Sunday 31 October 2021

My Top 10 Halloween Movies

Halloween Movies:

Jeepers Creepers
Salems Lot
The Conjuring
Insidious
Drag Me to Hell
The Blair Witch Project
Psycho
Carrie
Fright Night
Paranormal Activity

31st October - Today is Halloween

  • 31st October - Halloween
  • 30th October - Sleep-in Day
  • 29th October - Internet Day
  • 28th October - Chocolate Day
  • 27th October - Black Cat Day
  • 26th October - Pumpkin Day

  • 25th October - Greasy Food Day
  • 24th October - United Nations Day
  • 23rd October - ipod Day
  • 22nd October - Nut Day
  • 21st October - Count Your Buttons Day
  • 20th October - Sweetest Day

  • 19th October - Evaluate Your Life Day
  • 18th October - Chocolate Cupcake Day
  • 17th October - National Pasta Day
  • 16th October - World Food Day

  • 15th October - National Grouch Day
  • 14th October - National Dessert Day




  • 13th October - National Yorkshire Pudding Day
  • 12th October - National Savings Day
  • 11th October - National Stop Bullying Day.
  • 10th October - World Mental Health Day
  • 9th October - National Mouldy Cheese Day
  • 8th October - National Kick Butt Day
  • 7th October - World Smile Day
  • 6th October - National Mad Hatter Day
  • 5th October - National Do Something Nice Day
  • 4th October - National Vodka Day
  • 3rd October - World Architecture Day
  • 2nd October - National Name Your Car Day
  • 1st October - International Coffee Day

Saturday 30 October 2021

Playlist for Halloween

My top 10 favourite songs for Halloween:

Thriller - Michael Jackson
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (The Exorcist)
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Junior
Ghost Town - the Specials
People Are Strange - The Doors
Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
Disturbia - Rihanna
This is Halloween - Marilyn Manson
Highway to Hell - ACDC
Jump to the Left - Rocky Horror Show

Friday 29 October 2021

Reasons to Diet #6 - Be Noticed for the Right Reasons




Number 6:

I want to be noticed for the right reasons!! I am fed up of walking into bars, restaurants, offices and feeling eyes on me - for all the wrong reasons! I want to be the person that gets looks in a good way. So that is my reason number 6!!

10 Scary Films for Halloween #1 - Jeepers Creepers

So my first choice to kick us of for our 10 Scary Films for Halloween is the now classic Jeepers Creepers. This was released back in 2001, and was billed as an American Horror film.

Its much better than that though, so don't be put off! This is one of my favourite scary films. Its got all the ingredients to make you watch it, get a bit creeped out, but then watch it again, and again. Its become one of my horror staples.

Why is it called Jeepers Creepers? It sounds creepy for one thing, but actually its because of the old song by that plays throughout it at poignant points. "Jeepers Creepers, where'd you get those peepers". Ooh spooky.

The film focuses on brother and sister, Trish and Darry (played by Gina Phillips and Justin Long). They are driving a class big old American car, with a dodgy stick shift, down huge big empty highways that you only seem to find in the states.

An old truck harangues them, and has the licence plate "BEATNGU", before charging past them and disappearing into the distance. Just the truck itself, battered looking and scary looks terrifying enough, before we even get to see the driver!

The siblings come across an old abandoned church, and see the same truck with what looks like a body wrapped in a sheet being pushed down an old pipe into the bowels of the earth. As you do, they sneak back when the truck has gone and after falling into the pipe unintentionally, Darry discovers a really gruesome scene. The ceilings of the underground chamber are lined with the bodies of young people, who have been stitched back together and embalmed. Lovely!!

Be warned, this film will make you jump and will gross you out to at times. I won't spoil the ending for you, as this is a great film. Not an all time great - but you know what you are getting and its a fab Halloween choice.

It's makes you jump, is tense, creepy, and has just enough ghoulish factor to appeal to horror fans but with a bit of tongue in cheek dialogue that keeps it pacy and entertaining. Justin Long is convincing as a teenage dufus, with his sister being the smart one. Throw in those long American roads and creepy locations, that scary truck and voila - spooky classic. The creature, whatever it is, is one of the most horrible things I have ever seen!!

Even after you know the twists and turns when that old song cranks up "Jeepers, Creepers, where'd you get those peepers" you cant help but want to run - or at least hide behind a cushion!!

Let me know what you think of this one and enjoy. Happy Halloween #1 woooohhh!

Reasons to Diet #5 - Confidence





Number 5

Number 5 on my list of reasons to stick to my diet is to have more confidence. When I gain weight, I feel self conscious, and horrible, and grumpy.

When I lose some weight, I have more confidence, I feel happier and better. So that's reason number 5!

Thursday 28 October 2021

Things to do in October

  • Carve a pumpkin
  • Make a scary costume
  • Go to a Halloween party
  • Protect your half hardy plants
  • Enjoy the Autumn colours
  • Lift tender bulbs and perennials
  • Plant your woody plants
  • Plant you daffodils and tulips bulbs for next year
  • Go to the treetop walkway in the Cotswolds
  • Hire a cosy lodge or cottage for the weekend
  • Go to the Palinka & Sausage Festival in Budapest
  • Celebrate Oktoberfest
  • The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 
  • Cut back perennials
  • Sow some seeds
  • Visit the London Dungeon
  • Sweep up the leaves
  • Make a compost heap
  • Go on a ghost walk
  • Take a hot bath when its dark outside
  • Watch some scary movies
  • Sign up for Stoptober if you smoke

Reasons to Diet #4 - Look Good at Work

Working 9 to 5


Number 4

My reason number 4 for sticking to my diet is to look good at work. I have been working from home but the mere prospect of having to go into the office is now making me post lockdown weight gain panic! I want to be able to wear what I want to wear, not just black and grey.

I want to be more stylish, more groomed, more put together. So my fourth reason is to look good at work.

Halloween's coming Halloween's Coming


Do you remember that song? Halloween's coming, Halloween's coming, skeleton's will be after you. If like me, you are a child of the 70's or 80's its a wonder you are not traumatised by all things ghoulish. It was such a scary thing for us. 

Kids these days are used to it. They have facebook! Nothing is a wonder anymore - the truth is out there. Not so for us. We were terrified! And not just by the lyrics!



Wednesday 27 October 2021

My Top 10 Scary Films


Number 1: The Shining
Number 2: Salems Lot
Number 3: 28 Days Later
Number 4: Drag Me to Hell
Number 5: Insidious
Number 6: The Descent
Number 7: Carrie 
Number 8: The Conjuring
Number 9: Paranormal Activity
Number 10: The Blair Witch

Reasons to Diet #3 - Fit in my Clothes


Number 3

Reason number 3 to stick to my diet: To fit into all those lovely clothes in my wardrobe!!

I have many items in my wardrobe that I can't currently wear. Some are mere pounds away from fitting, some I can barely get up to my knees!! Some do fit, but look awful because they fit in all the wrong places!!

It would be lovely to open my wardrobe and just be able to select an item, knowing it will fit me. It would make packing for holiday a pleasure, not a challenge!!

Tuesday 19 October 2021

New Wishlist for 2021

  • Electric bike
  • Victorian outdoor lamp
  • Octopus ornament
  • Ericka Figurine
  • Mini Greenhouse
  • Primm 1.7m W x 2.5m D Mini Greenhouse
  • Gardening tool belt
  • Secateurs
  • Garden trug
  • Degree course
  • 4 man tent 
  • Barbour Jacket 
  • Bathroom 
  • Beach bag 
  • Bedding 
  • Bicycle 
  • Bikini 
  • Body butter 
  • Campervan 
  • Carpet 
  • Chaise longue 
  • Chanel Coco Mademoiselle
  • Chanel tote 
  • Clarins Eau Dynamiste body lotion and body wash 
  • Clarins treatment 
  • Cottage break 
  • Courvoissier 
  • Crystal glasses 
  • Curtains - made to measure
  • Designer Watch 
  • Dress 
  • Egg Chair 
  • Garden statues 
  • Gas BBQ 
  • Grieb and Benzinger watch 
  • Handbag 
  • hardbound notebook 
  • Hobbit house 
  • Holiday 
  • Hunter Wellies 
  • Jodhpurs 
  • Land Rover 
  • Lawnmower 
  • Lingerie 
  • Luggage 
  • Lulu Guiness suitcase 
  • Motorhome 
  • New Kitchen 
  • NYC Trip 
  • Patio Heater 
  • Pearl necklace 
  • Pedicure 
  • PJ's 
  • Pop up tent  
  • Angel wings ornament
  • Alapaha Angel Wings Figurine
  • Range Cooker 
  • Rattan furniture set 
  • Riding Boots 
  • Shoes 
  • Shower unit 
  • Slippers 
  • Solar lights 
  • Spa Break 
  • Spa facial 
  • Stationery 
  • Stone bench 
  • Storm Lanterns 
  • Sunglasses 
  • Swarovski Jewellery 
  • Treadmill 
  • Veneers 
  • Vespa 
  • Vintage luxury chair 
  • Wellies rack 
  • Whiskey 
  • Wine Fridge 
  • Winter coat 
  • Yankee Candle 
  • Silver cutlery
  • Microwave
  • Cosmetic treatment
  • Wrought iron radiators
  • Roll top bath 
  • Electric shower 
  • Shower cubicle 
  • Kettle tap 
  • Slim Dishwasher 
  • Towel Radiator 
  • Underfloor heating 
  • Spa massage
  • Gold / Copper kitchen utensils
  • Copper saucepans
  • LED projector mobile
  • Table lamp
  • Floor lamp
  • Art - canvas
  • New toilet and sink
  • Bathroom tiles
  • Kitchen tiles
  • Kitchen units
  • American fridge freezer
  • Flip flops
  • Snow Boots
  • Mara™ - Fleece Lined High Rise Snow Boots
  • Wine rack
  • Craft Stuff
  • Dinner Set
  • Funky Socks
  • Solar charger
  • Beach towels
  • Good scissors
  • Bling jewelled bikini
  • Coco Mademoiselle Fresh Hair Mist
  • Coco Mademoiselle Velvet Body Oil
  • Coco Mademoiselle Fresh Body Cream
  • Coco Mademoiselle Foaming Shower Gel
  • Chanel Le Lift Eye Cream
  • Segway
  • Sleepeezee mattress
  • Spin bike
  • Weight set
  • Cross trainer
  • Mascara
  • Kindle
  • Smart light bulbs
  • Smart electric hub
  • Tweezers
  • Baseball cap
  • Induction hob
  • Ankle bracelet
  • Beach holiday
  • Jo Malone Candle
  • Headphones
  • Lulu Guinness Handbag
  • Tweed jacket
  • Home cinema system
  • Wool coat
  • Acrylic nail kit
  • Kitten heels
  • Side lights 
  • Anglepoise lamp
  • Pond plants
  • Duvet cover
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Reasons to Diet #2 - I want to be a Size 10/12


Number 2


#Reason No 2 - I want to be a Size 10/12

My intention to think of a reason every day to stick to my diet. 

If I can keep this thought in mind for each whole day, I hope it will be enough to keep me motivated and inspired.

Reason Number 2 is that I have reached a Size 12 once or twice, but never maintained it, and I need to be a bit smaller still. So size 10/12 is the goal. 

Reasons to Stick to my Diet Number 1 - look good in a bikini

Number 1
#Reason No 1 - I want to look good in a bikini!! 

This is my intention to think of a reason every day to stick to my diet. 

If I can keep that thought in mind for each whole day, I hope it will be enough to keep me motivated and inspired. 

3 Degrees of Separation - The Walking Dead - Part 1


  • The Walking Dead 
    • Zombies
  • 28 Days Later
    • Zombies
    • Danny Boyle
  • Danny Boyle
    • Sunshine
    • Music from Sunshine Episode 5 Series 1 TWD
  • Stephen King 
    • 3 actors from TWD in The Mist
    • Jeffrey DeMunn - in The Green Mile, The Mist, Storm of The Century
    • Andrew J West went on to star in Stephen King mini series Under the Dome
    • Michael Rooker - starred in The Dark Half
  • Andrea - TWD
    • dies as Andrea by shooting herself in the head
    • dies in The Mist by being shot in the head
  • Game of Thrones
    • Series 7 reference to "Walking Dead Men"
  • Zombie films homage and references to other films
    • Day of the Dead
    • Dawn of the Dead
    • Jaws - Ben Gardner's head
    • Return of the Living Dead
    • Zombie
    • An American Werewolf in London
    • Creepshow
  • Actors from other great films
    • The Truman Show 
    • Love Actually (Andrew Lincoln)
  • Hints at what's to come
    • barbed wire wrapped bat next to corpses
    • gun with barbed wire wrapped bat on it ( Negan)
  • The "Baddies"
    • Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
    • Gareth (Andrew J West)
    • Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker)
    • Shane (Jon Bernthal)
    • The Governer (David Morrissey)