Week 73…..Thanks a Bunch

Phil always liked to bring flowers on a first date.

Finally a couple of days of nice weather. Well compared to what we’ve had recently anyway. The ground was not too wet nor was it baked like concrete – oh the joys of gardening on clay- so it was now or never to attempt to start the never ending task of weeding. Unfortunately it’s been left to it more or less for the last few years, thanks to dodgy knees. However this year I have no excuse, so I really must get on top of them, and start getting the garden looking good. Hopefully filling in most of the gaps to reduce the need to weed as well in the process.

Spring is a little late here this year thanks to the bizarre extended winter we seem to have experienced. But it is nice to see the plants finally start to bloom and flower. Roll on summer. I am awaiting a date with you, and a lengthy relationship. Well I can but dream!

Week 72…..Teamwork

Baking biscuits required teamwork

 

Only yesterday did YS come home from school with a request for a donation of home baking for the up coming school fair. Only issue with this, was the fact that the school fair is on Saturday and the school wanted donations returned to school tomorrow.  So that meant I had to allocate today to baking. Which normally I wouldn’t mind if a: I had had a bit more notice and b: didn’t have other stuff to get on and do today instead.

However the minifigs were on hand to help out with the baking process. I guess that means now the workmen will have something to have with their tea break, as well as not having to walk off with my biscuits, which they have been known to do in the past….

Week 71……On Reflection

Marvin liked what he saw in the mirror

Series 10 Minifigs – Out Now

Imagine my delight on visiting the supermarket this morning, to find a lovely yellow display stand full of series 10 minifigs.

Not only that but the open boxes had hardly been touched. So the great big bag feeling began. Now normally the display unit when they 1st come out is at the back of the store at the far end of the toy aisle. Today however it was just off the main aisle as you walk into the shop by the sports equipment. I normally quite like the fact it is the other end of the aisle, because you don’t have every shopper passing you, wondering what on earth you are doing, so you can feel away in peace.

I quickly found a couple that were top of the ‘to get’ list. Whilst feeling my way through the boxes, it was apparent however, that there are a lot of certain ones, and less so of others. No change there then. There were an definite abundance in the 3 boxes I worked through….(yes you did read that correctly 3 WHOLE boxes, and it did take me a while: an hr roughly.) of Baseball players, Sky Divers, and the Tomahawk Warrior. There were also a significant amount of Decorators, Sad Clown’s and Motorcycle Mechanics. The rest were all much of a muchness in terms of frequency.

However it took me until the 3rd box to find the Roman Commander I was looking for at the end, and even then there was only a couple in that box. I do think I now have a good idea what key features to feel for now. I even had the store manager(s) come up and talk to me.

‘I see you’re having a good feel of my merchandise’ said the Manager

‘Are you looking for a particular one’ said the other Manager type

‘I am’ I replied. ‘I’m just trying to find this one’ – pointing to display stand. ‘Or this one, but doubt I’d be that lucky to find Mr Gold’

‘But I have got the ones at the top of the shopping list – for the kids’ I added. ‘So just the Roman soldier to go’

‘They’ve only just come out’ said Manager 2

‘ I know, their release date was the 1st May’ I answered – leaving them wondering what kind of geeky woman I was

‘At least you’re not opening the packets to find the one you want, unlike some of the kids’ said Manager 1

‘Oh no I’d never do that, I even put them back neatly in the boxes’ I replied

A few more pleasantries passed between us, by which point I had finally found the Roman Commander.

But there was no MR Gold in the boxes I searched through, which is a shame. I’ll have to keep my fingers crossed. I’m sure the managers will know if I do, as they’d be able to see me skipping off down the aisles to get the rest of the shopping with a huge big grin on my face.

However the search will continue for the rest that I want….I mean my kids would like……and hopefully they’ll appear in some photos soon. And it would be fantastic to have a Mr Gold, sadly though I can’t see my luck holding out for that. Good Luck everyone.

Series 10 Packets

Week 70…..The Sightseers

Bob and his Dad looked on in awe. It was an amazing feat of engineering.

Today we went on a little sightseeing tour whilst meeting up with some friends. Bob and his Dad came along too. I think we all had a good time. We were definitely lucky with the weather, the sun decided to come out and shine just at the right moment, although it was a shame I couldn’t have stayed for longer.

Week 69……Young Love

Little did they know, many years from now, that they would still be making beautiful music together.

Week 68……The Day Job

It was another busy day in the office for Bruce, until the phone rang.

I can sympathise with Bruce, although my day can be busy without the phone ringing, but I think most of us have to don the superhero’s outfit from time to time just to get everything done within a given timescale. But then again us SAHM (Stay at Home Mum) just sit around on our bottoms all day drinking copious amounts of tea or coffee, whilst getting our fill of daytime TV programmes and spending all day on Facebook or other social media sites. Yeah right! If only we did, life would be that much easier. That however is a whole other story………..