CLOUDY WITH WARM SUNNY BREAKS IN MANILVA TODAY;

MONDAY 30^th/ SEPTEMBER 2013.

This morning we were up with the ‘Crickets’ – over night we had a little rain as they come out afterwards so we had a chorus as we set off to the surgery as I had an appointment with our doctor to update all my results and check my prescriptions; we killed ‘Two Birds with One Stone’as Brenda updated her details and prescriptions also and had her eyes checked as she has been suffering with them – she recommended that we stop at the opticians in Calle Mar and have a free eye test on the way home as well as some eye ointment and drops when needed.

Brenda is picking up the results later, as she walked in and they saw her right away, she now needs glasses for everyday as well as the reading glasses that she already has and she also is going to arrange an appointment at the hospital over in Marbella to see a consultant as there is a history of Glaucoma and Cataracts in her family.

At lunchtime Anna called in as their electricity is still not back on,Mano is at home waiting for the engineers to arrive! We then went for a walk with Chispa and bumped into Sally Ann,Barbara and Anna having a coffee in Bodega Augustin before picking the kids up from school; for our snack/lunch today we had all the salads from the buffet last night,it reminded us of the good-old days back at the Hotel70" when we used to serve a old fashioned " Hors D'oeuvre" trolley !!

While we were out we also bumped into Valentina from Foreign Residents Dept. She has invited us to the official opening of the 'Plaza De la Vendimia' and the Wine Museum in the Wine Centre on Saturday 12th October; at the moment that are painting the centre in the official Blue & White Manliva colours.

The weather forecast is OK with some clouds but still warm and sunny at times with the possibility of rain near the end of the week; we have been very lucky down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol’as the rest of Spain has had severe rain storms! We have dropped the shutters and closed the windows but it’s still warm at night so we don’t need more sheets at the moment! We will have our ‘Happy Hour’ in the chill-out room, read and listen to music from the PCs – ‘LOUD’!

This evening for supper we are having Grilled Gammon with fried Eggs and Pineapple, Garden Peas and crisp twice-cooked Chips, then we will watch the news and weather forecast and find something to watch.

Thought for the Day; See above.

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