Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess: liquid lunch

Saturday, 21 October 2023

Happy Birthday Manfred!

When all else fails, and the instructions are missing, kick it -

Anon.

Welcome to my busy Saturday 👅

Breakfast and Brew.

Listened to "The Sound of the 60s"

UK Top 3 from 1969.

3 - Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine.

2 - Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

1: The Archies - Sugar, Sugar.

Dressed.

My new trainers arrived.

The rainbow shoe laces went in!

Now to leave the house with younger son.

(Hubby went off to get some new parts for his car, that was going to be fitted by a good friend)

Drops younger son off at work.

Now for me to look around Morrisons...

Will wait for No.4 to come out on DVD.

Tried to use my voucher for my newspaper, the red light kept going off. I was advised to go to the Cigerette counter. Another queue to join.

Back home with some shopping.

Then back out in hubby's new car.

The brake pedal had been fitted to the passenger foot well!

Goes round to see my friend, who fits the new parts to hubby's car.

Paid him and back home.

Picked up shopping list.

Now to to do some shopping...

The trolley wouldn't move.

We got another trolley and carried on doing the shopping.

I was tempted....

Hubby got his Gemini book....

I left it there....

It will soon be here...

Done shopping.

Back to the car we go....

Back home to unload the shopping.

While hubby puts the shopping away.

I refill the bird feeders.

Sweep the path of leaves.

We have has rain in the last 24 hrs↓

The wisteria is still growing↓

Now for some liquid lunch.

Looked in today's newspaper.

Manfred Sepse Lubowitz (born 21 October 1940), known professionally as Manfred Mann, is a South African-born musician, resident in the UK since 1961. He is best known as a founding member of the bands Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Happy Birthday Manfred!

Now to make some tea...

It's done!

Smoked Salmon, Mushroom Risotto.

Now out to fetch two magic bags from Starbucks.

Then reduced food from Morrisons.

No thanks↑↑↑↑

Back home with the Magic Bags...

Reduced cake!

We caught up with James Whale.

News and newspaper review.

Sleep Tea Time.

Move fun tomorrow!

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Rainbows and Unicorns!

If you see a bandwagon, it's too late - James Goldsmith

Welcome to my Hump of the Week 🐫

Breakfast and Brew.

Dressed.

Time to leave the house.

It was a bit chilly.

On goes jacket.

I gives hubby a sloppy wet one 💋

Onto work I go.

On goes the winter coat and summer hat.

I walk down the road to turn on my lights.

Then to get out my big stick.

Now to turn on my other lights.

I walked down to my spot.

Lots of cars not stopping at all.

One car driver parked opposite on the double yellow lines.

I took his photo, he drove past me, taking a photo of me while he was driving!

Finished in one piece.

I went for coffee and chat with a good friend.

She gives me her bread and butter pudding to put into the Bake competition.

I dropped off some prized for the upcoming raffle with the Parish Council.

Now back home.

The lovely bread and butter pudding↓

Coffee time.

Now to dye and flavour the cake.

All put into cake tins,

Put in the oven.

Once all cooled down.

They were all put on top of one another.

They will be covered with fondant later on.

Liquid Lunch.

I talked to hubby on his dinnerbreak.

Then off out I go for the afternoon session.

The weather forecast said rain.

On goes those sexy lumo trousers.

On goes the winter coat, and summer hat.

I turn on one set of lights and walks down to the Charity Shop.

Has a good chat with everyone.

I said goodbye , turned on my lights, and went back to Sexy Beast to collect my big stick.

One friend didn't come as he was waiting for the Plumber to service his boiler.I had a good rabbit with one friend.She went to work, as I waited, it started to rain.