MONDAY/ THURSDAY 31ST MAY/ 3RD JUNE 2010.
We are very truly in the summer mode now; it is getting hotter every day and at night the temperature does not go below 20degs.We now have the sun blinds down on all the windows and front door, at night we leave everywhere open and the mosquito plugs are switched on, all our summer clothes have come out, the menu is starting to change shortly! We do the shopping first thing in the morning before it gets too hot and we have the fans on when required but have not used the air conditioning just yet! Oh and yes are cold water drinking habits have improved!
At the start of the week we have had workmen in all over the house; the plumbers came on Monday and fixed the hot water in the kitchen, the pipes had become blocked with small stones after all the rain and power cuts, on Tuesday evening we had men on our roof terrace repairing the gutter that runs along the very old roof of the property next to us in the side street, this has caused some damp problems in the bathroom and kitchen and we also have some damp spots in the bedrooms and main lounge – the insurance people have been round and are coming to repair and paint them the week after next. The dishwasher is not working so they are sending somebody to fix it and we have just had fitted a new connection on the gas bottle, it was condemned the other day by the engineer. This means that we will be ready for our first visitors this year at the end of the month when Jeff and Annette are paying us a flying visit, all the way from Kuala Lumpur! We have not seen them for a few years since Jeff was working in London and all the family joined him; Jeff is Lyn’s son and we have known him and Annette since they came over for their honeymoon nearly 25 years ago and stopped with us in North Wales at the Seventy Degrees Hotel ! We have spoken to Jack and Lyn this week on a Skype video call and caught up with all their news and we also spoke to Annette last week; we then had a e-mail from her to say that they where going away to Panang for the weekend.
Yesterday we had a call from Caroline, over in Guadalmina, asking us if we could look after their villa for five days next week; so we going across very early on Tuesday and will be back late on Saturday night, we are looking forward to seeing the two dogs, Bruno and Abbie and the 8/ 9 cats , we are dropping Clive and Caroline off at the new airport in Malaga which opened a couple of months ago so this will give us a chance to find our way in and out. It also means that we will be giving their pool some serious attention!
Last night we had Braised Steak and Onions for dinner with Cabbage and New Potatoes; the dreaded word salads keeps cropping up so on the menu today, for lunch, is a Crab, Avocado and Egg salad, a Brenda special !
Thought for the day ;
A smile – is a sign of joy.
A hug – is a sign of love.
A laugh – is a sign of happiness.
And friends like us ?
That’s just a sign of good taste !!
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Friday, January 09, 2009
MANILVA.
Tuesday/Thursday 6th/8th January.
Tuesday 6th.
Today was another at home day as we caught up with the chores after the celebrations at the start of the week.I now leave the PCs on when we are in the house so that we can hear the Skype alarm when a call comes in,just like a normal telephone,this means that we can answerer the Skype to Skype call which are free! It worked today as we received a live cam-call from Zoe in Manchester,she has just returned from a few months in St.Lucia on the boat that Graham,her husband is Captain of.This was also our first cam-call we have had and it was very clear and I recognized Zoe’s hall behind her as we caught up with all the news;The one thing that I’ve not been able to get to work at the moment is the Web-cam,so watch out in the future as I master the technology! In the evening we had Turkey for supper which I think will appear on the menu for the next few days!
Wednesday 7th.
In the morning we went across to Estepona to the bank and on the way back we picked up the shopping, as we arrived at the house we bumped into three people in the street who asked us for directions;they ended up in the house and joined us for a lunchtime drink! So hello and nice to meet you,Dave,John and Emily.In the afternoon we had a phone call from our old and dear friend Joyce who has been over for Christmas staying at her house in Alhaurin el Grande above Marbella so we arranged to meet for a day out on Thursday.Later Anna called in as she was out for a walk,she is still not right and when we spoke to her later she was back in bed taking the tablets! Guess what we had for supper? Cold Turkey and Chips!!
Thursday 8th.
The weather for the last few days has been warm and sunny so Joyce came across to us at lunchtime;we started with Kir Royal as we caught up with all the news as we not seen her since earlier last year when Jane was staying with us and we met her in Marbella for a lively lunch! We went down to Sabinillas to a small Tapas bar that Anna had recommended to us and we had the Menu del Dia,three course’s with a bottle of wine and coffee all for eight euros each! Later we went for a walk along the sea wall in the tiny fishing port of El Castillo which is just past Duquesa Marina and then we had a coffee and brandy on the front in Sabinillas as we sat out side in the late afternoon sunshine,In the evening we put the world to right back at the house and as we walked Joyce back up the street we called into Bar Rojas for a nightcap with the locals,whilst we were there somebody brought in freshly caught Baby Whitebait which are fried in hot oil after being dipped in flour,they are illegal but delicious! The pictures below show us having a great day out with Joyce on the Costa del Sol.
Tuesday 6th.
Today was another at home day as we caught up with the chores after the celebrations at the start of the week.I now leave the PCs on when we are in the house so that we can hear the Skype alarm when a call comes in,just like a normal telephone,this means that we can answerer the Skype to Skype call which are free! It worked today as we received a live cam-call from Zoe in Manchester,she has just returned from a few months in St.Lucia on the boat that Graham,her husband is Captain of.This was also our first cam-call we have had and it was very clear and I recognized Zoe’s hall behind her as we caught up with all the news;The one thing that I’ve not been able to get to work at the moment is the Web-cam,so watch out in the future as I master the technology! In the evening we had Turkey for supper which I think will appear on the menu for the next few days!
Wednesday 7th.
In the morning we went across to Estepona to the bank and on the way back we picked up the shopping, as we arrived at the house we bumped into three people in the street who asked us for directions;they ended up in the house and joined us for a lunchtime drink! So hello and nice to meet you,Dave,John and Emily.In the afternoon we had a phone call from our old and dear friend Joyce who has been over for Christmas staying at her house in Alhaurin el Grande above Marbella so we arranged to meet for a day out on Thursday.Later Anna called in as she was out for a walk,she is still not right and when we spoke to her later she was back in bed taking the tablets! Guess what we had for supper? Cold Turkey and Chips!!
Thursday 8th.
The weather for the last few days has been warm and sunny so Joyce came across to us at lunchtime;we started with Kir Royal as we caught up with all the news as we not seen her since earlier last year when Jane was staying with us and we met her in Marbella for a lively lunch! We went down to Sabinillas to a small Tapas bar that Anna had recommended to us and we had the Menu del Dia,three course’s with a bottle of wine and coffee all for eight euros each! Later we went for a walk along the sea wall in the tiny fishing port of El Castillo which is just past Duquesa Marina and then we had a coffee and brandy on the front in Sabinillas as we sat out side in the late afternoon sunshine,In the evening we put the world to right back at the house and as we walked Joyce back up the street we called into Bar Rojas for a nightcap with the locals,whilst we were there somebody brought in freshly caught Baby Whitebait which are fried in hot oil after being dipped in flour,they are illegal but delicious! The pictures below show us having a great day out with Joyce on the Costa del Sol.
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