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Jeff and I have recently discovered the mamey. I can’t remember how Jeff thought to buy one.

They don’t exactly look delicious at the store.

They look like if a kiwi and an old football had a baby. The above photo is a mamey next to a kiwi.

Although when you cut it in half it’s more like a orange colored avacado. They ripen like an avacado.

Saturday – unripe, Sunday – unripe, Monday morning unripe, Monday from 2:00pm -3:00pm ripe, Monday after 3pm -rotten

If you get it when it’s ripe you can eat ir with a spoon and it tastes like a mix between a sweet potato and a pumpkin. So good.

I’m not bald, but the meds I’m on are causing me to lose hair. It’s getting really thin. So I went for a cut and color. They agreed that lighter would help look less “scalpy.”

I thought they were turning me blonde which I was ok with, but glad when it was just light brown highlights.

My miricle workers were Graham the English stylist, and his partner Adrian the colorist.

When I asked to have them cut the bangs on my wig they didnt want to put it on my head and mess up the style.

So they found a solution.

If you look closely, that is not me.

Adrian agreed to wear it while Graham cut it. Not that is good salon service!

Back at home, both with and without the wig looks better.

Our friends Juliana and Arthur came to visit us in Merida. We met them two years ago while we were in Bogota. We had such a great time with them. The timing worked great with their visit and my treatment. I wasn’t able to go sight seeing with then but we had fun in the morning and evening.

Juliana is from Colombia and is a published author.

Arthur is not only a personal finance consultant from the Netherlands, he is also a coffee expert. He travels with a pour over, aeropress, and grinder.

They made us a delicious dinner one night.

We went out for Italian food one night.

We started a band called the Italian Food Eaters. We don’t have any music or know how to play instruments.

But we have our first two album covers.

We also all rocked my blonde wig.

Jeff put it on too but I wasn’t fast enough to get a photo.

This week my treatment hit me hard. I spent a lot of time in the hammocks.

We did get out for a walk last night. Sunset was incredible.

I also made this juice. Yes that is juice not muddy water. It tasted good but there is a reason they don’t mix carrots with celery, spinach or cucumbers in juice recipes on Instagram. From now on I’m going to stick with green stuff or orange stuff or red stuff. No mixing.

Our Airbnb didn’t have as nice of a balcony as our last one. It does have a really nice rooftop deck. There is even a bar in the rooftop. Although not sure we will go since we can just make a srink in our apartment for free and bring it up there.

Here’s a random piece of furniture in our Airbnb. It a tiny chair. I sat on it and it did hold me, but it is so short it would be better for a toddler.

We have some friends visiting us for a few days ago looking forward to seeing them.

We came back to Merida to a new Airbnb. This one is in the same neighborhood but a bit bigger and nicer.

It not only has two bedrooms with two beds, each bedroom has a hammock.

It also has these pillows to protect your head from the headboard which the sloths have taken over.

When not in use the hammocks fold up and hang on the wall.

Then when you need a little rest but don’t want to lie in bed, or your bed has folded laundry, you can lie in the hammock.

And we have two so we can both lie in hammocks at the same time.

Sven and Sergio especially like the hammocks. I found them watching a video from their cousin Rodrigo who lives in Seattle. They let me upload it for the blog.

As you can see Rodrigo can drive. He reminded Sven and Sergio that they learned “Safety First” at Sloth Support School and now he can be designated driver.

Sven and Sergio are now trying to get us to buy a car so they can be our designated drivers. They also want to become Uber Drivers as a side gig.

On Saturday we flew back to Merida, Mexico.

Our flight was early so we stayed Friday night at a hotel near the airport. We saw sunrise from the hotel parking lot on our way to the airport shuttle.

After landing in Cancun we took a bus 4 hour bus back to Merida. It was a long day of travel, but good to be back in Mexico.

Amy and Mike live near the biggest Sky diving place in the country. We went and watched. I loved watching but in no way did it make me want to try it.

They pretty much landed right in front of us.

Sometimes so many were coming down you didn’t know where to look.

And then they would just gather up their parachutes like it was the most normal thing in the world.

A big group went up together and did a formation that was too high up to see. But watching all of them land was really amazing.

When we got back to their house we found Sven and Sergio outside exploring their backyard.

Happy New Year’s. We spent New Year’s Eve with Amy and Mike and their friends. We all wore our yellow socks for good luck.

In Latin America there is a tradition where people wear yellow underwear to bring good luck. We went with socks. Not sure if wearing a yellow wig counts but if so I get double good luck.

Sven and Sergio didn’t go to the party but were ready to ring in the new year when we got home. We all made it until about 11:30 then went to sleep.

This morning we found them passed out. They must have stayed up partying.

This morning we toasted the new year with toast, and mimosas. Sven was so hungover he had to keep sleeping.

Jeff showed Amy how to make sourdough starter and Sergio got a little too into it.

They also tried to play Jenga but didn’t quite get the idea.

Hope everyone had a great New Years. Here’s to 2026 bringing health, happiness, love and laughter to everyone.

Happy New Year’s Eve. We’re staying with Jeff’s brother Mike and our sister-in-law Amy. Last night our nephews Brian and Chris came over with their wives Cassie and Jessica and Chris and Cassie’s kids.

Nephews Chris and Brian.

Niece in laws Jessica and Cassie and grand nephew Hans.

Cassie, Zara and Amy.

It was great to see everyone. Have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve!!

We went for a hike with my family. The kids went golfing so it was just the adults

There were a lot steps so there were two groups, there were the helpers pictured above.

And the ones that needed help pictured above.

After our hike and naps we opened presents.