House update

Despite hoping for a winter break with no big projects, we're having remedial work done on the house, as water and termites have damaged ceilings. Crispin is replacing the door frame onto the front patio. We're having the ceiling in Mama & Papa's old room replaced. The underlying problem is that the front terrace doesn't drain properly, so water stays on the surface and seeps through the grout, and softens the wood, which then attracts termites who munch away. We're having the terrace re-tiled, so that it slopes from front to back and right to left, with a bigger drain, covered with gauze to prevent blocking. It's barely rained since we've been here, though pours in Nov/Dec. Crispin is planing the new mahogany wood with an electric planer before the brownout  begins.

I've got to plan the Pacquiao v Clottey fight viewing, as we're due a brownout on Sunday morning when it is live here (Sat. night in Dallas). Might have to see it in Jiminez.