New Year Resolutions....

Sorry to have disappeared off the face of the Earth for so long...

I tried to take the bull by the horns but you can see the result for yourselves...

The trip to Carcassonne was great. Lots of wine, foie gras and kilometres... My French friend was looking for some property to develop into gites or chambres d'hôtes. He is also thinking about offering cookery lessons to the guests.

Casa del Mar, our tapas bar celebrated its first year last week!! It was very busy in the summer but autumn was not so hot and I honestly began to worry about it. But December came and all is well again. The British seem to think that tapas are a summer food and that in the winter, the Spanish starve themselves into hibernation. So we've introduced the tried and tested "Carne y dos verduras" (Meat and two veg) to attract the more conservative among diners...

The other two restaurants are performing well. But I am definitely not!

On a personal level, I think I have lost my way and no longer know which direction to take. So for the last few weeks I have been sitting on the fence. I try to focus on something that really matters and then get lost in daydreams. By the time I emerge from the haze it is time for bed and more dreams.

I have been playing lots of Sudoku. It is the only thing I can do that completely takes my mind off everything else. I have books upon books of this damn puzzle scattered around the house, mainly in bathrooms. I have often got into the shower with a dead leg numbed by a long session on the loo. It also numbs my mind and that's a good thing.

I haven't been leaving comments on your blogs but I do keep reading them with RSS.

A la prochaine...