When The World Gives You Lemons...

I've been on more laps than a napkin - Mae West

Bank Holiday Monday

Welcome to my Monday 🍥

 Hug with brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

I wanted to get the newspaper before it gets really busy with people.

Where has the sun gone?

Out in Sexy Beast we go..

It's now starting to snow ⛄

It's really cold....brrrrrr

Says hello to everyone in the shop when I get my newspaper.

Goes past my dad's, still looking like a public car park...

Back home.

The lawn looks nice :)

The blossom is coming out now on the tree.

Quick coffee before starting on the Easter Cake.

Hubby goes on to put the boarder on the wall in the toilet room.

I have a date with lemons...

I had a little play with Kenny as well.

The sponges were put in the oven to bake.

Hubby had finished putting the boarder up.

Once the cake had cooled down from being in the oven.

Time for some decoration!

Now for a special Afternoon Tea.

(at home)

That was so nice and yummy.

Dishwasher emptied and loaded up.

Plus the washing machine went on 3 times!

I carried on writing yesterday's blog post.

Once that was done and published.

Tea at 3. 

I went off to have a nice hot shower!

The curtain rings on the curtain rail above the front door wasn't holding the curtain.....

Nearly 12 years that has been there...

Time for a longer curtain rail that covers the little window and front door!

I ordered one and picking it up tomorrow.

Next on the to do list.

1)Get a new bed for the son that sleeps in the box room. 

2) Another mattress for the other son. 

As we are not going away on holiday at Whitsun.

Sheds and loft is going to be sorted out too. 

We weren't very hungry come teatime.

We had crumpets with grated cheese...

Then we caught up with today's episode of 

Judge Rinder.

Then I caught up with today's newspaper.

Crispian St. Peters (born Robin Peter Smith) was an English pop singer-songwriter, best known for his work in the 1960s, particularly hit songs written by duo The Changin' Times, including "The Pied Piper" and Ian & Sylvia's "You Were on My Mind". 

He would have been 82 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 71 in 2010

Allan Clarke  (born in Salford, Lancashire, England) is an English pop rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Hollies. He achieved international hit singles with the group and is credited as co-writer on several of their best-known songs, including "On a Carousel", "Carrie Anne", "Jennifer Eccles" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress". He retired from performing in 1999, but returned to the music industry in 2019. Clarke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

He is 79 years old 🎈

 

Stan Ridgway  is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums. He was the original lead singer and a founding member of the band Wall of Voodoo.

He is 67 years old 🎈

Gene  Pitney was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer^.

Pitney charted 16 top 40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top 40 hits, and 11 singles in the top ten. Among his most famous hits are "Town Without Pity", "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa", "I'm Gonna Be Strong", and "It Hurts To Be In Love". He also wrote the early 1960s hits "Rubber Ball" recorded by Bobby Vee, "Hello Mary Lou" by Rick Nelson, and "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He sadly died on this day in 2006 aged 66.

 

We missed the first half an hour of the new 

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic

We will watch it from the beginning tomorrow.

Sleep Tea.

More things for hubby to do tomorrow....

(Making the most of him while on holiday!

What could go wrong?????) 

 

Not Going Back To That!

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted - Martin Luther King Jnr

Welcome to my weekend.🎈

As normal, my bodyclock woke me up at 6.50am...

Up I got, left sleeping beauty alone...

Off downstairs to have tea, listen to the Sound of the 60s  and catch up with blog!

 Mmmmmmm↓

 Sleeping beauty rose about 8am.

I blew him a 💋..

(he is still have the chest infection)

Once we got all changed,

It was drop one son off at his boxing lesson,

&

The rest of us seeing my dad in hospital.

 

 It's expensive to park in the car park at the hospital for too long↓

My dad was looking a lot better.

Except he was feeling cold,

&

Low blood pressure.

After nearly an hour,

We needed coffee↓

 That's better!

It cost us £2.50 to get out of the car park!

Now onto B&M for a bulk load of kitchen towels↓

 Then we nipped into Sainsburys to get some points on our nectar card

 30 items for £22.

Back home to unload.

Nice light lunch↓

 Off to Asda to get some more Pjs for my dad↓

 While we travelling to Lidl's,

All the fans came out of the nearby football ground.The Police were keeping the rival fans separate, some brave fans were walking in the road in front of the moving cars...

Now to do some of our shopping here↓

 Then off to Aldi to get the rest↓

*I'm not going back to that type of phone!*

 My hubby's bank card was declined twice!

My card wasn't declined!

Thank God!

On the way home,

We heard a tune from 1947..↓.

(My son didn't like it)

 We gets back home to unpack the shopping.

Meatballs and spaghetti↓

 Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist.She is 49 years old🎈

We caught up on the television we missed last week.

Graham's guests are Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming, stars of Endgame on the West End, Miriam Margolyes on new Call the Midwife, Sharon Horgan, on new film Military Wives, and singer Craig David.

While watching the news,

Suddenly there was a lovely looking man appeared!

(It's the beard!!!!)

 Yum Yum!

Back to Law and Order we go to..

Then off to drag a hubby off to the Kingsize...