That's A Lot Of Booze & Chocolate For One!

I want to get as thin as my first husband's promises 

- Texas Guinan

Welcome to my Thursday 👍

Nice warm hug to start the day.

Breakfast with brew.

I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he left for work.

Then I started to wrap the final presents.

Then Thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

Gets all the kids up.

One son is having his second Covid 19 jab this morning.

We leave the house.

We wait in the car park, while my son has his second Covid vaccine.

Then it's on to make my parent's grave feel a bit more like Christmas.

Then off to Sainsburys.

I picked up my Soup Maker from Argos.

Then I needed 2 more items.

The person in front has 26 items in his trolley.

Lots of tins of Quality Street, and Booze.

His bill came up to £197.

He paid in cash.

My two items came up to £3.50.

Loaded it up in Sexy Beast.

Now back home. 

Coffee machine put on!

What's behind the Advent Calender door?

Lunchtime.

My friend came round soon after.

Coffee, Banana loaf and chat.

Swapped presents.

Wished her a Happy Christmas.

My Cake tins arrived...

Out came Kenny to mix the mixture.

Lots of Brandy added.

(Finished what was left in the bottle)

I had to use another tin as well, as had some mix left over.

4 tier Xmas Cake.

The cake mix was added to the tins, and will be put in the oven tomorrow morning.

Hubby came home to have a sloppy wet 💋.

Dishes up the tea.

Quick look in the newspaper.

Frederick Heath , known professionally as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer-songwriter, best remembered as the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles British rockers to achieve worldwide fame, mainly for his 1960 hit, "Shakin' All Over".

He would have been 86 years old 🎈

Honey Lantree (born Anne  Lantree, born  in Hayes, Middlesex).She was the  drummer and singer in the 60s band, The Honeycombs.

She sadly died aged 75 in 2018.

We watched the news review.

Sleep tea time.

I hopefully get Christmas Cake made and decorated by the end of the day....

&

The Friday Feeling is back 🎈

 

 

Pump Up The Loft!

I had a job as an airline pilot. I was fired because I kept locking the keys in the plane. They caught me on a 80-foot stepladder with a coat hanger - Steven Wright

Welcome to my Friday's Feeling 🎈

Nice warm hug to start the day off with.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

It's supposed to go up to 21c today...

I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋

Summer Coat time...

Turned on my lights...

Now for the fun to start...🍭

The traffic lights at the bottom of the road was causing a traffic jam all the way up to me!

One side of the road was grid-locked. At least I only had one side of the road to stop!

(Or try too!)

At least I finished in one piece.

Now onto coffee and B3...

I had a coffee while waiting for my friend to arrive.

Hubby had to ask the Loft firm if they were coming as there was no sign of them by 10am.

They couldn't find the house!

They soon laying the insulation.

I had one last coffee.

I said goodbye to my friend and on home I went.

When I got home, their van was parked over the drive, so I parked on the road.

I was dying to use the toilet, but the boards were in the way.

Off to Morrisons to use their toilets.

Back again home for a very quick lunch.

Gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before I left.

On goes the Summer Coat.

My friend appears, so I nip and get a sausage roll, turn my lights and sit down with a chat with my friend for a chat.

I wished him a great weekend before I started my afternoon shift. 

Still having problems with the traffic backing up to me.

One car has stopped still for a good five minutes in the meantime I had crossed over about 10 people.

I finished in one piece.

They had finished the loft by the time I got home!

It was nice to use my own toilet!

The loft looks well nice.

We have to get a taller ladder as the kids can just about in the loft.

A little nibble...

We put some off-cuts of carpet to keep it a bit extra warm.

Shopping will be done tomorrow...

As well as bringing the stuff back from the storage unit, to go back into the warm loft!

Take away pizza for a late tea.

Quick look in the newspaper.

Frederick  Heath known professionally as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer-songwriter, best remembered as the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles British rockers to achieve worldwide fame, mainly for his 1960 hit, "Shakin' All Over". 

He sadly died aged 30 in 1966.

Jim Diamond  was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top 5 hits: "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo performances "I Should Have Known Better", a United Kingdom No. 1 in 1984, and "Hi Ho Silver", the theme song from Boon, which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986.

He died on this day in 2015 aged 64.

We watched the third episode of the 20th season of Hell's Kitchen.

Sleep Tea time.

Off to bed with the last of the Friday Feeling 🎈

 

 

 

 

Pushing The Boat Out!

Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them 

- David Reisman

 Welcome to my Hump of the Week🐫

Brew with warm hug.

Breakfast.

I had a nice hot shower, 

Just laid on the top of the bed and fell back off to sleep.

Woke up later to the sound of rain and wind from outside.

Hubby had gone and got the newspaper.

(Good Lad).

Time to tidy up the house.....

I meanwhile had to decorate my Christmas Cake.

Pity I couldn't find any of my Christmas Decorations until I kicked a few boxes out of the way in the Dining room....

Glazed the cake with hot apricot jam.

Rolled out the marzipan. 

Added the fondant icing on the top.

Decoration followed.

Tea at 3

We watched Spiderman:Homecoming 

we taped from last night.

There was 10 minutes cut from the film.

Bought it and the sequel off Amazon.

More Spiderman tomorrow.....

Pasta Bake tea.

Another good film to watch...

Quick look in newspaper.

Frederick  Heath  known professionally as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer-songwriter, best remembered as the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles British rockers to achieve worldwide fame, mainly for his 1960 hit, "Shakin' All Over".

He would have been 85 years old 🎈 

He died aged 30 years old in 1966.

Honey Lantree (born Anne Margot Lantree,  Hayes, Middlesex ), drummer and singer with the 1960s band, The Honeycombs. She died on this day in 2018 aged 75 years.

 We will be needing a boat soon, as the rain isn't stopping...

Hubby leaves the boat and chances the car....

He got the shopping done, while it was quiet in Lidl and Aldi.

I wrapped up the presents while he was doing that....

Hopefully this rain will stop, and we won't need a boat to get around tomorrow!