To Fondue Or Not ?

Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman - Nancy Banks -Smith

Welcome to my Saturday ✨

Nice big hug to start Saturday with \o/

Brew with breakfast.

Listens to "Sounds of the 60s" in bed.

The Top 3 UK Singles from 1964.

3:

The Bachelors - Diane↓

2:

Gerry & The Pacemakers

I'm The One↓

1:

The Searchers

Needles & Pins↓

Thermal vest goes on.

Now out of the house.

Dropped one son off at work.

Now onto Worcester to spend my Dunelm gift cards.

Coffee time with blue milk!

Got some bits.

Put them in the car.

Now to look in another shop...

That's a nice item ↑

The couple at the next tea to me, only had two items, and spent £249.99!

Back to the car we go.

Popped into Lidl so younger son could do Neighbour's shopping.

Middle of the aisle time↓

Good job I already have a Fondue set!

We waited in the car with coffee and nibble for son to finish the shopping.

Son still needed some bits from Home Bargains.

Back to Bromsgrove we go.

Son does the rest of the neighbour's shopping.

Back home for a very short lunch.

As I have my Crystal/Tarot Course to do.

I did a Tarot reading ↑

After the course, we got picked up by hubby.

I collected my DPD parcel from:

They only had 4 gas cookers in the whole shop!

Back home.

Unpacked my Dunelm order.

The flowers are going on my Parent's grave tomorrow.

The tea went into the oven.

We caught up with two more episodes of "Fame" Season 2.

Then onto two more episodes of "Top of The Pops" from 1992.

The fast forward button was kept busy.

At least Marc Almond was on...!

Tea time.

We finished watched The Godfather.

Moving onto The Godfather 2.

I had a quick look in today's newspaper.

Michael McDonald is an American musician, singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer known for his distinctive, soulful voice and as a member of the bands the Doobie Brothers (1975–1982, 1987, 2019–present) and Steely Dan (1974). McDonald wrote and sang several hit singles with the Doobie Brothers, including "What a Fool Believes", "Minute by Minute", and "Takin' It to the Streets." McDonald has also performed as a prominent backing vocalist on numerous recordings by artists including Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Loggins.He has also recorded for television and film soundtracks. McDonald is the recipient of five Grammy Awards, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Doobie Brothers in 2020.

He is 70 years old 🎈 

The Herbs' premiered on 12th February 1968. 54 years ago today. Just 1 series was made.

The first episode of Bagpuss was broadcast on BBC1 in 1974.Bagpuss would run for just 13 episodes.

UK No.1 on this day in 1968:

 Amen Corner - If Paradise is Half as Nice

USA No.1 on this day in 1972:

Al Green - Let's Stay Together 

USA No.1 on this day in 1974:

Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme.

Sleep tea time.

It was coming up to 1am...

Time for bed!

 

 

 

 

 
 

Twit Twoo

 I asked the barmaid for a quickie. The man next to me said:

"It's pronounced quiche." - Luigi Amaduzzi, Italian Ambassador

Welcome to my Saturday 🎢

Had a much needed hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

While hubby dropped son off at work...

I needed to update the blog by writing 7 blog posts....

We shall see how long this takes me to write...

Hubby meanwhile had to sort his clothes out...

We had a break at dinnertime...

Back to blogging and sorting out clothes for us.

Hubby dropped off 2 bags of clothes at the recycling bank at Sainsburys on the way to pick up son from his job.

It's my late dad's 80th Birthday next Thursday.

I put a Birthday mention in the local newpaper for next week.

This is the picture I chose to add to it.

I have the 80th Birthday Balloons and flowers ready to add to his grave next week.

We shall see if those gold digging brothers will bother! 

Hubby starts on the evening meal...

It was well tasty!

I finally finished!

Now to unwind to carry on watching the Justice League...

With Sleep Tea...

Heinz Burt was a German-British bassist and singer, who performed under the stage name Heinz. He was also known as a member of instrumental group The Tornados. 

He would have been 79 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 57 in 2000.

We finished watching the film by 1.30am....

(Turning into a Night owl!!)

 

 

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!