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Showing posts with label Gerbil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerbil. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 September 2024

Nearly Going BOOM!!!

Never buy anything with a handle on it: 
It means work. - H.Allen Smith
September
Welcome to my September.
Here is what happened↓
1: Betty the Gerbil.
Chewing on a tube.
2:Back to Lollipop job.
A lovely Pillar Box Topper appeared with me and the kids from the four schools!
3: Celebrated our 13th Wedding Anniversary.
While making the cakes to enter for the Flower Show, the contractor cracked the gas pipe outside while putting in the new fence. Then there was a leak found on the gas meter. Couldn't use my oven until I came back in the afternoon. New meter fitted and gas pipe mended.Cakes went in the oven.
4: Flower Show entries:
I went to see how I did in the afternoon \o/
Plus won the Best in Show award for my Allotment cake↓
The cakes all got sold off at the end, and they raised £25 for Charity.
5: We visited Stratford upon Avon
6: We did our final car boot of the season.
We made £10!
7: New clock in the hallway.
8: 62nd Minion
9: Both sons start at University.
(Now to paint out the spare room!)
10:
I made two Coffee and Walnuts cakes.
 For two Macmillian Coffee events:
11:
Typicial British weather.
Sunshine in the morning.
Then the rain came down in the afternoon.
12: Spare room finished!
Next month is going to be interesting.
As Hubby is having his long awaited eye operation.






 

 
 
 

 

Sunday, 9 February 2020

Doing Skip Diving!

I have my standards.They may be low, but I have them - Bette Midler.
Welcome to my Sunday🎈
Is it going to be stress free Sunday or not???
I will find out on Tuesday when my dad's funeral is...
I let hubby have a longer lie-in than me.
I went down downstairs to make the tea...
 I left his cup of tea by the bed.
 I had a bit of yogurt with tea.
The wind was blowing outside....
Storm Ciara has arrived!
I wrote yesterday's blog post.
Hubby rose from the warm bed.
I fancied a bit of 💋
So I took him back to bed for a bit of it...
 I felt a lot better after that!
While hubby cleaned out our gerbil.
I started to make hubby's Valentine's present for Friday..
 Finished doing up the wooden heart...
It's pom pom time↓
Then the phone calls was coming from my younger brother...
The progical brother was throwing everything away in the skip...
Photos, etc...
As progical brother wasn't there.
Hubby went round, and found my house keys straight away.
They put stickers on things that I want.
Photos of my kids were got out of the skip!
Hubby brought some things back from my dad's house↓
Then we sorted out the funeral songs for my dad's funeral.
 I had a look in the newspaper...
Carole King, American singer-songwriter (Tapestry),is 78 years old 🎈

Holly Johnson, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), is 60 years old 🎈
Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure aged 52 years old in 1997.
Ian Richardson, was a Scottish actor of film, stage and television.
He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy. Richardson was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor.He died aged 72 in 2007.
I got the lollipop coat dried for tomorrow.
All ready to mount the wobby work wheel tomorrow 🎡


 

Saturday, 11 March 2017

Found A Use For It!

I wasn't hurrying myself out of bed today.
Nice to still have a cup of tea in there..
After a quick play with the Gear Stick
Had a great laugh at Carry on Camping...
Then Henry had some work to do...
 Hoovering out Larry...
Larry is back advertised on Ebay and Gumtree...
Uses for non-winning Lottery tickets.
My Willow has the answer....