I received this email from my sister today. Isn’t she funny? I was planning on bringing back 2 empty suitcases. Guess I will have to fill both of them with some warm salt air and sun from Mexico. I hope they make it through Customs.
Dearest Anne,
Since you are coming this direction anyway, could you please bring some warmer weather? The predictions for this week are freezin winter mix for tonight and tomorrow, then 6 or more inches of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday with strong winds on Wednesday. Temps will drop to 0 by Friday morning and remain in the single digits over the weekend. Do you have an empty suitcase that you could fill with something a little better than that to at least have when you deplane? LOL!!
Love you!
Elaine
I'm wearing my Florida sweatshirt to church this morning so maybe God can get the hint, too!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 30th
A Beautiful Day! No workers here to supervise (unless you count Pete LOL). Finally we spent a little time on the beach. It was nice and warm without being hot. We really like it here. Might have to pinch ourselves to see if we’re dreaming.
We tried something new for dinner last night. We took skirt steak (or was it flank steak?), put slices of onion and lime on top, added garlic, salt and pepper, Mrs. Dash, and rolled it all up and secured it with a couple of toothpicks. Baked it with some potato wedges for 25 minutes at 3. Yup. 3. Our stove down here has no temperature settings. Only 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. The citrus make it very tender, but I definitely added too much lime and lime juice. I’ll definitely make it again, but with a bit less lime. It was our first time even trying the stove, which runs on propane, so we weren’t even sure it worked. When I grabbed the handle to take it out of the stove, the handle came off - melted off, actually. Guess that pan (it was here) is “toast”. LOL. I bet it will be really good with chicken, too.
My Mother was a really good recipe experimenter. I’m not so good at it, but I’m getting more adventurous. How about you?
We tried something new for dinner last night. We took skirt steak (or was it flank steak?), put slices of onion and lime on top, added garlic, salt and pepper, Mrs. Dash, and rolled it all up and secured it with a couple of toothpicks. Baked it with some potato wedges for 25 minutes at 3. Yup. 3. Our stove down here has no temperature settings. Only 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. The citrus make it very tender, but I definitely added too much lime and lime juice. I’ll definitely make it again, but with a bit less lime. It was our first time even trying the stove, which runs on propane, so we weren’t even sure it worked. When I grabbed the handle to take it out of the stove, the handle came off - melted off, actually. Guess that pan (it was here) is “toast”. LOL. I bet it will be really good with chicken, too.
My Mother was a really good recipe experimenter. I’m not so good at it, but I’m getting more adventurous. How about you?
Friday, January 29th
We went from Baby poo to Gingerbread. Our neighbor, Annie dubbed our house “Sweetie Petey’s Gingerbread House”. She cracks me up. But the shade is beautiful!!! Such a difference it makes.
I have been frustrated by Internet and phone. On Wednesday, I was no longer able to connect with my wireless router or phone. Springfield Rich and Debbie were going out of town and they offered me their internet stick and Magic Jack. So I got to make a bunch of phone calls. Woo hoo. I was afraid people wouldn’t answer the “unknown” Springfield number, but after repeated calls, my sisters took a chance and we got to talk.
I finally decided there was nothing to lose and changed the connections on the back of the wireless router and vonage to the way I thought they should logically work - now, keep in mind that a professional guy set it up - and that it had worked fine for 2 days - and guess what - ding ding ding. You’re right. It works now. Excellent signal strength inside and outside and great phone service. Yea!!!! I might still have to invest in that Magic Jack as my plan B.
We went out to dinner with friends and they took us to a well-known Mexican restaurant. We had the most awesome bean soup. However, we need to take them to the states to find out how to make Queso Fundido and burritos. Could you believe they only had 1 burrito and it didn’t have beans in it,. And they couldn’t make a bean burrito.
I have been frustrated by Internet and phone. On Wednesday, I was no longer able to connect with my wireless router or phone. Springfield Rich and Debbie were going out of town and they offered me their internet stick and Magic Jack. So I got to make a bunch of phone calls. Woo hoo. I was afraid people wouldn’t answer the “unknown” Springfield number, but after repeated calls, my sisters took a chance and we got to talk.
I finally decided there was nothing to lose and changed the connections on the back of the wireless router and vonage to the way I thought they should logically work - now, keep in mind that a professional guy set it up - and that it had worked fine for 2 days - and guess what - ding ding ding. You’re right. It works now. Excellent signal strength inside and outside and great phone service. Yea!!!! I might still have to invest in that Magic Jack as my plan B.
We went out to dinner with friends and they took us to a well-known Mexican restaurant. We had the most awesome bean soup. However, we need to take them to the states to find out how to make Queso Fundido and burritos. Could you believe they only had 1 burrito and it didn’t have beans in it,. And they couldn’t make a bean burrito.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 28th
Where is the sun, part 2. Once again, I planned to work in the morning and even make it to water aerobics. But I got to painting and staining and the time got away from me, so I didn’t make it to water aerobics. But we really got A LOT done.
Jorge started painting the outside of the palapa. It’s supposed to be a nice, warm shade of brown, not too dark and not too light. What it looks like is baby poo. So we let him finish painting the first coat and we headed back to the paint store again. Hola, Juan. He added some color to it and it should be a much nicer shade of brown for the 2nd coat tomorrow.
While Pete dealt with the paint, I went next door and ordered a loveseat. It should be here in early February. It’ll give us a comfortable place to sit in the bedroom. I love the name of the store. Happy Home. And the sales guy wasn't bad to look at either.
We congratulated ourselves for getting out of Sam’s for less than $100. Then we went to the grocery store and spent $67 more. Oh well.
Jorge started painting the outside of the palapa. It’s supposed to be a nice, warm shade of brown, not too dark and not too light. What it looks like is baby poo. So we let him finish painting the first coat and we headed back to the paint store again. Hola, Juan. He added some color to it and it should be a much nicer shade of brown for the 2nd coat tomorrow.
While Pete dealt with the paint, I went next door and ordered a loveseat. It should be here in early February. It’ll give us a comfortable place to sit in the bedroom. I love the name of the store. Happy Home. And the sales guy wasn't bad to look at either.
We congratulated ourselves for getting out of Sam’s for less than $100. Then we went to the grocery store and spent $67 more. Oh well.
Wednesday, January 26th
Where is the sun? I planned to work all morning and then lay in the sun and read my book and relax. But there was no sun. (I know you’re not feeling sorry for me because it is still warm at least.) So what do you do when there’s no sun? Keep working. Which means the kitchen is painted, too. Pete really likes the color. To me, it is the color of key lime pie. Yummy, but kind of strange. What’s great about paint is that it’s easy to change. And it makes such a huge difference. I like to paint. Walls, that is. Otherwise, I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. Do you?
Tuesday, January 25th
Tuesday, January 25thI’m patting myself on the back because I drove into PA to the local section (versus the resort section), found the laundramat from yesterday, and picked up the laundry. And felt quite safe and at ease.
Another trip to PDC for more paint. Juan is getting to know us very well. LOL.
We took a side trip to the fabric store (actually looking for some paint for the wall decorations. What a variety of fabrics. Much different from the fabrics at home. It might take a little more exploring (without an impatient husband. It sure makes me think of Mom and Dad. She just loved to stop at fabric stores and he just didn’t.
Another trip to PDC for more paint. Juan is getting to know us very well. LOL.
We took a side trip to the fabric store (actually looking for some paint for the wall decorations. What a variety of fabrics. Much different from the fabrics at home. It might take a little more exploring (without an impatient husband. It sure makes me think of Mom and Dad. She just loved to stop at fabric stores and he just didn’t.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24th
Oh my gosh, once again I am waiting for the phone guy to come here. I didn’t go to water aerobics because I didn’t know when he would be here. It’s so irritating.
Finally…he’s here. Oh no. It’s not the phone guy. It’s the internet guy. And I already have internet. But I’ll let him set up my wireless router and internet antenna. Whoo. My signal went from low and very low to excellent. But still the phone guy has to come and set up the vonage phone. But wait…with the router set up it has a different vonage error code. So I go on the internet and register this new vonage device and…A huge Woo Hoo. We have a phone. Now all I have to do is tell Vonage which device I’m using - the one in Wheaton or the one in Mexico. Now we feel so much more connected! I rewarded myself with a Snickers mini.
We offered to drive Jorge, the 20 year old man boy who is staining our beams, back to his home in PA. He took us to the hardware store and the Laundromat in the town (not the resort part) of Puerto Aventuras. Going to the local one was much cheaper. It was 300 pesos for one comforter in Playa del Carmen. However, it was 300 pesos for all 3 of my comforters at Puerto. Puerto is only 4 miles away, while Playa is about 15 miles. I tried to talk Pete into eating at a local restaurant, but he’s still nervous about the food. So it was back home for a spaghetti dinner. Can you believe they have the same brand of spaghetti sauce I use at home?
http://www.locogringo.com/puerto_aventuras/
Finally…he’s here. Oh no. It’s not the phone guy. It’s the internet guy. And I already have internet. But I’ll let him set up my wireless router and internet antenna. Whoo. My signal went from low and very low to excellent. But still the phone guy has to come and set up the vonage phone. But wait…with the router set up it has a different vonage error code. So I go on the internet and register this new vonage device and…A huge Woo Hoo. We have a phone. Now all I have to do is tell Vonage which device I’m using - the one in Wheaton or the one in Mexico. Now we feel so much more connected! I rewarded myself with a Snickers mini.
We offered to drive Jorge, the 20 year old man boy who is staining our beams, back to his home in PA. He took us to the hardware store and the Laundromat in the town (not the resort part) of Puerto Aventuras. Going to the local one was much cheaper. It was 300 pesos for one comforter in Playa del Carmen. However, it was 300 pesos for all 3 of my comforters at Puerto. Puerto is only 4 miles away, while Playa is about 15 miles. I tried to talk Pete into eating at a local restaurant, but he’s still nervous about the food. So it was back home for a spaghetti dinner. Can you believe they have the same brand of spaghetti sauce I use at home?
http://www.locogringo.com/puerto_aventuras/
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