Warren

2-21

Here’s a little catch up for the Blog.

Caught up with some friends off the cruise ship on Friday. There were a total of ten of them in the group, but only four of them came over to the beach and the house. I treated them to a bus ride out to the house, then down to the beach for a few beers and snacks at Paty’s. They really liked being able to come to the beach and not look like deer in the headlights on the beach wondering where to go. They headed back to downtown mid afternoon for a little shopping and then back to the ship.

Yesterday, Judy went to a cooking class over in the Madera beach neighborhood. She went with Vera and Dan to learn about making chiles rellenos. She had a great time and signed up for a couple more classes. Next week they are going shopping at the Mercado for ingredients and the following Saturday they are making tamales.

This morning we are headed for a couple of laps on the beach then I have some errands to do. Looks like we are eating out today if we want anything cooked. The gas tank up on the roof ran out this morning. I wondered why the gas guy was here the other day. I thought we were on a gas main. No such thing down here. We also ran out of water a couple of weeks ago. The water does come to us via a water main, into a cistern then it is pumped up to a day tank on the roof. Little did we know that the water had been off for at least ten days. The city will just shut off the water to areas to push more to Ixtapa to the rich gringos that don’t want to be in Mexico. Alfredo called a water truck to get us by until the water came back on. It appears the water is only on at night right now. We will have enough to take care of the two of us.

Yesterday was the hottest day we have seen so far. The good news was that the humidity was low, but it was 91 in the shade. Looks like another hot one again today.

Went into town last night for dinner and then walked around a little. Stopped at the basketball court and watched a game for awhile. There are adult basketball leagues here. At halftime, I watched one of the players sit down in front of us. He took off his uniform and gave it to one of the other players that was waiting on the sideline. There appears to be a shortage of uniforms for one of the teams. In Mexico you just make it work.

That’s about it for this morning. We are down to two weeks left and I am sure that is going to fly by. We are set for our move next year to the smaller place. Our landlady for Casa Ita is coming on Tuesday. I know she wants us to stay, but we just don’t need this big house anymore. We are working with her on getting it advertised better and passing the word around about the house. They understand our situation.

Warren

Patiently waiting at home.
The finished product from the class. Three different types of chiles rellenos.
Instructor for Judy's chiles rellenos cooking class.
One man band at Berra De Potisi. He played for at least an hour for the three bus loads of seniors at the restaurant next to us. They had a great time with him and most of them were dancing.
Linda and Ginny swimming at Berra De Potisi last Tuesday.
This little guy was crawling on the outside of the screen door yesterday morning. It was about 2" long. He looked friendly but didn't find out. This kind of stuff really "bugs" me!