Shut That Lid!

 Sine I've retired, I eat less, weigh less, train less and care less - 

Ray Mancini 

Welcome to my Saturday 👅

We listened to "Sounds of the 60s" in bed.

Great selections of good tunes to start Saturday with.

Brew with hug.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby and son left the house to do this week's food shopping and next door neighbour's shopping as well.

I went outside for fresh air.

Followed by the important coffee...

Hubby came back after a while with all the shopping.

I had wrote half of yesterday's blog post.

However, I had to leave it as we had to fetch my yellow paint from Alcester!

Nice ride out!

No trip into Waitrose,

As I have to save as much money as possible as my the MOT on Sexy Beast is next week!

Collects my pot of paint \o/

We have a walk down the high street.

We grab a takeaway coffee with nibble.

Someone in a big car dropped off some bags of clothes and put them in the charity bins by us.

Only forgot to close the boot lid, they got out by the entrance of the car park to close it, and something was blocking it closing.

After several attempts she finally shut the boot lid!

Back home.

Finally get the skirting done this week \o/

Lunchtime. 

Then we went for a walk around the block for 25 minutes.

Hubby put the gamon in the oven when we got back.

I had a quick look into today's newspaper.

Holly  Hunter  is an American actress. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, she won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News (1987), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm (1993) and again for Thirteen (2003).

A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, Hunter won for Roe vs. Wade (1989), and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010). Her other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. 

She is 63 years old 🎈 

I caught up with all the newspapers of the week as well.

Tea time.

Bingewatch time!

Sleep tea time.

We finished series 3.

Moving onto series 4.

We watched 20 minutes of episode 1.

Realised the time....

Time for bed!

 

 

 

 

Talk Talk & A Bit More

 Hold a true friend with both hands - Nigerian Proverb

Welcome to my Thursday 💪

Cup of Brew with warm hug to start the day!

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I got the kids up ready for school.

I gave hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he goes to work.

I then to go to give my kids their sloppy wet 💋 before they go to school.

Time for a quick coffee.

Then off to get results of my blood test from two weeks ago.

I was the only one waiting.

I goes in early to see the Nurse.

We got chatting and then she realised that she has 3 patients to see in the waiting room.

I will see her in 6 months time. 

Back to the Sexy Beast I go. 

I went past my late dad's house.

It's looking like a public car park now.

Four cars parked on the drive.

Back home.

Unloads and loads up dishwasher.

Time to write yesterday's blog.

I didn't have any post which I thought was funny as I am expecting at least  one crafting magazine!

The wallpaper border I bought on 8th March is still stuck in the Hermes network, I might have to ask for a replacement!  

Lunchtime.

Going back to writing my blog,

The post appeared at 2.20pm?????????

Nice stamps 

(Which I have kept)

I got a feeling it was wrongly delivered to one of the factories around here!

Let's see which craft magazine it is....

Lots of nice things to make in here.

Tea at 3.

Hubby is going to see his dad after work.

I found an ideal cleaning job near me.

However the pay was a bit poop↓

Oh well, keep on looking.

As soon as Boris has his press conference.

I had the certain email 15 mins later....

No need to shield after 31st March.

Fingers crossed we don't have another bad wave of Covid coming after the country has been opened up in June!

At least I am having my second jab before 25th May...

Hubby meanwhile might be lucky and have his first jab in May..... 

I put on the tea early.

Now to watch a film.

I looked on Netflix, then on Prime Video.

I found the film I was looking for since Valentine's Day↓

Tea time.

Hubby comes back after the film has finished.

He has a sloppy wet 💋

He gives me today's newspaper.

Chuck Berry  was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.

He died on this day aged 90 in 2017. 

Now to catch up with Line of Duty.

Sleep Tea time.

We had another 10 mins to go but after having a lavender shower I was ready for bed!

At least the Friday Feeling 🎈is back tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

Making Space For More!

I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen it? - Steven Wright 

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

Hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Gets dressed.

Gets kids up ready for school.

I gives hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he goes to work.

I give the same to my kids 💋💋 before they go to school.

I go outside for some fresh air!

First coffee of the morning.

I gets yesterday's blog post wrote and published.

My resignation letter has been accepted...

 Now I hope my stress level can come down from from circling the moon!

Now time to declutter.

First up was to sort out all my craft magazines.

Another magazine arrived in the post.

Now for lunch.

I pan fried some turkey steaks, then cooked them in red wine.

They were put into the oven for later.

I put the linguine in the saucepan too.

Back to decluttering!

Sorted out all the wicker draws in the Living room.

Quick tea at 3.

I have freed up so much room now.

I have some more craft magazines coming over the next few days to fill that space I made!

My son practiced making his dessert he is making for GCSE food exam next week.

He is trying out his recipe today.

On Friday he will try our Mary Berry's recipe.

The recycling bin is full of paper I found why I was decluttering.

Hubby is greeted with a wet sloppy 💋

I was given today's newspaper in return↓

Nathaniel  Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole (1950–2015)

He would have been 102 years old 🎈 

He died aged 45 in 1965

 

Claire  Grogan  is a Scottish actress and singer. She is best known as the lead singer of the 1980s new wave music group Altered Images and for supporting roles in the 1981 film Gregory's Girl and the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf as the first incarnation of Kristine Kochanski.

She is 59 years old 🎈 

Tea is ready to dish up!

Now to carry on watching Line of Duty.

Here is my son's first effort↓

We watched the last episode of Series 2.

Now onto Series 3.

We got as far as episode 2...

Sleep Tea time.

Off to bed early....

To enjoy hubby and warm bed 🐫