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novembery

15 Monday Nov 2010

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Unlike when I posted this, it is now mid-month and definitely getting Novembery out there. Think it’s finally time to put away (well, throw away) the sandals and get a pair of winter shoes. Have actually worn my old red shoes a couple of times this month already, but as you can see, RAIN is coming, so I’ll need a some non-leaky ones soon. Have also been tempted a couple of times to switch on the space heaters in the living room but have so far opted for an extra sweater.

I’m kind of looking forward to winter now. I’ve noticed that they’ve almost finished putting up the Christmas lights around town, and will probably switch those on at the end of the month. Used to be they didn’t turn them on until December 8th – día de la Inmaculada – but last year they bumped it up a couple of weeks.

For my part, I’ve finally got my clothes sorted and have put all the summery ones away. Have noticed I could use some warm pj’s and a new sweater or two, but otherwise should have enough winter wear to get me through until it’s time to look for new sandals in February. As always, when I think of the future, it’s with a bit of apprehension (will I be on chemo in February? Will I be okay?) and as I get closer to the next PET scan I’m sure the “scanxiety” will reappear. But for now just looking forward to Christmas and my birthday and hope to make lots of happy memories as I go…

keeping cool

07 Wednesday Jul 2010

Posted by in animals & pets, cats, sevilla, summer, weather

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The boys have realised that tiles are a bit cooler than hardwood.

Though only somewhat. My goodness but it is HOT around here these days. The official temperature may say it’s “only” 40º, but that ends up being about five degrees hotter in the centre of town. It’s absurd weather.

But at least I don’t have to wear a fur coat. These two have really gone all floppy, as you can see. And I’ll have you know that the bathroom floor had just been washed! All smudges are courtesy of Loki who cannot just drink out of a water bowl – he has to dip his paws in and splash water all around the damn place and then walk in it. He also pushes the livingroom water bowl around with his nose. Weirdo.

Oh, and check it out. At just seven months old Loki is now officially bigger than Azar. And he’s still growing!

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wet feet

18 Thursday Feb 2010

Posted by in health & happiness, home, sevilla, shoes, weather

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Here I sit all sniffly. Have foregone my pilates class this morning because I didn’t think going out into The Rain with already wet sneakers would do my shivery self any good, nor would my head take very kindly to hanging upside down with its current plugged-yet-drippy sinus condition. So damn. I probably should have got some cheap rain boots last October. Getting two colds in one winter is pretty much unheard of around here. I blame wet feet.

Keeping my feet dry has become an ISSUE. It’s bad enough having the clothesrack almost constantly set up in the livingroom, but once shoes get soaked it’s very hard to dry them out properly when the humidity is stuck at 100%. My only other pair of wearable shoes (an old favourite pair of Campers) have cracks in the soles, which cannot be seen but which let the rain seep in quite nicely. I didn’t want to invest in a new pair of shoes this year in case it was MY LAST WINTER, and now sandal weather should be back by the end of the month. So nothing really left to do about it but complain.  😉

Rain, rain, go away …

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