Song Lyric Sunday : Your Father and I

23 Aug 2015 10 Comments

by willowdot21 in Uncategorized Tags: Lyrics, song, Song Lyric Sunday, story, Video

This part of Song Lyric Sunday from Helen Espinosa

Now I love Beautiful South because they write about real life. This particular song is about how an embittered wife see’s the conception of her son in a totally different light to , laddish husband who seems to be looking at things through rose coloured glasses while his wife most definitely has no such blinkers on! It is a great story and the video is brilliantly made ! This is my first entry to this challenge so I hopen I have gone about this correctly!

I give you : YOUR FATHER AND I , BY BEAUTIFUL SOUTH.

It was the middle of winter
And I drove us in my car
Well, the snow started fallin’
So we stopped off at a bar

When the beer jugs started flowin’
And your mother and I took the floor
But by the last dance we were tired
So I booked a room next door

So if anyone asks you
“If you come from heaven above”
You’re from a one star motel
With a five star passionate love

It was a hot summers day
(Hey, hey)
And we drove there in our car
And your father was thirsty
So we had to find a bar

Well he wouldn’t stop drinking
And he couldn’t stand on his feet
We had to walk to a hotel
And book ourselves into a suite

So if the teacher asks you
“Are you from heaven or are you from hell?”
You’re from a one star drunken screw
In a one star motel

Yes, if the teacher asks you
“Are you from heaven or are you from hell?”
You’re from a pitch black toilet
In a highway Taco Bell

I’ll remember the birth
For the rest of my time on this land
You’re mother’s sweating buckets
And me holdin’ onto her hand

Well your father was absent
He claimed he couldn’t find the ward
Just tugging on mescal
Trying to eat the umbilical cord

So if anyone asks you
“Do you know where you’re from?”, say, “Yes”
You’re from your mother’s womb
And your father’s stinking breath

And if they ask you, how you got here?
(Hey)
Tell ’em just what it took
(Hey)
Your father’s stinking breath
(Hey)
And your mother’s stinking mood

Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
Your father and I won’t tell the truth
Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
Your father and I won’t tell the truth
Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
Your father and I won’t tell the truth
Won’t tell the truth

Aha, hey
Aha, aha
(Hey, hey)
Na na na na na na na na
(Hey, hey)

Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
Your father and I won’t tell the truth
Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
(Hey)
Your father and I won’t tell the truth
Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
Your father and I won’t tell the truth
Your father and I won’t tell the whole truth
Your father and I

Songwriters
HEATON, PAUL / ROTHERAY, DAVE

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

everyone who would like to play along so we can share some fantastic music together. Here are the rules for Song Lyric Sunday:

Post the lyrics to a favorite song or a new song you want to share
Make sure you credit the singer/band and provide a link to where you found the lyrics
Link to the YouTube video, or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song
Ping back to my post that will go up every Sunday by 9am MST
Check out at least one other person’s blog so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process

If we were having coffee: Life’s a bitch then she gets bitchier!

23 Aug 2015 10 Comments

by willowdot21 in Uncategorized Tags: if we were having coffee, moan's groans and coffee

coffee anyone

Hello everyone welcome to the garden we have a marquee and heaters, all the garden furniture has been washed and I have put out cushions for your comfort.

Well what do you think shall we chance it . Now as always we have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.

Lets join everyone here and all the other “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEES”

Join in !

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

If we were having Coffee : I get you settled comfortably and then I would reiterate what Paul has said about the Airshow disaster at Shoreham. It was terrible and such a shame people out in the sun expecting a great day and then tragedy strikes. So many lives lives are now changed forever and all in the blink of an eye. Read more here.

If we were having coffee : I would tell you it has been a very busy week and I have almost met myself coming backwards. It has been a strange time full of contradictions, like the weather changeable. All the normal things blend in to a mess as I look back over the week. The only thing keeping me sane is my blog which somehow I have managed to bash out every day and keep up with all your wonderful posts. Please forgive me if I only click a like , I cannot always write a comment because my typing annoys the hubby so sometimes I just have time to read and like!

We had a lovely day out on Friday with friends the weather and company were warm and sunny and we had a wonderful time in Portsmouth .

A forest of masts

watching the boats in the lock

view back to the Quays from the lock

blue sky and sea , stunning!

If we were having coffee : Yesterday we had a family lunch which I thought was lovely but it was obviously not what it seemed….. the husband is not happy about it today . There is no point me going into it it as I am sure you all have families and can imagine the undercurrents and emotions that run high in every family. I am very disappointed by the whole situation and very hurt by some of the things the hubby has said today. Okay they maybe true but we all have to make adjustments . We were however delighted to meat our eldest son’s new young lady who is delightful and the couple seem to suit each other well and I can take heart in that. Also the Newbie and his Dad were present for the meal and the Newbie was well on form and delighted us all.He is a real delight and soooooo cute. He has a good appetite and ate all his dinner and some of my pudding too.

So why am I so full of pain ………… why do things look so black.

If we were having coffee : I am not going to burden you with the progress of my sister, or my friends daughter you come here for a chat and drink of choice and some lovely cakes , to relax and chat .

Relax and enjoy!

If we were having coffee: Sheri from sheridgegrom- from the literary and legislative trenches has prepared chocolate chip scones from a new recipe for our Sunday coffee and some of Tom’s ( her lovely husband’s) favorite, chocolate creme pie.

Tom’s favourite!

Chocolate Chip Scones

Thank you so much Sheri these are delicious and we really appreciate you preparing them for us! Do visit Sheri at her blog it is well worth the visit!

If we were having coffee: And now …DRUM ROLL…. It is time for the garden round up …I know yawn yawn.

First red tomato of the season

Fresh with rain drops adorning it like diamonds

Runner beans still going strong

The garden after the rain

The weather turns on a sixpence.

The garden crops are looking good and that first tomato looks amazing , it is amazing, though I think I waxed rather over lyrical when I said ‘Fresh with rain drops adorning it like diamonds’ poetic licence maybe! Well I need something to be happy about !

Okay well that is about all there is time for this week so I apologise for being down but we can’t all he happy with perfect lives? Can we ??

If we were having coffee : I would ask if I can fill up your cup, or glass or get you anything else to eat it is all calorie free!

Let us go and Join Paul and the gang and see what they are all discussing this week! It has been lovely as always to have you all here and I hope, as does Paul that you will all join us here again next week.

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And of course the

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE

over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s

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If We Were Having Coffee : Guest Post– August 23/201

23 Aug 2015 33 Comments

by willowdot21 in Uncategorized Tags: disasters, food banks, if we were having coffee, life opportunities, planes, to edit or not

What Do You Do with Custard and Cucumbers?

Visitors for Coffee Break

Welcome to Willow’s weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul; I’ll be your barista today. I’m happy to see you have come for a cuppa and a chat. Please come into the garden and make yourself comfortable. Willow fluffed the cushions on the chairs and set the tables in the garden so we can have a cuppa and chat as we soak up the sun and enjoy the beautiful plants. As usual, I’d be pleased to bring a pot of whatever beverage you prefer – we have a wide range of teas and coffees to satisfy our world-wide readership. Also available is a large selection of spirits for addition to your cuppa or in its place. We can relax amongst the flowers while we discuss the affairs of the week both personal and/or worldwide. How has your week been?

First of all let me offer my deepest condolences to the friends and families of those killed or injured on the A-27 at West Sussex Saturday when a Fighter jet participating in the Shoreham Air Show crashed into the road way. This has just occurred as I write this Saturday afternoon so there is little news of the fate of the pilot or how the accident happened. I am sure the authorities will be diligent in their investigation.

Humm A News Letter

So, speaking of airplanes, I was asked an interesting question today – one I thought I might share with you folks. One of my fellow tenants – Frank (name changed) – does some consulting work for a local airline. He seems rather well connected and is actually moving to Arizona in 2016, which is why he is staying in an apartment here in the student housing area of town – temporary accommodations. He and I have struck up a friendship and chat regularly. He has brought me a number of additions for my place, including a slow cooker and a shelving unit. He also helped me move and I gave him a silver flask set in return – not that he asked for anything. So Frank drops by this afternoon on his way to work at the airport and he has a question for me. He says that a major Canadian airline is moving its eastern operations to Ottawa and is looking for someone to write and edit a weekly company newsletter. It is a paid position and he wants to know if I am interested – as I have indicated to him that I would like to write for a living (I have the facial hair down pat now all I need is the job – Ha!). I indicated that I would be delighted to do so.

What do you think readers? I’ll keep you updated on how it goes – I have no clue if he has the connections to make it work but we shall see. Having never edited before, I may ask any of you out there who have edited to give me some tips on how it is done.

Would you like another cuppa? Perhaps a sweet? All our sweets are of the electronic variety and hence are calorie free – so fill up here.

Well, I dropped by the food bank this week – I would likely have been OK until my cheque but my neighbor was going and he asked me to come along, so I went. They were very nice and very generous and I got some very odd things. They rely on donations so they and I are very thankful for whatever is donated. I just have to figure out what to do with some of this stuff. Now, up front, I got some neat food that I would never buy – like bagged green salad (I would make my own but seldom do, so it is welcomed) that is very tasty and some bagels with jalapeño peppers baked in – quite hot but also tasty. There were also some staples, like hot dogs and crackers – all welcome.

Just exactly what does one do with cucumbers

And then there were the odd products. For instance I now have a 400 gram can of Devon custard which, it says on the can, is direct from Devon England. Could any of you kind readers explain to me what one does with this? I’ve never seen it before. I also have a can of pure pumpkin (nothing BUT pumpkin – guaranteed – it says so on the can). What do I do with that? I was thinking pumpkin pie – with the custard on top – but I don’t have an oven – just a hot plate and a slow cooker. Suggestions? Also forthcoming were three huge cucumbers, each as long and thick as my forearm. With them were three yellow squash that were about the same length but fatter around. Now I would like to hear suggestions on how to use them for future reference but this time I traded them to a fellow resident who is a wonderful retired professional cook. He makes soups and stews to die for, so I traded him the cukes and squash for some soup and stew.

Or this ?

I also got some single serving containers of Macaroni and Cheese. Now I have a problem with single serving portions. As I age, I eat less and so will buy single servings when the cost is affordable. But also as I age my eyesight deteriorates – even though I get it checked regularly, my ability to read smaller print is getting worse each year. Now the single serving containers are quite small and have a lot of info on them – ingredients, nutritional info (required here in Canada), cooking instructions, manufacturer info, product description and size, etc. To squeeze all this info on a package small enough to fit in the palm of my hand, they use a very fine print. I discovered today, when I went to eat the Macaroni that I can no longer read any of this printing. By holding the package under the light I was able to make out enough to figure out how to cook it (microwave without the metal lid but with the plastic ventilated lid provided). Are any of you readers in the same boat, and if so what do you use to fix this problem? Are there magnifying glasses for us folks? And if so, which are the best?

Tasty but the directions are unreadable

On that note, that’s about all we have room for this week, so it’s time to settle in with another cuppa and enjoy the garden. Sweets anyone? Please join me in thanking Willow for her invitation to tea. We are all honored that you dropped by today to visit. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and the conversation and please look around at Willow’s other posts while you’re here. Willow is over there serving her guests and chatting it up. Let’s go see how she is today. Have a great week. We look forward to seeing you back here for sweets and beverages of your choice again next week.

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