MANILVA AT THE START OF ANOTHER SUNNY WEEK

SUNDAY 14^th/ APRIL 2013.

We had a nice lie in on Sunday morning as we have had a few early starts this week; after our tea and toast we got the Sunday dinner on the go, ‘Lamb Cutlets Boulangere’ – Mano dropped some more off in the morning as one bag was not enough for the four of us! I marinated them in Virgin Olive Oil and Rosemary and cooked them,in the evening, crisp on the griddle pan before putting them on top of the Boulangere Potatoes to finish in the oven.

During the morning the Grand Prix from China was on so I watched it on TVE1 in Spanish, which was good as the commentators went mad when Alonso won! – Hamilton was third. At lunchtime we went for a short walk with the dog and ended up at Bar Rojas for drinks and Tapas, Paella, a slice of Empanada and some diced Liver( Mainly for the dog as a treat)

Later in the afternoon I went on-line on the large PC and watched the second semi-final of the FA Cup at Wembley between Chelsea and Manchester City – City won 1-2 and outplayed Chelsea in the first half with especially Yaya Toure playing out of his skin! They meet Wigan in the final who they play in the Premier League on Wednesday!!

In the evening Mano, in high spirits after the City win, and Anna joined us for dinner; Brenda’s vegetables were Cauliflower and Broccoli Florets in my special three cheese sauce with sliced Green Beans, Carrots and Garden Peas along with shaped Roast Potatoes and the Boulangere potatoes accompanied with lots of Mint sauce!

Before we caught a film late I checked out the results of the ‘Liga’ football; Real Madrid and Barcelona both won 3-0 with Ronaldo and Messi scoring two a piece – also Athetico Madrid won 5-0 with ‘Falcao’ scoring two as well! The Masters Golf was won by Adam Scott securing his first major and at the same time becoming the first Australian to win the ‘Green Jacket’ – he beat Angel Cabrera in the sudden death play-off.

The late film was a romantic comedy-drama with no shooting,stabbing,fighting,car chases,horror,murder etc. called “ No Reservations ” from 2007 with Catherine Zeta-Jones as the head chef of a trendy Manhattan restaurant with Aaron Eckhart and the young lead played by Abigail Breslin.

Thoughts for the Day;

Everyone has talent.  Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.  Do a little more each day than you think you possible can.

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