No fotos again? Lo siento.
830pm and we managed to
grab the signal…hola Deb Hope!! Bexico is in her oficina and I am working on
the sham wow (sin fotos) blog, while examining what remains of the hair on my
legs. Huh?
Gas stove…it was lit and
when I smelled gas, I opened it and the pilot was out. Did I let it air out
first before I re-lit? Uh no. A loudish whoomp, the smell of charred hair and
one dumb a** Bubba!!
All good…minus some body
hair.
Other then that, a good
Friday here in Huatulco. Max was up earlier then what we have experienced for
the past few days, but the great news is that we had almost zero grunting!!
Translation…easy going poo. Ja ja ja
I had the early shift so
at 9am I hit the sack for some more zzz and then awoke for our 10am cita with
Roman.
But of course 10am in
Mexico means 1040am. Ja ja ja Roman was on time, it was the door maker who was
late. And then after the first attempt at installing, they left to make some
adjustments due to the shower wall not being straight. Me? I look at that when
I come in for the initial measurements?
So “back in 15” turns into
back in 60 and we now have a great door on a shower…that needed a door in the
first place!! Thanks again to N&A for picking up the tab.
Some Roman news regarding
the FZ etc? Ok…here it is.
We have a guy who will do
the FZ work for $13k pesos. It will take 5 days and show us exactly where the
FZ starts in relation to our property.
What is so important about
the FZ? Like all beach front hotels, you need permission to build on the FZ.
There is a chance that some or none of our property sits in the FZ. If it does,
we will know how much does and how that would affect our build plans.
Maybe we don’t have
anything that would be in the FZ anyway..all good. Maybe we need some retaining
walls etc, and then we would need to submit a request for permission and that
will cost $30k pesos more pesos, take 15 days to complete and you generally
hear back from the Federal Government in a year.
But meanwhile…you would
proceed with all your other planning etc.
If you do NOT get
permission and say you build a pool…the government can come and confiscate your
pool. Not smart when a lease for a 30mx30m lot would only be $100 CDN a year.
And after we know about
the FZ? Then we move on to design, environmental study and then transfer of
land use. And then? Break ground!!!
Costs of the enviro and
transfer of land use? Not cheap. I am told that the price is the same for all
land sizes as well as for the companies conducting this service. It will be $50k
pesos for EACH…plus a fee to the enviro arm of the government….AND a fee to the
arm in charge of and use changes. Around $130k pesos total…$10,000 CDN mas o
menos.
The $100k pesos goes to
the engineers, but the rest is a money grab from the government. Oh well.
Everyday I am taking fotos
of Mojon ideas…the casas will be simple Mexican designs, but with all the
comforts of home. Stay tuned.
At almost 1pm we all
headed out for a walk. Me to el gimnasio and the plan was for Max y Bex to go
to Jesica’s and pick up a bath toy for Max.
We stopped to look at the
rocking chairs, then pit stop at Consturama to show Bex the tiles I had looked
at, and then off to Similar Farmacia to pick up some pro-biotics for Bexico.
Max was losing interest in
the walk…what? In a stroller with his own fan? Any way, we stopped at a Mercado
across the street and Bexico found a ball for the bath. While she was shopping,
Max was attracting senoritas!! Two young ladies politely asked if they could
touch him…first time anyone has asked.
So the answer was yes and
they loved him…hello!!
Bex took Max home…and did
not make it ½ way before he decided he would rather be carried vs pushed in the
stroller. Doph. Oh Max.
I hit the gym and then a
quick walk through town. Mañana is the big 18th birthday for Samuel.
I understand that he will then become a senor? En serio…seriously.
Home to find Bex working
on Max. Both a tummy rub and trying to get him to sleep. She was successful on
both accounts and that meant that I was headed to Che solo.
No big ah-ha’s…unless you
call pickles a score!! Mexicoism? A 5 litro bottle of laundry soap costs $135
pesos. But you can buy three 2 litro bottles (6 litros total) for the same
precio. Guess what I did.
But…do NOT buy cans of
green peas. They taste baaaad. Surprised as the cans of elote dorado (corn
niblets) are the best we have ever head. Sorry Green Giant!!
But good news from Che?
The caja managed to get my Amex to work. I guess instead of using the chip (she
tried and it did not work), she just swiped it and ta-da. Hello travel points!!
Headed home and it dawned
on me that I had previously mentioned that we have only one traffic light in
Huatulco. That is incorrect. We do have two….doph…but one hasn’t been working
since the power outage of a few days ago.
Put away the groceries,
ate my salad and then strapped Max on so we could go out and buy a roti. Che
roti’s were still 30 minutes away, so I went to our local spot on Bugambilia.
But first max and I hola’d
a bunch of peeps on the way to Gabriels. I cannot tell you how many people stop
to say hello, or comment on the gafas or on how Hermosa Max is!!
Saw the team at Gabriels
and warned Vicky to be tranquilo before she touched Max!! ja ja ja She laughed
and there are no hard feeling between us.
Grabbed the chicken and on
the way home (if we had not stopped, the whole walk would have been 10 minutes)
we saw a niño who was the same size as Max…but max is 3 months old today and
the niño was one year old!!! Then we saw a 3 month old niño who was about ½ the
size of Max. Hello leche de madre!! Our niño is NOT going to be a small guy!!
Home and it was time for
Max’s bed time routine. Madre managed to get him asleep and we ate our
dinner….and you are all caught up.
No Mojon plans for the
weekend…going to hang around the condo complex with the geezers!! Ja ja ja
Max and I do have a few
iChats scheduled this weekend…he had a good one with mis padres today.
Hope the foto issue is
resolved soon…or we will start the blog on a new site!!
Buen fin de semana!!
Marco, Bex y Max
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