I Wish I Could Fly!

When I looked up my family tree I found out I was the sap - 

Rodney Dangerfield

Bank Holiday Monday

Welcome to my Bank Holiday Monday 💂  

Nice warm hug ;)

Brew with breakfast.

Thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

Now to take out Sexy Beast for a little ride. 

We pick up the newspapers on the way.

First we nipped into the garden centre for some bargains.

Lots of Nutcrackers soldiers in the sale.

Hubby got two small ones off a display.

One customer gave my hubby a look for doing it.

Next stop was the Co-op to get some bits.

The Easter eggs are coming out now↓

Now back home to unpack everything.

Coffee time.

Ex-plum came to visit his kids.

His wife did some really nice crochet items for me.

Found a place for the little santa hats.

Once Ex-plum dropped of our kids, he left with 2 pieces of Christmas cake and a Christmas card.

Time to hit Sainsburys!

Got some more bits, including things for next year's Christmas Cake.

Back home to unpack.

Wrote yesterday's blog post.

Then got on with the Meat-Free Stir Fry.

Tea is served.

Soon after I had hot shower.

Now to visit some Louis I haven't watched before.

 When Louis Theroux met Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee

Sadly Paul Daniels passed away aged 77 in 2016

&

When Louis Theroux Met Keith Harris 

Sadly Keith Harris died aged 67 in 2015

(Photo from Mr H's Hot Pot You Tube)

Sleep Tea time.

Quick look into today's newspaper.

Sir Alan Bates, CBE  was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving.

He died on this day aged 69 in 2003. 

Mae West
performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio in 1937.

We watches the Newspaper Review.

Then off to warm bed with even warmer hands..

 

 

No Speedy This Time!

 About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends - Herbert Hoover 

Welcome aboard the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

Nice big 💋,hug and brew to start Monday with!

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Gives hubby a sloppy wet 💋 before he goes to work.

I get one son up who is starting his new job today....\o/

Out for a little ride..

Still cold!

Says hello to everyone in the Paper Shop.

Drops off some clothes to the clothes bank.

Drops off son at his job.

Back home.

Much needed coffee!

Now for a little play with Henry

&

The mop and bucket...

With added dash of Polish as well!

Early lunch.

My new Lava Lamp arrives..

(The old one has died on me :()

Nice and relaxing once it warms up...

My wool order has arrived \o/

I can get my pom pom wreath finally finished!

 Another Prima Makes mags arrives...↓

I only need number 9 and 11 now!

I had a reply back from one of the jobs I applied for on Saturday.

I got on interview on Thursday \o/

Third interview so far this year.....

(Fingers crossed!)

Tea at 3. 

I left a message on my Hairdresser's answerphone for an appointment to get hair cut.....

My late dad would have loved me having all this hair....

I need to go back to the coconut style...↓

Now to pick up son from his job.

Time for the big big sunglasses to come out!

On the way, one boy racer in a car similar to my Sexy Beast was going hell to leather, overtaking every car in front of him.  

He came unstuck when he got stuck behind a white Range Rover doing 20 m.p.h, and there was no way for him to overtake it!

Back down to 20 mph for him!

Picks up my son, and drops off his work colleague on the way home.

(Good deed) 

Back home.

Starts the evening meal...

Hubby comes back and receives yet another sloppy wet 💋

Dishes up the meat free Stir Fry.

Judge Rinder is back \o/

Quick look in today's newspaper.

María de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch  was a Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo.

Caballé became popular to non-classical music audiences in 1987, when she recorded, at the request of the IOC, "Barcelona", a duet with Freddie Mercury, which became an official theme song for the 1992 Olympic Games. She received several international awards and also Grammy Awards for a number of her recordings. 

She would have been 88 years old 🎈

She sadly died aged 85 in 2018. 

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez  is an American actor and director. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in film such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990). He then starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini alongside Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Eli Wallach. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. He continued to act in Hollywood movies such as Stephen Frears' Hero (1992), the romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and the action thriller Desperate Measures (1998).

In 2000, he produced and acted in the HBO television film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), where he received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. He also starred in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). In 2005, Garcia directed and starred in the film The Lost City alongside Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray. He also starred in New York, I Love You (2008), the dramedy City Island (2009), the romantic comedy At Middleton (2013), the crime thriller Kill the Messenger (2014). In recent years he's had a career resurgence in such films as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule (all 2018) and the HBO television movie My Dinner with Hervé (2018).

He is 65 years old 🎈 

*Bill Haley & The Comets record "Rock Around The Clock" in 1954 *

More of:

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Sleep Tea.

Costa Coffee's offer of 50p hot drinks on their app tomorrow...

Let's see if I'm going to be lucky to get one!

 
 

 

 

 


 

 
 

Putting The Whisky To Good Use!

I was so cold when I was in England, I almost got married 

- Shelley Winters 

 Welcome to my Monday🏂

No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 for me.

Hubby is working from home,

&

And our kids...

Warm hug with brew.

Breakfast.

I get the kids up to do their on-line learning.

Whereas hubby gets up,

I enjoy the warm bed for another hour!

After that, it's up up ↗↗↗

Let's explore the snow outside!

Put some bread out for the birds and gave them fresh water.

Coffee time!

Now to have a quick play with Kenny...

Cake goes in the oven for 1 hour.

One of my sons had a free lesson, and fetched my newspaper for me.

Dean Jones  was an American actor best known for his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That Darn Cat! (1965), Jim Douglas in The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) and Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven (1992). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971). In 1995, Jones was inducted as a Disney Legends award winner for his film work.

He would have been 90 years old 🎈 

He died aged 84 in 2015.

I had some nice soup for lunch.

Cake is ready!

Whisky and Orange Fruit Cake.

Tea at 3

Hubby's turn to make the tea today.

Meat-Free Stir Fry. 

I went outside to take more snow pics.

(I am hoping the snow might disappear by tomorrow!)

Interesting marks in the snow↓

Nice picture of the moon↓

Went back in after shaking the snow off my boots.

Now for more:

Sleep tea time as well.

Now to get back under that 16 tog duvet cover!