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Showing posts with label carrot cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carrot cake. Show all posts

Monday 3 May 2021

Watching Lots Of Balls.....

Rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else 
- Marilyn French
 Welcome to my Bank Holiday Monday.
(No Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 until tomorrow,then the fun starts!) 
My body clock woke me up early...
Downstairs I went to enjoy a much needed brew!
 
Now to write yesterday's blog post.
I took up a cup of tea to sleeping beauty. 
I reminded him we have some bacon and black pudding to use up.
He got up soon afterwards and started to do the bacon sandwich....
After I published my blog post.
I went back to bed for an hour....
Later on, it was time to get the newspaper.
As normal the rain starts!
Gets the newspaper, I went past my late dad's house. Nothing happening there....
(Just like what happening about my dad's estate....nothing!)
We drove over to Aldi's in Bromsgrove to pick up more things we need for this week.
Then it was back home. 
Unpacks the shopping.
Light lunch.
with some strong coffee!
While hubby watching the afternoon session of the snooker.
I had a little play with Kenny.
Cake was put in the oven.
I watched the final afternoon session of the snooker. Then we caught up with things on the planner we had to catch up with.
Carrot Cake was done!
Nice burgers and sausages for tea.
Quick look in the newspaper before we watch the evening session of the snooker.
Alex Cord (born Alexander Viespi Jr.;  is a retired American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, better known as Archangel, in 55 episodes of the television series Airwolf (1984–1986). Early in his career, he was credited as Alex Viespi.
He is 87 years old 🎈 
Mary Hopkin , credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti (from her marriage to Tony Visconti), is a Welsh singer songwriter best known for her 1968 UK number 1 single "Those Were the Days". She was one of the earliest signings to the Beatles' Apple label.
She is 71 years old 🎈 
We were rooting for Shaun Murphy to win.
He was a good runner up. 
Then off to a warm bed with hubby's warm body!
Back on that Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow! 



 


 

 

 

Tuesday 26 May 2020

Getting Rid Of!

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody - Agatha Christie
Welcome back onto the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
 Now to enjoy warm hugs and a brew↓
 I had breakfast.
I got dressed.
Now off for the daily walk↓
 The sun still hadn't come out by the time I got home↓
 Hubby went to work.
I enjoyed having my coffee and nibble↓
 Philip Michael Thomas is an American retired actor and musician. Thomas' most famous role is that of detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle. After his success in Miami Vice, he appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and advertisements for telephone psychic services. He served as a spokesperson for cell phone entertainment company Nextones, and supplied the voice for the character Lance Vance in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.He is 71 years old🎈
 Colin Vearncombe known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He emerged from the punk rock music scene and achieved mainstream pop success in the late 1980s, most notably with the 1986 single "Wonderful Life", which was an international hit the next year.He would have been 58 years old🎈
 He died aged 53 in 2016

I write yesterday's blog.
Then out for a tiny ride in Sexy Beast ↓
 It's getting warm↓
 I went to water the plants on my parent's grave↓
 I comes back to wait for my Hobbycraft order↓
 
 Oh dear, it's happened again!
It wasn't delivered here again!
Gets onto Hobbycraft again!
Time for Kenny to come out for a play↓
 
 I received the post only to find I have been served Redundancy Papers!!!!!
Where is the consultation????
Oh dear, time to contact the Union!
Light lunch time
 Finished decorating the carrot cake↓
 Time for tea↓
  We did got 4/6 on the TV Themes Quiz.
Trying to sort out this redundancy figure out.
The right figure that is!
Nice Chicken Evening Meal
 Now off to work
With some good music↓
It was still light when I got back↓
Nice bit of cake to enjoy↓
 Now to enjoy another episode of "Hill Street Blues"
 Hoping for a warm Hump Day tomorrow.


 

Monday 11 May 2020

Lighting Up A Monday!

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all - Sir Winston Churchill
Welcome abroad to my tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡
 The wind has got up and it feels cold.
Time to get warmed up with hug and a cup of tea↓
 I wasn't going to risk the skirt being blown up by the gale force winds outside while going for my daily walk.
Sexy Beast Time!
 It's not very warm↓
 Back to work, hubby goes.
 I put out the 3 baskets of wet washing on the line.As with this wind, it should be dry by the end of the day.
Has a quick look in the newspaper↓
 Les Chadwick, English bassist (Gerry and the Pacemakers).He would have been 77 years old.🎈
He died in Sydney on 26 December 2019, from brain cancer.
    I caught up with yesterday's blog.
Then it's play time with Kenny↓
 
 
 The Plumber from the council arrived to do the annual check on the 14 year old boiler.
He couldn't understand why I had a plastic box  under the boiler.He said he couldn't find a leak on it.
Funny that, the box was half full of water from somewhere!
"You are not supposed to use the top half of the airing cupboard to store clothes,"He said.
I replied to that comment:
"Not since the leak ruined 3 bags of bed linen again in December. I have 4 ottomens full of bed linen in my bedroom.It didn't help the council going back on their promise of replacing the 14 year old boiler in December."
He was attempting to remove the green splash guard to get to look at the oven.
I told him the splash guard is firmly stuck to the wall.The cooker does have a chain to it!
I asked if everything was alright and he said yes as he handed me the Landlord's Gas Safety Record.
I looked at the details of any faults:
1:No fire stop on flue.
2:1 Flex& 1 lead on meter.
3:Hole around gas pipe needs compling in.
Is what he wrote.
Nothing was filled in the remedial action taken box! 
He left, complete with face mask and gloves.
Light lunch time↓ 
 The carrot cake has been done↓
 Tea Break↓
 The woman who delivered my Amazon order, really liked my Wisteria↓
The shelf gets put up on the wall↓
We was going to put up a pan shelf I got from my late dad's house. It didn't come with no screws.When I did find some suitable screws. I didn't have no bigger raw plugs to put in the wall.Back onto Amazon to get the screws and wall plugs.
That what I miss not having my dad around anymore, he would always have little bits and bobs I could do with :(
 We watched Boris↓
 Meat Free Stir Fry↓
 Off to work I go↓
 With some good music↓
 Back home and its not quite dark↓
 The Windmill lights up↓
 The lights work as well↓
 I had a nice hot shower.
Cup of Sleep Tea.
Then off to a really warm bed with a even warmer hubby!