MANILVA AND MARBELLA

TUESDAY 15^th/ WEDNESDAY 16^th/ JANUARY 2013.

Tuesday was an at home day taking things easy; the ‘ Lavante ’ wind was blowing in off the Mediterranean so it was rather cold but the sun was still out, in the rest of Spain in the mountains they were on a ‘ Red Alert’ for heavy snow and in all the Northern Regions it was the ‘ Orange Alert’ for rain ! So we are getting our heads into our latest books during the day and in the evening as usual we are Channel hopping; for supper last night we had Minute Steak and Chips and then watched a rather strange film called “ Judgment at Nuremberg  ”from 1961! It starred, wait for it, Spencer Tracy,Burt Lancaster.Richard Widmark,Maximillian Schell, who won the Oscar for Best Actor, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift,Werner Klemperer and even William Shatner in the story of the trails of the non-combatants and the crimes that they committed in violation of the Law of Nations.

This morning, Wednesday, we were up bright and breezy, just like the weather, as I had my six month ‘ Prostrate’ check up with my Consultant over at the Costa Del Sol Hospital on the far side of Marbella; I got the ‘Thumbs Up ! ’ – everything OK,normal results and no problems, he wants me to have some blood tests in three months time and then go and see him again and in the meantime he has arranged an appointment with a Consultant Kidney specialist to further check out my results and make sure that all is clear and working properly! On the way back we called into the car accessories hypermarket in Marbella and picked up some anti-freeze(Cheaper then the garage) had three new screen wipers fitted and spotted and bought some new seat covers which were on offer! The only problem is fixing/putting them on, the details are not very clear and so we are going to have to get some help, not Mano as he bought some before Xmas and has still not worked out how to secure them!! Tonight we are having Pork Cutlet with Lyonnaise Potatoes with as usual Brenda’s vegetables.

PS; On Thursday lunchtime Andy called in and worked out how to fit the seat covers,as you can see above ! Thanks Andy( And Brenda) for getting the job done !!

Thoughts for the Day;

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.  Health and intellect are two blessings of life.

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