Maria is 14! 14! That is now much too old. Her birthday was on Friday and she was very happy because she got a load of music and some strange tasting chocolates from Sampaka (Vinegar Flavour, Anchovy Flavour etc...)
Lynne made her a cake and Danny decided that he didn't want any which Maria was quite happy about.
It is now Sunday here and England will today struggle in the heat of Germany. Global warming remember! Lazy Sunday it will not be. Come on England and try to put on a decent performance for once. I've covered my disappointment with a little wager on Ladborkes of England at half time and draw at full time just in case!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Soon
Lynne went to the doctor today and was told that it could be any time now as the baby is very low and ready to come out. If Anita has any consideration she will wait until Wednesday when there are no World Cup games of course!
Maria has just got back from her two day visit to Madrid where she quite enjoyed Mamma Mia and really enjoyed the Warner Bros Park where she went o all of the big rides. She was a bit hyper on getting back due to the adrenaline rush so will probably not sleep tonight much and complain on the penultimate day of school of tiredness, sports day too!
Danny has got really picky with food in the last two weeks and has learnt a new word... Yeuchh! Hopefully it will just be a phase!
Maria has just got back from her two day visit to Madrid where she quite enjoyed Mamma Mia and really enjoyed the Warner Bros Park where she went o all of the big rides. She was a bit hyper on getting back due to the adrenaline rush so will probably not sleep tonight much and complain on the penultimate day of school of tiredness, sports day too!
Danny has got really picky with food in the last two weeks and has learnt a new word... Yeuchh! Hopefully it will just be a phase!
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Happy Birthday Lynne
Lynne's birthday today so we went out for lunch and Danny decided to be a good boy this evening and go to sleep when he should have. Maria had a judo class and came back remarkably uninjured as a pressie.
Found a great chocolate shop in Valencia yesterday called Cacao Sampaka where boxes of extremely potent cocoa filled choccies are on sale as if it were a boutique. Lynne seems to like them anyway.
Another week to Maria's birthday and still no sign of the birth of the third little one. England again managed to leave Lynne's blood pressure low despite all of my swearing at the screen at that lump Lampard as he squandered chance after chance (God he is sooooo overrated) And England managed to beat the might of Trinidad and Tobago (Combined Population the same as Valencia) 2-0.
Found a great chocolate shop in Valencia yesterday called Cacao Sampaka where boxes of extremely potent cocoa filled choccies are on sale as if it were a boutique. Lynne seems to like them anyway.
Another week to Maria's birthday and still no sign of the birth of the third little one. England again managed to leave Lynne's blood pressure low despite all of my swearing at the screen at that lump Lampard as he squandered chance after chance (God he is sooooo overrated) And England managed to beat the might of Trinidad and Tobago (Combined Population the same as Valencia) 2-0.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
The Blood Pressure Issue and Ouch
Blood pressure will probably dictate when the new arrival gets here and at the moment it is OK. However England helped enormously by making their game yesterday extremely tedious. The only person to try and raise the blood pressure was the flamin' preening Mexican ref with his horrible display. Nevertheless one more win and we face the second in Germany/Poland/Ecuador/Costa Rica probably. As all four of those teams looked equally dreadful in their first games there should be nothing to worry about there. (Famous last words)
As for the ouch, let's just hope that Djibril Cisse can show the same astounding powers of recovery that Maria managed just last week, although his injury does seem to be a little more serious.
Friday, June 02, 2006
The Rules and The World Cup
I have found the perfect thing for the World Cup and it must be printed out and stuck on the fridge. Thanks to Ian Ferguson in Barcelona and his blog at the site below. (Bear in mind that Lynne will be giving birth at some stage this month and we have already booked her to have her legs crossed on the 9th, 15th and 20th just in case and then we will work with the last 16 dates etc... depending on England's progress.)
http://englandfaninbarca.blogspot.com
The rules are published below and well worth a look.
LIST OF RULES
1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the sports section of the newspaper so that you are aware of what is going on regarding the World Cup, and that way you will be able to join in the conversations. If you fail to do this, then you will be looked at in a bad way, or you will be totally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.
2. During the World Cup, the television is mine, at all times, without any exceptions. If you even take a glimpse of the remote control, you will lose it (your eye).
3. If you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game, I don't mind, as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me. If you decide to stand nude in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I wont have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.
4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute, unless I require a refill of my drink or something to eat. You are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it wont happen.
CLICK HERE FOR A GREAT BEER OFFER5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least 2 six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on, and please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12am and 6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day.
6. Please, please, please!! if you see me upset because one of my teams is losing, DO NOT say "get over it, its only a game", or "don't worry, they'll win next time". If you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called "words of encouragement" will only lead to a break up or divorce.
7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during halftime but only when the commercials are on, and only if the halftime score is pleasing me. In addition, please note I am saying "one" game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to "spend time together".
8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.
9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because:
a) I will not go,
b) I will not go, and
c) I will not go.
10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game, we will be there in a flash.
11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just as important as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying "but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch??", the reply will be: "Refer to Rule #2 of this list".
12. And finally, please save your expressions such as "Thank God the World Cup is only every 4 years". I am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Italian League, Spanish League, Premier League, etc etc.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards,
Men of the World
http://englandfaninbarca.blogspot.com
The rules are published below and well worth a look.
LIST OF RULES
1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the sports section of the newspaper so that you are aware of what is going on regarding the World Cup, and that way you will be able to join in the conversations. If you fail to do this, then you will be looked at in a bad way, or you will be totally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.
2. During the World Cup, the television is mine, at all times, without any exceptions. If you even take a glimpse of the remote control, you will lose it (your eye).
3. If you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game, I don't mind, as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me. If you decide to stand nude in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I wont have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.
4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute, unless I require a refill of my drink or something to eat. You are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it wont happen.
CLICK HERE FOR A GREAT BEER OFFER5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least 2 six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on, and please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12am and 6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day.
6. Please, please, please!! if you see me upset because one of my teams is losing, DO NOT say "get over it, its only a game", or "don't worry, they'll win next time". If you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called "words of encouragement" will only lead to a break up or divorce.
7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during halftime but only when the commercials are on, and only if the halftime score is pleasing me. In addition, please note I am saying "one" game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to "spend time together".
8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.
9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because:
a) I will not go,
b) I will not go, and
c) I will not go.
10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game, we will be there in a flash.
11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just as important as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying "but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch??", the reply will be: "Refer to Rule #2 of this list".
12. And finally, please save your expressions such as "Thank God the World Cup is only every 4 years". I am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Italian League, Spanish League, Premier League, etc etc.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards,
Men of the World
Maria's Astounding Powers of Recovery
Well she was doing sport this week after almost breaking her toes on Sunday. She did Judo on Tuesday but not last night and then did gym at school. She is having a bit of a problem with her options for IGCSE at the moment. Does she do IT and Business studies or PE and IT. Ridiculous lack of choice but the more important option will come at the end of the next two years when she goes onto her A levels. She has got the results back of most of her exams now and they are extremely good. Give us a ring at home to talk to her as she is very proud of them this year.
A Sort of Dilemma
I went up to the house we are having built in Olocau this evening and what a dilemma. Because of circumstances beyond my control we haven't got the cash to go through with the purchase this month unless we get another quite large mortgage so we are thinking of selling it, but it is just so good. Absolutely fabulous to tell the truth so we really don't want to let it go.
It's not really a moral dilemma because we could take it on and try to get more on the mortgage to pay the first years repayments. We could also put the office in and experiment with the Wimax project too. Any ideas on what to do?
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