Never Want To Bake Another One!

Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it - Jim Morrison.

Welcome to my Monday 🍪

I had a warm hug.

Brew with Breakfast.

However I have broken up for the Christmas Holiday, hubby is still on his Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 until Friday!

I give him a sloppy wet 💋 before he leaves.

I get up, thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

I have someone coming around to check the smoke alarms, and fuse box.

First up, a coffee is needed.

All the smoke alarms gets replaced.

I even have one fitted in the living room.

The kitchen light was replaced.

The fan was replaced in the bathroom.

As the previous one, (I paid for) if splashed with water could have caused a shock!

Nice!

He checked all the sockets he could get to.

(He was pleased with our new bathroom light, as he was going to replace with the same as I have got)

Time for some lunch!

Now to make mince pies....

Tea at 3

I got through 4 packs of shortcrust pastry.

Hubby came home and had a sloppy wet 👄 for his trouble.

(He has snooker tomorrow)

Meat Free Stir Fry.

Another batch of meat pies made.

Then a Mincemeat Tart.

Then looked inside today's newspaper.

John Hillerman  was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. He retired from acting in 1999.  

He would have been 89 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 84 in 2017. 

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto;) was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. 

He sadly died aged 37 in 1973. 

Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" film premieres in New York, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore in 1946.

"Harvey" starring James Stewart premieres in New York in 1950.

"The Godfather Part II", directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1975) in 1974.

While hubby works on the Abs machine.

I load up the dish washer and put it on.

Sleep Tea Time.

Christmas Cards and Mince Pies are ready to be delivered tomorrow↓

Behind today's Advent Calendar Door is:

Hubby tried to set the alarm on the Radio Alarm Clock, after the power kept being tested this morning, it wasn't playing ball.

He set the alarm with Alexa.... ⏰

Dropping Them Off!

 Clever food is not appreciated at Christmas.It makes the little ones cry and the old one nervous - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Welcome to my Sunday 💓

Mmmm nice warm hug.

Breakfast with brew.

Thermal vest went on.

Dressed.

I had Christmas cards to deliver.

Hubby had to go down to the Household tip to despose of the old tiles and anything thing else which was kicking about in the back garden.

He loaded up his car with one son.

I took the other son with me.

I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before I left.

On the way down to drop the first Xmas card off, a yellow car passed me with 4 mouldy mattresses on top of it's roof.

Dropped 3 Xmas cards off, chattered with my friend while son was in the car.

My friend is coming to mine to collect her present, mince pies and xmas cake later on in the week.

By the time I got back, hubby was back home before me!

The same yellow car that had to mouldy mattresses on it's roof was parked next to hubby at the tip....

The mattresses were living in a field for months.......

Nice easy lunch...

Then I had two blog posts to write....

The Pork Joint went into the oven.

After two cups of lovely orange flavoured Hot Chocolate, we dozed off to wake up, to find it dark, and the curtains open with the heating on!

The Stuffing and vegatables were put on.

Tea is served!

Now to catch up with 4 episodes of the first series of Fame....

Quick look in today's newspaper.

Stanley Kubrick's X-rated film "A Clockwork Orange" based on the book by Anthony Burgess and starring Malcolm McDowell premieres in 1971.

"The Man with the Golden Gun", 9th James Bond film, starring Roger Moore, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee, premieres in London in 1974.

Comedy film "9 to 5" starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is released in 1980.

Sleep Tea Time.

What's behind the Advent Calender Door?

No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡for me tomorrow.

However Hubby has to mount his 🎡;)

 
 

 

 


 

How Much For Christmas Doughnuts?????

Anything you buy will be in the sale next week - Erma Bombeck

Welcome to my Saturday 💕

I got a nice warm hug.

Now to listen to "Sounds of the 60s"

The Top 3 from 1960.

3

2

1

Brew with Breakfast.

Thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

Now to drop one son off at work.

We was going to visit Alcester.

To spend the voucher at Waitrose.

&

To look in the Charity Shops.

However, the car park was rammed due to there being a  Vaccine Centre giving out Covid-19 Boosters.

No where to park.

Moving onto the nearby Waitrose in Stratford.

Wiped the trolley down.

Facemask on.

Now to get some reduced food, bargains,...

&

Nice drink and nibble when we got back to the car.

Then on the way to buy some large steak..

Then back home to unpack the bargains!

Coffee machine went on...

Now for coffee!

After lunch, we went to get some bits from Sainsburys.

Nice price for Doughnuts.

Went to see my mum and dad afterwards.

Gave them two windmills.

Tidied up the grave.

Wished them a Happy Christmas.

It is the 1st Anniversary since I last spoke to my younger brother. Calling me a Gold Digger sealed it! 

I found Tony Boot's grave,

He was a ex-postman who I worked with↓↓↓

Dropped one son off, now to take the other son for his second Covid- 19 vaccine.

Then off to do some more food shopping.

We gets a few bits...

My son did the shopping for our next door neighbour. Not much in the veggie option at Lidl.

I found a veggie option at Morrisons.

Back home to unpack the shopping.

Once it was put away,

Tea was made,

&

Ate.

What's behind the Advent Calender door?

A good film to watch...

Looked in today's newspaper.

Roger E. Mosley  is an American actor, director and writer best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin in the CBS television series Magnum, P.I. which originally aired from 1980 until 1988

He is 83 years old 🎈 

The Pink Panther" film premieres, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and David Niven, with theme by Henry Mancini in 1963.

Second remake of "A Star is Born" film, directed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, premieres in 1976.

"Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC in 1976.

We watched three episodes of season 2 of I Am A Killer.

Owning It

After an unsuccessful attempt to kill his father, drug user Charles "Billy" Armentrout later murdered his grandmother and was sent to prison for life.

Crossing The Line.

 Kansas native Cavona Flenoy agreed to a date with a liquor store clerk, but the evening took a deadly turn when he tried to assault her.

A Silent Order

 At a New Year's Eve party in 1996, Brandon Hutchison killed two brothers, a crime he admits -- but there are conflicting versions of the story.

Sleep Tea Time.

Now to get back into that warm bed,

As the heating has gone off!