At last

We seem to have skipped Spring and landed straight into Summer. We had temps of 37C on Thursday and 35C yesterday, thank goodness for the pool.

We went into town on Thursday as we needed to choose new taps for the en-suite, we have been putting up with them for ages, they are so old and clogged with limescale they hardly work. We went to the showroom first then on to the warehouse to collect. They had everything in stock and we were given a 35% discount which was very nice. Just have to wait for the plumber to come and fit them, that is usually manana, manana.

There was a cleaning party in the plaza on Tuesday, cleaning the church and strimming around the area. We were surprised as it was far too early for the fiesta in August. It turned out it was used for a christening yesterday. In the meantime Sunny hadn´t been home since the clean and our neighbour was also away. We managed to get the keys to the church etc but no Sunny. We really thought he had gone, maybe in a car or something. Then yesterday after the church was opened and the neighbour returned, there was Sunny waiting patiently outside the courtyard gate. Obviously hungry and thirsty, but other than that he was fine. We asked him where he had been but he was too busy filling his tummy lol

I have been using the pool and gradually building up the exercise, yesterday I managed up to 30 lengths, which with the size of the pool equates to 240m. It was suggested walking up to 45 minutes a day, but in this heat, no way, so this is the best alternative.

I received a call saying that my sewing machine was ready for collection. At last, it was the week before Easter it went in, but it needed a new inside panel that regulates the speed, 3 lugs were broken, how this could be I don´t know as it never goes anywhere. It was dispatched from Switzerland, hence the delay. The service engineer got it running to make sure I was happy and he showed me a couple of things that I didn´t know it could do. In his halting Spanglish he insisted I had a very good machine and that I should get to know its capabilities. Bit cheeky really, but true,  Although I don´t make clothes so don´t need the buttonhole foot, Patchwork is usually straight sewing apart from free machine quilting so its usage has been pretty straightforward easy sewing. I would like to explore the embroidery side a bit more so You tube and manual will hopefully get me going. Just have to be brave

take care

xcx