Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess: Pom Pom tree

My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance - Tim Allen

Welcome to my first day of my school holidays 👌

It was nice to have warm hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Hubby gave me a sloppy wet 💋 before he went off to work.

I was taking one son up the town to get some more trainers for playing football with.

I waited outside while he got ready to come out.

Now out we go...

We parked in Car Park 4.

Son bought his trainers from Sports Direct.

I bought a mini Pom Pom tree from Magical Store.

(It was reduced from £16 to £4)

Got a cold mocha from Costa Coffee on the way back to the car.

We dropped it off home, then back out.

Got some bargains from the Charity Shops in Alcester.

Now to visit Waitrose.

Funny Private Eye Front Cover.

Son and I have ice lollies in the car park before we go back home.

Unpacks all the shopping and bargains.

I bought two sewing machine books as well.

Found room for my Pom Pom tree.

Lunchtime.

Now to catch up with newspaper reading..

I got through reading of them.

Into the Recycle bin they go afterwards.

I puts the tea in the oven to cook.

Hubby come home and has a nice wet 💋

and hug.

Tea is served.

Quick look in today's newspapers.

Estelle Louise Fletcher, known professionally as Louise Fletcher, is an American actress. She had her acting debut in the television series 77 Sunset Strip in the 1957/58 season. She guest starred in the television series Bat Masterson (episode "Cheyenne Club"), Maverick (episode "The Saga of Waco Williams") with James Garner, and Wagon Train in 1959 before making her film debut in A Gathering of Eagles in 1963. In 1974, after a decade-long hiatus from acting in which she raised a family, Fletcher appeared in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us.

Fletcher garnered international prominence with her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Other notable film roles include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Brainstorm (1983), Firestarter (1984), Flowers in the Attic (1987), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Cruel Intentions (1999)

She is 87 years old 🎈

Terence Stamp is an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the "master of the brooding silence" by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).