Month: September 2014

Bargains – Babyliss Waving Wand | Free Delivery | amazon.co.uk & Living Social Deals UK | Weekly Pick | livingsocial.com& Debenhams Discount Code | 50% off & Homebase Discount Code | 20% off | homebase.co.uk & Debenhams Flowers Discount Code | debenhamsflowers.com & Sainsburys Cookware Sale | 50% off | sainsburys.co.uk

We had a different mountain walk, lots of new smells for Ellie.

We have put off a lot of the gardening while it has been so humid, time to get to grips with it, starting with Mal cutting the lantana hedge again! Then of course swimming.

I have ulcers in my mouth and I have to say I have never had ulcers until I stopped smoking. In fact I have one on the end of my tongue and so couldn’t eat dinner without tears streaming out of my eyes! I gave up trying in the end.

Thought for the Day – “Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.”

Bargains – Hobbycraft Sewing Machine | Brother Sewing Machine LS14 | £69 & Hobbycraft Discount Code | 15% off | hobbycraft.co.uk & Pet Supermarket Discount Code | 50% off | pet-supermarket.co.uk & Simply Be Discount Code | 20% off | simplybe.co.uk & Brantano Discount Code | Shoe Sale | 50% off | brantano.co.uk & Wallis Discount Code | 20% off | wallis.co.uk

Up to the mountains and Ellie met up with Albert. I had to put her on the lead as we could smell a carcass very near to us. Why do they just dump these dead animals anywhere? I know she would have retrieved it for us…yuk!

Ken came round in the afternoon, he is going to do some of his book readings and then they will go on YouTube. I love Doodle & Scribbles adventures, they are great for kids.

Then swimming in the pool. Water that is  29 degrees still seems cold!
Thought for the Day – “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” ~ Marianne Williamson

Bargains – Dorothy Perkins Maternity Sale | 80% off & Bhs Swimwear | 50% off | Free DeliveryB & Dorothy Perkins Student Discount | 10% off | dorothyperkins.com & JD Williams Discount Code 20% off at jdwilliams.co.uk & The Brilliant Gift Shop Voucher Codes | 20% off & Zavvi Voucher Codes | 10% off | zavvi.com

Down to the beach.

Oh, I forgot to say , Torin went fishing yesterday, rather pleased with his 30 pound catch. It’s at a new lake he managed to get on to this season. Impressed!

Rhys has had no voice for 3 weeks. He is coming to the end of his latest lot of antibiotics. We have told him it obviously isn’t bacterial. The doc has made an appointment for him with a specialist….only 67 days until then. How bad is that? He has no voice and so they won’t let him work. What can you say?

What a transformation in Manchester United! We had to listen to it on 5 Live, couldn’t find it anywhere on Dodgy Turk!  They can have their box back now as footie is the only thing we watch through them.

Thought for the Day – “Hold the hand of the child within you. For this child nothing is impossible.” – Paulo Coelho

Bargains – JD Williams Discount Code 20% off at jdwilliams.co.uk & Ambrose Wilson Crazy Clearance 20% off ambrosewilson.com & Julipa Discount Code 10% off at julipa.com & Amazon Discount Code | amazon.co.uk& Monarch Sale | Short City Breaks | Short Ski Breaks & Bhs Curtains | 50% off | Free Delivery

A mountain walk and then down to buy Cyprus Today. For anyone living in Alsancak, read this….

We had our lunch out at Sea Point. I had the sea bass which was really good. At least in day light I had more chance of filleting the fish!

 

For some reason we couldn’t get the 3/5pm football match on Digi Turk, nowhere to be found. I think they may be having their box back as that is the only thing we watch on there anyway.

Thought for the Day – “We have the right and the obligation to live a fairy tale for adults at least once in our life.” ~ Paulo Coelho

Bargains –

BHS Lighting Clearance | 50% off | bhs.co.uk & Wallis Jumpers | 25% off | wallis.co.uk & Argos Sale | Electrical and Homeware | 50% off | argos.co.uk & Blacks Camping and Hiking Gear | 50% off | blacks.co.uk & Wickes Fence Panels | 10% off | wickes.co.uk & Maplin Offers | Free Delivery | maplin.co.uk

I noticed yesterday that my car brakes were feeling very spongy. I really can’t have dodgy brakes with the maniacs on the road here. I told Mal we would have to get it sorted and I wasn’t driving it until then.

We did our walk down in the ravine. First we met David walking Jekka and then later Kenny with Loppi. It’s Kenny’s birthday today, so we left something at their entrance!

We then drove the car down to Ziggy. Brake fluid had leaked out, so he opened a new can, topped it up, bled all the brakes and I have brakes again! He gave us the rest of the can just to top up if necessary. How much for 20 minutes work plus the whole contents of the brake fluid can? 20 tl!!!! (about £5.50 at today’s prices) I wonder how much in the UK? Good old Ziggy.

A good thing the brakes were working well on the way home as I just noticed in time, a rather large chameleon sitting in the middle of the road. I would have been really upset had I squashed him.

News from KTW………….

“Our last nest will be excavated tonight, meeting at 5.45pm at ‘The Turtle Shack’ Club Guzelyali Car Park. No booking required, releasing at dark about 7pm. Join us to say goodbye to our last hatchlings this season.”

If you haven’t seen them go along, your last chance this year!

Bargains – Garden Plants For Sale | 50% off | gardenbargains.com & Debenhams Promo Code | 70% off | debenhams.com& Homebase Discount Code | 20% off | homebase.co.uk & Marks and Spencer Luggage Sale | 20% off | marksandspencer.com & Look Fantastic Voucher Code | 20% off | lookfantastic.com & Joules Discount Code | 25% off | joules.com

A mountain walk and it is so much cooler now. Much more pleasant than the humid August.

Violet and Tris came on the web cam. Violet starts her “big” school for two and a half hours a day next Monday. Another one really looking forward to going.
After that gardening and swimming.

Bargains – Screwfix Radiators | up to 50% off | screwfix.com & PetsPyjamas Discount Code | petspyjamas.com& Debenhams Promo Code | 70% off | debenhams.com & Bhs Discount Code | 30% off | Free Delivery | bhs.co.uk & Tesco Discount Codes | £15 off | tesco.com & Argos Tools Sale | argos.co.uk

Another long walk in the mountains and then back home to clean up as we had an estate agent coming. It was Korinia and yes, he was very good. We bought the land through Korinia when we first came here.  Well, we will see if our house sells now ! I have to say he was far more positive than any of the other agents. The first one we had a year ago and haven’t heard a thing from them since! I guess a lot of them made their money during the boom.

One of my palms has produced a really nice flower right at the top. It’s a little difficult to see it is so high.

Interesting that people were over at Hasan Sungur’s houses today. Well, I say his houses, he owns the land and is it therefore everything that is on it, and never mind the poor people who have paid around £80K on the houses that are falling apart?
Josie started at “big” school for two and a half hours a day. She evidently ran in without a backward glance……..the last one to go to school!

Thought for the Day – “You may only live once. But if you do it right once is enough.” ~ Paulo Coelho