Hot and dry...that's about all I can say about the weather. Trees are getting stressed...grass is turning very brown...and NO, I have not started any fires lately although I have looked once or twice at the fire pit I have built. However, until we get some significant rain, I won't play with matches.
We have been painting, painting, and painting some more. Just two bedrooms and two bathrooms to go and the entire inside of the house is finished! I am quite pleased with the results but my shoulders and knees are protesting somewhat violently. We have some lovely colours...mango, light olive green, dark olive green and a burned orange (no, not as a result of fire).
I stopped by the tree nursery last week and picked up a couple of new items...some DR type of fruit tree...don't know what it is but it is quite an interesting plant...and another shrub type thing. We're working on a privacy fence of plants. I'm having an urge to wander through some vacant areas and see what I can forage for free.
Anyone want some bananas? I have frozen bananas, banana bread, banana muffins and more bananas hanging in the carport until I can either give them away, feed them to the dogs, or make something else with them. The really sad part is I have another stalk of bananas almost ready to cut down. After those ones are done, it will be a good six months before we start all over again. Like an idiot, I planted two more banana trees..now those have a very long way to go before I have to worry about fruit!
On Saturday, we attended a charity event in town. What a riot! It was a poker run. Well, actually it was a polker walk to eight different bars in town. Good thing it was hot out...helped burn off some of the alcohol we consumed.
At each bar, we had an activity to complete before we received our card. There was pole dancing (well actually you had to climb a pole and ring a bell but it sounds funnier when you say pole dancing). Most people enjoyed that activity to its fullest.
At the Burrito Hut, you had a choice of activities..you could do a mexican hat dance or strap on a rather large carrot and dip it into a water bottle. Needless to say, all the women dipped the carrot while for some reason, the men danced.
There was a hard boiled egg race, a card game, golf putting (which facinated most of the locals on the beach), and beer pong. The best one to watch was an activity that I can't come up with a good name. You had to squeeze a 25 peso coin in the cheeks of your butt and shuffle about five feet, turn around and drop the coin into a small silver bucket. The funniest one I watched was one of our team members stuff toilet paper first and then the coin.
Ross also participated in the kareoke. He was actually pretty good at it.
No, we didn't take any pictures as what happens during an event like this remains burned in our memories...
We didn't win any of the major prizes but did win one...a show pass at dolphin world. So, some night when we are bored, we will head to Puerto Plata and take in that show.
So, Saleen (previously the un-named cat) went to be spayed on Friday. There were some volunteer vets in town and for a donation, they were spaying and neutering cats and dogs. I watched the entire proceedure which was quite interesting. Poor kitty didn't have such a good evening. She was pretty doped up. Do you know how funny it is to watch a cat try and walk leaning to one side? And, they shouldn't try and jump...they just face plant into the floor. The method that was used allowed for a very quick recovery and she is back to normal.
Saleen brought a live snake into the house. Ross killed it with a machete. I can handle the frogs and lizards but I friggin HATE snakes. Enough said.
Scott and Donna arrive next week for a much anticipated visit. We will have to make sure all the spiders and other creepy things are out of the house before their arrival. I hear tell that Scott doesn't like spiders...neither do I!!
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