...and relax! TLC, Tattoo Fixers, Four In A Bed and Scrooged

Woke up this morning and was not disturbed by work escalations. Bliss! My morning was my own! Watch WWE Table Ladders and Chairs PPV which had an interesting main match but the rest of it was pretty meh. I think maybe I have fallen out of love with wrestling which is a bit of a surprise. Let's see how I feel when they can get back to doing proper shows with audiences once again as it might be a combination of the product and the lack of live crowd noise...... or maybe it's just the product LOL Still, there was fire!

I moved on to some Louis Theroux and nis Scientology movie. It was a fascinating insight into this very closed, secretive group. 

A bit if housework, YUK, was then followed by some Tattoo Fixers.

I dug out some old crack in the afternoon and indulged in some Four In A Bed as it's been a while!

We started out Christmas movie viewing tonight with the Bill Murray classic, Scrooged.

Better day, The Witches and Tattoo Fixers

I am pleased to report that today was a much better day, Very busy but stress free and reasonably productive. That was such a relief I can tell you!

Musical delights today came in the form of Genitorturers and Fleisch, industrial goodness.

Halloween countdown day twenty seven came with Anjelica Huston in The Witches,

It will be interested to see what Anne Hathaway's soon to be released reboot will be like.

We finished the night off with a nice cuppa and the last episode of Tattoo Fixers.

Fall back, baking, Tattoo Fixers and Coraline

So the clocks went back last night so when we woke up feeing like it was 08:30 it was actually 07:30! Thankfully nearly all the clocks in our house are now digital so very little manual intervention required.

It was back to baking today and another fantastic batch of rolls for Toni.

A nice cooked breakfast and Hell's Kitchen began the proceedings. We then relaxed for the rest of the day with lots of talking and reading which was a pleasant change from the norm as we usually have the TV on for most of it.

Zoe came round to clean out her rats and to enjoy a roast dinner with us. We watched some Tattoo Fixers together before the food was ready.

Halloween countdown day twenty five was in the form of Coraline.

Morning off, Miggi;s, stress, Practical Magic and Tattoo Fixers

I had the morning off today which was very nice. Toni, Sam and I went out to Miggi's for breakfast which set me up nicely for the day. I did some reading and listened to some music before it was back to the grind again. 

The afternoon started well and then promptly went completely tits up and became very stressful! Not that I had any say in what happened but the moral of this story is don't let a key person on a project take two weeks holiday at a critical point unless you are sure they have a deputy to step in (especially when it is the so-called project manager)! *le sigh* Next week is going to be a bit manic I suspect which is not something I am relishing!

Working music was courtesy of German/Norwegian symphonic metallers Leave's Eyes. 

Halloween countdown day twenty three came in the form of Practical Magic. I aways forget how much I enjoy this film. 

Tattoo Fixers closed out our day again.

Good day, more Schenker, Casper and Tattoo Fixers

It was another good day today. Things got done and plans were made and some time off was booked (and other time off juggled). My list of things to do is still pretty long but I can at least see progress and I am not getting stressed out about it. It didn't get a chance to listen to much music today but when I did it was back in Michael Schenker land.

Halloween countdown day twenty two and it was Casper (The Friendly Ghost) from 1995.

It's amazing how well some of the special effects still stand up today considering the technology that was available at the time. 

Tattoo Fixers (Extreme) saw out the rest of the day!

Great day, more Schenker, Ghostbusters and Tattoo Fixers

It was a great day today. I woke up happy, work was productive and there was little stress or drama. Even had time for a bacon break AND lunch today! 

Michael Schenker was in effect again today with an extended play list. There is so much quality material that he has done both solo and in collaborations that I had not head before so this is a great musical journey.

Day twenty of the Halloween countdown came in the form of the Ghostbusters 2016 edition

Also this version of Ghostbusters seems to be very unpopular we love it. It's a great film anyway but is boosted by one of Chris Hemsworth's finest performances,

We were delighted to find that another season of Tattoo Fixers was on Netflix so that was our car crash TV for the night. This time it was the extreme version :) 

Chia seed rolls, cucumbers, hockey and Fixers

It was baking day today. I did my usual recipe for almond flour gluten free keto bread but this time through in two table spoons of chia seeds to the dry mix. The cooking time didn't change and they seemed to come out well. The additional seeds actually ended giving me enough for seven rather than the usual six rolls which was surprising as the volume of seeds didn't look that much.

The good news is that Toni said they were really nice. The idea of the chia seeds was to get more fibre in them which will help with Toni's blood sugar levels. They look great on the inside too:

We harvested some of our cucumbers today, they are delicious! Hand added for scale....

Live hockey was back on at a reasonable hour so it was time to see how the Boston Bruins would fare against Tampa Bay Lightning after their shocking 1 - 7 loss. Tampa Bay were leading the series 2 - 1 so this was time for Boston to even things up. First period ended with Tampa Bay leading 1 - 0. Second period ended with Tampa Bay leading 3 - 0.  This was not going how we wanted. Third period ended with Tampa winning 3 - 1 and also extending their series lead to 3 - 1. Now Boston have to win all three remaining games to progress to the next round.  

If you want to place an online bet on the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Play Offs just pick any team that I am not rooting for and you'll have a good chance of winning something!

We then finished off Tattoo Fixers before moving to it's spin off show Body Fixers. Following on from a similar premise: people who have extreme, shocking and downright hilarious beauty and hair fails visit a one-stop shop to have their problems fixed by a team of top young professionals 

It's certainly more extreme than Tattoo Fixers was, even gross in places, but is just as entertaining car crash TV.

Good day, weird house, hockey and Tattoo Fixers

Today was a good day. My momentum finally carried on and I was able to do some major catch up on a number of tasks. The day wasn't without it's challenges but I finished earlier than I normally and quite relaxed heading into the back holiday weekend so that was a great feeling.

This self isolation thing is all a bit weird. The seems so much quieter with Zoe staying with Jade and Aaron and Sam confined to his room. We do occasionally get to talk to Sam at a safe distance but it is strange especially as he is taking this very serious and when navigating the house always wears a mask. His diligence is very much appreciated. Only another two (wish) weeks to go!

The NHL Play Off schedule was changed with some games being postponed to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Instead of scheduled game we caught up with the Dallas Stars v Colorado Avalanche game from Wednesday night. Dallas were leading this series 2 - 0 but Cororado dug deep for this one and and closed the series 2 - 1 after a strong 6 - 4 win. It was a good game out not the result we wanted!

We closed the night out with a few more episodes of Tattoo Fixers.

Too much work and Tattoo Fixers

Work is not going my way at the moment so I won't bore you with my trials and tribulations LOL. 

Nothing to worry about it's just really busy and I am not managing to get everything done that I need to.

Our evenings have been spent watching Tattoo Fixers on Netflix. It's good old car crash TV watching people having their shite tattoos covered up. Most are these are done on boozy lads weekends and are things that were funny at the time (you had to be there....). The downside is that we have watched so many seasons of Ink Master now that we have a very critical eye when examining the resulting cover ups!