Monthly Archives: December 2004

Super evening out at John and Sandy’s. There where eight for dinner which was a real treat. Smoked salmon, smoked mackerel, prawns and home made pǽtǸ, followed by beef stroganoff and finished off with chocolate profita rolls and black forest gateau and a huge assortment of cheeses. Clearly Sandy had been raiding Sainsbury’s before she … Continue reading »

Boredom is beginning to set in. Sitting around reading books is really nice but not quite my scene. Each day is getting better, but I am realising that this is going to take a little time before I get really fit again, even more than an hour behind the computer, sitting up straight, starts to … Continue reading »

Just a quick note to all the Lapta Layabouts, who ran off to England. This morning we sat out on theterrace for breakfast as the temperature this morning was 20 degrees and by midday it had risen to 24 degrees. So if you are scrapping the windshields of your hire cars, tough. Steve, out there … Continue reading »

Christmas day started off all nice and bright, so obviously the weather is turning again, to what we would expect at this time of the year. If you remember, Joan and Richard even went in the pool, last year on Xmas day, silly fools. I had to be at the hospital at 12 noon, for … Continue reading »

The weather this week has been pretty damp, but today takes the ultimate prize. The rain started around 5 a.m. and not just a gentle drizzle but a great downpour, which went on for 12 hours non stop. Joan had to go down town for some shopping and banking and she said it was horrendous, … Continue reading »

Poor Joan, stuck with doing all the work. At least she is getting a little help with things like the Xmas decorations. Yesterday evening she got the tree upstairs and the boxes of decorations out and that provoked a littleinterest from Smudge. We decided to put the tree up on its own for starters to … Continue reading »

OUCH!   Things did not go quite to plan and now it hurts. The planned 1.5 hour keyhole jobby turned into a 4 hour, dig a big hole in Frank job. It seems that they could not cut through the gall bladder wall, to separate it, so had to revert to a conventional operation. The consequences … Continue reading »

Just a quick note before I head off to the hospital. Thanks for the messages of good luck from many of you. Feel sure that I will be back behind this keyboard in the middle of next week. We have had a few very pleasant evenings out since I last made up the diary. On … Continue reading »

This information is for those of you who ask about medical cost here. We have always maintained that it is cheaper to keep a sum of money on deposit for medical emergencies, rather than give it away annually to the insurance companies. This works for us, because we have luckily been in good health for … Continue reading »

Yesterday wasJohn’s birthday, partly the reason for the late one at the Aeria bar. Sandy had arranged a Sunday lunch for some of us to celebrate the occasion. We gathered around 1.30 for somedrinks before lunch and then made the decision to move the table outside onto the front terrace as it was such a … Continue reading »