Our Diary Update
It does not seem possible that we have been back in Spain for almost 3 weeks and even more impossible is that we find our way through almost half of the year. I just do not know where the time has gone. It is certainly true that time passes much more quickly as you get older.
The weather has settled down here now after the awful April that they had while we were away. We wake up every day to bright blue skies and sunshine, the thermometer reading at 7am in the mornings is usually 18 to 20 degrees and it is nice to go and sit outside with my early morning cup of tea. Temperatures rise to the late 20’s as the day goes on but it does not always feel this though as we live high up and there is a chill factor with the winds that are apparent at the moment in the afternoons and early evenings.
The pool temperature is now up to 24 degrees and I really must psyche myself up to venture in and start my swimming again – perhaps today! Peter has filled the Jacuzzi and fired it up so I must start using that again too to soothe the aches and pains.
We have got our new TV at last and chose a 37″ flat screen. At first it seemed to dominate the room but now that we have got used to it it’s a pleasure to watch. It’s an LG and although the son did not rate it highly it had been reported as TV of the month in the reports. I think David was a bit biased as LG used to be known as Goldstar and we dealt in their computers when I was in business and had endless problems with them. Let’s hope they are better at making TV’s! Anyway I think we got a good deal as it was less than £600.
I am back to crafting and still learning new techniques. We have been making wall plaques from plant pot trays and coloured glass pebbles and have just started gold leafing little cherubs to add to the Christmas decor. At home I am still making my cards and have now made all I need up to mid-September. There is so much I want to do to practice the new skills I have learnt and don’t know which to do first and I really get the hump when the housework takes up my valuable time.
I did take time out though to sort all my wardrobes out. It was a job well overdue as my clothes had spread into 2 double and a single wardrobe. I decided to be really ruthless and work on the premise that if I hadn’t worn something for 5 years it had to go and I ended up with 2 big dustbin bags full of clothes, one to go to the charity shop and the other to go into the rubbish. I’m still using the 2 double wardrobes though but the clothes have more space to breathe and I’ve got winter clothing in one and summer in the other so it has some semblance of order!
I have finally sorted out all the issues on my new laptop which had been caused by incompatibilty of transferring from Window XP to Windows Vista so everything is now functioning OK. When I was doing this I came across a document of my life story which I had started to write 31/2 years ago and abandoned for some reason. I decided to write this for my family and future generations as I thought it may be of interest to them. I’ve picked up on this again and made some serious inroads with it. I’ve written 48 pages so far and in my story I am only 20 so as you can imagine it is quite detailed but some of things I have written about have changed so much all ready that I can imagine it could be quite fascinating to kids in the future. If it isn’t I am enjoying writing it anyway as it is conjuring up so many memories.
Peter’s still beavering away in the garden! Whichever house we are in he will always find something to do. It is his hobby though and he does seem to enjoy working the soil and gets a lot of satisfaction from the results. He is also still enjoying his Wednesday afternoons at the golf club with the men. Although they still just go on the driving range and putting green his performance is improving all round now and he was chuffed to bits this week to win the little putting competition that they have between them. Peter is also still working his way through his new camera manual and practicing using the camera in different modes.
We have got back onto the social scene and have been to the pub a couple of times to see Jules Cooper. First time he was with his group the rockets, a base guitarist and drummer who were both brilliant, such characters and fascinating to watch. Then last night we went to see Jules again, this time with a keyboard player doing a Pink Floyd tribute, again very good. There is so much talent around and I always wonder why they are wasting their time doing the pubs and clubs of Spain but like all ex-pats they have had enough of the rat race I suppose and enjoy what they are doing. We also went to a formal dinner which the inauguration of a new branch of the Lions Club set up locally. The meal as always was excellent and the speeches as ever were long but it was a good evening.
Well another day is starting and I must go and contemplate what I am going to use it for! More news soon.
