ANOTHER CRISP AND WARM DAY HERE IN SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 2^nd/ DECEMBER 2014.

No rest for the wicked this morning as little princess ‘Reina’ arrived early; ‘Scruffy’ is arriving at lunchtime for a two day sleep-over and no doubt ‘Chispa’ will come crashing in later this morning – so its back to normal here in ‘Doggy World Heaven’ 

I’ve just been out to the chemists then the local bank and then carried on down to the butchers for tonight’s supper ‘Flattened Chicken Breast’ which we are keeping simple, grilled with thick-cut sliced Baked Potatoes and finely sliced Green Beans.

It’s another glorious day here in sunny Manilva, the sky is blue and on the sunny side of the street it’s warm and on the other side crisp! It’s looking fine for the rest of week but possible with some of the wet stuff over the weekend.

I’ve just bought our third Poinsettia, so far, from the charity stall in Calle Mar so our display is starting to take shape; next we will go and pick some of the fresh Pine Firs to go with the Xmas lights; the Xmes decorations are coming down from upstairs and Brenda has started to write the Xmas cards – watch out for yours!

We have just bought another one  from the Charity Ladies, both of whom are our neighbour's as we were walking 'Reina' & 'Chispa'- see the pictures above!

This year we are on our own for a change with just, so far ‘Scruffy’ staying with us for a week over the Xmas holiday! The Turkey is ordered and the Rib of Beef for Boxing Day, the pantry cupboards are full, the De-Lux Crackers are ready, and the wine cellar is starting to fill up, we have plenty of Smoked Salmon to go with the Scrambled (Campo!) Eggs for breakfast! The ‘Heroes’ chocolates box has already been hit so we will have to pick up anther one from ‘Iceland’ We have a Christmas pudding in stock and the finest award winning Mince Pies are looking very tempting!

We are planning to go out for our pre ‘Christmas Lunch’ a week on Sunday down to Sabinillas on the beach front to the “ Sabores ” Restaurant & Tapas Bar, 

This afternoon we went for a longer walk.with 'Reina' and 'Scruffy' and ended up again in the 'Plaza De La Vendimia' this time sat in the hot sunshine as the breeze has dropped! 

This evening we will after supper catch up with all the news, sport and weather details before finding something to watch.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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