Music Monday (March 31st)

From the film Stigmata - where priest and pretty young atheist bond during her demonic possession.  Despite this synopsis, the song is beautifully melodic.  Penned by the talented Billy Corgan, here's Natalie Umbruglia with  Identify. Hope you like it!

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Saturday Nine - Too Close

 I am giving another meme group a go. There wasn't much respnse to my other weekend one but I'm looking forward to the answers. I've always been interested in other people's interests! Find Saturday 9  host of the Meme by clicking this link.
                                                          


1) This song is about a friendship that turned romantic ... and it doesn't end happily. Have you ever crossed that line with a friend? If so, how did it work out?

No. But I once had a fling with my twin sister's friend's husband.  I knew it was wrong but having a twin helped with alibi's! She went nuts when I told her who it was and he DIDN'T leave his wife.  I've been married 25 years and have kind of grown out of the fling thing stuff!

2) When he was a kid, this week's singer, Alex Clare, listened to his dad's Stevie Wonder records. When you were in 7th/8th grades, what music were you into?

Blondie was my biggest passion and other new wave sounds - eg,The Ramones I still had a huge interest in 60's music having 3 older brothers who played records non-stop!
 

3) "Too Close" has been featured on the TV show, The Vampire Diaries. Do you enjoy shows/books/movies about the supernatural?

I adore supernatural films and books.  Can't get enough of ghosts, me!  And I think there is something erotic in vampire films, too.  I've never watched VD or Twilight for that matter. My favourite ever Dracula was Gary Oldman in the 1993 Bram Stoker's It was a real touching love story in between the gallons of blood.

4) Some of Alex Clare's tour dates were sponsored by Bud Light. Do you like beer?


I have the odd shandy now and then but I'm virtually tee-total and almost totally on tea!

5) Mr. Clare trained to be a chef, just in case the music thing didn't work out. Are you a good cook? 

I'm a lousy cook.  My darling hubby takes care of that sort thing.  I'm quite good at boiled eggs and icing a cake but that's about it!

6) Crazy Sam is forever running out of mayo because she slathers it on her sandwiches. What is currently on your grocery list?

I badly need vinegar. I opened a bottle top and flung half of it on my fish and chips. Hubby had swapped brands and made a hole in the top of the lid!

7) Where are you most likely to find spare change -- between the sofa cushions, in your jeans as you toss them into the washer, or under the floor mat of your car?

I think the most likely place would be the sofa. I've been cut while searching before so the money will stay put until it's time for a new sofa!

8) How did you spend your Friday night -- working late, hanging out with friends, or just enjoying a quiet night at home?

Curled up on the sofa with a bag of fresh popcorn and the boys all out the house! Bliss!

9) Do you use Pinterest?

 No. I really only use Blogger.  Although I've heard most people are Pinteresters.  I'll give it a miss for now.....

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Up Too Late But Still Make It A Date!

I never managed to add my link for Sunday Stealing in time but I'm still gonna do the meme and perhaps up some interest in it for this coming Sunday  (which will be the UK Mother's Day!) so fun all round!

Anyhow -                          

                           Give It A Try

1. Do you know triplets?
    No.  But I am an identical twin so know a smidgen about multiplying!
2. Do you prefer Titanic or The Notebook?
    I'd have to say Titanic. It still tackles my emotions after this long!
3. Have you ever eaten Indian food?
   Chicken or lamb korma with pilau rice is a favourite of mine. 
4. What’s the name of your favorite restaurant?
   The Gulnaar.Where I buy my korma's from.
5. Who’s your favorite person in the world?
    My daughter.  She's as solid as a rock and the funniest person I know!
6. Would you rather live in a rural area or in the suburbs?
    I'm very much a town person.  Rural would eventually do my head in.
7. Can you whistle?
    I'm not good at it.  I've a wet chin at this very moment!
8. Do you sleep with a nightlight?
    Not on purpose, but I do nod off during reading sometimes with the back of my husband's head propping the book up!
9. Do you eat breakfast every morning?
    Not every morning but more times than brunch!
10. Do you take any pills or medication daily?
      LoL.  I rattle as I walk.  I'm a cancer survivor!
11. How many times have you been to the hospital as a patient?
      Countless over the years.  I have an existing medical condition that requires regular
       monitoring. 
12. Have you ever seen Finding Nemo?
       Seen the film, got the bath towel even yet!!
13. Where do you buy your jeans?
       High Street stores. Not fussed.
14. What’s the last compliment you got?
       From the ladies of the community centre  work.  Just had my hair bobbed!
15. Do you usually remember your dreams in the morning?
      Snippets of them perhaps.  It's only the very very good dreams or nightmares I hang on to.  I
      really should be jotting things down and try to analyse them.
16. What flavor tea do you enjoy?
       Just your basic, everyday tea leaf. Sometimes a lemon tea or Earl Grey.  
17. What social media sites do you use?
      I have a Facepuke account but rarely visit there.  Blogger is the only one I'm faithful to.....!!

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And if anyone can make sense of this Vine below, then I take back calling my son a right eedjit!



What was that all about?  God help him at his next confession.

Music Monday (March 24th)

Taken well before his time here's the magical sound of  Robert Palmer  giving us  Bad Case Of Loving You  with lyrics.  If anyone knows how to  'fall like a net'  please give me an idea and I'll give it a try!  Meanwhile, I'll be fair liking this song.......until next Monday!!  Ta ra.....XxX

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Feline Friday (March 21/3/14)

Last week had some kitty-in-the-kitchen snaps, which reminded me of Simon and his favourite hang out.  Here he is sound asleep to the rhythm and rock of machine vibrations until spin cycle 4 gives him a very rude awakening!

 





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Music Monday (March 17th)

Keeping in conjuction with home life - here's Mental As Anything  with Live It Up.  The band are Australian and if memory serves me well, the song was part of the soundtrack from Crocodile Dundee.  Hope you enjoy this little piece of the 80's!  With lyrics........

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Sunday Stealing (16th March)

Apologies to any Magpie Tale participants being brought here via link 17...!  The actual link is numer is 25 or simply click here .  While you're here, why not consider joining!  Everyone likes a meme....!

This is my second attempt an Sunday Stealing meme.  I'm hoping to pick up the gist of things as the weeks pass.  It's a cracking idea!



1. Do you have another window or tab open?  If so, what are they?  I have a tab open to my other blog here   What Lena Leaves  where I hang out more. Pop over if you like!

2. Do you like to cook/bake?  I try my best but I don't have a flair for cooking, although I can ice donuts and boil an egg....that's about it! 

3. What are you currently listening to? My clock ticking. 

4. How long have you lived in the house you live in?  Twenty five years. My happiest ever home!

5. Are you tired?  Getting there. It's 1am in Scotland right now!

6. Do you pick your words carefully, or just tend to blurt everything out?  I put my foot in it a lot, but I've learned to be more discreet over the years.

7. Are you nice to everyone? LoL. I'm the only female in the house, so not everyone. I like to be polite and considerate - especially to new people I meet. Equal respect isn't so hard to put into practice.

8. Have you ever tripped in public?  Oh, yes! Often and as sober as a judge with it!  I try not to got out in icy weather as I'm a definite for tit-over-arse if I do!

9. Are you a morning person or a night person? A night person. I enjoy the peace of my own company once the guys are all in bed.

10. Is it easier to forgive or forget?  Forgive. You can't erase a memory if it's been a bad experience but you can rise above it.

11. Is there something that’s recently shocked you?  Yes. My son brought brought down his dirty washing himself without the need to nag! Amazing! 

12. Which is harder: walking away from somebody you love or coming back?  Walking away.  Parting is never easy.

13. What were you doing at midnight last night?  Going over my daughter's Vine collection for my other blog.  I've got a series of her antics in the workplace going on!

14. What color are your eyes?  They're a very dull smoky grey colour.

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Feline Friday (14/3/14)

To help welcome spring along...........

Tom In A Tea Cup:

  
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Sunday Steal (8th March Q's!)

Sunday Stealing Meme (First Timer)

1. Have you ever pretended to read a book to impress someone?  No, but if they bang on about a book they have read, I'd just fib and say I may read it soon!

2. Have you ever pretended not to read a book in order to avoid embarrassment?  Kind of.  I lied and said that I'd never read Fifty Shades of Gray when in fact I'd somehow managed to stomach the first 10 pages!

3. What’s your worst reading habit?  The Viz magazine.

4. What book are you most proud of having read?  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, because of its controversial content.

5. Do you buy most of your books new, second-hand, electronically or borrow via the library? I'm too careless to own a Kindle or such like (I'd leave it on a bus no doubt) so second hand and library suffice.

6. Have you ever pretended to watch a film to impress someone? No, but I once said I'd watched Apocalypse Now when I hadn't, to try and avoid watching it via video one night.  I forced myself to watch it a few years later and it's now in my top 10 favourite films!

7. Have you ever pretended not to have watched a film in order to avoid embarrassment?   Well, I'll not readily admit that I'd sat through The Human Centipede.  It was so gob-smackingly bizzare I had to see it all.

8. What movie have you watched the most?  Probably Bram Stokers Dracula. (1993)

9. What film do you tell people is your favorite ever?  Sweet Hostage (1973)

10. What film is actually your favorite ever?  The above.

11. What time do you usually wake up and get up in the mornings?  It varies.  I'm a committed insomniac so sometimes it's the previous morning.

12. Do you wake naturally or does something/someone wake you up?  Naturally, if the damn bloody birds don't warble me up at the slightest hint of morning first!

13. How many snooze alarms do you need?  Just one. He's called Trevor.

14. What’s your routine on a workday/work at home morning?  Shower, s**t, shoes, then shoot off.....!

15. What’s your routine on a non-workday morning?  Sluggish, very very sluggish......!


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Music Monday - Kate Bush - Babooshka

Taking me back to the days when I was an underage drinker in my first 'local' pub.  This song was never off the jukebox and pissed off my first boyfriend something rotten and for that reason alone I give you all this: a quirky Kate Bush and my favourite song of hers - Babooshka!

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Feline Friday (7th March)

 
 I had to share this wonderful Top Cat with the world (or at least this group of us!) as he quite took my fancy.  

Oh, I do love a well-turned-out 
       Tom!





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Music Monday - A Little Respect - Erasure

I used to dance my arse off to this in the 80's.  Even with the vast years passed since this was high in the charts, it's still used as one of the best summer anthems to beat out from a passing car!  It's a sure foot tapper!

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☼ Sunday Snippet (49) ☼

I wonder if anyone can help me?  I can't seem to think of another purpose for multi-purpose compost other than for growing plants in?  Can you?



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