DRY AND WARM IN SUNNY MANILVA AT THE START OF THE WEEK;

MONDAY 30^th/DECEMER 2013.

We had a little lie in this morning, all three of us as Charlie didn’t get up! After our tea and toast I made tonight’s supper – ‘ Sausage Casserole’ in a Red wine gravy with Onions, Mushrooms and Smoked Bacon; Brenda has gone down on the bus to Sabinillas to do some light shopping and when she comes back she is making her famous ‘Mashed Potatoes’I met here off the bus with the the two dogs.

Mano has just rang to say that he has booked the car into the garage on his way home, on Thursday morning for its service and check, fingers crossed! I called into the small bank in the village so later when we are out with both of the dogs I will go into the butchers for our New Years Eve ‘Steak a la Plancha’When I was in the butchers he had a nice piece of Local Lamb,off the bone,that he had marinated in Virgin Oil,White wine and mixed fresh herbs - so we are having it for supper on New Years Day with Boulangere Potatoes . 

No plans for tomorrow night, so far, so we will proberly go down to watch the fireworks down on the coast from the Mirador at the bottom of the village; as I’ am typing this the ‘Skype vide went and it was Tim over in Old Colwyn, so we had a little catch up, we are calling him on Thursday as its his birthday after I’ve been to the surgery for my tests ready for my appointments in February at the hospital over in Marbella.

Mano and Anna called in just after lunch to we had a good catch up and gossip,they have nothing planned for tomorrow night as Mano is due in work at 12-00 midnight! so we might carry past the Mirador and call in to see him,depending on the weather;the forecast is good for the next few days and getting a little warmer.

No sport today but its all happening again on New Years Day over in the ‘Premiere League’ in the UK; Swansea v Man City, Liverpool v Hull and Stoke v Everton. This coming weekend the ‘La Liga’ over here starts up after their Xmas holidays!

Last nights film was an all action/shooting/fighting called “ The Package ” made earlier this year! It starred ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren – he who can’t act and Austin with even bigger muscles that fights better!!

Thought for the Day; See above.

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