The Cold Is Here and Closer to a Trip.

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The cold weather is setting in and I am enjoying it 100%.  I put the electric blanket under the fitted sheet and turned it on low last night.   Love, love, love my electric blankets.  It rained off and on and warmed up today but we will see lows of 1C this week.  I'm a happy camper.  Getting things ready for December and I don't know when or how we will come back home.  

When at home on weekends, I don't venture out much.  Too much traffic, crazy drivers (no comments please) and overall chaos.  I like being here at home except for an occasional grocery shop.   Today was different.  We went to a furniture event at the convention center.  First stop was at a taco stand in town.  Pretty good for a quick trip and to an unknown place although it is originally from Santiago.  

The exhibition was a bust and we were hustled right into it.  It was called Blue Room.  Turns out that Blue Room is a furniture franchise and they had their end of year pieces on sale.  It was fun to get out and mingle.  One of the very young salespersons followed us around.  His last name was German and he said his grandfather came from Germany to Mexico about 35 years ago.  Hmm.  He didn't receive any genes from him.  

On the way home, we stopped at the Tim Horton's near the house.  Imagine, now they are springing up everywhere. I still can't understand why there is one 20 km from the city but it was packed with customers.  Their prices are very reasonable and beat the socks off of Starbucks.   There are now 12 Tim Horton's in the Monterrey area.   A breakfast combo; coffee, sandwich with bacon, egg, and cheese along with hash browns, is $3.00.   We didn't buy anything, normally we don't eat at these types of places but the food looked pretty decent.  My five tacos and coffee were the same price.

Good ole Little Bit is getting on in years, going on 19 years now.  He has some stomach issues we have been working with for the last two years and now he has stomach pains.  The doctor says it's just old age.  When he feels the need, he gives out a small scream and we need to tell him to go outside and he does.  We will continue to take care of him until he just can't anymore but he runs, plays and likes to still chase things.  As long as he's happy and mobile, I'll support his once in a while mistakes.  

Gearing up for December the SUV is in good shape.  There were some suspension issues that have been fixed and an annoying clunking sound from the rear end on shape turns.   Well, it went to the shop yesterday where they determined that everything was in good order in the rear end.  The problem was caked on grease, road dirt, and grime.  They steam cleaned and lubricated everything and it seems to have done the trick.  Time will tell though.   They also did an engine cleaning and the total price was 550 pesos or around $26 U.S. and they worked for over 2.5 hours.  Looks good for an SUV that is 13 years old.