Using Up My Mouth Battery!

You can tell a man isn't handy when he asks the man next door how to get blood off a saw - Milton Berle

Welcome to my Tuesday 🔋

Nice hug to start the day!

It's going to be a hot one!

Brew with Breakfast.

Dressed.

Gives hubby a wet sloppy 💋before I leave the house.

On goes the big big sunglasses.

The sun is already in the sky...

On goes the coat...

Tree Pic

Turns on my lights...

Let's get the party started!

Oh dear.....I  sigh.

One old woman in a blue car failed to stop and looked up at the sky for the stick!

Some cars didn't want to stop, one had too or his windscreen would be smacked!

Hey ho, finished in one piece!

Just walking back to Sexy Beast, when I got chatting to a parent I crossed over earlier.

After a hour yakking, she left to get some milk.

I got chatting to someone else for a good 10 minutes!

Got back to Sexy Beast.

Goes to the newsagents.

More yakking for 20 minutes.....

Back home.

Puts on the coffee machine.

Now to water the plants outside.

Chats with my Postman for 15 minutes.

Then my neighbour comes out and chats with him for 20 minutes.

Finally got the plants watered.

Now for coffee!

Nice light lunch.

Now out to do part two of lollipop!

Parks up.

Gets coat on.

Off to get ice lolly from the shop.

Turns on my lights.

Collects my Lolly Pop Stick.

Now to enjoy ice lolly in the shade in the park.

Now to start the shift!

It was so hot!

Cars were not stopping over the otherside of the road. 

Pity I haven't got a mini-lollipop stick coming out of the big one, then I could get the cars to stop!

Finished in one piece.

My friend appeared, and thanked me for his balloons and Birthday Card...

We chatted for another 45 minutes....

Said goodbye to him and off home I went.

Another ice lolly when I got back.

Now to do the Meat Free Stir Fry...

Gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋

Now to serve up the grub!

Lovely....

Quick look in today's newspaper.

Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holley  was an American singer-songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.

He would have been 85 years old 🎈

He sadly died in a plane crash aged 22 in 1959

Warren  Zevon  was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician.

He died on this day in 2003 aged 56 

We watched the ITV 's 9/11 's Life Under Attack.

We missed the first half an hour of it.

There are two more documentries on BBC2 last week.We will catch up with them tomorrow night.

Sleep tea.

Now off to bed.

Hoping it won't be too warm Hump Day 🐫tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When The Computer Keeps Saying No!

I can't  understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones - John Cage 

Woo hoo it's here again!

 *Friday Feeling*

 Hug and Brew↑

Dressed.

Hubby went to work in the Living Room.

I enjoyed coffee↓

 My baking hand was starting to itch...

I had a quick play with Kenny the Kenwood.

Once the cake was in the oven.

I got out the red crock pot to make Stew with Dumplings...

Once cake has cooled down,

The Crock pot took it's place in the oven.

Decorated the cake↓

 Coffee and Walnut Cake.
Light lunch time↓

 Our Home Tests for Covid-19 arrived \o/

 As normal it doesn't go smooth!
I tried to register my test on the government website...

7 times I tried it.
Even on my mobile...
I had to phone up 119 Help line...
The waiting music sounded like it was out of a Willy Wonka film↓

 I finally got through after 45 minutes on hold!
She said,"The website is playing up!".
I gave her my date of birth.
When she read it back to me, she was a day out!!!
She registered my home kit.
Now to do the test!

The mouth test made us gag.....
The nose test made us bring water to our eyes...
Packed up the box...
Dropped them off in the pillar box.
(Hopefully it went get to Glasgow tomorrow) 
Belated Tea at 3.

Temperature was going up again↗↗↗
Fell asleep trying to get it down.
The oven was put on..
More of NYPD Blue while we waited for the tea to be ready.

 Bernie Dwyer, British rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers).He would have been 80 years old 🎈
He died aged 62 in 2002.

Brian  De Palma  is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984), Casualties of War (1989), Carlito's Way (1993), and Femme Fatale (2002).He is 80 years old 🎈

Lorne  Greene was a Canadian actor, radio personality, and singer. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the original science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness, and in television commercials.He died on this day in 1987 aged 72. 

 Jessica  Tandy  was an English-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving such accolades as an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.She died on this day in 1994 aged 85 years old.

 The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. It is the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history and the single deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of the United States, with 343 and 72 killed, respectively.

 I was waiting to pick up my six year old son from First school when it came on the radio about the first plane hitting the first tower.
Tea was ready.

More binge watching of:

With some Sleep Tea

 I checked my tracking number on my Covid -19 test. It arrived in Birmingham earlier on its merry way to Glasgow....

Hopefully I won't have to wait too long for the result!.