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<\/a><\/p>\nI also wanted a bucket like the pink one I use as a trash can in the office to store the parts for my stick blender, but Bodega was out of them. So I decided to buy the office a new (purple) trash can and move the bucket to the kitchen!<\/p>\n
I also bought myself a two burner hot plate. I cook daily and am having trouble keeping the stove here looking pristine. Mexican stoves, even expensive ones, just can’t seem to handle heavy scrubbing or being used with cast iron without the finish coming off. I always get hives about having to maintain other people’s stoves and three months here was my limit of dealing with that stress. The hot plate will keep the pressure off when I get my house since I won’t be desperate for a stove. I’m using my crockpot, ricer cooker, and the toaster oven here a lot and actually wondering if I need a stove. It’s amazing how one’s worldview changes after a couple of years of living in other people’s kitchens.<\/p>\n It was a super quick trip and I was home by one and absolutely ravenous. My lunch was good, and I’m pretty sure that was my first time ever having fried chicken, but it’s definitely not something I’d be keen to repeat regularly (I’ll stick to the roasted birds). But it was definitely a nice Friday treat!<\/p>\n Now, as for house hunting, I’m starting to feel like I’m on an episode of House Hunters International… \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n I have an appointment at 2:00 tomorrow to see a house located in the northwesternmost part of M\u00e9rida, in the Francisco de Montejo neighbourhood that has been dubbed a city within a city.<\/p>\n This would put me about 3KM walking distance to Chedraui, Costco, and the Galerias (which has Scotiabank, sushi, and a cinema) and according to Google, there’s quite a bit in the heart of the neighbourhood, but it’s hard to gauge what there is on the outskirts, where this house is. It appears to be a quiet residential neighbourhood with a good economic mix.<\/p>\n Part of me still wishes I was looking in Centro, but I have to be sensible — my line of work is not conducive to living downtown!<\/p>\n The location right off the Perif\u00e9rico would be very convenient for going back and forth in October.\u00a0So while I’m not immediately going OOH at the location, I think it has potential.<\/p>\n Now, the house.<\/p>\n The exterior is inoffensive. The neighbouring houses are much prettier, but this isn’t too hard on the eyes. I just don’t know if my truck would fit in the driveway (which would be nice because it would be out of the sun):<\/p>\n The kitchen appears to be one of the better ones with cabinets that I’ve seen:<\/p>\n The house here only has a long counter with stools to eat at and I like it. I wouldn’t have any pressure to get a kitchen and chairs for a bit, just some stools.<\/p>\n The stairs have a handrail!<\/p>\n Both bathrooms appear to have been recently redone and this one (which I think would be the guest suite’s) even has storage:<\/p>\n At least one of the bedrooms has built-in storage:<\/p>\n The master bath has what appears to be a very clean Jacuzzi tub. I have yet to see outside of the super huge compounds a pool that is big enough for doing laps. So a tub like this would equal a pool and be less maintenance:<\/p>\n The red would absolutely have to go. I could learn to live with those floors. They appear to be grey or blue, not black, so they would work well with the pink\/purple\/green\/orange things I’ve accumulated. I really don’t like them, but between them and the beige or white floors that I’m seeing too much of, they are fine.<\/p>\n Another bedroom, but without a closet organiser:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n