Well, shut my mouth

Up and off. I listen to Steve Brown (Key Life) teaching tapes as I walk. Since he sends out radio programs after they are finished, he is talking about Christmas on the one I have heard recently. It is rather strange but certainly edifying. We left for the motor home about ½ hour later than I thought we would and learned the mileage for the repair guy. We went on to Mexico for the appointment with the dentist. He discussed the things that needed to be done and what could be done. We decided to proceed with the crown recommended by the teaching nurse at the dental hygiene clinic back in November. Since the procedure would take nearly two hours, I left and walked around looking for good prices on Kahlua and vanilla. I found both, taking about an hour, and went back to check on Evelyn. What a shock to see her standing on the corner. She had left the dentist shortly after being numbed (which had happened before I left) because she was scared! This is one of the woman most tolerant pain I know. As it turned out, she was afraid because she thought the operation was not clean. The young man was very charming and had worked on my partial plate but did not change gloves often enough among other things. I was shocked and disappointed because she will have to do it some where else. We will have to pay through the nose in the U. S., I guess. We went to a familiar fish restaurant for lunch and she had fish soup, featuring octopus in it. She couldn’t chew anything well. I am surprised she ate lunch there. I know she doesn’t like to even go to Mexico, so I don’t think I will take her again. I went back and bought the case of Negra Modelo beer I had ordered, strapped it to our tow cart, and we walked out. We came home and worked on preparing things for our expected dinner guests. I prepared the Omaha steaks we had and served them with baked potatoes and asparagus. We had boudin as an appetizer with some merlot. The guest’s name was Heinz and Alice Bauknecht. Can you guess their heritage? They are from Winnipeg, Manitoba and used to own and run a hotel and restaurant there. We always have a good time with them, and they may be our only consistent friends we have while we are here. We have had many people for dinner who have never even asked to do anything with us. Reciprocating for the dinner is not something we expect, but we have exchanged dinners with these Canadians more than anyone else but one other couple. We played Hand and Foot with them until 9:30 when they left and we cleaned the place up. I rode up to the outback and signed up to play golf tomorrow morning. I will try to find someone to go with me.