Friday, May 6, 2011

Partying while Alma is away

With a title like that I know you'll be expecting something a little more wild than what is going to follow. I guess my wild days are in the past...more accurately, they completely passed me by. ANYWAY, while in service earlier in the week a little girl name Jadai (6 yrs old) made all of the arrangements so that she and her cousin could spend the night at my house. Not necessarily to spend time with me but to spend time with Taquito (my dog). I'm not offended, he's pretty cute. So I said they could spend the night last night. So what do you do with 6 and 8 yr old girls???





Putting rollers in our hair of course







Also in the dog's hair...he's so patient
We also watched Fuerza G (G-Force)
And played the online game....Beauty shop.

The main attraction: Sleeping with Taquito
I'm sure all the other girls in the hall will hear about this so expect to see more sleepover party pics :)
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Monday, May 2, 2011

Don't you hate when that happens

Welcome to Paso Hondo 141 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. 






That is the address where Alma and I live and this the front "door" or porton as we like to say.  Our story begins right here where I was sweeping the front side walk.  This is one chore that I hate doing (Alma obviously does too) especially since we have a little stip of grass there (and there isn't much grass around here) the dogs love to come and do there business right there and I get to clean it up.  So I was recently sweeping the area when the wind took the door and closed it and, of course, it locked.  And don't you hate it when you forget to bring your keys with you?  So since I couldn't jimmy the lock and I didn't want to wait 5 hours for Alma to come home.  I asked the neighbor if I could get onto her roof and climb down into our property.  She is friendly so let me do just that.   There is just one problem....
I had to get my way from the top of that wall to the small wall where the plant on the left is located.  But I really didn't want to wait 5 hours outside. SOOO  Mission accomplished thanks in no small part to a nail that was conveniently stuck into the wall about 2 feet above and just to the right of the ledge.  Lesson learned.

Well, since I was out taking picures.  I thought I would take some more and show you my neighborhood.
Turning left from our place


lovely art work

This heads to a major roadway where we get the bus (camion) or taxi.

Behind this car....convenient dumping area for construction trash



More art

And the tour leads us back to our house.
Today was my laundry day

The latest completed project was laying down the concrete in garage area.

To the left of the "garage" is a room with it's own bath.  As is typical in most Mexican homes, it is waiting to be finished.  This is for Alma's parents for whenever they decide to come.

The future garden.  This is the before pic and hope to have the after pic soon!
So y'all come back now ya hear