Jonna, I am really hoping that Rick fizzles. After you did your hurricane curtain things in Akumal we talked about doing them for the three exposed windows upstairs…but of course we didn’t and now wish we had.

Thanks to you both for the compliment on the dress. One of the reasons I liked the pattern was it can be a shirt as she gets taller! I fex ex’d it to Adam who is in Seattle on business, she will be wearing it by the weekend I hope.

Good luck with Rick, let’s hope he veers off, the west coast has had a tough hurricane season.

Your talent is awesome, that dress is adorable. We want to see pics of her wearing it. She’ll need it soon in DF, I think that winter is really coming. We actually got below 90f today for the first time in months. I had to go up and take a hot shower and put on my flannels It’s great sleeping though.

We thought Rick was headed our way so we got ready this time, bought sandbags even. That’s why it’s changed course. So if you get drenched, you can blame us.

If you ask me, that parking meter idea is feo enough.

So sorry to hear Paul went through dengue! I’ve only heard it described by a couple of people and it sounds awful. Please give him a gentle and therapeutic hug for me.

Beth, Thank you! I have always had a pretty even tension in my knitting. And Paul is doing even better today.

Terry, Thanks, I like the dress, too, but I used size 2 needles so it seemed endless! Funny about the windows, they aren’t actually airtight but it stays dry inside during normal rain. Who knows what a hurricane will push through, though. The one good thing about cement walls and tile floors is you just mop it up when it’s over. I hope that’s the way it would go…

Glad to hear that Paul is nearly over dengue fever – it sounds like a horrible illness to experience, and one to be glad he lived through.

Hopefully the cyclone / hurricane will just skirt you by, but it looks like you are going to get a weather check of the seals on those new windows. Good luck, but make sure you have canned food, bottled water, rain gear & all your medicines in watertight containers.

Different news reports about Rick…some say it will fizzle long before it reaches land and then we will only see some “droppage” and maybe a bit of wind. Weather related issues can change so drastically, so I wouldn’t go out and buy cans of Spam just yet. Remember, you always have your beans……. and cauliflower and broccoli lasts a long time. “-)

IslaGringo, The hurricane has been upgraded to a Category 5 so I may be emailing you for advice. Please don’t tell me I have to eat Spam, that’s all I ask!

Sparks, Yes, the dress is for Consuelo, my 9 month old nieta. Hopefully it will fit her. Rick is scaring me a bit but I am trying to keep calm. I don’t believe the parking meters will happen, or maybe I am just hoping? Our car spends a lot of its time on the street since I have NEVER had the nerve to put it in or out of the garage. So if I have any use for it it stays outside…

I hope Rick is easy on the whole coast and just brings much needed rain. It is a big one but off shore now

Parking meters … trying anything to bring organization to Mexico I guess. Revenue as well I suppose but meters full of coin are going to be tempting. Tow Truck business is going to boom