today after several days, the door to our back patio is looking more like a door. the frame is warped and they haven’t done things they were s’posed to do and did many things they weren’t…this is SO common here. v. frustrating indeed. there is cement rendering being strewn about my boys room without a care in the world and right now, the young guy staining the bowed frame and door also happens to be staining the screening on the windows. no amount of instruction from myself is heeded. i am woman. hear me whine. they will listen to the man and attempt to make it look like they are doing things his way but in reality, they are just ‘jimmy-ing’ it to look acceptable. it will probably fall right out of the hole in a few day. frame and all. So, i get to watch and smile and bring water and say things here and there and know. just know that they are thinking ‘dumb woman’ it’s just how it is here. imagine how the men look at me when i go asking about stain and paint and sandpaper and nuts and bolts.  i am tired of that.  maybe i should just smack them.   having said all that, the door to our litle back patio is SO very useful. Alec and ELias are thrilled.    We are also getting our nissan van professionally (?) washed right now. it’s a hotbed of activity at our house today! we are selling that van before it does us in financially or otherwise. you know how you just get a feeling about something? well i am a firm believer in listening to that voice, it’s there for a reason, it is time to get rid of the van….maybe we are just trying to complete tasks to have all the loose ends tied up, making it easier to go.  Did i mention the guy is mixing the cement mix rendering stuff right on my floor? tell me, does that make sense?

it is eye infection time again. we just got rid of one and now another one hits. Alec and i seem to be more fond of them than the others in the family however, Vaughn has started to show an affinity for them as well.

meanwhile….i look forward to the return visit of one of my greatest mates here. she left a while back for NewZealand but will be here for a 2 week visit. something to look forward to. So, until the next time. i hope to have astraightened out patio door. no stain and or rendering mix where is doesn’t belong, no eye infections and 20-20 vision.(i can wish for the last one!)