Monday, Dinner went very well last night we all enjoyed ourselves and the food was good too,tomato and basil soup to start, roast lamb with roasted vegetables and roast potatoes and to finish chocolate and lime cheesecake, all homemade, a good few drinks were swallowed which led to a very quiet day today. It is still raining so not missing out on too much. Michael came today to put more things on the walls, we got pictures up in the twin room, the hosepipe put on the wall outside to replace the one that was already there which we are moving to the other side of the house and Douglas is now very happy because he got the dartboard put up on the terrace, happy days darts can now be played!! Still a few more things to be done.
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Wednesday, the rain is endless just now although not cold, but the forecast is set to be good again for next week, cannot moan as we know the UK is having a terrible time and winter here is really only two months January and February. Had another ton of logs delivered today, probably won't use them all this winter but they will keep for next winter as long as they stay dry. Our wood shed at the moment is 3 pallets covered with polythene and then 2 tarpaulins, amazingly the logs have stayed dry. Still having problems with our chimney, water is coming in somewhere and spreading into the kitchen also, we have big cracks in the chimney so guessing we will need a builder to come and check it out, oh no the thought of another builder fills me with dread, but it will have to be done. Also managed to sort out the suitcases again, so got some more clothes hung up, also emptied another couple of boxes, gradually getting there. Douglas let me throw the first darts into the dartboard, I did check if he was sure, silly really as we now have our first hole in the wall, yes I missed the board completely, oh dear!! Had a couple of lovely messages from uncle Jim and Jan, always good to hear from them, he will have attended his regimental reunion today and I am sure it will have gone well, also must say a big congratulations to Lesley and Steve McKay who became first time grandparents to their grandson Fynn today, I am sure they will enjoy every moment.
Thursday, raining again today and still living in the cloud, have forgotten what our view looks like, still sit on the terrace but do not see much lol. Portuguese lesson this morning, a very good lesson more sentences and verbs, still it is starting to stick so that is the main thing. Two of the students have moved up a class so that leaves our class with just 5 in it, an easier number to learn I think, although there was only 3 of us today, Pauline has gone back to the UK and mick decided not to go. I bought a visual dictionary as well which is a great help for translating my food shopping requirements. After lessons we went for lunch and then went to buy a dehumidifier, finally got one, set it up and it is making a difference already, thank god for that, so many different new things to get the hang of. Douglas went to 5 o clock club, the person who is looking at my laptop has advised that the graphic chip has gone so does not think that it is repairable, he will be able to transfer the data from the hard drive though so that is some consolation, he needs to run another couple of tests and then will confirm by Monday actual status, write off or not, Douglas says I need to wait until Monday. Frustrating, as it is difficult to use my tablet for all the things I use the laptop for so I am having some very frustrating moments just now. Think my fingers are too clumsy for it lol.
Friday, another wet, damp day today although it dried up late afternoon. The dehumidifier has worked wonders and made such a difference already, at least now we can bring the humidity under control, plus it makes the house seem warmer so money well spent. Then it was off shopping it takes a long time to shop for food as I try to translate everything and can now order meat and vegetables quite easily although it becomes difficult trying to explain how I want two rabbits jointed, lol but am getting there. Hoping everyone had a good valentines day today, when Douglas woke up this morning he asked me to be his valentine, lol, I said I might as well hahaha.
Saturday, a nice dry day today so we went out to guia for a bit of shopping, Douglas needed golf trousers and joggers and also some new darts, and on the way back we got a Saturday night treat, a piece of chocolate cake oh it was good. We also tried to buy a cable for the ipad to connect to the tv to see if we can get the BBC and ITV channels, just as well we are not too bothered as they were sold out, all the shops have had a mad rush on cables etc due to these channels being switched off they cannot get enough of them to sell. We would be just as well to order them off the internet.
Sunday, a lovely day today, very warm ended up putting sun tan lotion on. Got all the washing done and dried and had a leisurely day on the terrace. Easter holidays are going to be busy for us, Lynne and Zoe are coming to visit, then Katie and the kids and then Danny and Lesa and miss Madison and the way it has worked is there will be one night overlap as each arrives and then leaves so am looking forward to seeing them all. Have to make a decision on my car which is still in Scotland in the careful hands of Richard. There is no point in me keeping hold of it as I am not really going to need it anymore, will be sad to see it go but such is life, I need to get my act together and start driving here next, would still just prefer to get my wee scooter. Douglas finally got around to ordering the ipad cable today so should be here in about 10 days.
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