MANILVA THIS WEEK.

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAT/THURSDAY 19TH/20TH/21ST OCTOBER 2010.

On Tuesday morning after breakfast we were just thinking about going for a walk with Cheta when she came in through the front door shutters but at a very slow pace and with no life in her; she was very quiet and not her usual self and did not look a happy girl! On thinking back she did not eat anything on Monday when she popped in or have a drink from her bowl, Brenda took her down to Isabella and she told Brenda that she was not well and had not eaten anything for a couple of days and she was very worried about her, so we did not take her on the walk. While we were out we picked up some Pork Cutlets from the butchers for dinner; when we got back Anna called in with Fabio after picking him up from school, he was full of life and went off with Brenda around the house chatting away in Spanish and English.

Yesterday morning Brenda went down to see how Cheta was, she was still the same so she left her with Isabella who was starting to think about calling the vet. Later she perked up a bit but was still very down and had not eaten anything. The weather is still warm and sunny during the day with clear blue skies but cooler in the evening and at night, we ended up down by the sports stadium on the pensioners exercise equipment for a while ( Brenda ) and checked out the football pitch, it is all ready for the winter football which has started so we will go down on Saturday morning to catch up with all the sports going on, the pictures below show the football stadium in fine shape. We bumped into Mano,Anna and Brian outside Bar Rojas and had a quick one for the road !When we got back I made a Chicken curry for dinner with Brenda’s Basmati rice.

As we were just finishing the door bell went, it was Brian and Lilli dropping off the plate from the Sunday roast on the way up to Bar Rojas for some supper; they ended up staying and had a curry supper, Brian was on his day off and was in fine form so we soon finished off the red wine, white wine and beer ! I suggested we have a “ Caipirinha ” which seemed to go down well with everybody; Brenda got our special glass’s out and also started crushing the ice in our ice crushing machine, meanwhile I got the sugar and Limes ready, one lime per glass cut into quarters and started to mulch with a special wooden crusher, added more sugar and a very large measure of the best Sagatiba Pura Cachaca topped with Lime Seven Up, cut some small straws and served the perfect Caipirinha ! The only problem was that I had picked up the salt jar not the sugar jar !! ( Brenda’s Fault ) !!! So we started again and ended up finishing the bottle !! Brian and Lilli headed for home with a warm rosy glow all over them.

This morning Brenda went down to see how Cheta. was today, she brought her up but she is still not back to her old self, she is still not eating or drinking, but we went for a short walk around the village with her and then dropped off back with Isabella. Anna and Carlos have just called in on their way to pick Fabio up from school, Carlos had to be out of his house as they are having a new wooden floor laid. Tonight we are having cold Ham with Eggs and Chips for supper and will then watch the football on the TV and the PC as Liverpool and Manchester City are playing, last night Barcelona won and the night before Real Madrid also won, the best match was the Inter Milan v Tottenham game when the Italians went four up but it ended up 4-3 when Gareth Bale scored a excellent hat trick!

Thought for the Day;

Get mad, then get over it !


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