Wednesday August 12th to Friday August 14th, 2009
Before I start my blog for Wednesday I have to tell you a ha ha funny, that Ross did (well he actually did it on Monday and today is Friday and I try to keep the blog in order but this is too good to wait!). If you remember as of Monday we have not had any, I repeat any water. We thought because the power was off our pump that pumps the water from the lines in our street up to a holding tank on the roof stopped. So we figured once the power came on everything would be good. We kept turning on faucets and nothing would come out so we waited and waited and still no water. So a friend of ours wife speaks Spanish and she called the engineers at the water department to see why we didn’t have any water. They came out this morning, we weren’t here, and it comes to find out that Ross shut off the valve to allow water to come onto our property, picture will follow (I think I found out how to attach pictures to the blog). The line comes in (from the street) and there is a shut off valve at the top then there is another pipe that heads down for the regular tap. We (our friends and us) could not stop laughing.
Ok, so let me try to remember what happened on Wednesday. Francisco came over about 10 (all by himself, he had a buddy with him the first time so we thought he would have come too) to start putting up our shed. The shed is made out of thick plastic and is approx 8’ x 10’ and the instructions were, guess what, in English! Francisco can speak a fair amount of English but can’t read it so there we sat. Ross is not up to putting up a shed (especially in this heat, which is why we hired our handyman), we had asked Zac (his Mum suggested I get him to put my file cabinet together) to come over this morning and we asked him if he could help explain the instructions to handyman also. So while handyman was working on stuff he could, Zac and I got the filing cabinet together. His allergies were really acting up so all that needed to be done was a little bit drawer assembly and I told him I would finish up. Ross and I put the drawers in and the sides came apart. So yesterday he came over again, tightened up a few bolts now I have a filing cabinet, yeah!
Ross went to his first AA meeting today in Nuevo and there were 6 people there. After the meeting they went to a restaurant that one of the girls in his meeting owns. Ross and I went there for supper last night and it was terrific. We met some more people (from New York) that has a blog same as mine called on-the-beach-in-mexico.blogspot.com (that is how I found out how to attach pictures) and had a great night.
Yesterday before going to dinner we stopped in at Juan’s to see if we could find a table for Ross’s mixer (he is getting his band room in order) and walked out with one a perfect size in red! I ordered a little table to go underneath my tiger picture between the plants; and he promised us that he will be here today to deliver the shelves also along with the new table.
I got ahead of myself, Handyman came again Thursday to finish up the shed (it looks beautiful) and Zac came over for a bit to help handyman and help me with the cabinet. I really hate doing this in date order cause I keep forgetting things! I’ll try to do one every day, even if I don’t post every day.
Now today is Friday, hurray! I am sitting at my kitchen table; my computer room is still unusable, writing my blog. It’s 10 after 4 and Ross is with handyman to get the materials for my laundry room roof, sealing of the skylights, painting the roof (for another type of sealant), putting a propane tank on the roof so I can actually use my stove and dryer and last but not least putting some stairs up to the roof so we can sit up there and watch thunderstorms. We still can’t see the ocean from the roof so we will have to build up higher at some point, but not right now. Ross was on the phone again today with the lady in Guadalajara for the rest of the power conditioners he ordered and they keep insisting that we are a business and wanting a lot of paperwork filled out. Between Zac and Ross, with scanning in proof of residency and id, filling out paperwork and sending it to them, we think that everything is good to go and he should be getting them soon. What a pain in the you know where.
We had gone to John and Christie’s and Christie said to me, Kim, how would you like to go to the market with Shay and me to buy some jewellery to take to Canada (she is leaving tomorrow for 3 weeks) to sell at the flea market in Sylvan Lake . So Kim said yes! I hadn’t been to the market since we got here and we really had a good time. I was looking for a spoon rest and found the perfect one but he wanted 160 pesos for it (16.00) and I said no way too much he went down to 140 I still was shaking my head. He asked me a question and I answered letting him know that I lived down here and he said oh, for you 50 pesos. So I have a very pretty spoon rest!
We went to the Oasis restaurant to lunch and it was closed so we went to Mega, got some lunch at a kiosk that advertised Mexican food and got 3 big bottles of water, some watermelon and a few Pepsi’s and got home 15 minutes to spare before handyman was to meet us to go get the supplies. Off Ross and handyman and handyman’s son go and here I sat typing my blog. About 20 minutes ago a truck parked outside my house with 2 guys in it and they spoke not a word of English. I didn’t know what they wanted so I told them I don’t speak Spanish and told them I didn’t want any. Ross just got home and the truck was from the building supply place that they just came from, they sure are quick!
I don’t think I have any more to say, except that I watched the Edmonton news this morning and saw the weather forecast, I’m sorry, did I hear frost? The temp right now is 38 with the humidity at 65.
The Celtic festival that we put on last year for The Albert Blain Performers aid Society is again at Hawrelak Park (sp) this weekend starting tonight and going all day tomorrow. It’s at the amphitheatre and it was a blast last year, Celtic music, Celtic food and lots of beer. Go down and enjoy!
We stopped at a beach restaurant for dinner last night and it was great! We actually sat on the beach at a plastic table and I had a fantastic shrimp in avocado salad and Ross had a burger.
Talk to you real soon!
Ross and Kim
Before I start my blog for Wednesday I have to tell you a ha ha funny, that Ross did (well he actually did it on Monday and today is Friday and I try to keep the blog in order but this is too good to wait!). If you remember as of Monday we have not had any, I repeat any water. We thought because the power was off our pump that pumps the water from the lines in our street up to a holding tank on the roof stopped. So we figured once the power came on everything would be good. We kept turning on faucets and nothing would come out so we waited and waited and still no water. So a friend of ours wife speaks Spanish and she called the engineers at the water department to see why we didn’t have any water. They came out this morning, we weren’t here, and it comes to find out that Ross shut off the valve to allow water to come onto our property, picture will follow (I think I found out how to attach pictures to the blog). The line comes in (from the street) and there is a shut off valve at the top then there is another pipe that heads down for the regular tap. We (our friends and us) could not stop laughing.
Ok, so let me try to remember what happened on Wednesday. Francisco came over about 10 (all by himself, he had a buddy with him the first time so we thought he would have come too) to start putting up our shed. The shed is made out of thick plastic and is approx 8’ x 10’ and the instructions were, guess what, in English! Francisco can speak a fair amount of English but can’t read it so there we sat. Ross is not up to putting up a shed (especially in this heat, which is why we hired our handyman), we had asked Zac (his Mum suggested I get him to put my file cabinet together) to come over this morning and we asked him if he could help explain the instructions to handyman also. So while handyman was working on stuff he could, Zac and I got the filing cabinet together. His allergies were really acting up so all that needed to be done was a little bit drawer assembly and I told him I would finish up. Ross and I put the drawers in and the sides came apart. So yesterday he came over again, tightened up a few bolts now I have a filing cabinet, yeah!
Ross went to his first AA meeting today in Nuevo and there were 6 people there. After the meeting they went to a restaurant that one of the girls in his meeting owns. Ross and I went there for supper last night and it was terrific. We met some more people (from New York) that has a blog same as mine called on-the-beach-in-mexico.blogspot.com (that is how I found out how to attach pictures) and had a great night.
Yesterday before going to dinner we stopped in at Juan’s to see if we could find a table for Ross’s mixer (he is getting his band room in order) and walked out with one a perfect size in red! I ordered a little table to go underneath my tiger picture between the plants; and he promised us that he will be here today to deliver the shelves also along with the new table.
I got ahead of myself, Handyman came again Thursday to finish up the shed (it looks beautiful) and Zac came over for a bit to help handyman and help me with the cabinet. I really hate doing this in date order cause I keep forgetting things! I’ll try to do one every day, even if I don’t post every day.
Now today is Friday, hurray! I am sitting at my kitchen table; my computer room is still unusable, writing my blog. It’s 10 after 4 and Ross is with handyman to get the materials for my laundry room roof, sealing of the skylights, painting the roof (for another type of sealant), putting a propane tank on the roof so I can actually use my stove and dryer and last but not least putting some stairs up to the roof so we can sit up there and watch thunderstorms. We still can’t see the ocean from the roof so we will have to build up higher at some point, but not right now. Ross was on the phone again today with the lady in Guadalajara for the rest of the power conditioners he ordered and they keep insisting that we are a business and wanting a lot of paperwork filled out. Between Zac and Ross, with scanning in proof of residency and id, filling out paperwork and sending it to them, we think that everything is good to go and he should be getting them soon. What a pain in the you know where.
We had gone to John and Christie’s and Christie said to me, Kim, how would you like to go to the market with Shay and me to buy some jewellery to take to Canada (she is leaving tomorrow for 3 weeks) to sell at the flea market in Sylvan Lake . So Kim said yes! I hadn’t been to the market since we got here and we really had a good time. I was looking for a spoon rest and found the perfect one but he wanted 160 pesos for it (16.00) and I said no way too much he went down to 140 I still was shaking my head. He asked me a question and I answered letting him know that I lived down here and he said oh, for you 50 pesos. So I have a very pretty spoon rest!
We went to the Oasis restaurant to lunch and it was closed so we went to Mega, got some lunch at a kiosk that advertised Mexican food and got 3 big bottles of water, some watermelon and a few Pepsi’s and got home 15 minutes to spare before handyman was to meet us to go get the supplies. Off Ross and handyman and handyman’s son go and here I sat typing my blog. About 20 minutes ago a truck parked outside my house with 2 guys in it and they spoke not a word of English. I didn’t know what they wanted so I told them I don’t speak Spanish and told them I didn’t want any. Ross just got home and the truck was from the building supply place that they just came from, they sure are quick!
I don’t think I have any more to say, except that I watched the Edmonton news this morning and saw the weather forecast, I’m sorry, did I hear frost? The temp right now is 38 with the humidity at 65.
The Celtic festival that we put on last year for The Albert Blain Performers aid Society is again at Hawrelak Park (sp) this weekend starting tonight and going all day tomorrow. It’s at the amphitheatre and it was a blast last year, Celtic music, Celtic food and lots of beer. Go down and enjoy!
We stopped at a beach restaurant for dinner last night and it was great! We actually sat on the beach at a plastic table and I had a fantastic shrimp in avocado salad and Ross had a burger.
Talk to you real soon!
Ross and Kim
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