Friday, September 25, 2009
Buying a Paper - Sheet by Sheet
Noticed that the local paper can be purchased online, sheet by sheet. 10centimos per page. Not that cheap, really. http://descargas.hoy.es/edicion_pdf.asp
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Well, things could have been worse...
We've been without water this afternoon because a main is broken. If it was this time last week, with a house of nine pending, we might have been a tad concerned - however they have till Monday to get it sorted. And we have our well....
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
More About Snakes
The builder is here looking at my workshop roof (it has rained - hence the added urgency to get the repairs done). He found a wasp nest and a snake skin. Wonder if our snake had been living on the roof - eeeugh.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Ian's Birthday
Ian's birthday is on Thursday.
I was torn between buying him sheep, a knitting machine or a camera. I had also considered a metal detector, however that got relegated when the ancient Roman gold bangle that I found, that was clearly indicating a site of Roman remains in our back yard, turned out to be a wardrobe handle.
So, what should it be....?
I can read through his 'under no circumstances' and know that he'd really love a sheep or two.
I can just imagine the pleasure he would get from his knitting machine
Or a camera
I was torn between buying him sheep, a knitting machine or a camera. I had also considered a metal detector, however that got relegated when the ancient Roman gold bangle that I found, that was clearly indicating a site of Roman remains in our back yard, turned out to be a wardrobe handle.
So, what should it be....?
I can read through his 'under no circumstances' and know that he'd really love a sheep or two.
I can just imagine the pleasure he would get from his knitting machine
Or a camera
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
No Rain
Well isn't that just typical! Having raved about the weather forecasts we find that today was another hot sunny day and no sign of rain. It was this weekend just passed two years ago when we flooded. Ah, happy memories.
Yet again we forgot that today is the Day of Extremadura and therefore we have been treated to random playing of the anthem from the church. The shops are shut, but luckily our new superdooper freezer means that we always have something on hand. Even if it is just bags of frozen peas.
The chickens are steadfastly ignoring their new bed. I took their old box out, so they all crammed into a bucket. So I took that out and found them yesterday all squeezed behind Jesus's father's headstone that is in the barn (Jesus who we bought the house from - not the other one). Tonight we might try grabbing them when they are asleep and putting them in their new bed. Still no sign of eggs - I must look to see if they are likely to start now, or whether we'll have to wait until the days get longer next spring. If that is the case, I can see why point of lay chickens are so expensive compared with chics as we will have fed ours for a year before getting an egg. And seeing we only have two girls and one is the smallest chicken we've ever seen AN egg is all we are likely to get!!
Edited to add: It has just clouded over....
Yet again we forgot that today is the Day of Extremadura and therefore we have been treated to random playing of the anthem from the church. The shops are shut, but luckily our new superdooper freezer means that we always have something on hand. Even if it is just bags of frozen peas.
The chickens are steadfastly ignoring their new bed. I took their old box out, so they all crammed into a bucket. So I took that out and found them yesterday all squeezed behind Jesus's father's headstone that is in the barn (Jesus who we bought the house from - not the other one). Tonight we might try grabbing them when they are asleep and putting them in their new bed. Still no sign of eggs - I must look to see if they are likely to start now, or whether we'll have to wait until the days get longer next spring. If that is the case, I can see why point of lay chickens are so expensive compared with chics as we will have fed ours for a year before getting an egg. And seeing we only have two girls and one is the smallest chicken we've ever seen AN egg is all we are likely to get!!
Edited to add: It has just clouded over....
Monday, September 07, 2009
Hot
It's still hot, although rain is showing on the weather forecast for tomorrow. The weather forecasts are unnervingly accurate here, so we'll make sure that the drains are clear as this will be the first proper rain this year.
E&E returned home on Friday. This was their first trip without any rain. Hopefully they enjoyed their stay. They made a lot of use of the swimming pool - we've never been in the swimming pool so it was good to hear positive reports.
We're going to see the sheet man today and see what he has. We went on Friday, but he wasn't at home so hopefully he'll be there today.
We've moved the cooker from outside to inside. Ed helped Ian do this when they were here. This seems a little odd as we were very used to the cooker outside. However it will be more practical inside during the winter. Ian has some plans for the new kitchen, which won't involve our current cooker - so it will arrive back outside again at some point!
E&E returned home on Friday. This was their first trip without any rain. Hopefully they enjoyed their stay. They made a lot of use of the swimming pool - we've never been in the swimming pool so it was good to hear positive reports.
We're going to see the sheet man today and see what he has. We went on Friday, but he wasn't at home so hopefully he'll be there today.
We've moved the cooker from outside to inside. Ed helped Ian do this when they were here. This seems a little odd as we were very used to the cooker outside. However it will be more practical inside during the winter. Ian has some plans for the new kitchen, which won't involve our current cooker - so it will arrive back outside again at some point!