Another lovely day again today - knowing that this is not going to last we are making the most of it. Marky Mark was up today to meet the electrician now that the work has been done on their house. John and he were having manly talks over fuses and breakers whilst I was doing a bit of gardening - I had a couple of plants requiring a bit of a cut back so got that done whilst they were in deep conversation.
We had to set off early today because I needed to go down to the main Post Office to collect a parcel for which they had given me a tracking number which didn't correspond to anything I was waiting for from Amazon or EBay and they needed an invoice which meant that there was something to pay which is a bit irritating because I try and make sure that if I order items from outside the EU that I keep it below the £20 mark so I don't incur any extra costs. Because I didn't know what had arrived I couldn't print off an invoice either so it was likely to be a bit of a faff. The woman who generally deals with these things at the main Post Office is clearly related to Genghis Khan or Attilla the Hun but with less of a sense of humour. The guy is rather more amenable as I sat opposite him when Caroline and Clem got married and he seems to remember me. Anyway to cut a long story short the parcel was ours - it was something John had ordered for me for Christmas from Amazon which showed no indication of coming from abroad and thereby incurring costs so he was a bit miffed to put it mildly. I have been instructed to send a 'firm' message to Amazon expressing our dissatisfaction.
At Mum's she has broken into festive mode and there is a plethora of snowmen and santas outside her front door. Inside she has put a few tasteful items including her new 'tree' which she got having seen mine last year. I know Christmas is for Children but I think it is right that we make a bit of an occasion of it otherwise it would just pass by unnoticed save for the fact that Paps is closed on that day!!!
It was the last Friday this year that the normal pickleball six would be playing together and we had some real cracking games although poor Marios's hanging Christmas Balls got a it of a hammering and I managed to hit one and knock the whole thing off its string. We shall get in one more game before the break and John and I will go in and remove the court markings and give it a clean before Marios has a 'do' in there on 22nd.
We returned to Mum's for a cuppa and to cross off the final tasks on our to-do list plus John finally managed to get Cyberflix installed on Mum's TV Box so that if she is in the lounge wanting to watch TV she can get a series in that room not just in the sunroom.
We were going out this evening - a meze in Finikas with Di and Bobby, Les (no Clare as she is not over from Hong Kong yet) and Stephen and someone/thing called Tracey which we thought might have been the name he had given to the car he is borrowing but was actually a real person!!
I wanted to get Marina a plant as I know how much she loves her flowers and at the moment the quality and range of colours of the festive Poinsettias is absolutely mind blowing. We chose one with multi-coloured bracts which looked lush and healthy.
The florists/nurseries here are brilliant because they will gift wrap free of charge and they do so brilliantly. My plant got swathed in Christmassy Cherry Red foil paper neatly folded into pleats and the leaves were sprayed and then frosted with glitter - all this for a massive 6 euros.
There was yet another fabulous sunset as we travelled home. We caught the tail end as we took the new 'motorway' road which bring us into the back of Droushia via the tip. We cannot work out why this previously ropey old rural track has now been widened and flattened at Arodes - we can only assume that there is going to be some new housing development there somewhere and this is to accommodate the heavy machinery - it will be a bit of a shame if that is the case.
Tonight's meal was a resounding success. Marina loved her plant which was a good start and Philippos had the fire roaring (John had also brought along a few extra logs) and there were others in the taverna. Tracey turned out to be the woman who helps Stephen promote his novels over here. She knew Rob and Di well but had not seen them in a while and amazingly lived in Mediterranean Valley when she first moved to the Island - renting Eileen's old house which was and is currently owned by Nicky and Mark - what a blooming small world!!!!
The food was excellent as always and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
We had to set off early today because I needed to go down to the main Post Office to collect a parcel for which they had given me a tracking number which didn't correspond to anything I was waiting for from Amazon or EBay and they needed an invoice which meant that there was something to pay which is a bit irritating because I try and make sure that if I order items from outside the EU that I keep it below the £20 mark so I don't incur any extra costs. Because I didn't know what had arrived I couldn't print off an invoice either so it was likely to be a bit of a faff. The woman who generally deals with these things at the main Post Office is clearly related to Genghis Khan or Attilla the Hun but with less of a sense of humour. The guy is rather more amenable as I sat opposite him when Caroline and Clem got married and he seems to remember me. Anyway to cut a long story short the parcel was ours - it was something John had ordered for me for Christmas from Amazon which showed no indication of coming from abroad and thereby incurring costs so he was a bit miffed to put it mildly. I have been instructed to send a 'firm' message to Amazon expressing our dissatisfaction.
At Mum's she has broken into festive mode and there is a plethora of snowmen and santas outside her front door. Inside she has put a few tasteful items including her new 'tree' which she got having seen mine last year. I know Christmas is for Children but I think it is right that we make a bit of an occasion of it otherwise it would just pass by unnoticed save for the fact that Paps is closed on that day!!!
It was the last Friday this year that the normal pickleball six would be playing together and we had some real cracking games although poor Marios's hanging Christmas Balls got a it of a hammering and I managed to hit one and knock the whole thing off its string. We shall get in one more game before the break and John and I will go in and remove the court markings and give it a clean before Marios has a 'do' in there on 22nd.
We returned to Mum's for a cuppa and to cross off the final tasks on our to-do list plus John finally managed to get Cyberflix installed on Mum's TV Box so that if she is in the lounge wanting to watch TV she can get a series in that room not just in the sunroom.
We were going out this evening - a meze in Finikas with Di and Bobby, Les (no Clare as she is not over from Hong Kong yet) and Stephen and someone/thing called Tracey which we thought might have been the name he had given to the car he is borrowing but was actually a real person!!I wanted to get Marina a plant as I know how much she loves her flowers and at the moment the quality and range of colours of the festive Poinsettias is absolutely mind blowing. We chose one with multi-coloured bracts which looked lush and healthy.
The florists/nurseries here are brilliant because they will gift wrap free of charge and they do so brilliantly. My plant got swathed in Christmassy Cherry Red foil paper neatly folded into pleats and the leaves were sprayed and then frosted with glitter - all this for a massive 6 euros.
There was yet another fabulous sunset as we travelled home. We caught the tail end as we took the new 'motorway' road which bring us into the back of Droushia via the tip. We cannot work out why this previously ropey old rural track has now been widened and flattened at Arodes - we can only assume that there is going to be some new housing development there somewhere and this is to accommodate the heavy machinery - it will be a bit of a shame if that is the case.
Tonight's meal was a resounding success. Marina loved her plant which was a good start and Philippos had the fire roaring (John had also brought along a few extra logs) and there were others in the taverna. Tracey turned out to be the woman who helps Stephen promote his novels over here. She knew Rob and Di well but had not seen them in a while and amazingly lived in Mediterranean Valley when she first moved to the Island - renting Eileen's old house which was and is currently owned by Nicky and Mark - what a blooming small world!!!!
The food was excellent as always and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
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