Smaller Scale

We flew over to the Yucatan this year and were unable to bring our hot candied jalapeños along....however, we were able to squeeze four small empty jars in our DHL box. No such thing as canning jars in Mexico!

We golfed and hiked yesterday and are worn out, so today seemed like a perfect day to slice, cook and can! It only took us an hour to complete the task....much different than the all day long event when we do the 22 kilos with Gloria.

Hopefully they taste as good as they look! Not me...the end result!!!!

The First Week

Puerto Aventuras has had a little bit of everything since we arrived last Saturday. We have had clouds, fog, wind and rain.....lots of rain!

The rains usually come and go in the afternoon around here so we seem to rush in the morning to get our golfing in or our walk. By mid-afternoon we are back to watching the sky and timing our walks to get groceries.

Yesterday we took a collectivo to Playa Del Carmen to get pesos and go to Sam's [like our Costco] to stock up on groceries. The taxis just hang around Sam's waiting for foolish people like us...way too much stuff for the bus system.

The humidity of Mexico has been taking a toll on my golf clubs...had to have them regripped down here last year, my golf bag...it was rotted on the inside so had to throw it out, my brand new golf gloves....they fell apart with one wearing last year and today my golf shoes...the sole fell off. The moral of the story is not to leave your good golf equipment in Mexico over the hot/humid summer.

And Today Was...??

Today was a bunny...I think!

And yes, I am getting bored...it's starting to rain and you can only watch so much Spanish TV!

Visitors

Visitors! We don't often have people from home stopping by so yesterday we were excited to see Sam and Rhonda Somerville, along with their friends from Kindersley....Rod and Colleen Quinney.

We had a pleasant afternoon of reminiscing and enjoying a few cervezas. We even had a toast to Harvey Somerville at 2:00...yesterday at 2:00 marked twelve years that he has been gone. It certainly doesn't seem that long, but to put it in perspective Robbie has been gone eight and a half years.

Sam and Rhonda loved the place Adelle recommended and he says "I will be back".

We found these empties under the cupboard.

Time to Work

When we arrived in Puerto Aventuras there were a few minor problems that needed taking care of. In the land of mañana we thought that maybe we would have to a wait a week or so, but surprisingly they were here in a few minutes.

They replaced the seal on one toilet, fixed the TV, put a new lock on the sliding bedroom door and changed a light bulb...excellent maintenance crew!

As you can tell by my blog, we are a little confined today. It is windy and looks like rain so we are catching up on bookwork and the blog for Eleanor.

As you can see, the supervisor was hard at work!!

Shipment

Long before we thought of what to take to Puerto Aventuras, we decided we were not going to go with the checked luggage plan. We, instead, decided to ship some stuff to our condo via DHL [Mexico's UPS].

We shipped two large boxes of things we need here and things that won't be going home, along with my new golf bag. My old one rotted from being left in the summer heat of San Carlos and finding a golf bag in Mexico is next to impossible.

We spent hours bubble wrapping the stuff we needed [and some we just plain wanted] so were quite confident that everything would arrive in tact. And it did!!

Except for my books...one box was ripped open and I lost 12 of my favourite authors! I am old school and I don't want to use my tablet to read a book so now I must suffer. But, on a good note, thirteen of them made it so can't complain too much.

We decided to ship two jars of my homemade pickles in the cardboard wine container and they made it here without spilling a drop!

If you know Fred and I at all, you would know that this box was packed perfectly....that's how it left San Carlos but not how it arrived!

Rest

Fred is trying to get some rest before he tackles his/mine/Eleanor's income tax by enjoying breakfast on the patio....pretty nice spot for cereal and juice!

Off the Tree

There is a massive grapefruit tree behind our place in San Carlos and nobody can eat enough fruit to keep the tree from sagging.

I did my part....juiced a couple of bags.... so good!

Pretty Quiet Around Here

We have had company for the last week so things have been pretty laid back plus we have had two days of full rain....very unusual for San Carlos.

Things will change this week! We are leaving on Friday for Mexico City so the necessary packing, cleaning, storing and last minute details are on our to-do list.

We have bills to pay and others to pre-pay so a couple of trips to Guaymas are in order, plus a few goodbye suppers are planned.

Today there is a fund raiser for the school that we may force ourselves to attend...a cow plop! Maybe or maybe not, just depends on our moods at noon. Do we want to watch cows poop or not! If you have never been at a cow plop, it is just like the old chicken plops that communities used for fundraisers way back when.

Getting Some Work Done

Fred has been putting mastic on our roof to water proof the building. He has to do this every second year to prevent leaks. Two coats!