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This is mostly all about the house and the changes we have been making.  Here's a brief list of what we have been up to:

Changed out the fridge for a new Samsung 14 Cu Ft inverter 

Ran electricity from one side of the master bedroom to the other

Small chandelier for the dining room

Flat screen television

Telmex landline and internet

Changed water and electric accounts

Repaired two lamps we bought at Goodwill for $5 each

More details but it was surprising to get all these things done in a week.  Getting the landline and the internet was the real deal.  We were originally told there were not enough spaces in this area to add more lines and it would take weeks for the installation.  We went back last Monday and Juan pretty much begged the Telmex executive.  He asked her to be his cousin so that she could get it done while we were here.  So now we have a new relative!  They called us on Thursday and asked us if Friday at 3 p.m. would be good.  Hell yes, Becky Sue!  And at 3 p.m. he showed up.

As a side note, when I had a landline installed in 1985 by the then government-owned Telmex, it was a six-month wait and I had to track down someone to do it and pay him.  That's why I'm against government nationalizing things.  France will be sorry for nationalizing its power grid.

We've been meeting up with quite a few people we have met over the years.  I don't know why we don't take pictures.  I guess it's because some people don't like having their pictures taken.  Although I believe that in public there is no expectation of privacy.  Oops, did I say that!

I've been keeping up with my exercise routine and the morning walks are glorious.  When you have come from 42C and wake up to 14C it is nothing less than spectacular!  Most people have on jackets or sweaters and I'd just as soon go running naked.  That would be a sight!  We've had two good days of rain and the water is just coming down in sheets.  Monterrey on the other hand sees no end in sight for the lack of water.  We're afraid they will start metering private wells. 

We made a run to Queretaro yesterday to visit Home Depot.  Wow, that city is growing by leaps and bounds.  A nice place for a family to live and prosper.  Queretaro is now the aerospace hub in Mexico not to mention all of the universities both state and private in the city.  There is construction on all sides be it good or bad I believe people are slowly moving out of Mexico City.  

We had dinner with Les last night at the La Frontera.  It was Tuesday's chicken dinner night.  Juan and I split a huge burrito.  We have been so busy visiting friends and eating out.  We don't eat out that much but when we are here visiting friends it seems like that is what everyone wants to do.  I know when we settle in a bit more in the future that will come to an end.  

We're thinking about a day trip and I found one.  Hopefully I can post that on Saturday.