Monday, October 08, 2012

MANILVA OVER THE WEEKEND.


SATURDAY/SUNDAY 6th/7th OCTOBER 2012.


Saturday morning after a little lie in and then a light breakfast of toast and tea we pottered about the house catching up with chores; I printed a new picture of David and Jane to go in the picture frame in the main guest bedroom using gloss photo paper in the new printer for the first time – the out come was very good for my first attempt – we always have a picture in the bedroom of our visiting guests! I then watched on the BBCIPlayer ‘ Later with Jools Holland’ which has started again – he had the usual mix of all sorts of music. In the afternoon I caught the football from England; Liverpool could only draw with Stoke, City beat Sunderland with ease 3-0 and Everton also drew with Wigan. In the evening after our Steak a la Plancha super we settled down to watch a film or two !

We were up bright and early on Sunday morning to get the roast on the go; Roast Chicken with all the trimmings and Brenda’s selection of vegetables. Later after freshening up we could not go for a walk with the dog as she is on heat and there are lot’s of dogs in the village that run around unattended ! I have finished “ 50 Shades of Grey ”and I’ am looking forward to the next two books – to see how things develop ! We had asked Anna to join us for dinner as Mano was working so it was very nice surprise to see Mano – he had finished early. He’s back to his old self and looks a lot better – he is still on Shandy ! We could not watch ‘ El Clasico ‘ live as it was only on Pay TV so we watched it on ‘ Marca ’TV with sound commentary only – Barcelona v Real Madrid brings the country to a stand still – 2-2 was the result with Messi and Ronaldo both scoring the two goals each ! Barcelona should have won !! We went up to Bar Rojas for the last half hour for a ‘ Carachillo ’ and catch the end of the game – it was very exciting and the atmosphere in the Nou Camp and Bar Rojas was rather loud – helped by my whistle !  See the picture below of the new sign outside sponsored by ‘ Coca Cola ’- Manolo gets the original bottles in especially for me – you see the lorry delivering regularly !! On a sad note Lumy's mum had a nasty fall getting out of the bath and broke her hip;she is in the Costa Del Sol Hospital in Marbella awaiting an operation - get well soon and we are thinking about her -love to all the family.


Over the weekend we have been watching several good films; starting with Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill ’from 2003 with Uma Thurman,Darly Hannah, Michael Madsen and David Carradine – the second part is next week. Then we  caught “ The Expendables ” from only 2010 and starring every action man hero on the planet, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundren, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean Claude Van Damme to name just a few !!! Then for something completely different – “ Love Actually ” from 2004 and wait for it, I shall take a breath – Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson,Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Rowan Atkinson, Kris Marshall, Martin Freeman and in the female roles, Emma Thompson,Keira Knightely,Claudia Schiffer,Martine McCutheon,Joanna Page and Lucia Moniz – there must be some that I forgot !


Thought’s for the Day;


Television is simply automated day-dreaming,  Television; chewing gum for the eyes.







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