Wednesday May 15, 2013

Wednesday May 15, 2013  update #453

I was up at 5am and back to bed for a couple of hours at 8:30.   My mind got rolling on a few things I need for the trip home so I took care of those things, like car insurance, so I could rest.

Bella was up early and off to arrange for her new Cedula.   Most of her worries about having to get new documents were for naught as it is going to be treated just like a renewal.   The she was off again to her Bridge Club.   She needs some dedicated bridge players to come every Wednesday and Sunday or this Club will be folding soon.   It is so sad because she has worked so hard to help a lot of people, but unfortunately most of these older folks don’t retain things well, and that frustrates her.

I slipped up to Coral to get a new mouse for my computer because the last one got too loose and started doing stuff on its own.    I picked up what I though was a nice one but found it had the old round green connection.   My computer accepts this connection too but the mouse wouldn’t work because it is not compatible with XP, so I exchanged it on my way downtown.

On my walks across the river I have noticed how low the river is.   We have an extremely blustery day today but almost no moisture resulted from it.

As I was waiting for the bus I left a message for the people at Fundacion Avancar that I was on my way to pick up the Gift Certificate I had won for dessert and coffee for two somewhere.  Just as I sat down on the bus she called back to say they are only open from 9-1, and it was now 3:30.  Oh well, so I got off at San Francisco and went window shopping for a while.  Around 5pm the sky was spitting so I began my trek to La Vina to meet Bella for supper.   Bella actually arrived early and we ordered our pizzas, the best in town.  This little girl, a relative of the owners that we had met before kept circling us and waiting for me to take out my camera so she could pose.  She is ½ Colombian and is so very cute and sweet.

As we finished up another couple, Tony and his wife Marty, from Ohio sat near us so we chatted a long time.  They are very serious about moving soon and their ears really perked up when they heard the interest rates a person can obtain here, and our real estate prices.   I think we got some new converts because they are world travelers and they can understand other cultures so they would do well here.

I was disappointed to discover that 3 of the 5 artworks of mine that were bought last month were returned so I did not get paid as much as expected.  It is funny that Fine Art America did not say anything to me at all, so I assume the problem stemmed from their processing.

This means that the money I need to pay for the new lens is going to come up short.  Recently I had bought a micro projector that I was intending to use for Hearts Of Gold but I noticed they had a really good projector they had borrowed for yesterday’s meeting.   So…. as much as I love this little projector, it really would have gotten so little use that it is going on the block to allow me to complete my camera equipment purchases.   I just hope everything is there waiting for me when I arrive back in Okotoks.

That was the day's excitement,   Cheers, Al   Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/