Showing posts with label Home and Dry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home and Dry. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2018

A DRY & CRISP SUNNY MANILVA ON MONDAY AT THE START OF THE WEEK.


MONDAY 12th/ MARCH 2018.
































No ‘ Reina’ this morning as it’s a ‘Bank Holiday’ in Gibraltar, so Lee & Daniela are not working, she’s back with us tomorrow for three days, after showering I collected ‘Scruffy’ for the day, we then had our breakfast  of ‘ Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce with mugs of steaming tea, to start the week in the right direction! ‘Chico’ is due to be dropped off any moment now, he’s with us for another holiday, for 10 days, no doubt ‘ Chispa’ will be calling in to see all her friends, in between all the showers!

Speaking of which, at the moment it’s keeping dry, with a cloudy sky, with a light breeze, crisp, with no sign of any of the wet stuff for today, so far, then for the rest of the week it’s back to normal, with rain everyday and over the coming weekend, next week is not looking much better, at the moment, with just the possibility of the sun breaking through, the overall temperatures are still hovering on the 16/17 degs+ mark, overnight down to 13/14 degs, watch this space.  


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On Tuesday evening we have our regular appointments down at the local surgery with the ‘ Council’ Chiropodist, then on Friday morning I will be out on my travels, down to Sabinillas, for the weekly shopping, next week Brenda is fitting in an appointment at her ‘Hairdressers’ for the full-works, before the ‘ Easter Week’ celebrations! I also have to arrange an appointment for my six-month blood tests etc, down at the main Medical Centre in Sabinillas,  as have my ‘Prostate’ check up/review with my Consultant, over at the ‘ Costa Del Sol Hospital’ in April, watch this space.


This evening for our supper we are having the ‘ Roast Top Side of Beef ‘ – ‘ cold ‘ carved and served with a selection of assorted left-over vegetables and the rest of the ‘ Goose Fat ‘ Roast potatoes, I’m also doing a ‘ take-away’ Roast Dinner Platter, for Rose, when she collects ‘ Scruffy’ after returning from the Hospital this evening, on Tuesday we are having ‘Pan-Seared Lambs Liver’ with a rich Red Wine Mushroom, Onion & Shallot Gravy, then on Wednesday it’s going to be ‘Grilled Gammon Steak’ and Chips, watch this space.


Later this evening after supper we will be watching the next gripping episode of ‘ Marcella ‘over on ITV, then on Tuesday afternoon and for the next four days I will in front of the TV watching the excellent coverage of the ‘ Cheltenham Festival ‘ – the most important week of the ‘National Hunt Jump Racing’ season, at the ‘ home ‘ of the sport ‘ Prestbury Park ‘ as the best national hunt horses do battle for the championship honours, watch this space.






















Thoughts for the Day;  See above.







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Monday, March 31, 2008

MANILVA ,CALLE SAN VICENTE 1

The last week after our few days at the Aparthotel has been spent at home catching up with the chores,doing the washing,stocking up with food and drink!and checking out our e-mails which we always look forward to.We did not have to work at the Cafe and Supermarket as Mano made alternative arrangements so we have enjoyed our time doing nothing,reading books and sitting on the roof terrace in the warm sun! At the start of the week Brenda went to the doctors to have some treatment on a sore shoulder,it was the same doctor that looked after me when we had the fall from the scooter so he also is able to give you a ultra sound and injection as well as the prescription and she is now feeling a lot better. We called into some of our old haunts in the marina and also went across to the sales garage were the Winnebago is,we then started it up and we moved it to a front position and at the same time passed on the sales leads from our advert.We then called into see Vidal and Gissy to catch up with all the news,they have had some friends from Germany staying with them for a couple of weeks.We have also had some phone calls on our new house phone which again is always a nice surprise,thank's Tim,Penny and Joyce! We also called our friend in Madrid, Rafael as the internal calls in Spain are free!! On Sunday Anna joined us for dinner as we Roasted a Corn-fed Chicken with all the trimmings including Brenda's six vegetables, we sent Anna home with a plated meal for Mano as he was working at the Cafe Bar and Supermarket! Over the Easter week we received some Easter cards from Brenda's two sisters in England but not from her sister in Australia,we had also not had a reply to our e-mail and when we tried to phone on Skype there was no answer! The mystery was solved by the picture below showing Lyn on holiday in New Zealand which arrived by e-mail at the end of the week,She has had a fabulous time including landing on a glacier by helicopter! New Zealand looks spectacular!!