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find loki!

17 Thursday Mar 2011

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Yeah, slow news day. But only because my “date” for the lunch where I was going to be seated next to Spanish royalty had to cancel, and I didn’t feel like going alone. What else? Well, picked up my new router from Vodafone, cancelled all my Movistar stuff, and I should have my new iPhone 4 by next week (!!!).

And now just waiting for Jessica to show up. We’re going out to do a bit of tapearing and sample some of the special tapas created for Sevilla en Boca de Todos. At 2.50€ each, it’s quite a bargain.

What are you up to today?

getting there…

09 Wednesday Mar 2011

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Spent most of today organising the extra room, which Jessica will be moving into next month. Since moving in it’s been the “storage room” and I honestly had no idea where I was going to be able to shift everything that was in there. It helped to throw a whole whack of stuff away…

Getting the new casa az set up is sure taking time. The first and most important room to get functioning was the kitchen and then my bedroom, which finally started feeling cosy once I got the curtains up. There isn’t much space to move around The Bed, but at least it fits in there with the headboard and it’s a stroke of luck that I have sliding closet doors.

I’m still using the moroccan rug in the livingroom as Loki has mostly lost interest in it. Funny how that one splash of colour cheers up the whole room. And my fabulous “flamenco” shower curtain helps make the best of the way too small bathroom.

Also got hallway bookcases assembled and the upstairs room is slowly coming together – photos to follow. It’s reckon it’s going to take quite awhile before I’m ready to do a new casa az video, especially as the terrace needs a lot of work. But I’m loving it. There are always projects on the go and the cats adore all the extra space.

Who’d have thought that getting kicked out of my old place would have ended up being such a blessing?

Can’t wait for summer barbeques on the rooftop…

gambones

06 Sunday Mar 2011

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One of the great things about living in my new barrio is that I come across great deals like this at the local supermarket – gambones (giant prawns) for just 11€ a kilo. How could I pass them up? But what to do with them? Well, after a bit of thought about a light low-carb meal I went for the easy option – a killer prawn, chorizo & spinach risotto. Whatever.

What would you have done with them?

I also got a couple of big fat tuna steaks for next to nothing that I’m now off to grill with a bit of lemon and garlic. Totally loving my new neighbourhood…

more stupid movistar crap

02 Wednesday Mar 2011

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So remember how I moved house and was told – hey no problem – that my internet and tv service would be transferred in less than two weeks? Yeah right. It took almost four weeks, and even after that the “technico” had to come back a couple of times to sort out the television service.

Meanwhile, I have been on the market to upgrade my lovely iPhone to the latest model… which I almost got to do last Christmas except Movistar fucked that one up, as their “offer” closed before there was any stock available in their stores. And so I was happy to find that in my friendly neighbourhood Vodafone shop they took down my name on a waiting list and called me just a few days later to say they had an iPhone4 for me, all I needed to do was stop by and sign the papers to transfer my custom over to Vodafone.

And now comes the icky part…
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meet the neighbour

27 Sunday Feb 2011

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I’ve come across this beauty a couple of times coming up the stairs – she seems to have free rein of the building. And yesterday I found her out on my terrace! Since her terrace has “kitteh protection” along the side I can only guess that she made her way over via the roof. Clearly her owner has no qualms about letting her go wherever she likes, and it looks like she’s made it to a healthy age without falling… but I still don’t think I’d like to let Loki out on the terrace just in case.

Isn’t she gorgeous? I don’t know if you can tell from the photos but she is enormous – longer, taller and chunkier than Loki. I’d say her head is half again as large as his.  And she’s super friendly. As are all the neighbours I’ve met here so far (all but two). I’m dying to know her name – think I’ll go and introduce myself to her human to find out.