MANILVA.

Monday/Thursday 8th./11th. December.

Monday was a at home day so “we” caught up with housework and washing and in the afternoon I made a Chicken Curry for dinner,the forecast for the week is sunny but it goes cold in the evenings,the rest of Spain is covered in snow.Spain is very mountainous and on the TV.every day they show the snow reports from around the country,it is only the Costa Del Sol that misses the bad weather!On Tuesday we went across to Estepona in the morning to the Hypermarket and on the way back we called into the bank,we are watching the exchange rate with interest as it means that the pension is going down,it looks like it will be one for one by the end of the week as I am typing this blog!In the evening we had Small Dab Soles pan fried with with Gambas which we had bought fresh from the market,earlier in the day. The weather on Wednesday was beautiful with clear blue sky,no breeze and in the sun it was warm.Brenda went shopping for the Xmas cards so I sat and read the papers overlooking the marina in Estepona with a Tinto de Verano in front of me!In the afternoon when we got home I noticed that the folks in Australia had been trying to call us on Skype so we called Lyn even though it was late for them,the news was very good,Lyn is getting married to Jack who proposed to her on bended knee on her birthday!She is very excited and is acting like a school girl,we think that it is smashing news and wish them all the luck in the world!!They have booked their flight over to the UK.in May and they are planning to come and stay with us,they could be “ Mr and Mrs Irving ” by then! Over the last couple of days I have read “ The Da Vinci Code” for the first time,interesting,very interesting! Brenda at the same time is now reading a book every week,we read in the late afternoon as the sun goes down and as we have our evening cocktail and nibbles in the lounge! At the moment Brenda has the washing machine on and the drain pipe has just fallen out and flooded the kitchen,there are some strange non Spanish sounds coming from the washer woman!! Tonight I am making a Lamb Stew for supper with 7/8 different vegetables and local potatoes in it as well as local Cabbage on the side!