So Sleepy!

Charlotte and I had our outing to La Gomera today but, I'm far too tired to blog it properly!

Tomorrow!

New Works

This is such a major job for our local council as

they are planning to spend over three million euros to give us a new beach with white sand.

It involves making a breakwater and importing 45,000 cubic metres of sand as well as removing the pebbles and rock which were already there.

This is the progress so far, three months on and it's planned that the whole thing will be finished in around nine months from now.

I'll update in due course.

Poor Ken!

I really can't believe this. I've spent almost three weeks being so excited over Juanita's egg, but on our return home from bowling today..........there is no sign of him!

Disappointed isn't the word. We've searched for him but no trace. Happen it's a budgie thing but I'm really gutted. Sorry Ken xx

A Measly Four Percent

Thanks Katie, I thought I'd give it a go too. Well boring compared to your maps!!

Quite a good one from Brian, though. Join the Royal Navy and see the World!

Two Weeks To Go!

I booked my flights today and I'm so excited. Horrid times but as it's the only flight that day, beggars can't be choosers. Tenerife to Exeter only happens twice a week.

It's a year since I was last there and I can't wait to see my family and friends again. Look out Cornwall!!

Scary Caves

Charlotte and I had a change of route today and walked down to the other side of the village. She was 'so excited'. Goodness knows what she will be like next Thursday when we go off to La Gomera!

We had a bit of a vote and decided that neither of us really wanted to walk into that black hole and went off in search of a cool drink. She was sweating!

I'm Boring!

Apart from Monday bowling, I've been a home bird this week. I have a nice clean, shiny apartment to show for it though. Lots of little jobs which I've been meaning to do for ages have been done and a couple more planned before I jet off to England at Easter. One of them is to clean out the kitchen cupboards but being so short, and shrinking fast, it's hard to reach the top shelves. I'm on the look out for a beer crate so if anyone knows of any lying around give me a shout!

Juanita is still sitting on her egg, or Ken as he's been named. Only a few days left before he's due to hatch.

Five o'clock club has been short of members for a couple of weeks. Dave and Caron are being good kids and go home straight from work, Don and Sue don't appear as much as they used to do and are threatening to change their venue which just leaves us and Vic most afternoons. We did have, well almost, a full house tonight though. Joan and Kevin turned up. They are from Lancashire and we share a similar sense of humour. I won't go into detail, but, Pendle witches were mentioned..........Joan made me laugh until my sides ached!

Our Weekend

Apart from being St Patrick's Day, Saturday was Caron's birthday. The 'lads' went off to watch the Manchester United match whilst 'us girls' as in Caron, Charlotte and myself, met up at Antonio's, had a couple there and then wandered down to the park. It was a nice lazy day..........a bit wet and chilly, but you can't have everything! Ayoze won the cleaning up job!

Mothers' Day was ok........a quick chat with Sam (she was at work), and Donna finally managed to catch me at home after bowling. Not that I should mention that as Doreen and I were slaughtered, yet again. Jeff and Brian had two matches to play and won both 6 - 2. They are still up there at the top of the league. Another flippin' cup to dust!

I've been checking out the price of flights to England at Easter. I can only travel with First Choice into Exeter and it isn't too bad at the moment. 290 Euros return but I'm risking hanging on for another week to see if it drops a little. Knowing my luck, it will go up instead of down!

Driving?

For some reason I have been thinking about taking up driving again. I passed my driving test on the 23rd of July, 1979 and remember it so well! We had a mini at the time and my husband turned up to collect me afterwards with Mark and Sam in the car.........they were all so happy to see that I'd passed!!
I've had so many cars, normally Toyotas and they have all been given names.........I can remember, Alice, Daisy, Blossom, Pearl, Olivia and then Jennifer who was a similar model to the one pictured. She was a year younger and had a T bar, the love of my life! Next was Millie, I hated her, then Elizabeth, shortly followed by Arthur Astra. Somewhere in between was Bertie Rumble who was a complete pain but served me well at the time.
Peter was next, a Fiesta Si, he is on my list of favourites but the last car I owned in England was a Mazda MX3..........nice to drive but horrible to park........Polly!!
I keep looking at Melvyn and wondering if I might manage the wrong side of the road driving. I've made a little map to get me to the shop, very scary, but I think I might give it a go, Tuesday sounds good! Wish me luck!

Winter Turned Up

Everyone has been remarking on the wonderful weather which we have been enjoying this winter. Ummm, nice while it lasted but, according to the latest report, it will be Sunday before the sun shines again.

I had to visit the Town Hall this morning to collect a Certificate of Residence. I queued for an hour, nothing ever changes, and by the time I left, the rain was streaming down the road. Lovely!

I must have looked a pretty sight. Shorts, flip-flops and Brian's golfing waterproof coat! No wonder everyone laughed when I took refuge in Keith's bar. I managed to paddle home, half an hour later and it looks like I'll be staying put tomorrow as thunderstorms are on the way. Snow on Mount Teide too!!

A Football Overdose!

I had a good day at the bowling today scoring 149, 165 and 144 which put me into second place in the high handicap series. It wasn't enough to get a win for Doreen and I though as we only managed two points.

Thankfully, it didn't drag on today as I was eager to get back to the 'football bar' to watch the Rovers match. I had a bit of a shock, though, as the whole pub was involved in the rugby, grrrr!

Keith came up trumps though and put the footie on the big screen, just for us, whilst the rugby lot were left with the small screen. I don't think we were flavour of the month, somehow!

Rovers are through to the next round but poor Argyle couldn't get the ball into the back of the net no matter how they tried. After two matches, I was so glad to come home!

Happy Day

Our Melvyn's first introduction to the internet! He's been back to the garage for the last week with internal problems. He's fine again now, and I don't think he looks too bad for a fifteen year old!

Brian was well embarrassed when he went to collect him as someone had washed him. I could even see out of the windows!

My happy day consisted of, a well Melvyn, Juanita's egg, a lovely text message from Sam, our mate, David, sold his first car and I'm off to Cornwall for Easter........yippee!!!

News Flash!!

Juanita had her first egg today!

Brian managed to get this pic whilst she was away from her nesting box. For some reason I thought it would be bigger.

School Trip

The Canary Islands have been part of my life for almost ten years now and, although we have settled in Tenerife, it's my mission to visit all the other islands at some point.

I'm not doing too well so far as the only other island I've set foot on is Gran Canaria!

It turns out that Charlotte is going to La Gomera with her school towards the end of this month. Mum and Dad are working and can't go with her but she seems happy enough for me to tag along.

I can see the island from my house and have taken numerous photos of it. It's famous for it's wonderful walks (more of interest to John than me), the cloud which often covers the island and a strange whistling language that the locals use.

I'm really excited!! Even the thought of having to be at Charlotte's school before half seven in the morning isn't putting me off!

Adeje

We caught the bus to Adeje today as Brian needed to price up some wood and stuff and I fancied a change of scenery. I'm also checking out the prices of small freezers as it would benefit us to buy our food in bulk. More on that later.

Adeje is a fast growing town situated above the holiday regions of Las Americas and Los Christianos. I took this pic of the old Adeje, just a couple of hundred yards away from a busy superstore. Should we have wandered further we would have come across schools, colleges, health centres and sports facilities.

Such a wonderful mix and worth exploring further.

Sunday Bowling

Not a bad day as Doreen and I managed to take two points off the lads from The Sun Inn. I had my best score in ages on the middle game...............168! Today's clever clogs was 'im indoors as he had a clean game with a score of 210.

We play Bingo on Sunday. If you score a strike on the first, fifth, sixth, seventh and the last one on ten, you win 500 Euros. Brian was so close..............he left a pin up on the seventh but got the rest. Such a blow!

Why Can't I Sleep?

I've tried going to bed but sleep seems to be evading me tonight. Liz left me the latest Danielle Steel book, but even reading isn't going to send me off. I'm really wrecked as I had quite a busy day.

Jeff picked me up at lunchtime as Doreen and I had a make-up match to play. It was a waste of time, really, as neither of us could play for toffee. Bowling is such a stupid game. We had a giggle though. Jeff amused himself by shouting 'helpful' comments throughout. Little tinker!!

I don't seem to see much of 'im indoors these days as he's working so much. He finished job number two today but still has another three waiting in the wings. Another estimate to do too. All good stuff!

There has been a knock on effect as it means I have all the shopping and cooking to do. I'm sort of getting in to it. Don't mock! My roast chicken earned me ten points yesterday. That's a first.
It's curry tomorrow and although I have all the thingies, I bet I make a mess of it........a bit too adventurous for me!

Flippin' Brilliant!!

I really wanted to watch the FA Cup replay, Blackburn Rovers against Arsenal, so I had a walk around the village this morning to check out the football bars. Rachel at the Fisherman Bar assured me that they would have it on the big screen......seats booked!!

To be perfectly honest, I expected a 2 - 0 win for Arsenal and was almost biting my nails until the last few minutes when Blackburn scored. Did I make some noise?!! I had a lovely evening and well done Rovers!

If they can beat Arsenal, they have a good chance against Man City. I'm looking forward to it.

Many thanks to my friend, Sue, she also spotted the daffs in the supermarket and bought me some. It's like Kew Gardens in here xx