MANILVA NEWS UPDATE.

THURSDAY/SUNDAY 27TH/30TH JANUARY 2011.

As the rains have stopped it has now gone a lot colder, we are down to just 14 degs! The rest of Spain meanwhile is getting colder and lots of rain and snow, the heaviest in living memory. On Thursday morning Anna and Mano called in to catch up with the news and gossip, the main news is that we have a problem with the Smart car; during the rains I’ve been going out to turn it over in between showers and on Thursday morning it would not select reverse gear, it has an automatic and tip tronic gear box, I was able to get into the tip tronic system and also then select automatic bur no reverse! This is just when we are going to get the car changed to Spanish number plates, road taxed, insurance and ITV ( MOT ) as well as all the necessary documents. So on Friday morning we had to go down on the bus to Sabinillas for the weekend shopping, we then got a taxi back up to the village as we just missed the bus, they run on the hour and every half hour but not all the time ! For supper on Friday evening we had Baked Baby Sole and Salmon fillet in Meuniere butter with New Potatoes and Garden Peas, we have fresh Parsley all the time from our local “ Ronnie Barkers ”down the street which cost nothing, also each day we place a sprig on our “ San Pancracio ” lucky saints statue for wealth and happiness !

Saturday was a cold and crisp clear day so Brenda got all the washing on the go and then went mad on all her chores; she defrosted and cleaned the two fridges and deep freeze, fixed a leak on the washing machine, and finally she ended up on the floor fixing the drain pipe of the dishwasher which was blocked! I was in the office and did not know that it was all going on !! In the evening we had Minute steak with all the trimmings and chips for dinner before sitting down to watch the football and then a film.

We had a lie in on Sunday morning, then as got up we called Colwyn Bay to wish Thea happy birthday as their Skype Video is not working at the moment.Tim had just come back from walking the dog,Jasper and it was a thick frost and minus 6 degs ! Anna called in for a cup of tea as she was out walking Derick and then we had Brunch as we were going out to Fabio’s 5th birthday party at six, when we got there the place was bouncing with all the children going mad in the play area,Lilli was there still there as Brian had gone off to work, Mano and Anna along with Carlos and Anna Mari made us very welcome. We ended up back at ours after the cake cutting,which you can see in the pictures below,with Liili for a glass of wine and looked at some of our old photographs including or wedding album and my 40th birthday party !




Monday 31st January 2011.

Brenda has just come back from the hairdressers in Sabinillas after a quick cut and blow, she went down on the bus and Anna then picked her up after they had been for a Bacon buttie and tea; I saw Brenda on to the bus and then walked around to the surgery to make an appointment to get Brenda’s ankle and medication checked on Wednesday morning; it is back to clear blue skies and sun all week but it is very crisp so you need to wrap up well. I have also made an appointment to get the car checked on a dianogastic computer down at the English garage on the Manilva industrial estate on Thursday morning, we will have to push it out of its parking spot behind the house and then we can drive down ! Tonight we are having Flattened Chicken Breast pan fried in foaming Lime butter with Green vegetables and Baked potato.


Thought for the Day;


The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.


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