Going Up Up Up

 I've killed so many plants.I walked into a nursery once and my face was on a wanted poster - Rita Rudner

Welcome to my Sunday Love💓

I woke up at 7.20am and needed a cup of brew.

I left Sleeping Beauty have a lie in.

I got on writing my blog posts for the last 3 days.

After I wrote Thursday's, he appeared like magic!

More brew, breakfast and warm hug soon followed.

Got dressed.

Now to go out for some fresh air in Sexy Beast.

Checks the tyre pressures on Sexy Beast.

Then home.

Hubby and kids put up the Christmas Decs and tree.

Hubby puts the Christmas decs outside.

I wrote Friday's blog post up to lunch.

The Christmas Tree is looking nice once more :)

The Naughty Elf is after my Teas!

Today's Tea is:

While I was writing yesterday's blog post.

Hubby gets out the Ab's machine.

He has the whole time of the 12" of "The Race" by Yello to do as many Stomach Crunches as he can in 13 mins and 25 seconds

He manages 110.

Once he cools down, he goes for a shower.

I keep a eye on tea in the oven.

Publishes all 3 blog posts.

Now to dish up the tea!

We all catch up on Friday's episode of

"Have I Got News For You"

Now to carry on with the series=

  Live and Death Row.

Series 1: 2 of 3 Judgement 

This film follows the trial of 26-year-old Guy Heinze Jr, with remarkable access to the jury members charged with reaching a verdict on allegations that Heinze beat his father and seven members of his family to death. As the trial progresses, there is legal manoeuvring while evidence about the brutal killings unfolds.

Series 1: 3 of 3 Crisis Stage. 

The final film of the series follows 25-year-old legal student Kelly Hickman as she attempts to save two of the young killers facing execution in America.

Kelly volunteers at the University of Houston Death Penalty Clinic, a team of Texan students who help mount last-ditch legal appeals for killers on death row.

The team are working on two 'crisis cases' - cases where all of the offenders' normal legal appeals have failed and they are now just weeks away from execution.

Robert Pruett was sentenced to death for murdering a prison guard at the age of 20. He was already one of the youngest killers in the American prison system, having been sentenced to 99 years for his involvement in another murder at the age of 16.

Robert Garza was a member of the notorious Tri-City Bombers street gang and was sentenced to death at the age of 20 for his part in the drive-by killing of four young women.

As execution day dawns, Kelly feels frustratingly shut out of the legal process, confined to her office and following events over the internet and the phone as news filters through of an eleventh-hour intervention by the Supreme Court 

Series 2: 1 of 4 = Execution 

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it.

On March 11 2009, Daniel Lopez was pulled over for driving erratically. The dramatic car chase that ensued killed a police officer and 27-year-old Daniel was given the death penalty. Unusually for a death row prisoner, he is resisting all appeals to block his execution - which is due in five weeks time. The state-appointed attorneys for Lopez are arguing that their client is using the justice system as a form of suicide. His family are also pleading with him to fight the execution and stay alive for them. With access to Daniel, his lawyers, his parents and the widow of the police officer that Daniel killed, this film follows the lead up to 'execution day'. Will Daniel go to his death, as he insists he wants to do, or will the people who love him be able to save him?

Series 2: 2 of 4 = Punishment.

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. With unprecedented access inside prison walls, it discovers what it's like to live with the threat of the death chamber, as well as hearing from victims and their families, and the family of those on death row - some praying for execution, some hoping for a reprieve. Each episode focuses on different aspects of the system - execution, punishment and the complex nature of 'truth'.

In April 2013, 18-year-old Shawn Ford Jr was charged with killing his girlfriend's parents with a sledgehammer. Now he is on trial for his life and a jury of 12 ordinary people must decide whether he should live or die. This film follows the court case from the inside, as both the family of the victims and the defendant struggle to come to terms with such a horrific crime. But it is the jurors who must ultimately decide Shawn's fate. As the details of the shocking murders mount, can an impassioned plea for mercy from Shawn's mother save her son's life?

Sleep Tea Time  

Back on the Wobbly Work Wheel tomorrow...🎡

 

 

On Another Road Trip....

Ill-conceived love is like a Christmas cracker - one massively disappointing bang and the novelty soon wears off -

Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Welcome to my Saturday fun 👍

I had a lovely warm hug.

We listened to "Sounds of the 60s" in bed. 

The top 3 UK Singles 1963.

3:

2:

1:

Breakfast with brew.

Thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

Shopping trolley loaded up.

Drops off one son at work.

Now onto Droitwich.

We park up, now to explore the fun with Droitwich Lions.

We bought some books and DVDs.

Then we moved onto the nearby Charity Shop and bought a cookie tea shaped like a Gingerbread House.

Back to the car we went.

Moved the car.

Now to look around Droitwich Charity Shops.

Bought a Minion and Churchhill the Dog.

 I bumped into a Governor from the school I used to dish up dinners for in Wilkinsons.

That large bag of bird food looked very heavy he was carrying.

I wished in a Happy Christmas and carried on shopping.

While hubby was in Coffee #1

I got some things from the Works.

Went to see the Salvation Army playing.

Goes back to the car to put the shopping Trolley in.

Nips into Waitrose to get some bits.

On the way to Dunelm we listen to Pick Of the Pops from 1965.

We was a bit miffed that he didn't play↓

Even my younger son was miffed off.

He liked the song!

One great song he did play was:

Gene Pitney was there too.

Len Barry as well:

The Beatles were at number 3:

And at number 2:

At Number 1 is:

Time for a coffee and nibble.

They did have blue milk \o/

Got my linings for my curtains.

Nipped into Lidl to get a bag of carrots.

Next I bought a Christmas Wreath and gave them the bag of carrots for their horses.

Visited my mum and dad and gave them the wreath.

Picked up son from work.

Gets back home.

Unpacks the car with all the goodies..

The 4th door of my Advent Calender is:

The Christmas tree is coming down tomorrow.

So I made room for it, while hubby done the tea.

Tea is served!

Quick look in the newspaper afterwards:

Bernard "Bernie" Dwyer was an English Drummer most famous for his work with the 60s Manchester beat group Freddie and the Dreamers.He was the first Drummer for Freddie and the Dreamers when they first formed in 1963. Since he couldn't do The Freddie (A Dance move made by The Dreamers) during performances due to him being sat down, Dwyer would bob his head left to right. He remained in the band until 1971. 

He sadly died aged 62 in 2002

The Beatles release "Beatles For Sale", their fourth studio album in 1964.

We carried on the four programmes on Live And Death Row.
The Mass Execution consists of four 60 or 75 minute episodes looking at the 8 inmates on Arkansas death row who's executions were pushed forward due to the expiration date on the Midazolam used in these executions.

The we watched Series 1 of Life and Death Row.

Episode 1, Execution:

   With unprecedented access inside prison walls, it discovers what it's like to live with the threat of the death chamber, as well as hearing from victims and their families and the family of those on death row - some praying for execution, some hoping for a reprieve. Each episode focuses on a key aspect of the system - execution, trial and appeal.

For two of the youngest men on death row in Texas, execution day has arrived. Victim Nikki Daniels reflects on her kidnapping ordeal by murderer Richard Cobb and battles with her conflicting desires to forgive him, while the mother of death row inmate Anthony Haynes fights to use the final 72 hours to halt her son's execution for the murder of a police officer.

Episode 2:Judgement.

 This film follows the trial of 26-year-old Guy Heinze Jr, with remarkable access to the jury members charged with reaching a verdict on allegations that Heinze beat his father and seven members of his family to death. As the trial progresses, there is legal manoeuvring while evidence about the brutal killings unfolds.

Sleep Tea time.

Now off to bed as the heating has gone off!

 

 

 

See You Later, Alligator!

 You wouldn't get away with that if my scriptwriter was here 

- Bob Hope

Welcome to my Friday Feeling 🎈

Nice warm hug to start Friday with.

Breakfast with brew.

Thermal vest goes on.

Plus Christmas themed dress.

Gives hubby a sloppy wet one 💋

I change my warm Santa hat for 

2 winter hats and gloves.

After I put on my lights.

Now to start walking down to my spot!

Now for the fun to start!

Cars not stopping on the otherside of the road.

The blue 21 plate mini is getting good at not stopping.

Let's hope she doesn't play I didn't see the Yellow Peril dressed in yellow coat when my stick does a tap and crack on her windscreen. 

Finished in one piece.

Now to meet up with friends for coffee, chat and nibble. 

When I booked the table last night, I told them I can only have blue milk and not semi-skimmed milk.They phoned me saying they only use semi-skimmed milk.

So on the way, I picked up a 2 pint of blue milk to have in my coffee.

My two friends had all you eat breakfasts.

I was boring and had toast.

I had coffee, my friends had tea.

Once we finished, we popped into the Charity Shop.

I got my hubby's Xmas present, that was in the shop window.

I got some other bits.

Walked back to Sexy Beast.

Said goodbye to my friends and said to them,

"See you later Alligator"

I picks up newspaper on the way home.

I just happen to google hubby's xmas present I just bought.

One website was selling it for £222!

(I didn't pay that much for it!)

Today's door of my Advent Calender.

Cup of coffee is needed with my lunch.

Now out for part two.

On goes two winter hats, and gloves.

Turns on my lights.

Walks back down for more rabbit.

At least it's not as dark as last Wednesday afternoon!

I wished them both good weekends.

Now for my final shift of the the weekend.

Let the fun start!

I was in the middle of the road crossing the children and parents over, when a yellow Nissan Juke was revving up his engine behind me.

I slowly walked back onto the pavement.

He put his foot down and roared off!

One car stopped at the very last minute, and he wasn't too far off my arse!

Finished in one piece.

Hometime!

Time for a much needed Hot Chocolate.

Then got the tea on the go.

Everyone else in the house are having the sausages, I'm having the vegetable option.

I gives hubby a sloppy wet 💋 when he came home.

Tea is served.

Afterwards,

Hubby went food shopping with younger son(Who was doing next door's shopping).

I looked into today's newspaper.

Andy Williams was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri, is named after the song for which he is best known—Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River". He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.

Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in 2012. 

He would have been 94 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 84 in 2012. 

Daniel  Bedingfield  is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the eldest brother of fellow singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. He was a judge on The X Factor New Zealand in 2013.

He is 42 years old 🎈

 I helped put the shopping away, when they got back.

Now to watch a series we found on BBC iplayer which we missed the first time round.

Life And Death Row:

The Mass Execution in Arkansas. 

Life And Death Row: The Mass Execution is a documentary series about the historic number of executions scheduled in Arkansas, USA, of eight men in ten days. The Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, has scheduled eight men to be put to death within ten days of each other. The reason for the unprecedented timetable is to use up the state's supply of a lethal injection drug called midazolam before it expires.

Sleep Tea Time.

On our monthly road trip tomorrow to Droitwich......🚗