Month: April 2012

Now, this is a bargain, I can remember these being really expensive when we were in the UK. Good for DIYers.

Well, it seems all Rosie wants to do is to sit on her chair. So, we drove her up to the mountains so that she could have a very short walk. Imagine our surprise when just at the beginning of the walk where we go, we saw a new sign (the one below).

How silly of us again believing this was Forestry land. So another ‘blot on the landscape’, when there are so many half built decaying shells all over the North. Oh, and the North part of the island may be in for a name change!

Mal spent an hour and a half doing Biology revision with River over the webcam and marking a paper Mal had given him. It all seems complicated to me the marking systems nowadays, how you answer for each level. Showing my age now! Just as well Mal knows the marking systems.

Rosie ate a tiny bit more than yesterday. She has now eaten about a third of a boiled chicken breast all day but that is an improvement from nothing!

 

Thought for the Day – “Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” ~ Julius Charles Hare

This murder mystery break sounds interesting. If we were in the UK, I think we would be going.

The day started off quite miserable weather but greatly improved as the day went on.

We were invited to Christa and Robin’s for Sunday lunch and delicious it was too. Sally also joined us and we had a lovely afternoon. Thank you both.

Rosie had very little to eat before we went out and although we tried to tempt her, nothing when we arrived back home.

We then watched the Man Utd game, a good result. 4-0.

 

Thought for the Day – “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” ~ Paulo Coelho

For anyone who uses Monarch to fly into Larnaca or anywhere else for that matter, here is a discount code.

We were woken in the morning by Rosie wanting to be sick so Mal jumped out of bed to let her out. The fact she had only eaten two tiny morsels of chicken yesterday, time for the vets. Mal had already diagnosed the increased Rymadil had made her stomach delicate. We drove to the Prof. She took Rosie’s temperature, checked her leg was back to normal, yes it is and checked everything else. Then she said it was the increased dose of Rymadil, a knowing look on Mal’s face….well his degree was in Biology! She said just to try small amounts of boiled chicken and gave her an anti sickness injection. The cost for all of that 20tl.

While we were there we asked her to give Rosie her booster as it is due now. That was 30tl. Total visit, 50tl. (£17.54) AND remember this is for a Professor to examine your dog!

We bought Cyprus Today on the way home. It made me feel quite sick that the 7 year old Mustafa has been found dead. Condolences to his family. I can’t imagine how they must be feeling.

In the afternoon we had Lou, Rhys and all the family on the web cam for nearly two hours, it was a bit like being in their home!

It looks as though Man City can do perfectly well without Balotelli! We watched them beat Norwich 6-1!

 

Thought for the Day – ” The world is changed by examples, not by opinions.” ~ Paulo Coelho

For anyone who fancies an overnight stay in the Cotswolds,with a gourmet dinner, this sounds really good and goes up to December 2012.

More gardening and Rosie decided to go in her favourite place while I was doing it.

The latest update on Kulaksiz 5

In the evening we went down to Hillside and had their Friday night fish and chips and very good it was too. We hadn’t realised until we paid the bill that Friday nights you can have fish, chips and mushy peas and your first drink all for 20tl!

I couldn’t persuade Rosie to eat anything all day, so unlike her! When we came back from Hillside I managed to get her to eat two very tiny pieces of boiled chicken. It’s a bit of a worry.

 

 Thought for the Day – “ There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.”  ~ Alexander Woollcott

 

Do you need a room in the UK between 1st September and 30th December? The sale starts TODAY at 6am UK time and 8am Cyprus time – £12 rooms.

We managed to get Rosie on a very short walk again and Mustafa (our neighbour) stopped his car to say hello. It was a good opportunity for Mal to ask him if he would give him permission to go on his land to cut the boundary hedge (ours) which has overgrown on his side. He smiled sweetly and said of course. Mal just wasn’t going to risk stepping foot on his land until he agreed. We remember our worker that he beat up for the very same thing a few years back!

So, that was Mal’s job for the day. It starts off lantana and the other end is myoporum and it goes a very long way!

Well, this whole scenario is getting crazy, writs for more people now.  Freedom of Speech as in the TRNC Constitution seems not to apply.

 

 

 

Thought for the Day – “There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.” ~ Mirabel Osler

This has got to be the cheapest E Reader I have seen but be quick the offer ends at midnight tonight. I think now I would be lost without mine, all those piles of books I used to fill my case with from the UK. And at this price, worth giving one a try if you are not sure.

Rosie started using her bad leg yesterday and started walking around a lot more but still not eating much. This morning she started following me around as if she wanted to go for a walk, so we gave it a try, just down the drive, a very short way on the road and she managed to get back up the drive again so it looks as though the leg really is on the mend.

Later I went to the shops and bought Cyprus Today. It looked as though it was going to be another dismal day and so I made Zuchini and pasta soup for lunch (delicious, especially if you put a lot of fresh lemon in it!) and I also prepared chicken chasseur for the evening! Meals sorted before midday.

I had left my car window open over night and it was more than obvious a cat I presume, took shelter there and left all his mud over the front seats.

Well, Man U are making it hard work, beaten by Wigan 1-0!

 

 

Thought for the Day – “God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.” ~ Author Unknown

Mal and I saw this bargain and knew we would  have bought one, had we been in the UK. Half Price too. If you have a big enough garden and kids, here’s a good half price offer.

A change in the weather again. We were a bit up in the clouds in the  afternoon! AND we had some rain just as we were going to water the garden! This was the view form one of our side windows.

 

Thought for the Day – “ A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.”  ~ Leonard Louis Levinson