Phew... well it is certainly hot now in Spain, and I know English friends will think I am mad moaning about the heat when its raining over there at present, and they would like to see more of the sun, but its bl***dy hot.
Today we had to go down to the coast for a few things and called in on our local steel man who has just finished making some railings for us, and had put them up yesterday. We thought we would drop his money off, us being the efficient types. His father, Pedro, is in his 70s and has a stomach that is larger than most full term pregnancies - what a delight it was to see this fine figure of a man coping with the heat by walking around his garden in his Y fronts (Oh I bet you wish I had had my camera with me). It was competition stuff I tell you!! I suppose it was his way of keeping cool. I've told Alistair not to consider it as its not a brilliant fashion statement.
Lisa works in the garden on a Wednesday and we really can't believe how she copes with working in this heat. We get to a point that we can't stand watching her and have to drag her indoors for a beer or two - that girl's a star. I can only manage outdoors if I am outside by 7.30am and get things done by 10.30am and then its 'switch on the air con' and chill, literally.
I try to avoid too much TV as I find myself turning into Mrs Grumpy and have to moan and comment through all the adverts - why don't the people revolt? The latest one to really get me going is some stupid touchpad game where you can spend your precious time 'TAPPING'. What the hell are people thinking of, Tapping!!! even the advert can't make tapping exciting, hey look you can say to your friends look how good I can tap. PLEASE ..... give us a break, have we totally lost the plot?
Another one is the anti-perspirant for feet. I have been telling my girls not to use stuff under their arms that block your pores for years, as it's one of the ways your body eliminates toxins. Now we have one that can block your feet as well. Great!! Keep all the nasty stuff in your body so it can do maximum damage. Where do they think all these toxins go? Just maybe they could make you ill, don't you think? But what the hell, the pharmacutical companies like that, as it means they can sell you loads of drugs to combat even more problems. When are people going to stop believing everything they are told and use commonsense regarding what we put in, on and around our bodies? The poor old bees are having a tough time of it at present due to pesticides killing large numbers and we still think that these chemicals can't do harm to us.
We try to avoid chemicals as much as possible but at present you can't live entirely without coming into contact with them, but we can do our bit and buy produce and products that we consider safe, and hopefully we all won't end up sitting in a hospital tapping away on our games console.
Obviously I am having a grumpy menopausal moment :-)