MONDAY 16th/ DECEMBER 2019.
I was up very early this morning to see
little ‘ Miss Bella’ back with us for the day, she’s with us for next four
days, she, as usual. shot upstairs onto our bed, were we all had a little
further lie in, on Saturday ‘Pucci’ arrives for her two-week ‘ Xmas/New Year’ holiday,
then next Sunday ‘ Chico’ is back with us for his week’s holiday over ‘Xmas’!
After freshening up as I was on the
breakfast rota I had my favourite ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – smothered
in ‘ HP ‘ Brown sauce – open on brown for Brenda, with sliced Baby Mushrooms
seared in the Bacon juices with a knob of Butter, some of which made it into my
‘ Butty’! Mugs of hot/strong ‘PG’ Tips Tea helped to wash them down, at the
start of another ‘ Helluva’ week down here on the ‘Costa Del Sol ‘ – sadly a
little wet and cold this week!
Overnight the breeze had stiffened so this
morning it was a little cooler, the sky is still grey & overcast, with lots
of dark rain clouds hanging around, as the new cold, wet and windy ‘ Atlantic’
front hits us, by this lunchtime the ‘ Wet-stuff’ is due to hit us, the
temperatures are down to 14 degs´- overnight as low as 8/9 degs, the rest of
the week is looking, on all the forecasts, cold, hovering in the low ‘Teens’
with moderate to heavy ‘RAIN’ all the time! By Friday we will have ‘ Gale-Force’
winds, on Sunday and into the start of the ‘ Xmas’ week, it’s settling down,
with a little sunshine and the temperatures back up to 18/19 degs+ - sadly ‘Christmas
Day & Boxing Day’ are at the moment not looking very settled, watch this
space.
This week we are going to shoot across to Estepona,
one morning, as I need to call into my Barber, Manuel, for the ‘ Full- Works’ –
at the same time Brenda needs some essential cosmetics, on Friday, despite the
weather ( Rain storms and gale-force winds) I will be out on my travels for our
main ‘Weekly/Xmas’ shopping! – Finally a week today I will go down to the ‘English
Butchers’ in the Puerto de la Duquesa Marina, to collect our Turkey etc, as we
will be preparing our ‘ Christmas Day Feast’ on Tuesday the 24th – ‘
Xmas Eve ‘ Watch this space.
Just a quick update on the football results
from over the weekend; Liverpool won 2-0 and Everton drew 1-1 with Manchester
Utd, Manchester City totally outplayed Arsenal and won 0-3 – over here in ‘La
Liga Barcelona could only manage a 2-2 draw and Real Madrid also drew 1-1 –
with a very lucky equalizer in the 95th minute!
Over in Everett, Ontario, Canada, over the
weekend, on Sunday, Sandra & Bill had a ‘ Roast Beef ‘ lunch, as you can
see below, with a rather nice bottle of a ‘ Cotes du Rhone Reserve’ – one of our
old favourites!
For our supper this evening we are having ‘
Escalope’s of Chicken Breast ‘ – coated in breadcrumbs from the local bakery –
shallow fried in Vegetable Oil, until crisp & golden, with lots of Lemon Wedges,
finished ‘ Holstein’ style – garnished with Anchovy Fillets & Capers,
topped with a ‘ Campo’ Fried Egg! Served on a bed of ‘ Spaghetti Milanese’ (
sliced Smoked Ham) surrounded with a pool of Tomato salsa, with finally sliced ‘
French ‘ Green Beans.
On Tuesday it’s going to be Homemade ‘Burgers’
of choice, with triple-cooked ‘ Stringfellows’ – I’m making a ‘ Chicken &
Mushroom Tarragon Casserole’ on Wednesday, Thursday is still TBC, on Friday it
will be a ‘ Fish n ‘Chip Supper’ and as usual on Saturday, our ‘Steak Night’ –
next Sunday is still TBC, as we are coming up to a very busy ‘Xmas Week’ of ‘
Roasting’! Watch this space.
This afternoon/evening we will catch up
with all the ‘ Quiz Shows’ that we follow ‘ Countdown, Pointless, Tipping
Point, Egg Heads, Only Connect & University Challenge’ – later watching a documentary
on ‘Great Train Journeys’ across Ireland, last night it was on Scotland!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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