Getting There

We went down to do a full clean on the holiday apartment today. Not much of a problem as they hadn't made much of a mess and two hours broke the back of it. The towels are causing me a little bit of stress because I could only find four last week. Today there were loads. Best thing to do is wash them tomorrow and drop some off on Saturday! I'm pretty crap at this!

This German woman rang me this evening, right in the middle of Corrie. Abrupt as Germans are but nice and polite. She just wanted to make sure that I would be there with keys tomorrow to let them into the other apartment. I can do that.

As it's my birthday on Sunday, I'm hanging up my cleaning gear on Saturday and going for a party.

So Busy!

Life pootles on............computer, PS2, books and television, happen a beer or three along the way and then all this work turns up. Brian has been rushing around all week doing this and that and as Sue and Don are on holiday I've been doing a bit of work for her.

They set off for England on Monday via Madrid and as I haven't heard from her for a couple of days I trust they got back in time for their son's stag night. Thankfully, the wedding isn't until next Saturday and I'm sure that the flights will be fine by then.

I did a mid-week clean on an apartment a couple of days ago and I'm surrounded by dirty laundry which has to be washed and ironed by next Thursday so that I can have the place ship shape for the next lot who turn up on Friday. More washing!! In the meantime I have to buy fruit for another apartment and meet them with the keys.

I'm caring for Sue's canary, name not known but has now been re-christened Cheeky and watering her plants. Sorry Sue, if you are reading this, five of them are in intensive care xx

Thanks John x

John knows how much I miss England in the Spring and always takes a few photos especially for me.

This year's is really nice.

I had to wait for longer than usual because of the snow but it was worth it. Thanks again mate xx

Here at Last!

Matey turned up at just after ten o'clock this morning and set up my new telly. He was so amused to see our BBC antenna lying across a chair on the balcony. I'm sure we made his day.

We had been debating what to do with the old one. Brian could run up the stairs with it over eight years ago but I doubt that he could run down with it now. Problem solved as matey wanted it for re-cycling and if he makes a bob or two on it well done him.

Not being into daytime TV we just stared at it for a while and decided that it's debut would be tonight's Corrie! What else?!

Done and Dusted

After setting my mind on a Samsung, 32 inch with HD and TDT (Freeview) I ended up with an LG. It pushed the buttons and it's mine!

I'm sure that the lady in Santo had the quickest sale ever as I just wanted it over with, a beer and home!

The nice man is delivering it tomorrow at around eleven, installing it and setting it up. I trust he will sort out my PS 2.

Another post tomorrow with a pic and I promise not to mention televisions ever again!

A Plan!

As you all know I've been researching televisions for the past six months and tomorrow is the great day when we go off to buy one. Well, at least that's the plan!

I don't quite know how I started to be so careful with life. A few years ago I'd have just gone and bought the flaming thing but now it appears to be a major decision. Could it be that we have nothing else to talk about? Could Clio's ears be another thing that occupies our lives?

Goodness knows if it's an 'old thing' or is it because I'm bored out of my brain?

Voting

I've just been speaking to my brother and the subject of voting came up. He said that he hadn't made his mind up and the conversation turned to our Nana.

There she is in the middle with her sisters at Blackpool. Going to vote was quite an occasion for her. She would chat up the Labour candidate who promised a car to take her to the local school, put her posh frock on and go down the road in style..................to vote Conservative!!!

Dad always voted Labour so no-one realised that the poster in the window wasn't hers. Such good fun!

Happy Easter

My blog has been so neglected lately. It's not the lack of time just the lack of news.

We've been doing some decorating and my yellow lounge has been turned into blue. It looks really good and as soon as my new television moves in I'll post some pics.

Clio apologises for her lack of posts too but she hasn't been well lately. She went off for a bit of pampering last week and her hairdresser noticed that she had an ear infection. We were gobsmacked as we hadn't realised! A visit to the vet which she really loves, swabs and a microscope, almost a hundred euros and some sort of spray later and she's now on the mend.

Back to the vet on Saturday and hopefully she will have the all clear. Her Dad is in charge and knows he can slink over to the bar after her appointment to watch the ManU/Chelsea match

Talking about footie, we settled down to watch Arsenal v Barcelona last night and a Spanish family over the road was doing the same thing. They cheered, we cheered and we all ended up on our seperate balconies shouting in turn.............well funny.