New Guardians Of The Dining Room!

I gave him an unlimited budget and he exceeded it 

- Edward Williams

Welcome back on my Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

Nice big hug to start Monday with :)

Brew with Breakfast.

2 years ago today my late lovely dad was in hospital for the last time.

He died 26 days later :'(

Lots of layers going on....

Dressed.

Gives hubby a wet sloppy one 💋 

Time to leave the house.

On goes two winter hats and winter gloves.

Now to turn on my lights.

Once put them on, now to walk back down to my spot.

Now for the fun to start....

It went quite well.

Only one BOING for one car that didn't stop on myside.

It was different the otherside.

One yellow car just carried on going even though I stuck my stick well out!

It was nice to have a chat with the parents again!

Survived the morning session.

I gets the newspaper on the way home. 

On goes the coffee maker.

I chopped up the veggies for my Meat - Free Stir Fry later.

Then it's soup time....

Chopped up one sweet potato, two carrots, lots of spices,one leak, and chicken stock.

Now for some coffee....

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

Soup was done in under half an hour.

3 servings in there...

I finished my blog post.

Time for lunch.

Yummy!

Now for part two.

My friend dropped off some lovely stuff for me.

She went off to park her car.

I got my winter hat on with gloves.

I turned on my lights.

Now to enjoy a bit of a rabbit.

Felt better after that!

I said goodbye to my friends.

Now for the afternoon fun...

All was going so well, when I held my stick out in front of me, a red car went straight under it, doing the Limbo Dance as it went under!

A van driver a few cars down, stopped by the side of me, and said:

"You missed a trick by NOT giving the windscreen a crack with the stick!"

"Always next time!" I laughed.

Home Time for me!

 I then got chatting to another friend about his Christmas.

He paid £85 for a Christmas Dinner at a Pub on Christmas Day with his family.

The Starter was nice, Christmas Dinner, He had fish, abit tight on the vegetables he said.

The Cheesecake for pudding was lovely.

He is having his other hand done next week.

He fixed his £500 Spin bike he bought off Amazon.

I wished him good luck for the op next week.

Now home I go.

I had a much needed brew.

I had two more bears....

Now to put up the new Guardians of the Dining Room↓↓

Now to dish up the grub!

Yum Yum.

Now to look into today's newspaper.

Johnny Ray  was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre. 

He would have been 95 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 63 in 1990.

The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes as an architect who learns of an alien invasion already underway, traveling from place-to-place attempting to foil the aliens' plots and warn doubting officials and the public, airs its first episode 55 years ago today in 1967.

USA No.1 on this day in 1976:

 C.W. McCall - Convoy

The first episode of the BBC1 comedy drama series, Lovejoy, with Ian McShane in the lead role of a roguish antiques dealer, was broadcast in 1986. It ran over 6 series, totalling 71 episodes, until 4 December 1994. 

The very first episode of 'The Sopranos' premiered on HBO on this day in 1999.

 It went on to run for six seasons and became one of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows of all time.

Hubby had won his two matches with the lucky cue I bought him for Christmas \o/

Sleep Tea time.

Now to get into that really warm bed with even warmer hands ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Room To Do!

 The only success the mother-in-law had was with the council, selling her mince pie lids as manhole covers - Les Dawson.

Welcome to my Sunday 💓

I woke up early, and needed a cup of brew.

I got on with writing my blog from yesterday.

Once finished, I woke up Sleeping Beauty up with a nice hot coffee.

We finished off the crumpets.

Now to get some layers on,

And go on a ride with Sexy Beast. 

First, to check the tyre pressures.

It didn't help a Black BMW parked over the first tyre pressurer machine, but was using the second one!

Next off to visit my mum and dad.

I removed the two wreaths.

Looks like no one else had been up except me!

Someone had drove in the wrong way, and was waiting for me to leave, so she could reverse all the way out!

Back home to put on the coffee machine.

Next job was to sort out boxes on top of the kitchen cupboards and inside the cupboards.

Coffee first.

Noah and the Whale came on the radio.

Again they blanked out some lyrics again.

 "She went down on almost anyone"

I have heard worst lyrics than that they allow to play!

Now to start on the kitchen!

I found two boxes of glasses I had from my dad's house last year.

They will come in useful, as I only have the minion glass :)

Lunchtime.

Put all my new diffusers in the same place.

Bag of paperwork to go through tomorrow.

Hubby and younger son put some things up in the loft.

Too late to start on the roast dinner.

Use up the Christmas themed pasta instead.

I added Spinach,garlic,chilli flakes, and mushrooms to the homemade Pasta Sauce.

There were four empty plates afterwards!

Dishwasher was loaded up afterwards.

Time to catch up with Top of the Pops from 1992.

Oh dear the fast forwarded button was used up to the number 1.

The second episode was a bit better.

At least they played the Genesis video in full!

Shakespear's Sister was on.

(Cut the song off half way)

Curtis Stigers was also cut of in mid song.

Hubby is rewatching the second episode on his own on Tuesday night, as I am not wasting my precious time watching some crap songs that was on!

We tried to watch something on Netflix, and one of the children was watchin instead.

We let it go this time,next time they are coming off it!

Breaking into the Dirty Harry Boxset.

Quick look into the newspaper.

David  Harman, known professionally as Dave Dee , was an English singer-songwriter, musician, A&R manager, fundraiser and businessman. He was the frontman for the 1960s pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.

He died on this day aged 67 in 2009. 

The first episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? was broadcast on BBC1 in 1973.

Two series was made which featured James Bolam and Rodney Bewes in the lead roles.

David Soul with Don't Give Up On Us  was No 1 in the Uk in 1977.

Tootsie was the #1 movie at the box office today in 1983.

The highly acclaimed sitcom sequel Yes, Prime Minister debuted on this date in 1986.

Sirens, the first episode of Rockliffe’s Babies, was broadcast on this day in 1987.

Daniel Bedingfield with Gotta Get Thru This was No 1 in 2002 .

Sleep Tea Time.

Back on the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.

 






 

Wouldn't Fit In The Car!

If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it - J.P.Morgan

Welcome to my Saturday 🎪

Nice big hug :)

Brew with Breakfast.

We listened to "The Sounds of the 60s"

The Top 3 Singles From 1968. 

3:

2:

1:

Not so many layers to day.

Loads up the shopping trolley into the car.

Going to have a full day of rain!

Drops son off at work.

Then on our road trip to Droitwich...

First stop was to visit the Droitwich Lions Event.

Lots of lovely things!

I bought a Les Dawson and Elizabeth Taylor.

It's on again in 3 weeks.

We said goodbye to them, and moved the car to the other car park. 

Now onto look round some Charity Shops.

The first one had a big map of the world.

There is no room on my son's walls for it,

Plus it wouldn't fit in the car for a start!

I found a book for my Father-in-law for next Christmas.

I got Birthday card for my son's nan whose 80th Birthday is next weekend.

We visited three more, when I spotted a↓

Pity I got one already!

Then we looked in one more Charity shop before we went to put the shopping trolley in the car.

Before we went into Waitrose, we visited one more Charity Shop.

Got some books on soups and some good DVDS.

Now to get some blue milk from Waitrose!

Now for a drink and a nibble when we came out.

Still raining on the way to pick up son from his job.

Once we got home, it was time to unpack all our bargains we got.

The coffee machine went on,

&

Soup maker.

The 2000 piece world puzzle will keep son busy.

Now for much needed coffee.

The soup was lovely!

Sweet Potato, vegetables, tomatoes, herbs and added Chilli for added kick.

I finished it off what was left in the soup maker as it was so nice. 

As hubby didn't go food shopping last night.

He went this afternoon with younger son who was doing our neighbour's food shopping.

I meanwhile had other things to do.

Washing machine went on as well as the Dish Washer.

Now to write yesterday's blog post.

Opened my post that came this morning.

 The lighthouse is going into the bathroom.

The hunt for Chicken Mince was called off, as they couldn't find any.

Younger son was miffed off as so many wasn't wearing their face masks.

Unpacked the shopping.

Time for light tea.

Steak with Lentil Noodles.

Now to catch up with some telly programmes from this week.

First up was:

"Dragon's Den"

then The Apprentice.

Time to open a bottle of non-alcohol fizz.

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Peter  Sarstedt, briefly billed early in his career as Peter Lincoln, was an English singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He was the brother of musicians Eden Kane and Clive Sarstedt.

Although his music was classified as pop, it generally encompassed ballads derived from traditional folk music rather than traditional rock and roll. He was best known for writing and performing the song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?", which topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969. Set to a "faux European waltz tune" and described as "a romantic novel in song", it won an Ivor Novello Award. The record remained Sarstedt's biggest hit. He had 1 more hit single and 1 hit album but despite numerous releases never had chart success again. 

He died on this day aged 75 in 2017. 

The Ministry of Food introduced food rationing in the UK, to ensure there was enough food to go round during the Second World War. Britain was particularly vulnerable to a naval blockade as it imported 20 million tons of food per year on 8 January 1940.

TV series "All Creatures Great and Small" debuts on BBC TV, based on the books by James Herriot, starring Robert hardy and Christopher Timothy in 1978.

The first episode of Gimme Gimme Gimme broadcast on BBC2. It ran for 3 series and starred Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus in 1999.

 

Sleep tea time.

We watched caught up with the news.

The deaths were 313 today :(

We have reached the grim total of 150,057 deaths :(

Off to get under that warm duvet cover before the heating goes off!