Second Time Around

Many, many years ago [sounds like the start of a fairy tale] I lost my wedding ring to the Pacific Ocean on our first trip to Mexico. The tide knocked me over and took off my ring and grabbed my partial plate...vanity took over and I saved my teeth...the ring was gone!

On Christmas Day, the beach of San Carlos took the only other ring I have chosen to wear over the years....my Bachelor of Education ring that we received at my University Graduation [many, many years ago]!

This one broke my heart. I have looked everywhere for this ring, including going through our garbage bags early in the morning before the garbage was collected! I did this even though I am almost 100% certain that I lost the ring at the Soggy Peso while enjoying that darn Christmas beer.

Beautiful Morning

A little late, but this is how we spent our Christmas morning....I know, beer on Christmas morning!!!!!

There was free Irish coffee for the coffee drinkers of the crowd while the rest of us had to suffer with the alternative. No such thing as Mimosas at this beach restaurant.

The Fakes Have Gone

Years ago we decided that we were tired of returning in the fall and finding nothing but weeds and dead plants. Our solution was to buy fake bamboo in Canada and put them in the pots as if real.

This worked like a charm for about six years...but this year they look fake! In fact, they were so bad that we had to remove them and plant some real ones to get us through the winter.

Excuse the photography...we got an upgraded camera from Jerry and we are still trying to figure how the heck he operated it!

The plants are called "Mother-in Law's Tongue" in English and some word I can't begin to pronounce in Spanish.  

Maybe these will survive for at least three or four months...we aren't very good with live things in pots!

Always up Hill?

Is it true that both ways on a bike ride are uphill? It seems that way to me...especially yesterday when we rode to the marina to pick up some fresh corn from the local farmer who brings it in.

My legs were burning both ways, but we did have success!

It is a pretty nice view when picking up supper.

It wasn't the easiest of days for us. When we got home we couldn't find our house keys, but fortunately Chuyita was there cleaning and we just assumed we misplaced them in my backpack. That was until we received an E Mail from someone telling us they found our keys at the corn truck [we put our E Mail address on all our personal items]. So...back we go to get them.

Later in the afternoon we decided to ride to a beach restaurant for happy hour and when we were getting ready to pay we realized that I left my wallet at home. So...back Fred goes to get money.

Nothing worked smoothly today...maybe we should have stayed home and hid inside the house. 

Work Starts

We are back in San Carlos after a two week stay in Saskatoon visiting with family. The weather in Canada was warm and comfortable, much different than it has been on previous visits.

While we were gone we had a worker repair the top edge of our stairwell and upper patio...it had been improperly installed five years ago and has been giving Fred grief every since.

The worker did the tiling but not the repainting so that was put on the agenda today....we did some sanding before the painting started. I am not allowed to do the fine work as he thinks I am a little erratic with my paint brush! Make a mess once and get chastised...make a mess twice and get banned from painting!!! Yahoo!

It will probably take him three days to finish up properly and I will use that time to repaint the cupboards...that is done with a roller and causes very few problems!