Nearing The End Of The Line ..

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

Whoo hoo the weekend is here 🎈

1st day of February!

Lots of special days coming up↗↗

Valentine's Day💓

&

My real Birthday (29th) 🎈

I was up early↓

 I enjoyed listening to "The Sounds of the 60s" with a cup of tea↓

 I had a nice nibble 💓

Kids got up and dressed.

Now out of the house early..↓

 It's coming up to double figures↓

 Now onto the road trip we go..

 Nice to see the church on the hill..

 &

Waitrose.

We popped in to see the Droitwich Lions..↓

 Got some nice things from there.

Now to visit some Charity Shops...

 Nice shoes,

Pity they are not in my size!

We had a quick visit into Waitrose..

We got some nice reduced food↓

 On the way back,

I popped into see my dad.

He is looking terrible and not got too long left.....:'(

I did find a nice photo of my dad when he was starting out as a Plumber↓

 We made sure he was comfortable before he left.

We got home to unpack the lovely items we bought today↓

 

 I went to my job with some great tunes to sing along with↓

 

The sun was going down when I finished.

 Just over 2 years to go before that bottle gets opened 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾↓

 While tea was cooking in the oven.

Three of us had a go on a game we bought earlier↓

 

 One of us was winning by miles.......

(It pays to sing lots of songs!)

Tea is finally ready...↓

I had a quick look at the Birthdays...

Don Everly, American singer and half of the rock and roll duo "The Everly Brothers" (Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie), is 83 years old 🎈

Dennis Edwards  was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records.He died aged 74 in 2018.

 My prodical brother is not coming back until tomorrow afternoon. So we can visit my dad tomorrow morning....

My other brother was stopping with my dad tonight...

We caught up with some telly programmes from this week.

Graham is joined on the sofa by actors Margot Robbie, Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith and Jim Carrey, and Lewis Capaldi performs his single Before You Go.

Then to catch up with↓

 Then off to bed for more nibbles.....

 

 

Plenty Of Me To You!

My last credit card bill was so big, before I opened it I actually heard a drum roll - Rita Rudner

Welcome to a painful Saturday!

I managed to hear the last hour of "The Sounds of 60s".

I soaked my right foot in the bath to ease the pain!

My ankle was a nice colour of black and blue!

Time for tea and nibble!

 

  I rubbed some stuff onto my bruised ankle.

Got dressed.

Gave hubby a big sloppy 💋

And off I went to do my final job of the day.

With some great music:

 When I got home...

It was bacon time↓

 After one son was took to his boxing lesson.

The other son rose from his pit.

He too had a bacon sandwich.

We left the house...

We picked up son from his boxing lesson.

Now to do some charity shop visiting..

My lollipop spot is still there↓

 Not much in the one Charity shop we visited.

Now off to Alcester...

 We got some right bargains from the Charity Shops.

We nipped into Waitrose↓

 We got the free coffee and newspaper↓

 Off to have a look around Sainsbury's to get some Nectar points↓

 One great magazine↓

 Now off to wash hubby's car in the car wash↓

 Dropped in my dad's newspaper.Back home to unpack some lovely things we got from the Charity Shops in Alcester↓

My dressing table is now full of Me to You Bears↓

 Nice Chinese meal↓

Now to catch up with last week's telly↓

 Together on Graham Norton's sofa, Robert Downey Jr, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Terry Gilliam. Plus singer Sara Bareilles performing She Used to Be Mine.

Then:

 Then to watch one of the DVDs we bought today.

(I last watched it on video)↓

 Quick look in the Birthday File:

Christopher Ryan [Papazoglou], English actor & comedian (The Young Ones, Only Fools and Horses),is 70 years old 🎈

 Andy Cox, British guitarist (The Beat & Fine Young Cannibals) is 64 years old 🎈

Demis Roussos, Greek singer and performer died aged 68 in 2015

Sir John Hurt CBE  was an English actor whose career spanned more than 50 years.He died aged 77 in 2017.

 Now to hobble back to a warm bed....

 

Friday On My Mind...

The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think - CJoybellC

The Friday Feeling is back!🍾🍾🍾

 The dressing table looks lovely in the sunshine!

(Pity I have to sell it, as I have no room for it!)

I have a early coffee and nibble↓

 

 Followed by a very early liquid lunch↓

The sun is trying to break through

 

 A quick look at the newspaper↓

 It is getting warmer

 It's nice and warm \o/

 

 I came back after my other job↓

 Coffee and whippy cream time!

 After our evening meal.

I went to do my final job with some great tunes...

I gets back home in the sunshine↓

 

To finish off Friday, we watched Graham Norton:

 Graham's guests are actors Tom Hanks, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal, and there's music from Stormzy.

Going to make full use of that warm bed...well into the weekend...