogs!!!
Nice to have a takeaway bacon and black pudding sandwich.
I have some nice things arrive in the mail!
Lunchtime.
Back to doing more blogging!
Tea at 3.
I got some DVDs to watch over the weekend or longer....
 That arrived earlier.
Hubby and son are doing the food shopping for us and next door neighbour tomorrow afternoon.
Now for a bit of ..
Salmon Wellington.
Yum yum.
We watched today's Judge Rinder episode.
Followed by the first episode of Boss.
Someone left a review of Boss and they fast forward the sex scenes!!!
Those scenes are my bread and butter!!!
After the first episode we headed upstairs to the bedroom..
Sleep tea time.
Now to enjoy more Friday Feeling🎈
 

 





 
 

Thursday 4 March 2021

It's A Small One!

Ducking for apples. Change one letter and it's the story of my life 
- Dorothy Parker
Welcome to my Thursday 👽
Brew with warm hug.
Breakfast.
Gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he goes off to the office.
(He is getting the newspaper on the way)
I get the kids up ready for their on-line learning.
I get dressed.
I put on the new duvet cover↓
Empties the bins in the house.
Recycling goes out in the green bin.
Henry comes out for a little play..
Followed by the mop and bucket, to mop the kitchen floor.
I back up the rest of the videos off my old computer.
Once it do so, the computer died! 
Much needed coffee!
The new computer arrives.
It's so small...
Not at all like my old one.
My old tower was the Full Tower.
The new one is the Mini-Tower.
I had bought a new keyboard separately as my old one the space button gave up on me.
Opened the box and a free mouse and keyboard came with it!
(Always needs a spare!)
I get all the old computer towers out from under my computer desk.
Time for a big tidy up under there.
Henry comes to the rescue!
Plugs all the wires into the new computer.
However having trouble with the speakers 🤪
Finally get the computer up and running....
Lunchtime!
Then I sorted out all my magazines that was in my Lloyd Loom  under my computer desk.
I like to keep my items.
There were all food magazines from 2009, I got from my late dad's house.
(He wanted to throw them away!)
They might be going for free on Facebook tomorrow.
I ran out of time for Tea at 3.
By the time I finished sorting out the magazines it was Tea time.
Hubby was visiting his dad after work.
I enjoyed a tin of Macaroni Cheese.
Yum Yum!
I tried to go back on my new computer.
Now the monitor isn't working!
I get my younger son to help!
The lead that leads to the plug had come out from behind the monitor!
Plugs it back in and it works! 
Hubby comes back,
I give him a sloppy wet 💋
He gives me the newspaper in return.
Chris Rea  is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky singing and slide guitar playing, with the Guinness Rockopedia describing him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart". After learning to play the guitar relatively late, a short burst of local band activity led to his launching a solo career in 1978. 
He is 70 years old 🎈 
Johnny Preston  was an American pop singer, best known for his international number one hit in 1960, "Running Bear" He died aged 71 in 2011.
Sleep tea time.
Friday Feeling is back tomorrow \o/