A OVERCAST AND DAMP SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 10^th/ APRIL 2018.

I was up early this morning to welcome back little princess ‘ Reina’ for the day, as usual, she shot upstairs and joined us on the bed for a little lie in, she then goes in her duvet for the rest of the morning, we then after a quick freshen up had our regular light breakfast of ‘Weetabix’ fresh fruit, toast and tea, before getting another day on the go.

PS; ‘ Scruffy’ is joining us for the day, on Wednesday morning, as both Rose & Adrian are back in Hospital for check ups.

Overnight the rain returned, and has not stopped since, it’s grey & overcast and it looks like it’s in for the day, the temperature is down to 14 degs+ as there is also a light breeze, tomorrow could be dry but then the wet stuff returns on Thursday & Friday, still cooler than normal for the time of the year, when we are out & about!

From Saturday and over the weekend the forecast is showing that the sun will break through, with a few clouds, then next week is looking dry, warm & sunny, reaching the ‘ heady heights’ of 22/23 deg+ by the middle of the week, watch this space.

After breakfast I put on the waterproofs, in the April showers, and went along a muddy ‘ Calle Mar’ down to the butchers, for this evenings supper and to stock up, the ‘ Contractors’ workmen have just started to lay the smaller side flags, at the top of the street, the large flagstones were dropped off over the weekend, it’s going to be a slow process, as they are laid, by hand, individually! Watch this space.

For our supper this evening we are having ‘ Pan-Seared Escalope’s of Chicken Breast’ – finished in foaming ‘Lime & Balsamic ‘Butter, with Finely Sliced French Green Beans and ‘Pommes Rissolees’ – Baby Boiled Potatoes, tossed in foaming ‘Parsley’ Butter until crisp & brown! On Wednesday we are having ‘ Braised Steak in a Mushroom & Onion Salsa’ with Brenda’s famous ‘ Mashed Potato’ – Thursday is going to ‘Homemade Burgers’ which is picked up from the butchers earlier, as he was making them, a choice of Beef, Pork or Chicken- with the toppings of choice! Friday will be a ‘ Fish Supper’ depending on the Market selection, as usual ‘ Saturday is ‘ Steak Night’ and then on Sunday we are having ‘Lamb’- TBC, watch this space.

Yesterday afternoon we made contact with Tim, on the ‘ Skype’ video, over in Old Colwyn, North Wales, Thea was out shopping, we had a good catch up with all his news, since they arrived home before Easter, after a terrible journey, up from Portsmouth, on the English Motorway system, he can’t wait to come back to Spain at the start of September! Jo is back in Madrid, for another year, teaching at a private school, Ben is working locally with his Health & Fitness business, they have both settled back into life in Colwyn Bay, with all their friends.

Tim’s first daughter Stacy, is getting married in September, after being with her partner for many years, his first son Simon, who lives down in London, his wife, is expecting a baby in the next month, he’s been married for a few years, this will be Tim& Thea’s second Grand-Daughter !  One bit of sad news is that their dog ‘Jasper’ – who is 12 years old, has an incurable disease,  which we are very sorry to hear.

Last night we settled down to watch the final episode of “  Marcella “ – starring Anna Friel in the title role, as the Lady Detective with lots of personal problems, the main villain, a seemingly mild- mannered ‘PTA’ mum, turned serial killer, was apprehended early on, and Marcella’s son was saved from his fate!

Then ‘ Marcella’ underwent hypnosis and discovered that she had smothered to death her own baby daughter, years ago! This is where the plot went ludicrously over the top, as she, overcome with guilt, staggered to the top of the Police station to throw herself off, only to be saved by a colleague, she then bonked him over the head with a toilet basin and handcuffed him to a sink, before cutting off her hair and slashing her mouth wide open?! The episode ended with Marcella sleeping rough, approached by a shadowy operative from a mysterious department who informed her that she was dead, before offering her the chance to work undercover because “ we could use a dead police officer” ??!! 

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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