MANILVA START OF THE WEEKEND.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY 16th/17th/ AUGUST 2012.


Yesterday, Thursday we took things easy at home; it’s still getting hotter and there is more to come next week. At lunchtime we made contact with Tim over in North Wales on the Skype Video to find out how Ben got on with his A-Level results – well he got great results and he is on his way in September to ‘Edge Hill University ’ which is situated in Ormskirk in Lancashire on the far side of Liverpool – we know the town very well as I had family there when I was very young ! Well done Ben – the card is in the post !! Meanwhile his sister ‘ Jo ’has just come back from Cyprus where she was working, as you can see in the picture below ! This weekend Jo is working at the ‘ V ’Festival down in Stafford and Ben is there as well – celebrating ! She then goes back to Liverpool University in September also. Later in the evening we spoke to the family again as they were celebrating with some friends.
After supper we caught up with the two TV series that we are following; “ Blue Bloods ” about a family in New York – they are all cops, the grandfather is the ex-Police Commissioner, the father played by Tom Selleck is the current Police Commissioner, his eldest son is a Senior Detective, his youngest son is a rookie cop just out of Harvard Law school and his daughter is the Assistant DA ! He also had a son that was a cop and was killed by corrupt cops – the crime story is complete each week with some ongoing story lines at the same time – every Sunday the whole family with wives,girlfiends and children sit down to the Sunday Roast and talk about nothing but the Police work !
The other series is “ The Kennedy’s ” starting just after the war and going to the end after the two brothers are killed – the head of the dynasty ‘ Jo Kennedy is played by the excellent Tom Wilkinson and ‘ Jackie ’is played by ‘ Kate Holmes ! Everybody from the time is in it from Frank Sinatra to the gangsters – light drama but watch able !

This morning Brenda had an early appointment with our Doctor down at the surgery for the results of all her tests ; great news – everything is fine ,Heart and all the vital organs fine, Blood pressure down, all parts working correctly and eat more fresh fruit ! We then went down to Sabinillas for the main shopping, picked up the papers and flowers and on the way back called at the butchers. The pictures below show the ongoing work on the underground car parks and the new Bodega nearly ready to open; Jane over in Northwich has just posted the picture of the new celebration cakes in the Bakery. Tonight it is Fillet of Hake for supper and then a good film ,if we can find one !



Thought for the Day;



The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.



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