Week # 9 January 17th to 23rd, 2021

 

Week # 9 January 17th to 23rd, 2021

This week was like any other, there was more maintenance and improvements being done on Casa Pura Vida. 

One of the high priority projects for this year was securing the air conditioners to the roof top. Allan is here cutting the patio stones which were later secured to the air conditioners and then cemented to the roof.

Our friends Rudy and Sharon stayed at our Casa Pura Vida during one of the hurricanes this fall. Rudy being Rudy took a walk about prior to the storms arrival and sited a few things that needed to more secured - the air conditioners were one of them

He tied them down as best he could at the time and                 thankfully to his thoughtfulness, we avoided                   any major damages.  

While Rudy was working on securing the A/C's Allan surprised me with new electrical fixtures, we have a more conveniently located electric plug-in on the roof top 

and an added plug-in by the light switch near the bodega.

Rudy also did some painting for us this week, fresh paint always brightens things up.

The installation of our sunshade was put on hold for a few days, the owner operator of the business had an unfortunate accident having his right femur broken.

He spent 5 days in the public hospital waiting for surgery, due to COVID this hospital was unable to perform the necessary surgery and he was later sent to a private hospital.

This is his Xray prior to Surgery, he said it was very painful and I can see why.

This is the Xray following the 7-hour surgery.

         

His workers came and installed the sunshade later in the week.

Nice!

                The colour blends nicely with the colour                     of the house too, I think.

We added a string of multi coloured lights to the upstairs railing and to the stairway rail. 

Allan was chef for an afternoon, making cheese tea buscuits and stew for supper.

They were as delicious as they look - mmmmm so good.

He is a multi tasker - talented in so many ways  - do you think I am a well kept woman or just plain spoiled??

Claudia had another yard sale this week, she always has a wide variety of "stuffs"

This sale had Mexican candy, the limons (pronounced leemons) which we call limes are stuffed with a coconut mix, you may notice the candied pares, pineapple and so much more.-

This sale also included crockery cookware along with some plastic food serving dishes.

We did get time for Rest and Relaxation again week. We had lunch at Cockteleria El  Sazon Jaracho on Timon - better known here as the Red Chair Restaurant.

It has always been known as the red chair because all chairs were red but this year they have changed to black chairs and left a stack of red chairs out by the street - I can only assume it is so people will recognize the red chairs, realize the restaurant is still under the same management  and continue to eat there.

We made a visit to Louise and Gaston's this week and stayed for a Le Diez Pizza, they are the best. 

Another favourite spot of ours is La Cabana restaurant, Allan had baked potato with shrimp. When we order baked potatoes here, I always think of our Granddaughter Ava who loves potatoes - when she was little her nickname was "Tata Flava"

There is always time to put your feet up and just relax, we used our back patio often on hot days before the sunshade was installed on the roof top.

This week we booked flights to return home  February 28th, the next step is to book appointments for our COVID-19 test. Time will wind down quickly now with only 5 weeks left.😟

Our state of Quintana Roo is going into COVID Code Orange  Monday January 25th to 31st meaning they will begin enforcing more strict sanitary protocols and decreasing capacity at businesses from 60% to 30% capacity.

Until my next post, stay healthy, stay happy,                               stay safe and keep smiling.