September 29, 2007

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We love it here

It has been a whole week since we pulled into town. It seems like much longer to us…and our former world in the Pacific Northwest is in the distant past. We really love our morning walks with the dogs. We have several different routes so far, but all of them include the malecon for some portion of the walk. Both dogs have turned into nice little walkers…trotting along beside us and only pulling on the leash when we pass another...

Are we famous?

I forgot this little tidbit in my last post, so I thought I’d step back in time to Sunday. We’d moved our van full of stuff in, and after dancing around a while we headed out to buy a mattress. We decided we’d buy a queen size for the guest room and just stay in there for the time being. That is because we want a king size bed in our master bedroom and don’t want to buy it with...

Home Sweet Home

We have been in Mazatlan since Friday evening….and here it is Wednesday! It has been a VERY busy time, but we have been having a blast. We spent two days at the B & B – which was wonderful but a pain since we had the dogs with us. Every time we went anywhere I worried they would bother someone but thankfully the only other guest was a working man who was gone all day. We couldn’t take them with...

Moving Day

Tomorrow morning, Sunday, we move in to our new home! Well, we move in the 12 boxes, 20 or so pictures, dogs, clothing and bedding that we brought with us, anyway! After that we will set out on an expedition to buy a bed, food, and all the missing household items that we’ll need to get our life started in our new home. We already purchased one item for our new home – a wrought iron and marble table that...

We are tired but happy

Somos de Mazatlan! We live here! WOW! The last two days have been two of the most tiring of the last few months. I know that part of the reason is just the cumulative action of the buildup to moving – but part of it was just the reality of 4-500 miles per day in an overloaded van with two dogs. We crossed the border at Nogales, entering into the border morass at about 9 am, and we crossed the...

Here we come!

We spent the night in Tucson and are crossing the border this morning! What more can I say? We are excited about our new life and the adventure of it all. I’ll post again once we are in Mazatlan, but right now I think it is time to take Lucy and Henry for a good walk!...

A little stop along the way!

  • September 17, 2007
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  Henry’s back, Lucy, and Tiko in his cage. Lucy and Henry   We’ve been in San Francisco since Friday night. This is my hometown – I lived here until I was 16 – my best friend is here in the city and my sister in Berkeley. We spent Saturday with my sister and her husband prowling around Berkeley. It was great. We had never been to their house – seems like every time we have been in the city...

We’re migrating

  • September 14, 2007
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We enjoy a tv show called the “Dog Whisperer.” The star, Cesar Millan, says that it is important to mark the migration of the pack. He says to take long walks every day and to let the dogs sniff and smell and mark along the way. That way when they get to their new home everybody is adjusted and together. Well, we are sniffing and marking all right! The main adjustment for them seems to be that they have never...

Road Trip! Road Trip!

Yesterday was a crazy day. We emptied all the remaining bits and pieces from the cupboards and washed them out. We sealed up all our boxes except our office box. Ran the library books back, to the bank for some cash, got Tiko’s wings trimmed, and put a bunch more things for Goodwill in the van. The buyers of our house had their home inspection, too. Oh, boy, was he a finicky dude. Put on a space suit to go...

Goodbyes can be hard

  I have mentioned here before that I have been scanning all my photos so that I don’t have to carry the originals to Mexico with us. This has become a seemingly endless task, but one that has been a lot of fun, too. I’m looking forward to the ease of browsing through them – just telling the computer to run slide shows while I sit and watch. A couple of pictures made me think about farewells, and how hard...

It’s Been Quite A Ride

In my wildest dreams I would have never believed our last month here would be such a roller coaster ride…. Last Tuesday we got word that our house deal had failed. Down to the depths of despair! Then we gave ourselves a talking to, realized we were still heading to Mazatlan even if the house wasn’t sold. We made arrangements for a caretaker and someone to do yard maintenance, and then we were back on top of the world. We...

It’s Just Practice

for our new life, that is. We know that in Mexico we will need to “roll with it” and our practice starts now. That’s because the people who were going to buy our house backed out at the last minute. We were actually up in Seattle at the consulate getting our FM3’s when our realtor called and told us not to go to the escrow company the following day to sign papers. Talk about the highs and the lows –...