Hello lovely peeps,
It's Friday again and for a lot of people the end of a working week and the road into the weekend. For me being retired, it's the other way round. I'm quite relaxed during the week, but at the weekend everything kicks off. I will tell you what I've done during the week and will try to find the silver lining of the things that went wrong. Smiles too.
One of which is the following postcard:
Nevertheless, the lavender looks lovely and I can almost smell it.
The stamp shows some fearsome crocodiles:
Is it me or is that croc a bit boss-eyed?
So my week was a bit of a slog if truth be told. On Friday, Ronnie vomited over my clean duvet in the middle of the night so I had to get up, change the bed, turn the washing machine on and try to get a few more hours sleep. The rest of Friday was spent sorting out my winter clothes as I arrived from my holidays in full summer weather. (two suit cases and a vacuum bag).
In the afternoon my friends Kim & Andy came to bring the car keys back (Andy had driven me to the airport when I went away) and he also sorted the tv out which was behaving weirdly.
On Saturday I tackled the top item on my to-do list: get my passport renewed. It's not easy to get a quick appointment. Usually one has to wait a bit. I managed to get an appointment for Tuesday in Madrid. I was very happy about that and quickly booked the bus there and back, plus two nights accommodation. Madrid is too far to do in one day.
The embassy emailed me the paper work and it was then that I discovered that the documents they require now would be impossible to obtain over the weekend. Bummer. I cancelled the appointment and the accommodation but unfortunately I was not able to cancel the bus tickets. I'm trying to get the money back from the insurance, but I think I can say goodbye to that money.
Sunday I went to church, had fish pie for lunch and then spent the afternoon doing reviews of places I'd been during my holiday. And for those who live in the UK: I have now watched all the the Race-Across-The-World episodes!
On Monday I went to the gym, machine washed two pairs of Sketchers (shoes) as they will dry nicely in this weather and wrote my Tuesday blogpost. Chicken and rice for lunch.
On Tuesday I went into town and did Pilates, then went to the main police station that has a department for foreigners to get a particular document. I spent a few hours in there as I went without an appointment. After that I went supermarket shopping. I'd been away so I needed a lot of groceries. One of the supermarkets (Mercadona) does a nice raw salmon poke bowl, so I had that for lunch.
On Wednesday I did some food prepping before going to the gym. When I got back I got changed and then my friends Kim and Andy arrived. They always come for lunch on Wednesday. I had made a broccoli salad and cooked salmon (easy peasy). Andy, bless him, does little jobs for me so he took the suitcases of winter clothes upstairs, fixed a leaking sink, sorted out the tv once and for all and looked at my scales. I had changed the battery but it was still not working. (I had left the sticker on the battery! (Duh!)
Then today, Pilates again and later on a guy came to finish installing the air conditioning upstairs in the flat as I am expecting quite a few visitors this summer.
I had a bean and spinach salad for lunch and now I'm writing this. No photos whatsoever. I just haven't remembered to take any. Sorry.
I'll take one now of Ronnie beside me:
He is gently snoring....
I have also made another appointment with the embassy for my passport in a couple of weeks time. I will have all my documents by then.
Of course as per usual, I have some funnies at the end. I hope they make you smile.
Enjoy the weekend,
Keep smiling!
Lisca
10 comments:
You've had a terrible week, Lisca. Poor Ronnie, too. That's too bad about the passport. At least your friends Kim and Andy were there to help make the week bearable.
Some of your funnies were hilarious. My favorite was the "strip down." I'll have some Friday afternoon. I didn't have time to look for any tonight.
You were like really busy with ups, downs yums and friends - in the aftermath not too bad, I´d say!
Hihi on your funnies, have a great Friday!
Not the best week Lisca, but tomorrow is another day...
Ronnie must have caught something he shouldn't, but he looks fine curled up beside you.
I love the Chinese postcard of France! and yes, definitely a boss-eyed croc.
I hope you get your passport sorted. Spain andit's paper-work can be a pain. Mine needs renewing too but here we can just do it online.
Hoping this week is better than the last one. Kate x
Gorgeous postcard but not so good about Ronnie and the passport though the photo is lovely. I love Salmon Poke and often get one when we go supermarket shopping. We do our shopping usually on Sunday as it's quieter that day. Thank you for the funnies too, love them. Have a good weekend. Hugs Angela xXx
Lovely photos and thanks for the laughs
Happy June! Sorry about Ronnie and your passports. I hope everything gets sorted out. Have a lovely and peaceful weekend.
What a big kitty cat.
The postcard is gorgeous and the stamp is unique.
Ronnie is a beautiful cat. The funnies 🤣 😂 made me laugh. Thank you so much for sharing. 😊
That was a busy week Lisca. It's always a pain when one of the pets gets sick at night. Luckily we haven't had that for a bit but before Maddie was diagnosed with her diabetes and put on insulin she had a couple of accidents...so I can relate. Good luck with your passport too. It's always a pain to get them and we're trying to get my husband to get his renewed before it becomes a big hassle. Enjoy your weekend and I hope it's not too crazy. hugs-Erika
Had to giggle at your Chinese 'French' postcard.
Getting up in the middle of the night doesn't sound like much fun, I'm glad you got back to sleep, I'm struggling on the sleep front at the moment.
I'm just in the process of ordering some vacuum bags so I can make more space in the storage in the sofa.
How lovely to have friends that help sort things around your home.
The passport renewal sounds like a bit of a faff, but hopefully you can get it resolved easily, what a shame on the bus ticket costs.
Ronnie looking mighty comfy next to you. I hope you have a lovely weekend and week ahead.
Hugs
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