Sunday: Bowling

I tried so hard but Doreen and I lost, 6 - 2 against Jeff and Brian.

Saturday: Nasi Goreng

We were invited next door for dinner on Saturday evening as Mimi was cooking Nasi Goreng.

Brian used to live on it whilst he was in Singapore, back in the sixties, and so it was a trip down memory lane for him. I must admit that it was well tasty and I had seconds!

I promised to take a bottle of red wine and there I was in the supermarket trying to pretend that I knew something about it. Saturday Kitchen came to mind. I finally decided on 'Sangre de Toro'. Mark and Katie seemed to like it when I took it back to England a little while ago. Thankfully, it went down well!

Friday: Little Lottie's Birthday

My mission of the day was to collect Charlotte from nursery and get her rigged out in her posh frock, ready to attend Lottie's party in the park.

It was a lovely evening. Her parents, Gavin and Hayley, are well known in the area and lots of folk turned up. Us adults had a few beers whilst the little ones pigged out on pizza. Maz, Brian and I escaped at around half past eight and had 'one for the road' at bar Rincon. You can only take so much of a good thing!!

Tall Tale?

We really wouldn't believe Brian's tale about this bloke driving down a Spanish motorway in his motorized bed until he found the proof! I flippin' hate it when he's right!!

Other things to catch up on:-

Doreen and I slaughtered Steve and Tomo on Sunday with an eight - nil win. Well done us.

Shona arrives on the 22nd of June to stay for a week.

Charlotte lost the first of her milk teeth today and is so proud of it. She says that she can't stop smiling and can't wait until the tooth fairy turns up.

Congratulations to Sue, the manager at the bowling alley, and her partner, Shaun, on the birth of their son, Keifer Brian. He's lovely, well done both xx

Laurel and Hardy!

It really was like a comedy duo when these two blokes turned up earlier, to sort out my everlasting problem with the internet connection.

They insisted on taking the computer to their workshop for the day just to make sure all was in working order. Such a waste of time because it has been checked so many times this past year that I'm sure it's dizzy. No-one will listen to a mere woman though!

Anyway, it came back home around four o'clock, complete with it's escorts and lots of wires etc. Nothing wrong with it.........I held my tongue and didn't say 'I told you so', even though I thought it.

They decided to tackle the router to see if that was the cause. Lots of head scratching, wires here and there. The pair argued like fury too which would have been well funny had I not been so anxious. To be honest, things started to look quite good at around half past five and I felt quite hopeful. However, five minutes later it went belly up. Time for me to disappear down to the bar as my comments didn't seem to be helping!

It took them four hours to get it sorted and I'm left with wires all over the floor and my furniture scattered around the room but I do seem to be online, however long it lasts. Hopefully, they will be back tomorrow to sort out the mess and I'll reserve my comments until later.

A Respectful Silence

ANDREW PETER EVANS

1949 - 1982

A Belated Blog!

I won't moan about my internet connection, suffice to say that it's the worst in the world!

We had a fun day on Saturday watching the F A Cup final. Terry, centre, even had his hair dyed for the occasion. It's such a shame they lost and even worse that Chelsea won!!

So Many Children!

I had a bit of an arty, crafty time tonight and ended up with this lovely display of pics.

I've been so unhappy with my higgledy piggledy frames that I went off to the Todo shop tonight and bought these black things. They seemed to match the photograph that Sam gave me of Jamie, Martin and Maisie and so I went for it.

From left, Dean with Bradley, bottom corner, Sophie, Maisie, Martin and Jamie, Tully and Charlotte.

Lovely!

Ummm?

I feel so much for the parents of the little girl who has gone missing in Portugal and can only imagine their anguish. None of us know the full facts but I do feel that her parents' station in life should have dictated greater care for all three children. I was rather surprised that they left the twins at the creche today............I'm sure that I would be hanging onto them like grim death.

At the other end of the scale, young Yeremi went missing several weeks ago. He is seven years old and was playing with his cousins, with his grandfather nearby.

The Spanish Police and the Army have searched for him without success.

He is the third child to have gone missing in the Canary Islands during the last few months. None have been found.

My heart goes out to them all.

As One Door Closes

We start all over again! Yes, it was the first match of the new Sunday bowling season today and it doesn't seem two minutes since the end of the last one. Same old faces too. It's far too early to talk about scores and to be honest, I don't really feel like going there!

I've been suffering with a bad back all weekend. The only cause I can think of is that I did help Maz to clean an apartment on Friday morning and as I've done nothing strenuous for ages, I may have pulled a muscle or something. Thankfully, it doesn't really affect movement, it just aches like hell.

Being too lazy to cook this evening, we stopped at Mark's Carvery in Calleo Savaje on our way home from bowling. Nothing like a roast dinner when it's around 29 degrees outside!

Bowling 'Do'

We went off to Las Americas on Tuesday night for the bowling presentation.

It was quite a good evening with a three course meal and a cabaret thrown in but we were absolutely dumbstruck by the price of beer. Would you believe nine euros for two bottles of Heineken? Needless to say, we didn't have many of them!

Jeff is determined to get the winner's trophy next year. We shall see.

Missed Bits

Having had an erratic connection for a few days I missed some stuff which I would have normally blogged.

Firstly, last Tuesday was Sophie's third birthday. We trust that you had a lovely day, Sophie, and our card arrived safely, xxx. Hopefully, Dad will forward some of your birthday pics.

Secondly, my birthday was on Wednesday. Not a lot to report as it was fairly quiet. We had a pleasant afternoon with friends and watched the footie later. Just a normal sort of day really.

Finally, we are off to the Wigan Pier in Las Americas tomorrow night for our bowling 'do'. Brian and Jeff are picking up trophies yet again. It was so close this year as they were two points away from top of the league. More stuff to dust and nothing for me!

Am I Bobbered?

Sam sent me this photo of our Maisie taken just before she went off to her first day at school.

We did a bit of bonding whilst I was in England at Easter. Well, I thought we had until I happened to close the door with her fingers still in it!

She's still a little unsure of me but that's understandable as she doesn't see me very often.

Have fun, Maisie xx

The Internet is a Wonderful Thing............

When it flippin' works!

I know this is one of my regular moans but I have to get it off my chest somehow. We took the computer and the new printer to yet another mending man yesterday. My new printer wouldn't work but that was easily sorted as it was a duff cable. I did suggest that early on but 'im indoors wouldn't believe me! Brownie points earned on that one.

It appears that, three mending men ago, my genuine copy of Windows XP was replaced by an illegal one. According to the latest chap, that has caused all of my problems and so he got it back together again with updates. I was on such a high today. My internet was on all afternoon...........COOL!!

THEN, at teatime, the flaming thing went belly up again. Back to the man who swears that the computer is fine and Telefonica who swear that the line is fine. What can I do?

The Birthday Fairy Turned Up Early!

I got my printer/scanner/copier at long last and it's something else! Not having anywhere to hide it Brian gave it to me tonight. I was so excited!

The software is installed but I'm waiting until tomorrow to work it out properly. He has promised to adjust my desk to accommodate it and sort out the wiring. It's like a snake's wedding behind there!

I keep giving it a cuddle.............wooooshhh. I'm so happy!!!