Month: January 2018

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Wow, what a wind when we walked Ellie. It almost felt as if it was going to knock us off our feet across the fields. Ellie loves the wind in her ears and runs all over the place. 

Our fire wood is running low and so we went to the skip hire place to load the car up again. I can’t believe people throw away such good wood.  We took a fraction of what was there.

That was Mal sorted for the afternoon!

Thought for the Day – “You’re never fully dressed without a smile.”

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We were still walking at 9am , almost home when the rain did start! 

January becomes a bit much because of the weather. I received an email from Toby Carvery – 2 meals for £10. That seemed a good idea to brighten the day up BUT Mal loaded his plate a little too high and then told the waitress the server gave him too much food (it’s help yourself!!) Always the joker.

Thought for the Day – “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.” ~ Frank A Clark

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I did chuckle at the weekend at reading this in the paper as Mal was voted the most sarcastic teacher in his school!

My day at Demelza. A good day and I managed to sell a wedding dress which boosted the sales.  One of the customers told us, in passing, she was a medium and her guide had told her he had seen a man with a dog. Mmmmm! She said she would bring her cards in next Monday! I wonder who her guide saw??! She was talking to Heather and I. Not quite sure how I feel about that. 

I have been looking for a children’s cookery book for little Oscar but we haven’t had any but Fran saw one in the Cancer charity shop and asked them to put it by for me, which they had. Jack told me to go and get it in the middle of the afternoon as we had a lull in customers. I’m sure the budding chef will love it. 

Thought for the Day – “Magic happens when you don’t give up, even though you want to. The Universe always falls in love with a stubborn heart.” ~ JMStorm

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Way back last year I bought Mal, for Father’s Day, a voucher for a 3 course meal at Ambrette We do like the restaurant, a fusion of French and Indian. You can taste all the individual spices that they use. It really is high end food with amuse bouche in between the 3 courses. So, we decided to go for their “Exotic Sunday lunch” and very good it was too. What made it even better was they had a pianist who was playing and singing very gentle music. Very romantic.

Mal had the saddle of British lamb  roast and it came with spicy vegetables and very different tasting yorkshire puddings. As usual I had the roasted sea bass for main (I love fish) and my starter grilled Tilapia.

It started snowing while we were in there and was getting a lot colder. Straight home afterwards and the log burner alight! Just a shame Spurs didn’t get their three points when we watched the game.

 

Thought for the Day – “Keep smiling and one day life will get tired of upsetting you.”

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What a difference a day makes! Yesterday it was beautiful and this day it was cold and very wet. We went to buy the paper and then walked around the orchards. They are still grubbing some of the trees and have chopped a lot of the breaker trees. They have also put new notices up.  Nothing mattered to Ellie, she spent the time chasing rabbits and trying to get down their burrows which have huge entrances! She had plenty of exercise chasing them.

A very muddy dog by the time we arrived home. We lit the log burner straight away.

We watched Hammers in the afternoon. 

Thought for the Day – “Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers , the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” 

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Mal decided it was time for a haircut and his barber is in Broadstairs so I dropped him off and Ellie and I went to Stone Bay. The sun was shining and it really was a glorious morning. I did chat to a guy down there who told me he has worked all over the world and yet we have some of the best beaches right here in Thanet. I had to agree and because the sun was out everyone was smiling! I must remember to smile more often, I get a bit into my head and some days forget. I must keep reminding myself as it makes me feel better.

When Mal had finished having his hair cut he joined us on the beach. From there I popped into the supermarket on the way back home and also bought some primroses for my pots. I planted them in the afternoon and Mal washed the car. The temperature started dropping quite quickly even though the sun was still out.  Log burner alight and very cosy!

Thought for the Day – “Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” ~ Lord Byron

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We walked Ellie in a very strong wind and then drove over to Sandwich. It is the first time we have been properly able to look at the house we want to buy . So we met the estate agent and Lou and Rhys over there. I have to say there is more needs doing to the house than we first thought as now everything is cleared out and the tenant has left, you can see all that is wrong. Some of the decking in the garden has rotted, so I guess we will redo the whole garden.I can’t say I like decking anyway.

The agent also had a problem finding the keys for the conservatory!

We made notes of everything we will need to have done. We intended having carpets fitted before we moved in but everywhere needs decorating so perhaps we will do it room by room. 

It gives us something to think about and will keep us busy which is possibly exactly what we need.

It was so nice that it was still light at 4.30! Spring is coming!

Thought for the Day – “LISTEN and SILENT are spelled with the same letters…….think about it.”