Clear & Present Danger!

 Most people like hard work, particulary when they're paying for it - Elbert Hubbard

Welcome aboard my Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

It was nice to have a warm hug.

Brew with breakfast.

Four layers were added, as I opened the toilet window!

No such thing of wearing just a t-shirt to work early in the morning anymore!

I had asked hubby to refix the bathroom light to the ceiling, over the weekend. 

(As it fell down after the loft boarding had been fitted.)

I was getting ready to leave, when I heard a band and crash from the bathroom...

The ceiling light didn't stop up for long!

Second bathroom light has smashed in company of my hubby in over 12 months!

It's a good job Screwfix had another one in.

I ordered a new one and will pick it up later on.

Running late now.

Gives hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before I leave.

I had four layers on under my Summer Coat.

Winter hat and gloves.

The only thing I forgot was the Big Big Sunglasses :(

I put on my lights..

Now for the fun to start...🍭

I was chatting to someone about snow being forecasted for next month. He said it normally comes in February.

I rolled my eyes and said,"February is my 50th Birthday month, and I'm dreading it!"

"Nothing to worry to about, I'm 58 and don't feel it!"He laughed.

"You don't look like a day over 55!" I replied.

"Thanks, now I'm going to my office to have a hot chocolate!" He laughed, and carried on walking.

I could tell I was going to have a bad shift.

Cars were going straight under my stick and not stopping.

It got even worst when cars were stopping in the Keep Clear Space.

How I supposed to get pushchairs through?

One car driver had to reverse so I could get people with pushchairs through!

In the end I lowered the stick, one mini had to stop, and I heard another mini on the otherside speeding up the road, the lollystick was stretched over the otherside of the road.

That mini soon stopped as well! 

An American driving a red Land Rover, asked me, "Where the Village Hall was?" 

"Behind you, and you can park your car in there too."I pointed to the village hall

They are doing to Covid Boosters every Monday in the Village Hall.

I was glad to have survived that shift!

The traffic lights were still at the bottom of the road.

I went another way to Screw Fix.

I collected another Bathroom Light.

Then got the newspaper.

Back home...

I put on the coffee machine.

Dragged the spin bike into the Living Room.

Warmed up.

Put on Netflix.

A good 30 minute spin session.

Finished watched Django Unchained.

Cooled down.

Now for some coffee!

Now to write Saturday and Sunday's blog posts.

All the way up to dinnertime.

I remembered my big big sunglasses this time.

On the way to putting on my lights, I was chatting to a good friend's son who needed to chat to someone! I said goodbye to him, moved on to chat to the woman who gives me a lots of free plants and vice versa. Puts on my lights and walk down to chat with my friend and her mum.

My other friend arrived with his dog to join in with the conversation.

This song appeared in my head...

Said goodbye to my friends.

My friend with his dog saw for himself how bad the traffic was getting.

Some car drivers were asking for directing for the Village Hall. I pointed it to it.

Three car drivers didn't read no entrance on the gate and when straight through it!

A man with a white Husky came over to me to crossed over. My friend's dog tried to get it.

(Good job it had a muzzle on!!)

I crossed the man with Husky safely over.

I was getting no where stopping the traffic again.

The traffic lights were making the traffic back up to me, and still people were stopping in the Keep Clear space!

I lowered my stick, and the car had to find the brake pedal and stop!

I'm glad I survived that one!

I walked back to my car...

I was getting well warm!

Back home.

I got into my cupboard to look through all the cooking books...

I got so carried away, I forgot the time!

I soon got the meat-free Stir Fry on the go.

I been in contact with my local councillors to find out how to stop lorries parking over our drive.

It's either double yellow lines..

(Which I could get a parking ticket for going over the yellow lines and parking on my drive)

or a dropped kerb, which I would have to fund myself (£1000+)

I also had a email about the forecoming Council elections, and the Labour party wanting four more people to fill four vacant seats that are coming up next year.

I wasn't chosen last time and am not going to suffer the embarrassment of being turned down again! 

Now to look inside today's newspaper.

William Shatner
stars in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of CBS anthology series "The Twilight Zone" in 1963

At least hubby won his snooker game with his new Snooker cue \o/

Sleep Tea time

Now to keep the bed warm!

 

 

 

 

Name That Tune!

The difference between light and hard is you can sleep with a light on - Anon

Welcome to my Sunday 🚧

Nice hug to start Sunday with.

Brew with breakfast.

Got up the kids.....

Dressed.

Hubby went and got a car full from the Storage Unit.

While he was doing that, I was sorting through boxes in the Dining Room.

The pile for the tip was getting bigger.

Some of the things that came from the storage unit, were put in some other boxes.

Coffee time.

One car load sorted out.

Early lunch is needed!

Found something we bought for our wedding 10 years ago.

One son put it up in the garden...

Will come in useful for next year!

Then we popped out to pick up some free food from Olio, magic bag from Morrisons, and pick up some more storage boxes from Argos.

While we put 3 bags of clothes in the recycle bank, the cardboard box bank was overflowing.

Popped into see my mum and dad.

Then back home to unpack the shopping.

One more car load from the storage unit.

Sorted through all that.

Then load up the car for the tip run, while I put the tea on.

While that was cooking, I had to write 2 blog posts.

Soon tea was ready to dish up.

Finished blog writing.

Got all the washing sorted out.

I was playing spot the intro with my youngest son, he is getting very good at it.

Husband tried it, and didn't get one song from the 1980s...

My Father-in-law is having his own full bag of magic.......

Looked at today's Birthdays...

 Martin  Ruane  was an English professional wrestler of Irish parentage. Best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks he was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British tling scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked in both Canada and the United States under the name "Loch Ness Monster" or simply "Loch Ness".

Ruane was known for his massive physical size, billed as standing 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall and weighing from 31 stone (434 lb; 196 kg) at the beginning of his career to 48 stone (672 lb; 304 kg) by the end of it; at his heaviest, he weighed 49 stone 13 lb (699 lb; 317 kg). In the 1970s he formed a heel (those that portray the villains) team with Big Daddy and later had a long-running, high drawing feud with a face Big Daddy as the team broke up. During his career, he held the European Heavyweight Championship and British Heavyweight Championship in the UK, and won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship twice in Canada, with the Dynamite Kid and Bret Hart. 

He would have been 75 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 52 in 1998 

Now for some sleep tea...

Back on the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow 🍭

 
 

 

Lots Of Magic Going On!

One way to help the weather make up its mind is to hang out the washing - Marcelene Cox

Welcome to my Saturday 🍼

We woke up just in time to listen to 

"Sounds of the 60s"

Nice warm hug to start Saturday with.

Brew with Breakfast.

Got kids up.

While one son was getting up, hubby dropped off the other son at work.

Once we were all ready...

Time to do some shopping...

We popped into Bromsgrove Argos for some more storage boxes...

Then onto Lidl's.

Nice price of a television.

Last one in store.

Bought myself some lovely flowers.

Gets back home to unpack the shopping.

Has a very light lunch.

My oldest son comes over with his pregnant girlfriend to collect the 5 bags of baby clothes I had washed.

I helped put them in the boot.

We started to sort out the Dining Room for an hour.

Then we had to go out and get some Magic Bags.

Tea.

Now back out to get some more Magic Bags.

It didn't help the box at the bottom opened up and the pasta sauce fell out and went splat all over the kitchen floor!

Some of the food is going to my Father-in-law on Monday.

Once tidied up, now to relax watching Kenny Everett

 with

Sleep Tea

&

Today's newspaper.

Brian Blessed is an English actor, television presenter and writer.

Blessed is known for portraying PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars, Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius, King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder, Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon, Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter in Henry V, Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and the voice of Clayton in Disney's Tarzan.

In 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts and charity. 

He is 85 years old 🎈 

Back to emptying the storage unit and filling back up the loft tomorrow!