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a REAL house

the sala

For some reason, Mimi and I seem to keep being surprised by the fact that we live in a REAL house.  I guess all those years living in the RV, or some subconscious idea of what makes a house real.  We now have a coffee table!!  and a side table and [...]

returning from our unscheduled break

life in the fast lane

Sometimes life just gets in the way of a good internet addiction.  Or, the blogging juices dry up.  Or, anything you might want to write about you figure you probably shouldn’t.   I’ve had all of those things going this past two weeks.

I’ve also been really busy.  I’m [...]

The good, the bad, and the ridiculously difficult

the pool as it should be

First the good. The magical Elio has transformed our pool from murky to clear just as he said he would. The in between stages of scum on surface and moonscape below are gone and it is the beautiful color of a cenote.

The bad was actually kind [...]

Slip covers and tropical fruit

new slip covers

The new slip covers were delivered today, the guy did a fantastic job. I only gave him a picture I found online and Henry explained the workings to him.

It’s not the way I’m used to but it may even work better. The cushion cover and the slip cover are [...]

yes, the rains have begun

Tropical downpour

The answer to the title of the previous post is a definite YES, the rains are here.  We’ve had tropical downpours every afternoon for the last week.   So far they have been in the late afternoon, early evening, the temps drop and the winds are cool and fresh.  [...]

The House… what worked. Ventilation

This is the tropics, it’s hot.  Yes, I’m adjusted to heat and I’m comfortable at a lot higher temps than others.   Still, when it is over 100°F or 38°C it is hot.  How comfortable you are in the heat is dependent on air moving and heat rising away from you.  We have the benefit [...]

The House… what worked. #1 The Architect

I’ve been thinking about this for awhile.  We’ve been living in the house now for 3 months, long enough to have figured out what we love most and what really works.  I think it will be a series, as I realize something that really works well, I’ll post about it.  I’ll probably also do [...]