Extracting The Red Stuff....!

There is a crack in everything.That's how the light gets in:
- Leonard Cohen

Welcome to a sunny Hump of the Week🐫

I was up well early..

 I got dressed,

&

Breakfast...

 Time for those big big sunglasses 🕶

 

 I picked up the newspaper↓

 

 I parked the Sexy Beast

 

 Blood Test time

 I was in for five minutes

 The barriers were up.

That has saved me £2.50 for parking.

  Back home↑

 Tea and nibbles↑

 My wool order has arrived↑

 My son's newspaper order has arrived.

He is doing 3 rounds!

I helped with putting a leaflet in his paper round for Studley.

 Light lunch↓

 Off to the happy place of work↓

 I comes back for a nice cup of coffee↓

 

 Leaks in Ham with Cheese Sauce↑

 Off to the final job of the week↑

 With some good music🎶

Holiday Time tomorrow.

Packed my bags already.

(I hope David Soul is driving our bus to our holiday to Blackpool tomorrow 😍)

 (It's David Soul's Birthday today.

Let's have a nice relaxing song of his to finish off the Hump of the Week) 🐪

 

 

Not Really Into THAT Music!

Never do anything in bed that you can't pronounce - Mitch Murray

Another hot day awaits...

I gave everyone sloppy 💋💋💋

before they all left.

I started the day with coffee!

 2 more days of school....

(How am I going to cope in the 6 weeks holiday????)

Where has the sun gone???

 That's cold↓

 Just had to play a great song on repeat.....↓

Quick look at the newspaper↓

 The church is hiding behind the trees↓

I was asked if I wanted to go to the 90's themed Christmas Party in December.

I don't like 90's music was one reason.

I can't dull out the music by getting pissed as I am a tea-total.

Me wearing school uniform?

I wouldn't be wearing the school tie in the normal place...but somewhere else!

   I still sweated buckets.

I put all the things away on my own.

I have a nice shiny red face... 

 I have meeting with new lollipop boss.
There might be a problem with getting my coats for the job.
*They don't do my size*
I gave her two solutions...Put a patch with her council's name over the old one on my two coats I have here
or 
Phone the Chinese supplies and say they 6 weeks to get the new coats sorted!I needed this coffee!

 When hubby came back,
we nipped to B&Q

 This might look nice in our garden↓

 We got the wood we needed.

 Final job of the day with some great music...↓

 I get back and flop on the bed...
One more day to go..until I break up
&
Friday Feeling is nearly here!

Trying To Be A L-A-D-Y....

I have been in more laps than a napkin - Mae West

Welcome to a cloudy Tuesday..

Where has the sun gone? 

Enjoyed a cuppa in bed 🛏 

I gave everyone a sloppy kiss 💋  before everyone left..

I might have to wear a new Superhero t-shirt..

 Enjoyed a nibble and coffee↓

I did some housework..

followed by

the 5 a day green soup.

The sun is trying to come out↓

 

 It's not that warm..

No big big sunglasses..

The road I normally take to work is closed.

Around half of Redditch to get to work ;D

Finally get here..

Now for Birthdays.

Hans Christian Andersen: Was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality.
Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.He would be 214 years old.

(He died aged 70 in 1875)

Sir Alec Guinness : Was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played nine different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy; for the original film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.He would been 105 years old. 

(He died aged 86 in 2000)

Dame Penelope Keith: Is an English actress, active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity.She is 79 years old.

 Susan Townsend:  Was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole.She would have been 78 years old.

(She died aged 68 in 2014)

Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher) : Was an American singer and songwriter. Starr was famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".
Starr was born in Tennessee and raised in Ohio, and later lived in Detroit while singing for Ric Tic and Motown Records.  Besides "War", Starr's songs "25 Miles" and "Stop the War Now" were also major successes in the 1960s. Starr's career shifted to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he continued to produce music, living there until his death.He died aged 61 in 2003.

Argentina invades the Falklands Islands starting The Falklands War in 1982.

Those dark clouds are coming over :(

At least the temperature has gone up↗↗

I had a box delivered.

It's rhubarb!

Then the rain comes down..

I go off to do other job.

A visitor calls me a "Lady"

I reply,"I rarely get called a L-a-d-y!"

The visitor said,"Surely not?"

I laugh and reply,"Surely yes."

Added bonus,

My great cake making skills was acknowledged too:)

Just gets back before the hail stones come down↓↓↓

What's that old saying?

"Too many cooks?"↓

Oh dear.....

Still has enough food left to eat!

I did a bit of book writing...

We all went to bed early.

(I was armed with my ear plugs)