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I am not strange,I am not normal - Salvador Dali

The alarm went off....

To listen to"The Sounds of the 60s"

I dozed half an hour into the show.... 

Woke back up to have a nice bacon, & black pudding sandwich in bed...:)

 Nice hug and kiss in bed.

Then we got dressed.

Now to venture to town.

 Nice view from Car Park 4↓

 

 

 

 

 Does some shopping in Poundland and Poundstretchers.

Now for a boost in the Library..

 Read the newspaper for the Birthdays:

Peter Blake: Actor ,(Dear John) would have been 70 years old.

(He died in July this year)

 Dan Hartman: American musician,(Instant Reply,Relight My Fire) would have been 68 years old.

(He died at the age of 44 in 1994) 

George Baker:Dutch singer and songwriter (Paloma Blanca, Little Green Bag) is 74 years old.

 John Lennon: British musician, pop star and member of The Beatles (Imagine), shot and killed in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 years old in 1980

 Marty Robbins: American country singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone), dies at 57 years old in 1982

Black Ealing comedy "The Ladykillers": directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness,Peter Sellers,Herbert Lom, is released in the UK in 1955.

We did a lot of window shopping.

I was on the hunt for some Christmas Earrings....

Didn't find any I liked.

Back home for a quick lunch↓

 After buying a plain Santa Hat,

I added a Xmas tree,bells and more pom poms to it↓

 Now to pimp up some Winter Hats↓

 

 

 

 

 

 We watched a great film:

Dragged a tired hubby off to warm bed...

 

No Kippers But Plenty Of Nets

Never sweep.After four years the dirt gets no worst. Quentin Crisp

Welcome to December!

 I was up early to listen to "The Sounds of the 60's"

We listened to the rest of the show in a nice warm bed.

After getting up and having breakfast.

It was time to upgrade the house a little bit.

Net curtains and tidying up bedrooms was top of the list.

Time for some fresh air!

 

 We managed to get a parking space.

First stop was my Dunelm Experience.

 Picked up net curtains and net curtain wire.

Next stop was to get some top up shopping in Lidl.

Robot vacuum cleaner↓

 

 Much prefer my Henry...↓

 Bongo time!

 Much prefer my Kenny :)↓

 Pops in to see my dad for an hour.
Enjoyed a good coffee↓

Gets back home to continute upgrading the house.

My older son had some nice blue net curtains.

My younger son had some nice green and white net curtains.

We had some nice blue bird net curtains in the small window.

 After we finished tea.

It was time to relax....

 I put another internet order for some more net curtains for the huge stairs window.

(As the nets have not been changed for 8 years!!!)

It was ready for 10 to 6pm.

However I was in my PJ's and the shop shuts at 6pm...

However it was ready at

We bought this particular film a few months ago...

 It was a very good film.

So good, I have ordered the second film...↓

 and another film,

we missed when it came out on the cinema. 

 

I had quick look at the Birthdays...

 Matt Monro: English singer, (Born Free,From Russia With Love) would have been 88 years 

(He died in 1985 at the age of 54.) 

 Keith Michell: American actor and theatre director (6 Wives of Henry VIII) would have been 92.

(He died in 2015)

Anton Rodgers: British actor (Fresh Fields, May to December) died at the age of 74 in 2007.

 John Lennon & Yoko Ono: release
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US in 1971.

 

Off to bed, as we are visiting another Country House tomorrow....