Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Furniture upgrade - Burrow sofa (update)


02/22/2024 update. The fabric got its first stain test. Unfortunately, Maggie had one of her projectile vomiting episodes and the first go round was on the ottoman.

As you can see the accompanying photo collage, the stain cleaned up nicely. It took a few go rounds. First with Oxi-Clean Laundry Stain Remover and with Folex Carpet Spot Remover. In the future I won't use the Oxi-Clean. I think it is too strong.

I am very pleased that the fabric held up to the cleaning and the stain is gone.


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Mazatlán 2024

Back for a second year to Mazatlán, Mexico. The sunsets here are spectacular. This year's condo location as Las Gavias Grand which has a truly grand heated pool - probably the largest pool I've ever seen.

This year we were able to play pickleball at a set of courts right across the street. I went for one nice run on the blue path though this year the path was torn up with construction.

The highlight of the trip this year was a visit to the brand-new Mazatlán aquarium. The displays are fantastic. The map of the site is not so fantastic. Granted our Spanish is not great, but the map was absolutely undecipherable. We did manage to visit most of the exhibits...we think.

The enormous main "tank" with sharks and groupers and thousands of fish.

The eel display was especially fun.

There are several bird exhibits as well.


I did manage to get into the ocean a couple of times. The area is not conducive to swimming as there are hidden rocks and the waves can be rough. I'm not a fan of swimming where I can't see what is below me. I enjoyed walking along the beach.

Here is a link to last year's Mazatlán visit post.


Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Low Key Birthday

This year's birthday event was fairly low key. I thought Smash Park in Roseville would be a fun place so folks could choose different games to play. You have to rent/reserve most of the games in advance and it is expensive, so I went the cheap route and didn't rent/reserve anything.

I truly appreciated those people that came and enjoyed playing corn hole a few times.