Old Peoples New Years Eve

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Well we are 365 days into 2025.  We were just commenting on how it seems like yesterday that we were all scared to death of New Years 2000!!!  We had been indoctrinated that the world would be forever changed on that night and guess what.....it didn't.  We have been told a lot of scary things since that time as well that never materialized, but for New Years 2026 there are no anomalies looming that I know of.  Our day was filled with just having fun.  We spent time in the pool and a little later a flyball game erupted.  We had 8 people playing so it was fun.

Everyone make fun of me because I just hate when my hands get all wrinkly and then I have to touch someone elses hands.  Because we like to high five after every game, I always turn my hands around backward for the high fives.  Now everyone is mimicking me!!

While we were playing flyball, Lilly was busy finishing her puzzle.  It was a tough one and she didn't get a lot of help!!

Good work Lilly!

We were told that there would be fireworks at 8pm and then again at midnight.  Not much of a decision which ones to watch. lol.  So we got out our chairs and sat on the beach for the 8 pm show.  There were about 10 fireworks over the course of a half hour.  Glad we didn't pay admission.  

Pretty smoky

There is one!!!

This is probably what will happen to me tonight.  I will certainly not see official midnight but rather 9 pm which is official La Penita Midnight!!  So I hope everyone has a great New Years Eve!!  Good Nite!!!

Ken and Rhonda are here!!!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

We were up early and on our way to PV to tend to some important business.  The traffic was quite heavy but it did keep on moving.  We made it to Costco by 10 like we had planned.  When we arrived our friends Rhonda and Ken had just arrived in a taxi and were ready to load their stuff in our Jeep.  The girls went inside and it was a zoo, so they turned around and left.

On our way home we observed a couple cruise ships in port.  I still marvel at the size of these boats.

A quick stop at La Comer before heading home to LP.

Its great to have Ken and Rhonda back for a few months.  We look forward to spending some time with them.  Good Nite!!!

 

The Annual Boat Launch

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Things around here are kind of at a standstill between Christmas and New Year.  There are lots of Mexican tourist around and the roads are quite busy right now so we have decided to just hang around home.  It makes for tough blogging though when at the end of the day, the camera roll is almost empty!!! 

Our neighbours about 4 houses down are quite intriguing in that they only seem to come for about 2 weeks over the Christmas holidays.  They occupy the house, which has a Mexican family maintaining it for year round it seems, plus they bring a motorhome.  There about 10 college age kids and a mom and dad and they have a big boat which lives under a big tarp for most of the year.  Today was launch day for the boat and they decided to launch it from the street next to us.  The street is quite sandy so they had a heck of a time backing the boat in to unload.  They finally got it over the hump and unhooked it there.

Ron and John were betting on whether they would get it launched.

They had a wheel that they put on the front of the trailer and they just gave the trailer a push and it rolled down the hard beach and into the water.  

Then they just waited for the right wave and backed the boat out into the bay.  

For the 2 weeks they are here, the boat stays anchored out in the bay and they use it every day.  At the end of the 2 weeks, they load it back up and put a tarp on it and it stays in an empty lot for the other 50 weeks of the year.

After supper I went downtown to see if Kenia was there.  Nope, but Suzanna was working hard at the Cafecito.  Not sure the arrangement she has with Kenia, but it is not my business!!  Oscar was there and tonight he was babysitting Suzanna's son Diago. He is also the runner if she needs supplies.  That was my day today!  Good Nite!!

Diago is a cute little guy!!

Game Night

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

It seemed like everyone but us had a job to do today.  All I did this morning was to put all the chairs and tables back where they belong and take Archie for his walk.  I swam a few times today because it was quite hot and Fany and Max came for a visit.  John was busy all day putting together some deep fried treats for late afternoon snack.  He made home made french fries, onion rings, mushrooms and peppers and we came up with some perogies.  It was a neat snack type meal. 

Supper just kind of melded into a bit of a a game night.  We played Skip Bo with Ron and Lilly and John and Kirly.  They just never let me win it seems!!!  But we did have lots of fun.

It was still quite hot when we finished the card games so on with the swim gear and in the pool we went.  It is a great way to cool down a bit before bed.  

Then a couple episodes of Chicago Med and off to bed.  Good Nite!!

Turkey Day

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Today is the day to cook the turkeys!!  John has had nightmares about the turkeys for the last week or so.  Then last night at about 1 pm there was a crash outside their trailer and he rushed out to see that one set of legs on the table the turkeys in coolers were in, had collapsed and sent the turkeys flying....well not flying cause they were dead, but they rolled on the ground.  Good thing they were in plastic bags so they were saved.  He was so glad to finally have the final day come along.  Here is some pictures of the guys, making the deep fried turkeys!!!

getting the turkey ready for cooking

Watching these guys get ready to cook the turkey was like watching surgeons preparing for surgery.  They went over the process a couple times, then discussed the safety hazards and finally assigned the dipping process!!  John was the chief surgeon for sure. 

It was like a bit of a funeral march!!!

and in it goes every so slowly

So this one was set to cook for 17 minutes

Looks ready to come out

and then it was cut up and ready for the table.

Every one had a hand in preparing for the feast today.  Other than the turkey, it was a potluck so there are a lot of yummy things happening.

Sue made buns and then tagged up with Fany to make gravy

Theo was helping with Lillies puzzle. oh wait that wasn't potluck stuff.

Rick and Jill have the salad waiting!

Fany bringing supplies to the table

Ron and Lilly were in charge of pies.

We had 19 people join us for supper.  We all gathered around and Lilly said grace.  Sometimes we forget to take a minute to be thankful for the bounty we have in life and the friends we have from all over North America!!  

Last year we had a pot luck and all the dogs were around.  It was shortly after Jen and Ed arrived and the hierarchy amongst all the dogs had not been set.  Between the 6 of them the squabble erupted and it was quite intense for a bit so after that we tended to keep Archie in RRV when we are all sharing food at these functions.  Since then, all of the dogs have found their place and are comfortable with it.  Tonight Susan and I decided to let Archie stay out with everyone.  He acted like a true gentleman, as did all the other dogs and proved to us that in nature, things tend to sort themselves out.  This picture shows Zepher and Saphra and Poncheta busy guarding the food table.  I don't think they saw Archie had their backs and was helping out.

lots of food ready to go.

And then it was time to sit down to supper. We had a really tasty lobster bisque as an appetizer and the main course was turkey and stuffing with mashed potatoes gravy and salads.  There were bread and buns to feed the 5000 and water that had turned into wine. No no wrong party but there were buns and bread and wine.  And then pie and cake for all.  What a feast!!  For the record the people attending were Ed, Jen, Trent, Janelle, Rick, Jill, John, Lauren, Ron, Lilly, Martin, Susan, Lorne, Theo, Jeff, Fany, Max, Bernard, Monique.

Archie gave up on me dropping anything and went to Ron and Lilly to see if they would volunteer any tidbits.  Little Begger!!!

And Ed was being watched closely by his dogs as well on the other side of the table.

We did get to watch sunset as we dined on the beach.  We are so blessed to have this opportunity.  

We had a chuckle as the event was breaking up.  Fany, Martin and Max were all packed up and ready to go but they couldn't drag Jeff away from talking.  I said to Fany that he is generally easier to drag away if he is talking in English, but if he shifts into French, lookout, he will talk forever.  He and Bernard were having a good old conversation in French!!! lol.  He finally finished the conversation and we all called it a night.  We had a nice swim in the warm pool before watching some TV and off to bed.  Good Nite!!!

time to go Jeff!!!