Month: May 2013

Bargains – Half a million coach fares £5 or less &  Karcher Home Pressure Washer £79 & Thorntons I Love Chocolate Hamper £20 & Simply Be Free postage and Packing

Mal started painting all round and below the pool. I am sure it is not usually this hot at the beginning of May. At least the pool has really warmed up and we don’t gasp when we get in any more. I’m certainly not complaining but it’s just a little hot for painting! Time to have meals under our terrace and not in the sun!

In the afternoon Pauline and Chris came round to see us.

 

Thought for the Day – “Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.” ~ Wayne Dyer

Bargains – Nook Ereader £29 PLUS Free Delivery & Brantano Footwear 10% off everything & Debenhams Flowers 15% off & Relaxer Chair £29 & 3 Seater Garden Swing Seat £128.99

The Nook Ereader advertised above is an absolute bargain and evidently they are reducing the price (from £79) for a limited time only and this is with free delivery. If I didn’t already have one, I would be ordering one for myself. I have been trying to think of birthday presents, who I can buy one for!!

The painting of railings and gates is finished. Next all around and below to be painted!

Karen, Torin, Scarlet and Jack are off to the caravan for the weekend. I hope the weather stays nice for them.

A lot of my cacti are flowering at the moment. The flowers only last 24 hours.

Thought for the Day – “I must have flowers, always, and always.”  ~ Claude Monet

Bargains – Debenhams 20% off Home & Valueflora Free chocs with Bouquets & Thorntons Continental Chocs Spectacular  & Laura Ashley 30% off everything. EREADER NOW ONLY £29!!

Today (May Day) is International Workers Day. All banks and public offices are shut today in North Cyprus. Some of the other shops are closed as well. Cyprus Today – an article about “experts say driving is now the worst it has ever been.” I don’t think we needed experts to tell us that. I know that every time I get in my car and drive anywhere. They are still chatting away on their mobiles, speeding, not indicating….need I go on?! It also stuns me that the authorities don’t feel the need to pay their electricity bills. As for the stinking Girne Harbour, do they not realise this is one of the main tourist areas?

We managed to have a break from the work and went to The Black Olive where they had a May Day event. We had lunch there and chatted to some of the KAR volunteers and of course Vicki, who has a similar sense of humour to Mals. Chaos when they are together!

 

 

Thought for the Day – “Your eyes show the strength of your soul.” ~ Paulo Coelho