Wednesday January 13th, 2010
It’s not Friday, which is a good thing since it is the 13th………………….A little funny for a Wednesday, for everyone that is still working and wishing it was Friday (even if it is the 13th). 18 more days and we will have been retired for 1 year!!! It seems like yesterday!
We got up around 10 and tried to get going early as Handyman is supposed to be here at 3:30 to start getting some stuff done around here. As we sold our 20’ trailer that we used to move down here with we have some extra cash to fix up the old joint! We need some lexan to replace the bottom screen in our front door that our dogs ripped, we need the roof fixed because of the stuck float we had on our tinaco and it gave us a pool up on top (not wise), we need the ceiling scrapped and painted (from our earlier tinaco problem), we need out safe bolted to the floor (more to come about the safe shortly) and we would like to paint the outside of our house. We can’t decide between some really pretty rust colour with a sand colour, or purple and sand colour (guess who wants the purple, I guess it’s better than the red). We want to paint the two walls that have the windows a neat colour and the extra wall a sandy colour and we are thinking about painting the bars black. If we decide soon we will have Francisco to do it!
We bought our safe used and have had it in the office for a couple of months now waiting to get it bolted to the floor. I tried to close the door of it about a week ago and the bars were stuck out and wouldn’t go in to close the door, so Ross got on the phone with Sentury Safe and she was soooooooooooooo helpful. She must have stayed on the line for a good 20 minutes or so, we finally got it working by Ross banging on the top and side of the door (the solenoid needed jarring) and then putting in our code. She wouldn’t let us off the phone until we opened it at least 5 times (she kept calling Ross “honey” or “baby” so cute) she is sending us a new solenoid (to Mexico) for free, all this for a used safe not under warranty, will definitely buy another if the need arises!
We drove to Home Depot to pick up some Lexan for our door, we couldn’t find it anywhere and the customer service centre was really busy, so we will have Francisco get it for us in Bucerias, but we did get a tool box, a shelf for the kitchen and a couple of other things. We drove to Wal-Mart for some of my prescription drugs, some hangers for Bruce and Bernice (they didn’t get any in their room), and some cat food, then drove over to Mega as my watch was to be ready yesterday, it will be ready on Monday! Don’t ya love Mexico!!!
When we were waiting for Francisco to come over Harold called asking if we had plans for dinner after 7, we said no, so at about 6:45 we drove over to their house met up with them and Gail and her hubby and we drove to San Jose to California Pizza. Wow, one great Pizza, we really need him to have a restaurant (or a hole in the wall we don’t care) in Bucerias!
When we were waiting for Francisco to come over Harold called asking if we had plans for dinner after 7, we said no, so at about 6:45 we drove over to their house met up with them and Gail and her hubby and we drove to San Jose to California Pizza. Wow, one great Pizza, we really need him to have a restaurant (or a hole in the wall we don’t care) in Bucerias!
Once we got home Ross went onto the computer for a bit and all of a sudden he got really cold, he wrapped up in a blanket, was still cold so he went to bed, with 2 very fuzzy blankets! In kept all my fuzzy blankets. He is now in bed, I’m getting my blog done and I think I will join him; it is, after all, 11pm. But I am watching HGTV and Holmes on Homes! I love that guy, I think he really cares.
I did call Francisco and he said that his wife was sick so he couldn’t come over and he will be at our house at 3:30 tomorrow! He could have called, but again, he is Mexican and they just don’t think of doing that?!?!?!?!? We don’t understand, but we are not Mexican, this is just how they are.
We are looking forward to going to Crazy Nelly’s tomorrow night as Bruce, Bernice and I think Jo will be coming to enjoy the music. Oh, I can hardly stand it, Bernice brought me some Q-Tips………………we can’t find them here, so I’m so excited, I used them this morning, it is really surprising on what you get used to!
Well Adios from Paradise
Ross Kim and Critters (with Bruce, Bernice and Jo in Guayabitos)