Long time no post!

Well doesn't the time just fly out here. Kept meaning to pop on and make a post but somehow there were always other things to do. When did we ever find time to go to work?

We have been busy getting the work room up and running which meant trips to DIY store and deliveries of worksurface so they could be fitted. A couple more days and I can start moving my craft stuff in there and sorting - that'll probably take me several months! In the meantime I have a commission to produce 100 Golden Wedding invites for friends for later in the year. Still in the planning stage but am looking forward to getting going on that and getting my crafting mojo well and truly into gear. I have been able to keep going with birthdays and such like for ourselves and friends.

Have undergone quite a bit of treatment at the dentist. The surgery is very modern and well run and the dentist speaks very good English and his American wife runs the reception so it is easy to make yourself understood. Last Friday I had to have 3 teeth taken out as they were causing problems and very much beyond their useful date. Have spent the weekend eating soup and soft foods and am still awaiting them to settle down completely then I have to go back in 2 weeks for some fillings (5) and then a clean which takes nearly an hour for a full set (about half that in my case) and my smile should be restored to it's old self in no time.

Spanish lessons still continue on a Monday evening and I think we are both seeing a certain amount of progress - we have managed several Spanish conversations over the past couple of weeks and although we do not speak anywhere near good Spanish we can at least make ourselves understood and understand reasonably providing people talk more slowly and that is what it is all about. Once we have some more basic conversation the rest will no doubt follow on. Our young male teacher is only with us until the end of this school year unfortunately as he is quite good and teaches English to the younger children - they are probably more receptive than we are!

The weather has been atrocious some days although the temperature is quite good. We had very heavy rain 2 weeks ago on the way to the dentist and the roads were 6 inches underwater and in places roads were washed away along with some parked cars. We had taken the dog to be clipped just along the road to the dentist (4-5 km) and they couldn't finish her cut because the electricity was taken out so we had a half cut dog. They didn't get electricity back until the next day and we had to wait until Friday to have her finished off. Mind you they did a brilliant job on her. We had problems getting home as several roads had been cut off and we just about made it home across our rambla as the water was flowing quite fast across the road. When we got home we were without electricity until the evening but some places were off for a couple of days. They eveacuated the school in Mojacar and some hamlets were cut off for a couple of days. Yesterday we went into Arboleas and there was quite a lot of water flowing along the rambla there, part of which was due to the fact that in the mountains the rain had fallen as snow and there was 3 feet of it over 2 days - because this last few days have been warm (27 on Saturday) the melt has been finding its way down to the lower ramblas.

Well folks I must away to cook lunch so we are ready to wend our way to our Tuesday afternoon quiz. In the meantime we await the beginning of the visitors season at the end of the month. I will try and update the blog more often but life gets in the way. But what a life....