Month: May 2011

I was very sad to hear of the death of John Walker yesterday. For those that don’t know, one of the Walker Brothers. It makes you stop and think when you grew up listening to their music. He was only 67. I had all their LP’s!

I went to the shops in the morning and just popped into Starling while I was waiting for the water shop to open. I only bought four items and one of them they overcharged me by 3tl. I showed the girl the receipt, the usual shrug and so I just stood there until she called the Manager. A good 5 minutes later she appeared and I took her to the shelf, showed her the bar code on the bottle and the bar code on the shelf. Another shrug, she went back to the till and just gave me my 3tl. No wonder I rarely go into Starling.  Of course I didn’t get an apology…..I am a nuisance!

An article some may (or may not!) want to read see link. They say Cyprus would be ‘the hands down winner!’

I swam in the pool in the afternoon and remembered (not that I ever really forget!) what fantastic views we have as we are swimming and just how lucky we are.

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Thought for the Day -“Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.”  ~Danny Kaye

 

 

I am now getting up early and sitting on the terrace watching the sun come up behind the mountain…wonderful!

The pool temperature has risen to 24 degrees, so is lovely for swimming.

I heard from Mal in the evening and he fell asleep in the afternoon. I can’t say I am surprised after his three days of meetings and all that travelling. He says he has a lot of washing and ironing to do…a man’s work is never done!

Thought for the Day – “Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower” ~ Hans Christian Andersen

Summer is here! The pool is warming up nicely, so time for daily swims.

Rosie seems much improved back having her pain killers but still walks doing a kind of bunny hop trot.

In the afternoon Rhys and co came on the webcam for two and a half hours. It was a bit like having them all in the living room.

I watched the big game, Man U v Chelsea. A good game and the correct result. Man U won 2-1, almost champions now. About 15 minutes after the game finished we had a power cut. Thank goodness they waited until the end of the game.

Mal finished his three days of meetings and went back to the caravan. I should think he will be having a rest after all that until all the exam papers start arriving.

The pictures are very early morning from our bedroom.

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Thought for the Day – “Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.” ~ Margaret Mead

 

Mal managed his first days meeting at Warwick Uni yesterday, I guess it all came back to him pretty quickly.

I went to the shop and bought Cyprus Today. I can’t say there was much real ‘news’ in it see link. I did my best to pick out one or two articles in it!

The rest of the day gardening and watching Spurs. Oh dear, they really needed that game.

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Thought for the Day – “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows” ~ St Francis of Assisi

 

Thunderstorms forecast for today, it certainly didn’t look like it. It was a lovely day.

I met up with the “girls” for lunch at Ezic Premier. We had a really good time but unfortunately the meal was not as good as the company. Four of us had the chicken fajitas. It was fine when the chilli etc was added but as soon as we tasted the chicken on its own, it tasted mouldy.  We tried to explain to the waiters who offered us more food but after the mouldy tasting chicken none of us really wanted anything else.

They gave us free coffees which we hadn’t actually asked for and when the bill came it was for the full price. I wonder when these restaurants will learn to listen to their customers. We were sure this was a one off as we have all eaten there before and the food was good but they really should have given us some sort of deduction. They didn’t end of story. I am sure four of us couldn’t be wrong.

 

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Thought for the Day – “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart”. ~ Elisabeth Foley

 

We were up at 5.00am as Mal was flying back to the Uk to do his stint of marking and moderation. Rosie and I took him to the airport. At the other end he was travelling straight to Warwick Uni for three days of intensive meetings. That will be a challenge after doing nothing like that for months. But he has been doing this for years.

Still, at least his first three days he has hotel meals!

He rang in the evening and had lost one of his bottles of water and thought he had lost a pair of trousers that he packed…oh no he found them later!  He had better get his head in gear for his meetings!

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Thought for the Day – “Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching.” ~ Satchel Paige

 

 

Mal and I decided to go back and see the vet in Alsancak, the Prof, the one with the model donkey outside. Mal told her about the “click” in Rosie’s leg and she confirmed we should be giving her Rimadyl and chondroitin. We bought some more of each. I have to say back on the pain killers. Rosie is a different dog and much more her normal self and not permanently hopping around on three legs. She still goes three legged every now and then but obviously is not in so much pain.

Two out of three of our cacti, waiting to flower have flowered today. The flowers only last one day and they are so pretty.

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Thought for the Day – “Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age” ~ Christopher Morley