My Minion Family Is Growing...

I am a doormat in a world of boots - Jean Rhys

Welcome to my Saturday 💗

I woke up early, and left Sleeping Beauty to have a lie in...

I had to write 3 blog posts, 

While listening to the "Sounds of the 60s"

&

Drinking Tea.

It was top 3 UK Singles from 1964 

3:

2:

1:

Sleeping Beauty rose from his warm pit.

We had breakfast.

Thermal vest went on.

Dressed.

Time to do some food shopping

(And use the £10 off voucher for Lidl)

We got 2 wobbly boxes.

Then we moved the car and had a look in the charity shops.

Hubby needed another suit jacket for his Aunt's Funeral next week.

Found a nice one with a long black rain mac for £16.

I was on the hunt for more minions to go with the one I bought last week.

I was not disappointed.....

We looked in all the charity shops and had to hurry back to car as the parking ticket was running out.

Now back home to unpack all the shopping.

Lots of jigsaws to keep the younger son busy.

Lunchtime.

20 minutes power nap.

Then to put all the things away I bought earlier.

The Christmas Balloon and Bakery came out for Christmas.↓

I have wrote to two more inmates in prison in the United States.

I hope to hear from the other four I sent letters too in the near future.

Tea time.

Steak Time.

I found two shopping lists while I was in Lidl this morning.

Today's Advent Calender door is:

We finished watching the BBC Three series on 

Life and Death Row.

Truth

Life and Death Row Series 2

Episode 3 of 4

Life and Death Row tells the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. With unprecedented access inside prison walls, it discovers what it's like to live with the threat of the death chamber, as well as hearing from victims and their families, and the family of those on death row - some praying for execution, some hoping for a reprieve. Each episode focuses on different aspects of the system - execution, punishment and the complex nature of 'truth'.

In January 2014, Waynesville, Ohio, 18-year-old Justin Back is brutally murdered in his own home. Two of his 19-year-old friends, Austin Myers and Timothy Mosley, are arrested and charged with his murder. However both give very different versions of events, begging the question, who is telling the truth?

With prosecutors seeking the death penalty for the crime, what will each one do to save themselves from the ultimate punishment? With access to the families of all three boys, the devastating nature of this gruesome crime and it's repercussions are revealed. It's one crime but will there be two different outcomes?

Forgiveness

Life and Death Row Series 2

Episode 4 of 4

Tyrone Trottie killed his wife Barbara and her brother Titus on May 3rd, 1993. He has been on death row for the last 21 years. An execution date has been set for a week's time. Tyrone and Barbara had a son together, affectionately called T.T. This is his story. T.T. was raised by Tyrone's parents, who for years kept the fact that T.T's father had killed his mother a secret from him. As a teenager he met his father for the first time behind prison bars and discovered the devastating truth about what his father had done. With Execution Day a week away, T.T has to prepare himself to lose a parent all over again. Will he forgive his father before he loses him forever?

 Love Triangle

Over eight mini-episodes, Life and Death Row: Love Triangle tells the story of Heather Strong, a beautiful young wife and mother, who has disappeared without trace. Concerned for her whereabouts, detectives bring in her estranged husband Joshua Fulgham for questioning. During his initial interview, police discover Josh had a pregnant lover, Emilia Carr. Growing more suspicious, detectives want to interview Emilia to find out what she knows about the disappearance of Heather.

Looked into today's newspaper.

Brenda Mae Tarpley , known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop and country music, she had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.

She is 77 years old 🎈 

Justin  Currie  is a Scottish singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the band Del Amitri. 

He is 57 years old 🎈

 

Sleep Tea Time.

Hubby is having his Covid-19 Booster tomorrow.

 

See You Later, Alligator!

 You wouldn't get away with that if my scriptwriter was here 

- Bob Hope

Welcome to my Friday Feeling 🎈

Nice warm hug to start Friday with.

Breakfast with brew.

Thermal vest goes on.

Plus Christmas themed dress.

Gives hubby a sloppy wet one 💋

I change my warm Santa hat for 

2 winter hats and gloves.

After I put on my lights.

Now to start walking down to my spot!

Now for the fun to start!

Cars not stopping on the otherside of the road.

The blue 21 plate mini is getting good at not stopping.

Let's hope she doesn't play I didn't see the Yellow Peril dressed in yellow coat when my stick does a tap and crack on her windscreen. 

Finished in one piece.

Now to meet up with friends for coffee, chat and nibble. 

When I booked the table last night, I told them I can only have blue milk and not semi-skimmed milk.They phoned me saying they only use semi-skimmed milk.

So on the way, I picked up a 2 pint of blue milk to have in my coffee.

My two friends had all you eat breakfasts.

I was boring and had toast.

I had coffee, my friends had tea.

Once we finished, we popped into the Charity Shop.

I got my hubby's Xmas present, that was in the shop window.

I got some other bits.

Walked back to Sexy Beast.

Said goodbye to my friends and said to them,

"See you later Alligator"

I picks up newspaper on the way home.

I just happen to google hubby's xmas present I just bought.

One website was selling it for £222!

(I didn't pay that much for it!)

Today's door of my Advent Calender.

Cup of coffee is needed with my lunch.

Now out for part two.

On goes two winter hats, and gloves.

Turns on my lights.

Walks back down for more rabbit.

At least it's not as dark as last Wednesday afternoon!

I wished them both good weekends.

Now for my final shift of the the weekend.

Let the fun start!

I was in the middle of the road crossing the children and parents over, when a yellow Nissan Juke was revving up his engine behind me.

I slowly walked back onto the pavement.

He put his foot down and roared off!

One car stopped at the very last minute, and he wasn't too far off my arse!

Finished in one piece.

Hometime!

Time for a much needed Hot Chocolate.

Then got the tea on the go.

Everyone else in the house are having the sausages, I'm having the vegetable option.

I gives hubby a sloppy wet 💋 when he came home.

Tea is served.

Afterwards,

Hubby went food shopping with younger son(Who was doing next door's shopping).

I looked into today's newspaper.

Andy Williams was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri, is named after the song for which he is best known—Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River". He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.

Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in 2012. 

He would have been 94 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 84 in 2012. 

Daniel  Bedingfield  is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the eldest brother of fellow singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. He was a judge on The X Factor New Zealand in 2013.

He is 42 years old 🎈

 I helped put the shopping away, when they got back.

Now to watch a series we found on BBC iplayer which we missed the first time round.

Life And Death Row:

The Mass Execution in Arkansas. 

Life And Death Row: The Mass Execution is a documentary series about the historic number of executions scheduled in Arkansas, USA, of eight men in ten days. The Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, has scheduled eight men to be put to death within ten days of each other. The reason for the unprecedented timetable is to use up the state's supply of a lethal injection drug called midazolam before it expires.

Sleep Tea Time.

On our monthly road trip tomorrow to Droitwich......🚗