Detoxing from the world of stress!

Our friends are here and it took about a day for the Caribbean magic to work on them.

We haven't done much, because that's what they wanted.

Of course, the fish tacos had to be sampled and there was one walk on 5th Ave in Playa.

Yesterday we went to Tulum and took a walk with the dogs on the beach just south of the ruins.

The sand there is particularly fine and soft, in fact it sticks to you like talcom powder.

More fish tacos, and they too agree that the winner of the fish taco contest is definitely Urge outside Tulum.

I'm still working trying to get this condo ready for the rental on Dec 15th. Our upholsterer is gone. The place where his shop was - just last April - is now an upscale restaurant and no one there knows where he went. So, today I met our maid in her home town of Cheymuyil and she took me to a friend's house who has a sewing machine. I handed over my sunbrella fabric, thread, the old cushion covers, 4 meters of zipper and some zipper pulls and I am hoping for the best. Actually, I'm just hoping for something that will work.

I also went back to the marble place and bought 4 boxes of marble tiles for the top of the banco. I got them home and opened them up and I'm not jumping for joy. They are pretty unmatched and have more grey than I wanted. I've decided to have them cut them diagonally and mix them up so the different shades are not like a checkerboard.

I suppose this is a only a preview of the remodel in Merida and I'm only a teeny bit stressed. If I didn't have this deadline of a rental and if I really thought that half the stuff would be finished I'd feel a lot better.

This is a picture of the new floor tile. I really like it, that's the biggest plus.