These next 2 are of the flat now that we have finished fixing a few things. We first had the floor patched and refinished. Then since we had everything stacked in the other room we had the walls patched and added a little color. I assumed when they did the floor that they would do the hall in stages because they knew we were still living in the flat but imagin our chgrin and surprise when we came home to find the floor completely painted and still some 10 hours from drying. There are a few footprints in the hall now where they need to re-sand and varnish. Because we are on the ground floor in a rather high moisture area and I surmise there is no vapor barrier between our cement walls and the ground, there are several places above the baseboard where the cement blisters. I am not sure if these will diminish when the rainy season subsides. We do however feel a lot more comfortable in our little flat here now. 
This picture shows our efforts at Christmas decorations this year. The few trees we have seen are fake although we did we see what appeared to be 2 fir shaped trees being offered by the street vendors that wander between the vehicles stopped in traffic jams. With the temperatures ranging between 80 to 58 each day it is tough to get the same thrill from the few decorations we see so we are relying heavily on pictures and memories this year.
We ran across one of Santa's Helpers in the local Nakumatt (Kenyan version of a Wal Mart) and he was pleased to pose with us.
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