A VERY WARM AND NOW SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY;

TUESDAY 22^nd/JULY 2014.

I was up bright and early as little princess ‘Reina’ was being dropped off for the day, it now sounds like we are going to see more of her this week as Daniela is letting us know this evening when she picks her up, so stand by for tomorrow, Friday and even Saturday! Then next week its Daniela’s wedding at the weekend so we are having ‘Reina’ on the Friday and Saturday for a sleep over.

As we were just about to go downstairs after freshening ourselves the ‘Skype’ video alert went off for an incoming call; It was Jack & Lyn safely back at home in Melbourne after their epic adventure driving around Australia anti-clockwise! We tried ringing them on Sunday morning with no luck; they arrived home late on Sunday evening after their unbelievable trip of 17,200kms!!

Only one puncture on the whole drive and the only bit of damage was when they drove into high winds outside Port Hedland on the ‘Indian Ocean’ coast coming down from Broome in ‘Western Australia’ - they lost their canvass awning off the caravan but did not know they had until somebody stopped them to point it out – they did not go back to find it!

The reason we have not been able to get in touch was that their PC/Modem was not working for the second half of the trip! 

On the final leg of the journey across the ‘Nallabor Desert’ towards Adelaide Jack let Lyn drive as the sign said “ No trees for over 145kms! ” – It was also the longest straight road in their journey so Jack said it would be safe as she could not hit a tree!!

We are very proud of them and must congratulate them both on their fortitude and determination to take on the challenge and succeed – well done – “ Good On Ya! ” - as they say over there!

Before breakfast I took ‘Reina’ for her first walk of the day, here in sunny Manilva it was not so sunny as the thick sea mist had not yet cleared; the forecast for the rest of week and into the weekend is hot and sunny with temperatures in the mid 30s and higher.

So today we are having a nice quiet day at home taking things easy and catching up with some reading. This afternoon I will watch the ‘Tour De France’ on stage 16 from ‘Carcassonne to Bagneres–de-Luchon’ on the longest stage in the Tour over 237kms on their way to the ‘Pyrenees’ with a finish at the top of the ‘Port De Bales’

For supper this evening we are having ‘Chicken Schnitzels’ coated with fresh local breadcrumbs and ‘Spaghetti Milanaise’made with my famous tomato salsa and finely sliced Green Beans,mine topped with a fried Campo Egg’ and all Brenda’s food cooked dry and ‘Sin-Sal – no salt!’ Last night after supper we caught up with all the news and then channel hopped, much later on ‘TVE2’ I watched the live show from the “ Festival De Blues Cazorla ” which is outside Jaen in Northern Andalusia. My sort of music!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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MANILVA THIS WEEK.

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY/FRIDAY 15th/16th/17th FEBRUARY 2012.

The forecast for the rest of the week and over the weekend is sun and cloudy and a little windy, so it’s going to be a bit cooler; in the morning on Wednesday Brenda went around to the surgery to see the nurse to get her bi-opsy stitches out, everything was fine so its now down to next Tuesday’s appointment with the consultant for the results. Meanwhile back at the stove I had the Chicken Curry on the go; Brenda got the washing out on the terrace as it is excellent drying weather and I caught up with WWW. After dinner we settled down to watch the news and then a film; ‘ JFK ’1991 was written and directed by Oliver Stone and starred Kevin Costner as a New Orleans DA who fanatically digs into the assassination/conspiracy story and Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman and Jack Lemmon all help the story unfold – another one to watch.

We were up very early on Thursday morning as Brenda had a appointment at the hospital in Marbella but at the same time we wanted to find out how Jack’s operation over in Melbourne had gone, Australia is ten hours ahead at the moment, Lyn’s daughter Deb,who always refer’s to us Aunty and Uncle, had posted a message on Facebook; Jack was in intensive care and the Doctors were very happy with him and the operation had gone well, later they took the breathing tube out and he was able to smile at Lyn, take it easy and get well soon Jack !
Andy and Maria picked us up and took us to the hospital, it was a lovely drive over as the sun was out and with the clear blue skies it was soon hot. The consultant gave Brenda the good news, no thrombosis’s in the veins on her legs so no need for an operation, the tablets have got things under control and she has had no more swollen ankles and pain for a long while now so she just has to keep taking the tablets ! One down and one to go. Andy and Maria as they were waiting had a look at the new Blackberry for me as the reason Mano had not got back to us was that he had been called back into work at short notice; they have now sorted it out and got me on the way with it, there is no change of number so onwards and upwards ! When we got back to the house Anna called in and showed me more things on it so it is now down to me.

In the evening for dinner it was ‘ Classic ’time again as I had breaded Chicken Breast’s ready for supper, Brenda requested ‘ Chicken Maryland ’so I made some Sweet corn Fritters and breaded a Banana, the breadcrumbs come from the Pastry and Bread shop and are freshly made each day and keep for ages in the sealed bag; I fancied ‘ Chicken Schnitzel/Holstein ’ and fried the egg in the pan after cooking the Chicken and Banana in foaming Lemon Butter. Lots of Lemon wedges helped the meal along, we really enjoyed the Chicken, it was a pleasant change and will appear on the menu again in the not to distant future !

This morning we have just come back from the shopping down in Sabinillas,it is cold and grey today and we needed to wrap up well; we are having a at home day and taking things easy, tonight for supper we are having Pan Fried Fillet of Halibut in a Lime Butter sauce with Baby New Potatoes and yet another old ‘ Classic ’ from the past ‘ Petits Pois a la Francaise ’ The mouth is watering all ready !


Thought for the Day;


Insanity; Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.


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NEWS UPDATE FROM AUSTRALIA.

Sunday 8th February.

We have just received a message on Facebook from Brenda's neice in Oz that she is OK and her son,Travis,who was trapped in a town nearby,helping, is now safe and sound!