Saturday Sept 29, 2018 Things

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Saturday Sept 29, 2018

Yesterday was the 10-month anniversary of the untimely passing of Christian so we visited the cemetery once again.  Cristina and Carlos have maintained a beautiful gravesite for their son.  Some nearby graves are neglected and overgrown, which is really sad.  We noticed that Carlos finally installed the headstone on his grandmother's grave.  I got a few photos of the gorgeous blue mist at dusk on the western cordillera mountains that I love so much.  I am hoping to soon get a view like that from home with my proposed bodega/screenroom.

Carlos completed the ceramic work on the back landing and it looks pretty good.  He will not return now for a few days as he gets caught up on some flooring work at his mother's home.
Last night I happened to catch The Blind Side on TV and could not turn away from my #2 favourite movie.  I must have watched it 40 times by now and I will always love it.  I finally discovered that I can actually switch languages on a lot of the original English-language movies, and also Cristina can watch those movies in Spanish.  That is why we have 2 TV locations.

Today we went to LA14,and HomeCenter, then De Uno early to get a few things, especially a gas tank for the BBQ.  We got our needed groceries and beer, but could not find a gas tank anywhere.  Apparently we need Carlos' help to find a gas tank which means I can't enjoy the Filet Mignon I just bought yet...

Now we can get caught up on photo work for a bit.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Friday Sept 28, 2018 Good & Bad

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Friday Sept 28, 2018

We went into Tulua pretty early and had a pretty good morning actually.  We even hit most of the green lights all morning,.. very unusual.

We stopped at the Registro and FINALLY got our finished home ownership documents.  Oh, what a relief it is...

Then I got my watch bracelet repaired for about 75c.  I am glad he didn't comment on how absolutely dirty it is.  I really meant to bring my old FixoFlex bracelet to replace it but I forgot it at home.

We went to Super Mascotas to get flea and tick pills for the dogs.  They are getting an amazing amount of both in our backyard which is very upsetting.

We tried to find some matching ceramic tile to that in the lavanderia so we can add matching "baseboards" but had no luck there.  So we went to HomeCenter and found a package there.

We went to the food court at LA14 next door and had a Subway sandwich with good lemonade.  Cristina really enjoyed that.

In the parking lot, some folks were cleaning cars to promote the sale of AutoShine, a US product that shows a ridiculous price on the spray bottle of $45 USD.  The promotion was that if we bought 2 bottles for $20 total, they would clean the outside of our car.  Part of the demonstration was cleaning a part of the car then spotting it with brake dust, then just fanning it away..!  Imagine dirt just blowing off your car!  Anyway, for $20 it is worth a try.

Little Nina continues to delight with her puppy antics and peeing and pooping everywhere.
I decided to be safe(r) and I scanned the house documents to a PDF format and saved them on the computer, and also on the memory stick that I have with my keys.  A closer inspection again has me shaking my head at what is considered professional documentation in Latin America in general....  They just have such a lackadaisical mindset.

Then the good day came to a crashing halt with the sad, sad news from a very good friend that their doctor just gave them a very short limit to their lifespan.  I can't say who, I promised not to, but the feeling of helplessness is only overcome by the ways that we can help such a person truly enjoy their remaining time.

Updated:  Carlos came in the afternoon to start work on the ceramic baseboards.  It sure didn't take him long to do that!  Then I asked him if we had enough tiles left over for the back landing.  We had 7 tiles left and he measured, and we decided on the configuration, and YES, we have just enough...  So he ran for more of that tile cement, which again took no time at all and he came back and got to work on it.   I will post the finished product tomorrow because updates with photos are a b*tch on this Google format.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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© All my work is COPYRIGHT protected and may not be used in any way without purchase, or without my permission. 

If you want to borrow a picture to share with family and friends, Facebook or whatever, at least PLEASE give me credit for the photo.

NOTE that you may click on any photo for an ENLARGED VIEW.

 

Catholicism is not strong in Colombia

Cristina calls the "The Old Man's Park"

Finally!  We own the house officially

My name is correct on the actual papers

Carlos took very little time doing this

Enough left over for the back landing.. Yeah!