Month: October 2009

We popped down to see Gary in the morning and then went on to do some shopping in Ileli. Mal found a bottle of Shepherd Neame real ale but was a little shocked when it went through the till at 9.75tl, so changed it for two bottles of different real ales that came to the same price. We then went on to Hur Deniz to buy some sea bass. It is on offer at the moment for 13tl a kilo. Mal cooked as he his speciality is to stuff it with spring onions and ginger and cook it in the microwave. It was delicious.

I went into the garden to deadhead some roses and look what I found eating them!

In the afternoon we watched the footie. Chelsea LOST to Villa but Man U won. They were both good games.

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We got all the rugs out and cleaned them and put a couple down, ready for winter and what happened? The temperature went up again, back to the early 30’s. Rosie liked having them back down anyway!

Mal replaced the flushing system to the WC in the en suite, thanks to Gary’s instructions he is now turning into Mr Practical.  He then finished off the painting on the side of the swimming pool wall. A good job finished.

We took Rosie out in the morning and she saw something in the undergrowth and that was it, straight down the side of a very steep mountain. She climbs like a mountain goat! Of course she came back with half the undergrowth stuck to her coat.

I bought Cyprus Today and it seems they are now reporting on things Mal put in his online newspaper over a week ago!

Mal actually managed to seal all the outside swimming pool wall and the first coat of textured paint. A job well done. Meanhwile I finished off round the outside windows, by the time we had both finished I was too worn out to go to Pizza Night, so we both had a night in and watched the England v Belarus game. Yes, we won!

So, we tried again with the painting! This time Mal managed to scrub all the wall ready to paint while I finished off the wall in the bedroom and painted the window surrounds outside.

Someone sent me this picture and I thought it was so nice I had to share it.

All set for a days painting around the outside of the house. It wasn’t until I was up a ladder that Mal decides he doesn’t have a roller!  One day he may get organised, although I doubt it.  So, down to the yapi market to buy more paint and a roller!

He didn’t get started at all, instead replaced the taps in the shower to the en suite and spent most of the day on the computer!

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More painting and mending. In between I read the write up on the previous evenings England game, oh dear is all I can say having not seen it.

In the evening we went to Café Dűkkan. We had a really nice meal and the place has not changed since we were last there which is some time ago. Their filter coffee in a cafetiere is just as good as always. It is a great place, lovely ambiance even if you just want to have a snack, with reasonable prices.

We went shopping in Ileli yesterday, our preferred supermarket as they are such nice helpful staff and usually carry our shopping to the car as well. It wasn’t until I arrived home and checked the receipt I realised that when the till had gone wrong the cashier inadvertently entered Rosie’s liver in 4 times but only cancelled one. It was obvious from the receipt there was an error as no two packs of liver would be exactly the same weight. So, on the way back from Café Dűkkan, we called in and spoke to the girl on the till. She immediately apologised and refunded the money. Ten out of ten for service once more! For anyone who hasn’t used them, they have an extensive selection of Asian and Oriental ingredients, so I just had to buy some more Thai red curry paste, 1kg fro 19tl. A point to note, they are open until 03.00, very handy if you arrive on a late plane.