The postie came today. She hollered Partner’s name. We have a perfectly good postbox that cost a ridiculous amount of euros (50 or something) but they like to give it you personally. Actually she had to give this to Partner personally. It was from the provincial tax office. It turned out it was notification that […]Read Post ›
If anyone hasn’t worked this out yet, I do not like going to the supermarket. So the other day we had one of those conversations where we argued discussed who had gone last, and therefore whose turn it was to go now. Naturally I pulled the winning card out. I can’t possibly carry 2 x […]Read Post ›
José has got bored with giving us half a dozen huge lemons at once. The other morning Partner walked out and found a bag on the terrace. There must have been 20 lemons in there. We have had this problem before. Instead of giving us a steady trickle of lemons, it’s all or nothing. Am […]Read Post ›
I started this blog less than a year ago. As the title suggests – or at least is meant to suggest – it is about me deciding to do something different with my life when I got to 40. About some of my adventures travelling, my trip on the way down here from the UK, […]Read Post ›
<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zi0JI1gDWsI/R5Cy6hqYzmI/AAAAAAAABWo/wRGCyKGm9yU/s400/peas1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156818291877531234” /> “Catalina, Catalina!” called José today. Partner went out on the assumption that he is a man and therefore José was calling for him although his name sounds nothing like Catalina. I went out too, and José gave me some more huge fresh lemons. We obviously haven’t outstayed our […]Read Post ›
When we’re in Spain we tend to eat Spanish style, ie late lunch at 2-4pm which is our main meal of the day, and a light supper at 8-9pm. The evening meal is normally a salad, even in winter. The odd exception is a clear soup. Of which more later – in another post. Alcachofas, […]Read Post ›
Well, the three of us have finally arrived back at the finca. Since Partner decided to get himself A Job, he and the dog have not been out of Gib. Anyone who reads this blog from time to time will know that I, on the other hand, have been leading an adventurous life on buses […]Read Post ›
Ahhhh washing machines. When we bought our first house, of all the white goods I wanted, the first was a washing machine. I decided it was the most essential of all. We had a camping stove and as it was only April, a fridge wasn’t essential. I have never, but never, been any good at […]Read Post ›
I have three university friends that I still see. Three is not accurate, I have four, two are married to each other. But I don’t know that I would be in touch with him if I did not see her, ….more to follow on this couple. With two of these friends, I did the same […]Read Post ›
As it’s still only a few days into 2008 I figure I can just about get away with a quick review of last year. A strange year – but increasingly they all seem to be strange as I get older. At the beginning of the year we put in an offer on a flat in […]Read Post ›
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