***I am certain that many of you recall that back in the day we had access to the use of Coles Notes. Per Dr. Google: What are Coles Notes? They are little books students use to help them with a variety of subjects. Coles Notes are written to help students and others to gather information quickly without having to read a whole book. Coles Notes have been written on a number of different topics. Coles Notes are student guides to literature, published in Canada. The Coles bookstore first published Coles Notes in 1948. So I have decided to publish my own version of Coles Notes as I have the energy. Bits of this and that as they come to mind.
Cruise ship leaving Christmas evening. Taken from RV1.
Friday, December 27th
Poor Colin, he has had no phone since Monday as I neglected to remind him it was running out of data! Thing is he uses it so seldom that he had no idea it wasn’t working. I had 3 to 4 good normal hours today. We mostly sat outside and talked about our future a bit. We love it here and at this point plan to stay till the end of June. Had a few cat sightings resulting in barking. All good and normal. Later saw that that B&W cat had 3 kittens, not so good 😮 Have not watched TV since the 21st, will try to see if I can tonight. Still working on where the TV will be.
About $14.00 CAD. So fresh and tastes like real veggies.
Lots of RV repairs/upgrades happening. Good to find out that the smoke alarms were archaic. Many thanks for the various suggestions re my fatigue, for certain carbon monoxide is not one of them, great thinking though.
Thank you Colin for my unique necklace holder. So easy to find what I want now.
Unique privately owned cruise ship called ” The World ” has been in port for 3 days. Yes it looks fabulous, costs more than any of us will ever have but would I really want to limit myself to being at sea? Not at all. But do Goggle the ship, interesting reading and glimpses of some wowser private on board homes.
A bit of a rare event…Dec 25, three cruise ships, left to right in the photo, The World, Norwegian Joy, and the Carnival Panorama docked Mazatlan. The N Joy and C Pan are regular visitors to Maz, whereas The World, is a rare visitant. The World is a condominium style cruise ship owned by mega rich people and is constantly sailing around the world, with an average of 150-200 passengers in 165 private suites. (Photo courtesy of Dolores Swanson Callfas)
The girls love resting with me.
Just a bit of indoor Christmas decor as compared to years past.
Saturday, December 28th
One phone call and the plans for the day change. Had trouble sleeping last night, perhaps I am getting better.
Who has room to hang king sheets in their bedroom? It was a bit too damp out to complete dry at the end of the day.
Erik, our local RV tech continues to make things happen for us.
Our water tinaco is too far away from the RV that even with our pump ( green one ) we have had to keep filling it almost daily. I think we used more water with the newer rv. The original tinaco location is behind the black post mid photo on Erik’s truck. Today was the day to make the big change.
So the tinaco was moved much closer to our new home.
We also upgraded to a much larger pump. Now we no longer have to use the rv water pump. Perfecto. It took a while to find the perfect PSI point but is now working perfectly.
Another photo has surfaced from Christmas dinner. I believe that I was making a wee speech that included Spanish words, French words and English words all in the same sentence. I have fun when I can.
Watch out for those grapes!!!!
Funny face!
…….forgot to finish this post……right now it is December 30th….yesterday was a good day and a good night.
We had our palapa builder Alex extend our wind screen once we arrived here in the new RV. He built it right to the top of the older post on the left. It wasn’t until we went inside that we realized that this window was our escape hatch from the bedroom. So we immediately had the new extension cut down to what you see here. If we had to get out we could.
While Erik was here sorting out the tinaco and new water pump we had one of his guys build us a proper escape ladder. Not sure if I could mange it but hey, at least it is a working option. Very clever mi amore.
What a great post!
Love reading your blog
Interesting post. Did chuckle over the escape hatch 🙂
Glad you are feeling better.
Happy New Year to you both!
Had to look up the World… Yes, you can buy apartments on cruise ships, including:
The World
A luxury cruise ship with a limited number of residences available for resale each year. Residences range from $2,500,000 to $15,000,000.
We see you are settling in just fine and wish you most importantly a very healthy 2025
Wishing you both a fun filled new year’s eve celebration and a Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
glad to read that you are feeling better. Happy New Year and new life style.
Happy New Year! 🙂 Cheers!
Happy New Year to U all four !!
Cheers🍸 🍾 .
Muy feliz año 2025 a todos ustedes, que el 2025 les traiga salud y felicidad a los cuatro ! 🍀🍀🍀🍀
I have read about The World, cool that you got to see it. The escape ladder/fence is a great idea but I sure hope you never have to find out if you can use it!
Happy New Year to you and Colin, I hope 2025 is everything you want it to be 🙂