A VERY ' CRISP' & SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY 29^th/ OCTOBER 2018.

We had a nice well deserved lie in this morning, as we settle back into our normal routine, after all the excitement of the last two weeks, with the folks, they arrived home, safely, at 9-00 pm, their time, last night, to a nice warm house, and went straight to bed, as their friends had set the air-heating, the outside temperature in Everett, Ontario, Canada, was just 4c!!

After freshening up we had ‘ Toasted Smokey Bacon Butties’ – smothered  in ‘ HP’ Brown sauce, open on brown, as usual for Brenda, with mugs of strong, hot tea, to help get is back into the old routine on a very cold start to the week, here in sunny Manilva.

We then sorted our week ahead out, tomorrow afternoon I’m going down to the main Medical Centre in Sabinillas, for my monthly ‘V12’ injection, next week we are having our ‘ Anti-Flu Injections’(Gripe) and I have an appointment with our Doctor, Natalia, for a check up/review.

We are waiting to hear from the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital for an appointment with Brenda’s ‘Heart Consultant’ in December and I have my appointment with the ‘Prostate Consultant’ at the start of December,( Blood tests before) – finally I’m also waiting to hear about a ‘ Rehabiliation’  appointment for hand/finger problem!  I have just called and chased up the Hospital! All this, as well as we keep taking the tablets, as our Doctor says!! While I was out at our local Bank in ‘Calle Mar’ I called into the Chemists for Brenda’s prescription tablets.

This morning here in sunny Manilva it’s ‘ Brisk’ as there is cold front hitting us from up North, the sun is out and the sky is clear, for the first time I had a jumper & fleece on, by lunchtime it will be down to only 15/16 degs, overnight possibly down to single figures, over the next two days we could have some of the ‘wet-stuff’ – before the sun returns towards the weekend, reaching nearly 20 degs, next week is at the moment looking dry & sunny, hovering in the low 20s, watch this space.



Sunrise over the beach front down in Sabinillas this morning! 

We are still waiting to hear, later today, when little princes ‘Reina’ is back with us in ‘ Doggy World Heaven’- ‘Chispa’ is coming in & out all the time to see us, as well as her friends when they return, watch this space.

On the Menu front, we had our planning meeting, I will back out on my travels, down to Sabinillas on Friday morning for the weekly shopping, this evening we are keeping things simple, ‘ Escalope’s of Chicken Breast’ – pan-seared in foaming ‘Lime & Balsamic Vinegar Butter’- with finely sliced Green Beans and ‘Rissolees Potatoes’ – cubed/boiled potatoes sautéed  in foaming butter, until golden brown all over!

On Tuesday we will find something in the fridge, then on Wednesday I’m going to make my now famous “ Chicken & Mushroom ‘Tarragon’ Casserole “ – Thursday will be ‘ Omelettes of Choice’ and on Friday it will be a ‘ Fish’n Chip’ supper, as usual Saturday evening will be ‘ Steak Night ‘ and on Sunday we will be roasting, watch this space.

We are catching up with all the news, as well as the ‘Quiz Shows’ and serial that we follow, last night we caught the first episode of “ The Little Drummer Girl “ – I read the ‘John le Carre’ spy novel back in the 80s, starring Michael Shannon as the ‘Mossad’ agent, Alexander Skarsgard is a spy with a past and Florence Pugh is ‘Charlie’ – the title role! One not to miss !!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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