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Showing posts with label Vince Clarke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vince Clarke. Show all posts

Saturday, 3 July 2021

Road Trip For Bargains!

 Anyone could write a novel given six weeks, pen, paper, and no telephone or wife - Evelyn Waugh
Welcome to our Saturday πŸ’„
Nice brew with warm hug.
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Gets one son up for his job.
Packs the shopping trolley...
Drops off son at his job.
Now for a road trip to Droitwich.
We couldn't park in our normal parking spaces.
At least the car park we parked in was empty!
We popped into see the Droitwich Lions.
There was loads of maps from all different countries.
Bought all of them for the younger son.
I bought a nice CD to play in Sexy Beast...
Here a few of her songs....
I popped into the near-by Charity Shop and picked up a Special Edition of Gladiator film for £1.
Then to hit more Charity Shops......
Loads and loads of bargains...
Back to the car with a full trolley.
Nice to see a M reg Rover in the car park.
Now to move the car nearer to the supermarket we are going to visit for more bargains!
We had to queue up...
Lots of plants...
(Got more than enough thanks)
Got some right bargains.
Used the £1 off from the car park ticket.
Plus free newspaper as well.
Back to the car for a quick drink!
Back home to unload the bargains.
Light lunch.
Now to catch up with some telly!
First up was:
"Dragon's Den"
4 episodes of Judge Judy.
 Webbs are looking for cleaner...
Pity the hours clash with my Lollipop job!
Then we caught up with the new series of 
The Hotel Inspector.
England were playing Ukraine...
We won 4-0! 
Lovely tea we had.
Beef Enchilados
I still had newspapers to catch up with...
Including today's.
Kurtwood  Smith  is an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987), Robert Griggs in Rambo 3 (1988), and Red Forman in That '70s Show (1998-2006), as well as for his many appearances in science fiction films and television programs (Lou Grant, Star Trek, The X-Files). He also starred in the seventh season of 24, He voiced Gene on Regular Show (2012-2017), Leslie Claret on Patriot (2015-2018), and Old Man Peterson on The Ranch (2017-2020).
He is 78 years old 🎈 
Vince Clarke  is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously the main songwriter of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and the Assembly. In Erasure he is well known for his deadpan and low-key onstage demeanour, often remaining motionless over his keyboard, in sharp contrast to Andy Bell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Erasure have recorded over 200 songs and have sold over 28 million albums worldwide. Vince Clarke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of Depeche Mode.
He is 61 years old 🎈 
Now for some much needed Sleep Tea.
Off to bed as the males of the house are having haircuts tomorrow....

 
 

Friday, 3 July 2020

Doing A Little Dance For Friday!

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers 
- H L Mencken
It's back!
The Friday Feeling🎈
 Finally got my redundancy money from The Happy Place Of Work 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Time for hug and brew↓
 We had breakfast.
Got dressed.
Looked outside.....
Just started to rain when we were going to do a daily walk.
Out in Sexy Beast we go↓
 
When we got back.
I gave hubby a sloppy wet πŸ’‹ as he was off to his office.
Time to read the newspaper↓
 Judith Durham is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963.She is 77 years old🎈 
 Vince Clarke  is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously the main songwriter of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and the Assembly. In Erasure, he is well known for his deadpan and low key demeanour onstage often remaining motionless over his keyboard in sharp contrast to Andy Bell's animated and hyperactive frontman antics. Erasure have penned over 200 songs and have sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Vince Clarke will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of Depeche Mode.He is 60 years old🎈 
 With a much needed first coffee of the day↓
  The washing machine goes on.
Kenny comes out to play, as we have run out of cake in the house, kids are not happy!
 
 While it's in the oven,
Washing machine goes back on.
Writes yesterday's blog.
Lemon flavoured loaf with dried strawberries and walnuts↓
 Washing machine and tumble drier goes on again.
Light lunch time↓
 With a cup of Peppermint Tea↓
It's sure hot in the USA↓

 More facemasks to make↓
 Out comes the sewing machine↓
 A little break for Tea at 3↓
 I got 3/6 on the Tv themes quiz.
2 facemasks made↑
Quick read of the magazines that came today↓
 We had a bacon and egg roll for tea....
It started to rain while I went off to work..
Big tune to start off with↓
 The rain stopped when I got home↓
 Hubby has finally finished his Tales of the Unexpected boxset I bought him!
Back on to another boxset↓
 Onto the second disc, (Another 68 to go)↑
 With added sleep tea↓
 Early night to enjoy the last of the Friday Feeling in bed......🍾