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Showing posts with label Wonderwall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wonderwall. Show all posts

Monday, 1 July 2024

In's & Plenty Of Outs!

Let down the curtain; the farce is over 
- Francois Rabelais
Welcome to my July's Adventures....👽
1: Voted in the General Election :)
2: Had new neighbours move in. Made them a cake.....as a welcome \o/
3: I went to a Funeral of a dear friend, who I saw regularly while doing my Lollipop job.
(There was a good song being played at the end of the service)↓
4: We visited Droitwich, to pick up my new glasses. 👓
5:I broke up for the 6 weeks holidays \o/
6:We visited Warwick and Leamington Spa.
Picked up my 58th Minion!
7: It took 3 days to declutter the Dining Room. We dropped a car full at our local Recycle centre.
4 bags went down to the charity shop.
8: New housemate.
(The minions are worried)
 9: My dad's 83rd Birthday 🎈🎈🎈🎈
10: I have been making thing to sell at a Christmas Craft Fair in November.
(Even in 28c heat, it's nice to be in the Christmas mood!)🎅
Roll on to August for more fun 🎈🎈🎈






 
 

 
 

Friday, 6 May 2022

Less Frantic Friday Feeling!

For sincere advice and the correct time, call any number at random at 3.00am - Steve Martin.
Welcome to the Friday Feeling 🎈
Nice big hug...
Brew with breakfast.
Let's open the curtain to check the weather!
No thermal vest needed!
The kids came back from the count at 3am this morning....
Redditch had 7 Labour Councillors now.
Now to get out of the house:
Gets the newspaper.
Now to slip into the summer coat, with Big Big Sunglasses.
Turns on my lights.
Now ready to rock 'n' roll...
Had a chat with the parents, some asked what happened on Wednesday. I told them the brief details, and I was being asked what I am doing over the weekend... lots I replied.
A few BOINGs happened on the cars on the otherside of the road.
One major Boing for one car on my side that failed to stop.
At least I finished in one piece!
Back home.
Coffee machine went on,
As did the washing machine!
The soup maker went back on again..
Gave all my plants a water with the new watering can...
Now for some light lunch...
Rain is forecasted later, so the washing will have to wait until tomorrow to be put out.
Now for the final shift of the week!
I still puts on my summer coat.
Turns on my lights and waits...
My friends arrive and we have a good rabbit..
I wish them a good weekend when it was time to start!
Car drivers being good for once!
No BOINGs give out!
I survived!
Hometime.
Has a much needed brew...
Now to start making the tea for tonight.
Faggots were put in the oven.
Peeled the potatoes.
Hubby came back and had a warm hug and a sloppy wet one!
Tea is served.
Afterwards hubby and younger son went food shopping.
Time to look into today's newspaper.
UK No.1 on this day in 1995:
Oasis - Some Might Say.
Hubby came back from shopping.
Once it was all put away.
Time for some telly!
Have I Got News For You.
Followed by sleep tea...
More of the Friday Feeling in bed.....🎈

 







 

 

 

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Back To Talking To The Kitchen Wall!

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say - Cyril Connolly
Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫
Having a rest from walking....
Back on that walking 🎡 tomorrow.
 Brew and Hug time↑
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Out for a little walk↓
  When we got back.
We enjoyed coffee in the garden.
 Quick play↓
 &
Read of the newspaper↓
 
 Richard Huxley  was an English musician who was the bassist for the Dave Clark Five, a group that was part of the British Invasion.
Born at Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent, he joined the group in 1958, and played on all of the band's hits including "Glad All Over" and "Bits and Pieces". He was the only member of the group who did not write songs. After the group disbanded in 1970, Huxley pursued a career in property development but maintained an involvement in the music business. He was in attendance for the ceremonial induction of the group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008, along with Lenny Davidson and Dave Clark.He would have been 80 years old 🎈
He died aged 72 in 2013.
 Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played nine different characters, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, and The Ladykillers (1955). He collaborated six times with director 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 and the BAFTA 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 also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy; for the original 1977 film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.He died in 2000 aged 86 
   I put the breadmaker on.
Made some scones.
I had a letter from my late dad's solicitor, seeing if we were going to hold off until January next year before disputing his estate three ways..... 
Mmmmmm no to that.
My dad's house will be put on the market soon....
Just think of the 6 months interest the solicitor will be gathering in THEIR bank account!!!!
While I was talking to my younger brother, I missing the timer going off for the scones...
The stones were a bit over done....
Hubby had made room by the front door,
Sorted out the shoe rack......
Light lunch time↓
 Cheddar and Sun Dried Tomato bread was ready!
 Followed by Tea at 3
Writes yesterday's blog post.
Followed by a go on the sewing machine..
More face masks made↓
 Our sons helped out sorting out the uniform for the upcoming uniform bank this month.
We had our treat of the month↓
 Fish and Chips 
Moving onto two episodes of:
Of to work I go.
Big tune time↓
Just enough light left when I got home↓
 I jumped into a nice hot shower.
Followed by a lovely sleep tea↓
 Off to look around Hanbury Hall tomorrow...
Hoping for NO rain......