Month: February 2011

We had a lovely Valentine’s day at home together with Mal doing all the cooking! A good thing that he wasn’t planning on using the oven as it tripped the electrics  and we fear it may have died. Oh dear. I knew I shouldn’t have cleaned it last week!! No problem, he was using the slow cooker and hob anyway. We decided we will go out for a celebration meal tomorrow. That’s the trouble with the log burner going and we don’t want to move.

We played cards in the afternoon and in the evening watched ‘The Kings Speech’ , a very good film.

A lovely day after Mal has been away so long.

Thought for the Day – “Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots.” — Hoosier Farmer

Mal wanted to get up to walk Rosie so he could see the SUN! He has obviously missed it the last couple of months. Rosie was pleased because Mal throws the ball far more than I can and so she got a lot of exercise. We also collected another bag of cones (to light the log burner). As it has been windy there were so many on the ground. Bobby came with us again.

Scarlet and Jack came on the web cam in the afternoon and were amazed to see ‘Grandad’ this time!

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Thought for the Day – “Can miles truly seperate you from friends….if you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” – Richard Bach

The day Mal comes home ……yeah!

Rosie and I went for a walk in the morning and ‘Bobby’ from the village joined us on the whole walk.

I bought Cyprus Today see link. It seems there is going to be another demonstration on 2nd March.

Scarlet and Jack came back on the webcam in the afternoon and then I watched the Man U v Man City game. What a goal from Rooney! Of course, thanks to his goal, Man U won.

In the evening I drove off to Ercan to meet Mal, he was so pleased to be back. His flight was on time, well done Pegasus. He was even more pleased when he got home and discovered I had made a fruit cake! Rosie was so pleased to see him, knowing he always bring her pigs ears back in his case! Not just pigs ears, he did well with his luggage allowance, exactly 20kg AND in his pockets, 10 books I had ordered! Also a tagine that I had bought in the UK and didn’t have room in my luggage when I returned. Many other things in his hand luggage!

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Thought for the Day – “At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent” –  Barbara Bush

I went shopping in the morning, Mr Pound first and stocked up on dog treats and jerky sticks. On the way back I stopped at Lemar. A tray of large eggs 5.20tl and they have also reduced the price of their long life milk to 1.45tl. Nature garden centre is opening a new place next to Acmenya and so I stopped there on the way back, they are actually open at the moment although they are still putting the place together. There is a good selection there.

In the afternoon Torin came on the webcam with Scarlet and Jack. They were so funny hiding in a pop up tent and tunnel and then I had to say ‘boo’. Torin told Jack off for something and he had a ‘strop’ and threw himself on the floor. Torin ignored him, I laughed at him and he soon got over it. He is just like his dad! Scarlet is very ‘girly’. Well, they kept me amused for an hour and closed the 2,000 mile gap for a while.

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Thought for the Day – “I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.”
–Gerry Spence

Only two more days until Mal is back and yes, I am counting.

The sun was out again and it was really warm so I spent most of the day outside, the forecast is a bit of a dip in temperatures for tomorrow! You have to make the most of it this time of year as it can be changeable.

Scarlet and Torin came on the webcam in the afternoon, Jack was at nursery but Scarlet had caught a tummy bug which was going round nursery. She did look a sad little thing and just wanted her dad to cuddle her.

The last of the logs are now stacked away.

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Thought for the Day – “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt” – Abraham Lincoln

 

Shopping in the morning at Ileli. It is only supermarket I have found that actually treats you like a customer! Cyprus Today, more doom and gloom see link. I am not so sure about the article ‘Call for volunteers to join environment force’ , I am hoping it is not just expats.

I met Sue at lunchtime at Nosheens. I haven’t seen Sue for a few months and so it was nice to have a catch up. We had a long lunch and even at their 16tl price for lunch, we were the only two in the restaurant for the whole of their lunchtime. A sign of the times. Most restaurants here seem to think if they have very few customers, then put the prices up. When will they fall in that if they deliver good food, good service at a reasonable price then more people will eat out? Of course the other factor is, bad service or food and they won’t be going back. Simple!

Another day of sun.

Mal has been playing with his photo manager and special effects (obviously bored now most of the work is complete in the UK!) He sent me the picture of Scarlet.

Thought for the Day – “Stop looking at what’s wrong, and instead start looking at what’s right about yourself, others, or any situation in general. Nothing or nobody will ever be perfect, so why not just enjoy it to the fullest? Life is too short and time flies. Make an effort to see the beauty in everything before it’s too late.” – Nubia J.

 

 

 

 

More logs moved, I am getting there! I also oiled the sun beds with linseed oil before the sun bakes them again.

Torin called and he now has antibiotics for his ‘Delhi Belly’. It’s true what they say about Delhi!

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Thought for the Day – “The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favour wish that he might have done you a greater one” – Martin Luther King Jnr