Groundhog Day!

Clock on. Do as little as you can. Clock off. Live beyond your means. Then die. -Eileen Grimshaw, Coronation Street.

Welcome to a interesting Tuesday👀

Breakfast and Brew.

Dressed.

Now out of the door I go....

The gates to the hall wasn't open again.

Parked up opposite.

Put on my winter coat and winter hat.

Went and turned on my lights.

Picked up my newspaper.

The gates were open,

So I drove in.

Got my big stick out.

Now to turn on my other lights.

Off to work I go...🍭

Last minute brakers,

Parking in the Keep Clear Space.

One BOING given out.

Our parker on double yellow lines turned up again!

Same time, same place.

Finished in one piece.

Nips into the Council Office.

Then to go to the Co-op to fetch more mince pies for Friday night. 

Back home.

Gets my Council things ready for later.

Cup of coffee needed.

I wrote yesterday's blog post up to liquid lunch.

Read the newspaper.

Talked to hubby on his lunch break.

Now the time is to leave...

I handed in the mince pies.

Put on my winter coat and winter hat.

My friend arrived, and we went to put on one set of lights. Then off down to the Charity Shop for some bargains and conversation.

The teddy bear I donated last week, and I saw a man walking with it, had come back.

I got a nice jacket for hubby↓↓

I sent him the picture and he wanted it.

Got it him.

Said goodbye to the staff in the Charity shop.

Turned on my other lights.

Back to pick up my big stick.

Then off to the square for a rabbit.

My other friend didn't turn up ;/

My friend thanked me for giving her the food yesterday, and everyone enjoyed it for tea last night. \o/

I said goodbye to my friend as she starts work before me.

No lying sun to worry about.

Starts my shift.

My other friend had been out and about as he went past and did the royal wave at me.

Still people are leaving it too late too brake.

Nearly had some tap and cracks....

No BOINGs given out...

My other two friends arrived, quick chat, and off home they went.

Finished in one piece.
Back home.

Cup of brew needed.

Got some more Council business done.

Early tea time.

I watched last night's Headliners.

Hubby came back and had a sloppy wet one 💋

Then I had to go out for my Council Meeting.

Grabbed my bag.

Hubby had another sloppy wet one 💋

Now to get ready for the Council Meeting.

Interesting meeting.

It was really dark when I left.

Nice moon...

Sleep tea time.

Hoping for a warm Hump day tomorrow 🐫

 

 

Never Want To Bake Another One!

Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it - Jim Morrison.

Welcome to my Monday 🍪

I had a warm hug.

Brew with Breakfast.

However I have broken up for the Christmas Holiday, hubby is still on his Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 until Friday!

I give him a sloppy wet 💋 before he leaves.

I get up, thermal vest goes on.

Dressed.

I have someone coming around to check the smoke alarms, and fuse box.

First up, a coffee is needed.

All the smoke alarms gets replaced.

I even have one fitted in the living room.

The kitchen light was replaced.

The fan was replaced in the bathroom.

As the previous one, (I paid for) if splashed with water could have caused a shock!

Nice!

He checked all the sockets he could get to.

(He was pleased with our new bathroom light, as he was going to replace with the same as I have got)

Time for some lunch!

Now to make mince pies....

Tea at 3

I got through 4 packs of shortcrust pastry.

Hubby came home and had a sloppy wet 👄 for his trouble.

(He has snooker tomorrow)

Meat Free Stir Fry.

Another batch of meat pies made.

Then a Mincemeat Tart.

Then looked inside today's newspaper.

John Hillerman  was an American actor best known for his starring role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on the television series Magnum, P.I. that aired from 1980 to 1988. For his role as Higgins, Hillerman earned five Golden Globe nominations, winning in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, winning in 1987. He retired from acting in 1999.  

He would have been 89 years old 🎈

He sadly died aged 84 in 2017. 

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto;) was an American singer, musician, and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. 

He sadly died aged 37 in 1973. 

Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" film premieres in New York, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore in 1946.

"Harvey" starring James Stewart premieres in New York in 1950.

"The Godfather Part II", directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1975) in 1974.

While hubby works on the Abs machine.

I load up the dish washer and put it on.

Sleep Tea Time.

Christmas Cards and Mince Pies are ready to be delivered tomorrow↓

Behind today's Advent Calendar Door is:

Hubby tried to set the alarm on the Radio Alarm Clock, after the power kept being tested this morning, it wasn't playing ball.

He set the alarm with Alexa.... ⏰