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Showing posts with label The Legend Of Xanadu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Legend Of Xanadu. Show all posts

Friday, 6 March 2020

You Think You've Troubles.....

Concentration is my motto.First honesty, then industry, then concentration - Andrew Carnegie
Welcome back to Friday Feeling 🎈
 Back to all of the jobs today.
Hopefully no more rain!
I enjoyed a much needed hot shower :)
Followed by hug and a cup of tea↓
 I gave everyone their sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹
It's good job I had my thermal knickers on↓
 
 
 I had a quick look in the newspaper↓
 Martin Kove, American actor (Victor-Cagney & Lacey), is 74 years old 🎈
 Kiki Dee, is an English singer  Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown’s Tamla Records.
Dee is best known for her 1974 hit "I've Got the Music in Me" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", her 1976 duet with Elton John, which went to Number 1 both in the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1993 she performed another duet with Elton John for his Duets album, a cover version of Cole Porter's "True Love", which reached No. 2 in the UK. During her career, she has released 40 singles, three EPs and 12 albums.She is 73 years old 🎈 
 The nice tree picture↓
 I had the car drivers actually stopping!!!!
It must be the Friday Feeling🎈 
I finished in one piece. 
Now for some serious singing along with the new CD↓
 Repeated the song three times...
One good singing session! 
My B3 space is free↓
 In need of a strong coffee↓
 I have a good yak with my good friend.
I said goodbye to her.
More singing to be done↓
It was nice to see the sun!
 What a disaster I had!
I had a really red face when I left! 
More singing needs to be done!
 Back home.
 
 In need of a strong coffee↓
Back out to do the final 🍭job of the week.
 One lorry driver didn't realise my lollypop stick can go up really high!
He chose to stop!
I finished in one piece.
Back home to get changed.
Off to the Happy Place of Work 
The polish is failing to work↓
    
  Some nice music to sing along with↓

Back home for tea
 I was too tired to do the other job.
(I will do it tomorrow)
I have some more bedroom items to try to fit in our bedroom↓
To finish off this terrible week....
The Hunt For Red October has arrived a week early......GREAT!

 
 
 

Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Blowing The Dust Off...

There used to be me behind the mask,but i had it surgically removed - Peter Sellers
Welcome to my Hump of the Week🐫
We still have Storm Gareth still blowing outside,he is giving my wind chimes a good bang!
 First cuppa of the day↑
I gave everyone sloppy πŸ’‹πŸ’‹πŸ’‹ before they left the house.
Blew the dust off the iron...
 
 That didn't take too long...
 Quick coffee and vitamin C↑
Worked on Monday's blog post.
Then liquid lunch↓
 Just as I leave the house,
It starts to rain!
On goes the rain mac!
 
 The temperature is going up↗↗↗
I had to go to two places to get my newspaper...grrrrr
Enjoyed listening to some 70s music on the way to work...
 Are we going to crack double figures???
 Now to look at the Birthdays
Neil Sedaka: American singer and songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do),is 80 years old.
Candi Staton: American singer–songwriter,whose hits include,
"Young Hearts Run Free", "You Got The Love" and "Nights on Broadway", is 76 years old.
Geoffrey Hayes: English television presenter and actor. He was best known as the presenter of Thames Television's children's show Rainbow from 1974 to 1992.He would have been 77 years old.
(He died aged 76 in 2018) 
Ronnie Rogers:British guitarist (T'Pau).Hits include Heart and Soul, and China in you Hand. Teamed up with Carol Decker in 2013 for a T'Pau  25th anniversary UK tour.
He is 60 years old. 
John Cazale: American actor. He appeared in five films over six years, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III.He died aged 42 in 1978.
Junior Walker & the All-Stars were #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart with the song, 'Shotgun' in 1965.
At Dunblane Primary School, Scotland: 16 children and 1 teacher are shot dead by Thomas Hamilton who then commits suicide. Results in handguns being banned in the UK. in 1996. 
 Off to enjoy some windy weather 

 
 
 
 The sun came out, besides the wind,
It was very warm.
Gets home in the sunshine!
 
 We cracked the 10c!
Had a lovely cup of coffee
  I don't know whether the rain will be back, looking at the dark clouds...
When I got back from my other job, I started on the evening meal...
Full Roast Chicken Dinner! 
Netflix time...
The Civil War,A Film by Ken Burns 
Really interesting!
Caught up on Brexit.....
Oh dear......
Enough said on that....
Off to a warm bed with set of warm hands! πŸͺ

 

Sunday, 27 January 2019

The Wind Is Going Well Wild!

The wind plays its own music - Bert McCoy
 The wind was banging my wind chimes really loud at 4.10am......
We had a nice lie-in...
 Tea time....
Playing I spy with a toilet tube....↓
 Wow look what the wind has done to my garden!!!↓
 Those dark clouds are coming over...
Now for a good workout with Henry..↓
Feel better after that!
Now for ping time!
 Back out in the wind..
 While in Morrison's
I noticed a good magazine...↓
 
 Then a great tune came on....
I just had to sing along...
(The looks I had.....)
We gets back to enjoy a nibble...
While drawing the curtains in the Dining Room.
I came across a great CD I listened to alot....
 I used to have the film poster as well.
(The film is on my highly recommended list)

I thought I can play the CD tomorrow on the way back to work....
Opened up the CD case, no CD in it...!!!!
Birthdays Time. 
 Alan Cumming: Scottish actor,(Goldeneye) is 54 years old.
 Gillian Gilbert: English musician and singer, best known as the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order is 58 years old.
Thomas Crapper: English plumber and inventor (ballcock), dies at 73 in 1910
AndrΓ© the Giant: was a French professional wrestler (WWE) and actor.(The Princess Bride) died aged 46 in 1993.

"Heartbreak Hotel", single released by Elvis Presley, his first million-selling single in 1956.
But first, we are watching a great film all ready for Monday....↓
I'm getting ready to mount that wobbly work wheel for tomorrow.....