Feliz Navidid part two

We arrived at the event at Shrimp Plaza last Saturday three hours before it was supposed to end. And it was pretty much over. Oh well, they got lots of toys and blankets.



Cheryl met Sebastian, Oswaldo and Mary Sol's son. Last time she saw him he was a tiny infant.


A few Christmas lights around town. I didn't try to take any more, it's no use without a tripod and some talent.



The boys next door have finally become friendly towards me. The other day we saw them marching around with boxes on their heads, so I popped out to take a picture. They're awfully cute. Last year all we ever got was a scowl from them, but now they wave and smile.


On Saturday, Carl came inside wide-eyed and said, "Well, you don't see that every day!". It seems that there was a brown horse with a blond mane just racing, riderless, down the street next to our house.

Later that same day, some of the local teenagers were playing soccer outside. And let me just interject, I love how the people here are so flexible. They play soccer and baseball on the sand streets, but when a street gets paved, next thing you see is a basketball net mounted on a street pole. But I digress. A ball bounced into our yard, and they politely asked Carl if they could get it. He let one of them in, and Shadow was going crazy in the house, so Carl let him out. If someone is invited in, Shadow will go and say hi like the guy is his best friend. Usually. This time apparently he went for the guy's ass. Only got cloth, but the guy was over the fence pretty fast.

Carl apologized, and the guy said it was no problem, laughing. Then he went off and returned with five beautiful grapefruit from the tree in his back yard, I guess to show that everything was fine. Carl doesn't like grapefruit, but I love it!

The Thirsty Parrot is having a half-price on everything sale this week.




The four of us went for dinner there last Friday and got out with a bill of $42, so we tipped pretty big.

On Friday we're going over to Cheryl and Dan's, where I will be "celebrity cook". I like their kitchen much more than ours, and as Dan said, they consider toast or microwave popcorn to be cooking. Here's the tentative menu:

Vietnamese Salad rolls (the only non-Mexican dish)
Crisp Chicken Flautas with homemade salsa and sour cream
Queso Fundido (Kind of a Mexican fondue)(serve with tortillas and pieces of anaheim peppers)
Tacos de Guisado- seafood stewed in tomato sauce on a tortilla
Ancho chiles stuffed with tuna and potato salad
Slices of filet mignon with rajas con crema

Thanks, Pattie, for the cookbook!

That's it till after the New Year, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! Feliz Navidad!

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