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Monday 3 January 2022

Time To Leave The Room!

Come on, Joan, tell us which husband was the best lover?" 
- Joan Rivers
"Yours!" - Joan Collins 
Bank Holiday Monday 
Welcome to my Monday 🎈
I woke up at 4.30am and couldn't get back to sleep. So downstairs I went for a much needed cup of brew!
I soon fell asleep until I woke up much later.
Time for breakfast with brew.
Time to get dressed.
Hubby was going to Lidl with younger son to get bits and the newspaper.
I gave him a sloppy wet 💋
I sorted through all my clothes that were hung up on the bedroom door.
1st New Year Resolution:
 Not to buy any more clothes
I also sorted through 2 baskets of dry washing.
(The washing machine was back on) 
My fabric order arrived \o/
Hubby and son came back.
Son had to spent £10 in Lidl.
It cost him nothing.
The soup maker went back on.
Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup.
Hubby finished off painting the bathroom.
My Amazon order arrived.
Another picture frame for a completed jigsaw to go on my son's wall.
Tea at 3.
Now to glue the arm back on the chair!
Now to put the things back on the wall in the bathroom.
Hubby was going to play snooker with his new cue I bought him for Christmas.
Fingers crossed he wins his match!
 I put all the toiletries back on the shelves.
Second New Year Resolution:
Not to buy any more body butters or body lotions
I got on making my meat-free Stir fry.
Quick look in the newspaper.
Phil Everly one  of The Everly Brothers.the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country and pop, becoming pioneers of country rock.They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 1986, and into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019, earning the organization's first Iconic Riff Award for his distinctive rhythm guitar intro to the Everlys' massive 1957 hit "Wake Up Little Susie".
Phil died on this day in 2014 aged 74.
 
Gerry Marsden MBE  was an English singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. He was the younger brother of fellow band member Freddie Marsden.
Gerry and the Pacemakers had the distinction of being the first act to have their first three recordings go to number 1 in the UK charts. Although they never had a number 1 in the United States, they were the second-most successful group from Liverpool, after the Beatles, to have hits on the United States pop charts. Their 1965 musical film Ferry Cross the Mersey was co-written by Tony Warren.
He sadly died on this day in 2021 aged 78.
 
The first episode of Camberwick Green was originally broadcast on this day in 1966.
'Meet the Gang', the first episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum, was originally broadcast on this day in 1974.
The first episode of Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds was broadcast on BBC1 in 1985.
Flicking through the channels for something to watch...
I came across The Fog....
It got a bit creepy for me,🙈
I left the room to fill up the dishwasher.
Still creepy.... 🙈
Time to turn it over before the fog comes back!
Sleep Tea Time.
Hubby came back from snooker, and finally won his match!
Woo hoo \o/
The temperatures are dropping....
Hubby back to work tomorrow...
I have another day off to enjoy.....



 
 
 

Sunday 2 January 2022

Not Where The Paint Is Supposed To Go!

If anything can go wrong, it will - Murphy's Law.
Welcome to my Sunday 🎨
Warm hug to start Sunday with 💗
Breakfast with brew.
Now to get up, things to do...
(Getting bathroom finished)
Thermal vest goes on.
Dressed.
Now out to get some fresh air!
First we pop to see my parents.
What a surprise!!
 Prodigal son hasn't put nothing on their grave for Christmas!
Now onto B&Q for some bits to help with getting the bathroom done.
Nice.But no where to put it.
Nipped into Asda to get the newspaper.
Then home we go.
Lunch.
With a much needed coffee.
The stuff gets removed out of the bathroom,
When one son knocks over the paint....↓
Hubby gets as much as he can off the matt.
He then carries on painting the walls.
I have washing to do.
Washing machine and tumble drier on.
I start looking for the stuffing for tea.
I ask hubby:"If he buy any on Thursday?"
"Yes, no, they didn't have any!" He replied.
"Great, could have got some from Asda, this morning!" I replied.
Once everything is in the oven.
I get on writing yesterday's blog post.
Much needed cup of tea is needed first!
Hubby had finished most of the painting in the bathroom. Just some little bits need doing tomorrow.
Tea is served.
Some are songs are 50 this year.
Same as me turning that age this year...
(Makes me feel old!)
&
We watch the documentary, 
Pauline Collins: Britain's Sweetheart,
 that was shown before  the film Shirley Valentine was shown last week.
Quick look in the newspaper.
Roger  Miller  was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era. 
He would have been 86 years old 🎈 
He sadly died aged 56 in 1992.
USA No.1 on this day in 1965:
 The Beatles - I Feel Fine
In the UK, No1 in 1977 was:
 Showaddywaddy with Under The Moon Of Love
On this day in the UK, No1 in 1982 was:
 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 
Sleep Tea Time:
Now to break open the box set I had for Christmas.
It's Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow....
Bathroom hopefully be finished tomorrow \o/

 

Saturday 1 January 2022

Boogie Time!

Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired - Mae West.
New Year's Day 🎉
Welcome to 2022 🎈
I woke up early,
Downstairs for a much needed brew.
Now to write yesterday's blog post.
While listening to "The Sound of the 60's"
The Top Three from 1966.
3:
2:
1:
Double A Side.
It is time for the Hunt for Red October to arrive soon, so the tireness comes back...
Back to bed for a couple of hours....
Felt better after that.
Nice big hug..
Breakfast time.
Thermal vest goes on.
Dressed.
Coffee time.
Then out to get the newspapers.
Two men were having argument in the car park, about one smacking the other's car by his car door. 
Walked into the Newsagents and had a little boogie and singalong with:
Comes back, and the Robin is back.
The Christmas Decorations came down.
The Bakery was also packed away.
My Sewing Machine came back downstairs. 
On the Peppermint tea as having chronic stomach ache :(
Hubby carried on painting the bathroom.
 We had a Chicken Tikka Roll for lunch.
I done some tidying up.
Got the January Advent Calenders filled up.
I put the tea in the oven.
Mass washing of clothes to be done tomorrow.
Tea is served.
Now to break open the non-alcohol drink.
Now for some telly watching.
Next  programme , This is Joan Collins.
Really good programme.
More Joan Collins afterwards as well. 
Sleep Tea time.
Quick look into today's newspaper.
Top of the Pops, British pop music television program premieres; acts performing include Dusty Springfield; The Rolling Stones; Dave Clark Five: The Hollies; Swinging Blue Jeans; and The Beatles in 1964.
Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.
 Jaws was released in UK cinemas Thursday 1st January 1976. 
Jan. 1, 1983 Daryl Hall & John Oates were #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with the song, 'Maneater'.
Hopefully the bathroom will be finished tomorrow.....