Shutting The Door To 2020!

All the things I really like to do either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

Alexander Woollcott 

Welcome to my New Year's Eve 💋

My one and only New Year Resolution...↓

KEEP AWAY FROM ARSEHOLES!

Brew with warm hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby went and got the newspaper.

I got our teenagers up by opening the windows in their bedrooms.

Let some fresh air in!

Then we had to scrape Sexy Beast. 

Off out to see Cllr Baker on what will happen next in the process of being an Councillor...

I chatted with Joe's husband and enjoyed a much need coffee too :)

It's going to involved a interview in front of five people on Zoom next week.

Followed by another interview.

At the moment I am the only one going for it.

If anyone wants to go for it, they have until Monday to put their application form.

I wished Joe and Pete a Happy New Year.

At least it was still blue skies when I got home.

Still freezing cold!

Glad I put on the thermals this morning!

Quick read of the newspaper.

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career with folk music groups during the late 1960s. Starting in the 1970s, he was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best-selling artists

He would have been 77 years old 🎈

He died aged 53 in 1997.

Eric Nelson , known professionally as Ricky Nelson until his 21st birthday when he officially dropped the "y" and simply became Rick Nelson, was an American rock & roll star, pop pioneer, musician, singer-songwriter and actor. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. As one of the top "teen idols" of the 1950s, his fame led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958.

He died on this day in 1985 aged 45.

Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese); was a Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his tenure as lead vocalist and frontman of the beat pop group Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. Ford (credited as McAleese) co-wrote the group's worldwide hit "Reflections of My Life" with fellow band member Junior Campbell. "Reflections of My Life" has sold more than two million units globally, and in 1998 the writers were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the U.S. alone.

He died on this day in 2018 aged 73

With light lunch.

I wrote yesterday's blog..

Then we caught up with a lovely programme about Larry Grayson.

A nice easy tea.

Now for another Superhero movie...

We caught up another Christmas Special on Sewing Bee.

Now to celebrate the New Year!

First Sleep Tea of 2021!

Now to welcome 2021 with another bang!

 

 

 

 

When The Hump Goes Past Cold!

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way - Juan Ramon Jiminez

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

Brew with a hot hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

While hubby walked to get the newspaper.

I took down the curtains from bathroom window.

As there is a cold blast coming from the window.....

So the curtains are having another layer of material added to them!

Out comes the sewing machine again.

I added another layer to the back of one curtain.

Coffee break

I filled the Application Form to be a Councillor for my Ward on Redditch Council. I sent it off.

I will see our friend Cllr Baker about what happens next tomorrow..... 

Quick  look in the newspaper...

Skeeter Davis (born Mary Penick ) was an American country music singer who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star.

She would have been 89 years old 🎈 

She died aged 72 in 2004.

Charles  Westover , better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American rock and roll country musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 Billboard hit "Runaway". 

He would have 86 years old 🎈 

He died aged 55 in 1990.

Then light lunch.

Back to sewing another layer on the other curtain....

Ran out of thread on the bobbin....

Losing the will....

As it was getting colder,

The curtain went up...

(I will finish it off tomorrow)

Cheese and Ham Toastie for tea.

Once yesterday's blog was wrote...

Time to hit Disney+..

Sleep tea time.

The heating went off...

Rushed straight to get under that 16 tog duvet....

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

When The Bobbin Won't Play!

The most beautiful words in the English language are, "Cheque enclosed". - Dorothy Parker

Welcome to my Tuesday 💃

I woke up early with a dry throat....

Need a brew!

Breakfast.

Then we got up.

While hubby went and got the newspaper.

I brought the sewing machine down for a quick play.

But first coffee..

&

Quick read of the newspaper↓

Bernard  Cribbins, OBE  is an English actor, comedian, and singer whose career spans over 70 years.

During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records including "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred", and made appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series. He appeared as Albert Perks in The Railway Children (1970), as barman Felix Forsythe in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and as pretentious hotel guest Mr. Hutchinson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Hotel Inspectors" (1975). He narrated the BBC children's television programme The Wombles (1973–1975) and was a regular and prolific reader for the BBC series Jackanory from 1966 to 1991.

He is 92 years old 🎈

 Frank  Thring was an Australian character actor in radio, stage, television and film; as well as a theatre director. His early career started in London in theatre productions, before he starred in Hollywood film, where he became best known for roles in Ben-Hur in 1959 and King of Kings in 1961. He was known for always wearing black and styling his home in black decor, and for his friendship with the renowned WAAF Heather Priest.

He died on this day in 1994 aged 68.

It was trying to snow again..

We had a early lunch..

While hubby and younger son went to do the food shopping.

I had some facemasks to make.

The thread on the first bobbin snapped.

The thread on the second bobbin got all tangled up....

Let's try the third bobbin!

By the time my hubby came back, I was on my second facemask.

I finally finished my 6 facemasks!

Now to carry on watching some Superheros movies...

Light tea↓

It had been snowing again...

Sleep tea time.

Off to get into a warm bed before the cold Hump appears 🐫