Sunday 7 July 2013

Week 5 of our new life

Monday got my nails done in Santa Barbara this morning, lovely job only not sure about colour, Portuguese Pink I think, although it should be Violetta, still happy with them and pleased to know that I can get them done close to home rather than having to wait until I go back to the UK.  Did notice though that the colour palette for the Portuguese tends to be more Pastel Colours, guess I can get used to that.  We packed up the rest of our boxes today as the removal van is coming again tomorrow afternoon.  Douglas made a statement that he would actually like to put me in storage for a couple of months, he measured me up and you can see the result in the photo, LOL. Hope the GNR are not around tomorrow when the van man comes. Still not quite sure what Douglas meant!!
Does look like a coffin LOL
Tuesday well what can I say this is our last day for 4 weeks in our wee empty hoose, going to miss it, just getting used to everything, but never mind will be a different house when we come back in August (I hope), the removal men came today and the first thing they asked was (What is the long white thing!) Douglas reply it should be the wife as I thought I would put her in storage for a month while I go to the UK, you don't need to worry about feeding her or anything she will be OK, they just looked at him and he then had to admit it just the cushions for the garden furniture, LOL their faces were a picture.  It has made me chuckle for the rest of the day.  Have managed my 18 lengths of the pool today, again sad that I will not be able to carry on swimming for the next month, unless!! Dad has managed to put a swimming pool in his garden (somehow don't think so), went to Mick and Paulines tonight as they are storing our clothes etc for the next month, had supper with them and a few laughs, life is good and on the brighter side we will catch up with everybody, boy have the family got plans for me back in Scotland, not sure if a week is long enough!!!
Wednesday up at 05.00am ready to leave our beloved house for the month of July and make tracks to Devon, walked the whole way round house and garden to say goodbye, feel quite sad and going to miss it, just feels so comfortable already and nothing has been done to it yet.  Arrived in Bristol lunchtime, OMG what a difference in temperature, picked up the car and on the way to Dawlish, at least the sun has come out, this will take some getting used to again.  Today will be a day to catch up with Dad, see what jobs he needs doing for the next three weeks and acclimatising to the UK weather.  Received the electric bill by email, uuuumh! need to get our head around how they work it out!! watch this space.
Thursday lovely sunny day in Devon and the news is telling us we are going to have a heatwave, bring it on, managed to get some cleaning done for dad, then went shopping, also found a couple of nice little pubs, one in Dawlish Warren and one in Dawlish so had a couple of sneaky drinks.  Conversation with Adrian our Builder as we need to change the planned extension yet again, instead of building on to the side of the house we now have to extend to the front, this is due to Portuguese Planning that states you must respect 5 metres from your boundary on any side, which in effect means that if we build on to the side we are not respecting that. Now Adrian needs to work out what extra units and Granite we need to order for the kitchen.  The Granite is not a problem but as we have already ordered the kitchen we need to move quick to make sure we have enough kitchen. Typical it happens as soon as we arrive back in the UK, oh well sure it will work out.  Poor man is working to a tight enough schedule.
Friday had a busy day today, cleaning and washing, tidying out the garage and doing dads chiropody. Email about our windows and doors, we hadn't chosen the glass for the new front door, 2 pictures emailed, can we pick one and let them know straight away, not the same when done electronically.  Managed to pay the electric bill on-line, pretty straightforward and then had to let our lawyer know our full address so that she can have our bills sent to us rather than her, would be a good idea if we knew what the address really is, no one can tell us that fact!! so have sent her what we think it is and she will have to check with the Camra (council), might as well earn her money, plus we need it for proof of residency in August.
Chinchilla Glass

Delta Glass












Saturday, my sister Carol visited Dads today so a family gathering which was very good, we sorted out some stuff for dad and had a bit of lunch had a good laugh together.  Carol got the train instead of driving so she was in local holiday mode she also said that when she comes to Portugal she is not going to book she is going to be a random visitor, nothing to do with the bottle of Prossecco in Storage at the moment which has got her name on it.  Douglas says everybody will be random visitors as he is not inviting anyone LOL.
Sunday must be the hottest day today, went for a long walk along Dawlish Beach, stopped for a bit of lunch, then had the ultimate Clotted Cream Ice Cream ooooh heaven, just as well we left the car at dads as the walk will delay the calories sitting anywhere.  What a way to end the week Andy Murray won Wimbledon.
Dawlish Beach

Dawlish Beach

2 comments:

  1. Remember my clotted cream fudge when you come back to Scotland mmmmmm that brings back some memories xx

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  2. wonder if you get this message at least you have come back to sunshine.you working hard just like myself. speak 2 you soon take care.

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