The painting continues. I'm not doing any more, my neck was killing me. Mimi continues and today Luis arrived to help in the afternoon. I think he's coming back tomorrow, one never knows. Because we are on the top floor, the ceilings are very high. I'm guessing about 17'. It's nice and it keeps things cooler but it's a long ways up there to paint.

We haven't been doing much else lately. We went into Playa to shop and get more paint supplies on Monday. We've been out to dinner once and taken the laundry down to get it washed. Pretty boring. The electrician came up and bored a hole through the wall for the internet cables, he's coming back sometime to put the covers on it.

I'm still feeding the grackles on the deck and also a tiny bird that comes here everyday looking for bits the grackles missed. He's really cute but I have no idea what he is. He has a yellow chest and black and white striped wings and is about 2" high.

Here's a pic of our new green bathroom. I still like the color which is good after staring it in the face for so long while painting all the corners.

I just snapped the last pic to show what our living room looks like right now. Pretty boring watching paint dry no? I'm trying to keep up with posting to this blog but sometimes there really isn't much to say.

I am starting to look at maps and figure out where we might want to spend Christmas. We're going first to the Usamacinta river on the border of Chiapas and Guatemala. I want to go to Yaxchilan and Bonampak which are mayan ruins along there. To get to Yaxchilan you have to take a boat trip down the Usamacinta which is a big part of the attraction for me. After that, we aren't sure. Our friends can't make it to San Cristobal by the 25th so we are free to decide where we want to go. It might still be San Cris, I haven't been there around xmas and it might be interesting. It might just be some little town down along the river. It's not a big holiday for us but we do like to be somewhere that is interesting. There is also a lake district in Chiapas that I've wanted to see, we might wander along that way. I love looking at the maps, so many possibilities.