MANILVA.

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY 18TH/19TH 20TH JANUARY 2011.

On Tuesday Brenda had started her new regime on getting her ankle better; the only problem was the bag of frozen peas she was using burst and she ended up on the floor chasing them around ! The weather this week has gone a little cooler,15 degs but we can’t complain as Lilli’s mum has just flown in from Finland and it was minus 28 degs when she left !! On Tuesday evening we had Burgers for supper, I had picked them up from our butchers in the village in the morning when I took Cheta for a walk; they only cost one euro each and we had three different types, we had proper Burger Baps,crispy onions and Lettuce, sliced local Tomatoes and Tomato relish along with frozen frits – a new wing of McDonalds has opened in sunny Manilva ! The picture below shows that we now have two fire engines at the fire station which is now fully operational.

Yesterday we stayed in and got the dinner ready, Roast Loin of Pork with glazed Apple slices, Chestnut stuffing and finger licking gravy along with Cauliflower and Broccoli Mornay,Whole Green Beans, glazed Carrots and Cabbage with Alcegas, I also made a large dish, as a treat, of Boulangere Potatoes together with Duck Fat roasted Potatoes ! Sadly Mano and Anna could not join us but Brian,Lilli and Lilli.s mum Aulikki did. We had some Tapas to start with Kir Royal made with Cava and Brian had produced a Magnum of Marques De Caceres,Crianza 2007 to go with the meal, it was exceptionally good and as they say the bigger the better ! You can see in the picture below us toasting our guests,Aulilkki speaks very good English which she learnt five years ago when she went on a six month course in Finland including a month staying with a family in Chester ! As Brian has just said on Facebook,it was a combination of great food, a decent wine and good company !!

Today we are taking it easy and having a day at home, tonight we are having cold Pork for supper. We have just come off Skype,I was on Facebook and Penny, from Bridgnorth, came on line and said that she was just about to try and connect her Skype online for the first time so I was talking her through it on the main PC and at the same time on the second PC we connected to her on the Skype video, we got connected and everything worked except she could not get her sound going but she could hear us ! We have arranged to try again later this evening after she gets in from work,

PS; We finally got to see and talk to Penny on Friday lunchtime after more tries,a friend of her's called in and helped her get everything connected - so we are looking foward to many more chats !



Thought for the Day;


Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to to live as one wishes to live.



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