Cuenca Updates: Wednesday March 14, 2012

Wednesday Mar 14/12 update

I was up until 2am starting a new blog I will publish some time in the future It will be an unofficial guide for those persons considering Cuenca as a place to live. I’ve only just started and I’m already to 6 pages.

I was up at 8 and Bella still wasn’t up by 10 so I asked if she wanted to go to El Centro. She said no so I walked up the hill to Monay Mall to catch the #3 but changed my my mind and caught the #50 as it would drop me off near the Rotary Market first so I could find the shops I wanted.

I never tire of going to El Centro and seeing the people and especially the churches.

I was looking for places that might print my photos and frame them inexpensively. I finally found a FujiFilm shop not far from the main cathedral that would do 8” x 10” for only $2.50 but they had no frames. Searching for frames was fun, most are junk that won’t hang on a wall or are expensive.

I stopped by the Art Mercado and paid the artist the $5 we owed him. He almost seemed surprised that I was honest enough to return. Then I went upstairs to another art shop to get painted wood carving of a bird that we both liked. It is small and understated and looks good on the living room wall between the two windows, adding a bit of color to the room.

After picking up a few sundry supplies I caught the #3 back home getting off at the Monay Mall so I went in to Coral to see what they had for inexpensive frames that could mount on the wall. I actually found some lovely 5” x 7” frames for $4 so I got two for now. I decided to print my own photographs since I can do two 5x7 on one sheet of photo paper and they turned out great. I had my favorite shot of the sleeping baby and I had Bella choose the other from 25 possibilities. She chose this young fellow because he made her chuckle.

So our house is now pretty much complete with the addition of the final artworks.

After a few emails back and forth with Canadian Direct, they have got one of their guaranteed contractors, Uber Roofing, to agree to their price and they are anxious to start work. They are to contact ProTech roofing who are doing the neighbor’s roof to coordinate on shingles and timing. THANK YOU to my dear sister Leonie for being such a stalwart on our behalf.

We also have received some sad news that our stepfather Lucien and his family have had a meeting and decided to stop his dialysis and let nature take its course. Then he will be moving to a hospice on Heritage Drive in Calgary. He is 93 and has such little quality of life. Every dialysis treatment makes him so weak and hurting for the next 24 hours, and he was doing this 3 times a week, so he really only usually had one decent day per week. It is a tough decision on his part and we respect that. He had been written off for dead so many times already but he was the Energizer Bunny, giving inspiration for many more years. We hope his remaining days are happy and painless. This will be very tough on our 95-year-old Mom and again our sister Leonie is carrying the load for the family. We love you all.

That was today’s excitement. Enjoy the pics. Hugs to all.