Monday, Busy morning doing bits and bobs for dad, nurses were in checking his legs, yuk they are not so good. Dad has been working on making a roller-coaster puzzle, and he has finally completed it, such an achievement as it has lots of intricate parts to it, would think it would be good therapy for him. Went to Exeter as wanted to pick up some bits and pieces to send home to me, got my sun tan lotion, mosquito cream, a few things from Lakeland and a new Handbag, ho ho I have a new handbag, Douglas says do you really need a new handbag?? what do you think I said?? YES YES YES. Got a phone call regarding our new windows and doors, Nuno spoke to Adrian, Adrian seems confused about what is going where!! considering we had discussed again just Friday I am a bit surprised. Nuno is going to the house on Monday to meet Adrian, and Guess what we will be there as well, we need to make sure that everything is crystal clear, no room for errors I certainly don't want windows in the wrong places LOL. Douglas is having some problems with his eyes, which is bringing him down a bit, plus the fact that it is quite cold and a bit wet here, think we are both missing what we have been used to over the past few weeks. Finally changed our bank details here as well, so everything is gradually closing down.
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| Dads Work of Art |
Tuesday, went to get my hair cut today, the first time I have had a hair cut away from Glenrothes for many years. Feeling a bit nervous, but actually has turned out good. Managed to change dads bed and get the rest of his washing done, it was such a nice day and the forecast for the rest of the week is rain, so took the opportunity while I could. Also got the garden all swept of leaves etc, again this is an ongoing job but helps for now. Got some bits and bobs for my posting box, it is getting full now so will have to get it posted. Got our mail posted on to us from Glenrothes, most of it is rubbish now so will be able to stop that soon. Dad is not in the mood for going out for a drive, so dont think we will be able to get him out this time at all. Great to be receiving texts and messages freely from family and friends while we are here, saves me having to worry about my phone bill.
Wednesday, trying to get everything organised again for dad as we are off again tomorrow, so cleaning, ironing and shopping today. Still got some bits to do before we go tomorrow. Went to my Gran and Grandads grave as well to clean it up and lay flowers. Have enjoyed our stay, few issues with my dad and think he will end up in hospital again, but will cross that bridge when we come to it. Got my box of goodies all packed up so will post them off to me in the morning, will be like Christmas next week when they arrive. No update on our house over the past couple of days so not sure what has been happening, as long as something has happened we wont mind.
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| Gran and Grandad |
Thursday, up early today to get all the jobs done before we set off home, nice relaxed morning, dad is sorted for now, nurse came in to see to dads legs, they will be coming back in on Saturday and then Monday. Time for goodbyes, need to go to post office first and recycling centre to get rid of dads rubbish. Got a shock at the Post Office, my goodie box cost me £50.00, wasn't expecting it to be that much, will need to look at Courier rates for next time, had no choice but to post it today, lesson learned. Off to Bristol Airport to catch our plane home, flight leaves at 8.00pm so plenty of time to get the car back and then chill out, too much time really but as the car has to be back by 5.00pm no choice but to linger in the airport. Couple of sneaky wee Morgans then on the plane, arrived at Faro 10.20pm then had to go and pick up the car, and then head on to Tavira where we will be staying for the next few weeks. Finally arrived at Midnight, exhausted but was still able to sit outside with a Cuppa before bed, amazing.
Friday, Sun is shining again, although the forecast for the weekend is thunderstorms so better make the most of it. Unpacked the car and got everything put away, then off to our house to see what has been going on for the past week. The extension is coming along nicely, walls are built, foundations are in, few questions on the roof, so discussion had and answered. Suicide Bathroom nearly finished, and 2nd Bedroom floor nearly tiled. Painting is delayed, Ashley does not seem to be as quick as he should have been, Adrian is dealing with it. Two weeks to go the clock is ticking, it is not going to be finished for the end of September.
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| Front of Kitchen Extension |
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| Side of Kitchen Extension |
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| Bathroom 2 Shower |
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Bedroom 2
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Bathroom 2
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| Bathroom 2 |
Saturday, spent today settling into our mobile home for the next few weeks, can you believe it is called Casa Lynda, hahaha, will take some pictures and post them next week. Had a cracking thunderstorm this morning with a good torrent of rain, then by lunchtime it had all cleared up and the sun was out. Went down to Vila Nova Cacela, the local village, very quiet but found a nice cafe for a beer and a toastie. The local elections are taking place just now so there is a lot of activity everywhere, funny compared to the UK where they go in for a lot of pomp and expensive election paraphernalia, here it is just a truck with some flags and a tinny bit of music played. At the moment trying to translate our documents so that we can tax the car.
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| On the election trail |
Sunday, market day today, Douglas just hates getting up early. The market is a lot bigger than Loule market and sells literally everything from Leather Handbags, Hand Knitted Cardigans, to the normal fruit and vegetables it took us a good couple of hours to go round and I bought some pans, some cheeses and more plants for our garden. For breakfast we had a huge doughnut with Cinnamon, a beer and a coke - you know who had the beer, the doughnuts are made in front of you and you get them hot and really scrumptious. Douglas said I could have got five handbags if I had not bought the one in the UK for the same price - hahaha, never mind there is always next month, I could never have too many handbags, I could always match them to all my flipflops LOL.
Some good news from home, Katie has decided to come out for a visit with Danielle and Carly for four days in the October holidays, dont think we will be in our house by then though so they will have to share our mobile home, should be fun, hopefully the weather will still be good for them.
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