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Just got back from two glorious weeks of 'backyard vacation' No PC! no TV! and no watch...Got up when we felt like it...ate when we felt like it... Took a day trip to Spain...did not care for the food..tomatoes in everything! Went up north and visited old convents and castles...ate real Portuguese food and not the tourist c**p that we get down south... Drank lots of green wine, put on a few kilos and had champagne breakfasts next to our pool. Barbecue, salads, seafood and lots of Rose wine. On today's menu is barbecue T Bone with corn on the cob and a baked potato with sour cream and bacon bits.... Lots of beer shandy as it is as hot as blazes. Tomorrow is fried queen prawns, chips, salad and more beer shandy. OH has to work on Monday but he agrees that is one of the best holidays that we have had. Lindy in the hot and humid Algarve is off to the pool with a book in one hand and a shandy in another. Life is great!!! Enjoy your weekend :))) P.S. I see that nothing has changed since the last time I logged on. How very sad! :((

Hi Lindy:-) sounds wonderful!! Enjoy:-)) Roxanne x P.s No nothing has changed,im afraid:-((

Hi Lindy Good to hear you are enjoying life! Linda x

Hi Lindy - I'm coming for dinner tomorrow - chips)))))) Glad you had a good hols - how are my babies - did they stay, or did they go??? speak soon you lucky person you! Jac

Hello, Lindy ... :-)

:-)))) hiya Lindy sounds wonderful, good for you. but please, what is green wine?? xx Jen

Hellooooo my lovely friend Lindy! Glad you are having a great holiday. Love Mandy :) xx

Hi wondered where you were - glad you enjoyed the simple life. No what you mean about heat - very hot here in Spain too. We went to beach this morning with flask of coffee and a couple of cereal bars for brekkie - swim first then breakie. Wonderful. Hope your new babies are well - showed hubby the pics on MSN - they look wonderful bundles of fun. Take care Love Mary xxx

Hello everyone, It is still hot an humid and most likely I shall be sleeping on the floor downstairs in the lounge again as it is the coolest place in the house... Roxanne, Linda Mc D. and Maid Marion, Thank you for your kind words, it is nice to know that you are missed....even if it just for a little while. Jen Red and Purple, Hope that you are happy in your new home...have not yet heard from your friend.. Green wine is made from a special white, acid grape that grows in the North of Portugal..As far as I know it does not grow anywhere else in Europe... The taste is great and is normally served with sea food. Mandy, My dear friend...I read that Marston has type 2 diabetics...nothing to worry about Vitor has had it for the last 15 years... Before vacation and holidays we are on a constant health diet...otherwise he eats and drinks what he likes...Vitor has the self testing kit so he know when he is being naughty... porridge is the best breakfast as it breaks down the sugar... If you can, buy a homeopathic medication called 'Noni' it is expensive but worthwhile as it cuts the sugar... Hiya Mary, My babies are well... thank you.., We stopped going to the beach a few years ago... not by choice...as I love the ocean, but for health reasons...so I enjoy our poolside life style. Jacqui, My dear friend ...the babies are fine and no we did not take them with us...It would have been unfair on them. It is very hot and humid and they associate the car with a trip to the vet...lol... Both boys are home so they were very spoiled... each sleeping in a a bed... Lunch is still on tomorrow and you are welcome to fly or is it 'bat' out here... I am so very hot and nothing seems to slate my thirst...Yes! I know my own fault as nobody told me to drink so many shandies.... Lindy;)))))))))))))))))

Nice to see you. Lindy, Caz xxxx

Hiya Caz, Thank you! It is nice to be noticed! ;))))))))))))))))))

Another hot and humid day! No! I did not partake in any alcoholic beverages as we had unexpected visitors...which put a spanner in the works...was on my best behaviour. Had to cook a full Sunday lunch ..Portuguese style...sigh... woman in the kitchen ...etc...but it was worth it... OH's great Uncle..( ex army) who is deep in his nineties is one of the few that accepted me....and treats me as his ' great niece ' to all and sundry and God help anyone who does not accept this... I am so very fond of this old man who is a living legand....May God keep him with us for many years to come... He is on a trip from North to South, visiting family on the way and is also thinking of going to Spain and maybe... looking for another companion...heh! heh! ...I feel real sorry for his youngest son/driver etc.. who has to put up with his old man's whims. In the olden days if you could not find a suitable bride in Portugal it was normal practice to go across the border to look for a wife... Lindy ;))))))))))))))))

Hi Linddy, What a fab old chap he sounds! I was reading about Harry Patch,last survivor of trenches today, aged 109, amazing!! How long have you been in the algarve for? Caz xxx

Hi Lindy, good to see you, pleased that you have been enjoying life. How I wish for some of your hot weather here to dry things up a bit. Ann Glos

Oh Ann, I don't want to sound like an old 'grouch' spelling? but you would not like to be here... Hot and humid and not a breeze is very uncomfortable. My bones ache from sleeping on the floor....and I have episodes of not breathing...which does not upset me as much as it does my husband... I keep telling him that if I am going to die it will not be in my sleep...as I will make so much noise to wake the dead... P:S: He is afraid of those that have passed over...I am not...lol.. not making light of things but am not afraid... Would love to see my old Dad! Lindy ;)))))))))))))))))))

Hiya Caz, We have been in the Algarve for the last sixteen years... This wonderful old man whom I address as 'uncle' a respected and polite form... has always treated me as one of the family... He is a great man whom I shall always respect and do anything in my power to help... He accepted me when my in-laws did not. This is something I shall never forget and will always be there for him.... Lindy ;))))))))))))))))

Lindy, as someone whose second marriage in laws and family havent accepted i soooo understand, Bless him Caz xxx

Lindy, why are you sleeping on the floor? Have you checked with the doctor about not breathing? I can imagine it is frightening for your husband. I would like a little of your heat then to dry up our awful floods. Not that we have been flooded we are among the lucky ones. AND we should be getting some water back on tomorrow, even if it is only good enough for flushing the loos. Ann Glos

Caz, I know exaclty what you mean! I was and never will be accepted...it used to bother me when I was younger but not anymore... I did everything in my power to try and make them like me...the problem is I am not Portuguese... At 53 I simply don't care anymore and severed relations a decade ago....that way they cannot hurt me... Lindy who has a loving husband, two sons and two puppies that I adore.... It is still hot and 'bladdy' humid.... ;)))))))))))))))))