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The Butterfly Effect and Mazatlán

It’s funny how things come in groups.  I read an excellent article recently called Romney Jumps the Shark: Libya, Egypt and the Butterfly Effect. You know the butterfly effect – to quote the article above: The late science fiction writer Ray Bradbury authored a short story about time travelers. They were careful, when they went back to the Jurassic, not to change anything, but one of them stepped on a butterfly. When they got back to the present, the world...

A Day for Helping

Sunday Paul and I went to Un Dia para Ayudar at the Plazuela Zaragoza.  Paul ate paella, we ran into friends, and we watched the kids perform.  These girls were just adorable! You can tell they love their costumes! These girls were adorable, too.  And talented. I swear, sometimes I think Mazatlán is a small town.  This event felt like a small town event to me…everyone seemed to know each other and the feeling of wholesome goodwill was everywhere. And...

It’s for the kids.

Back in October , Blogger Wayne in Isla Mujeres came up with the idea to help the kids in Ursula Galvan in Veracruz State.  This is the community that Blogger John and his wife Anita live.  The plan was to knit hats for the kids there, where it gets cold in the winter.  I jumped on board, as I enjoy knitting and wanted to give something to these kids, too. But my son and his wife are expecting a baby...

Say Cheese

I’m probably not the only blogger who keeps a pad on my desk where I jot down blog ideas. Sometimes the idea is complete in my mind and I just need to take a few pictures and sometimes I need to chew on it for a bit to decide how I want to present my ideas. One idea that I’ve been chewing on for quite a while has to do with taking pictures. Whenever I see a picture of a...

Why we blog

There’s been a lot of flap lately among the Latin American blogger community about comments. I don’t want to rehash what’s been said – but the more I thought about it the more I knew I needed to get something out. The crux of the matter for me is that it’s MY BLOG and I can set the rules. My blog is a fun place for me to talk about our experiences here in Mexico. I really enjoy it. I...

People work hard here….

…and by Sunday I’m tired, too. As regular readers know, we’ve been having a lot of work done to our house: The courtyard remodel Interior painting Electrical work upstairs Exterior painting Roof coating Salitre repairs Kitchen cabinets made/installed Appliances repaired/installed Chandeliers hung Tile work done Mural design/painting New glass/iron door made Sheesh! Just making the list amazed me! Mexicans work hard. In my experience with all these projects they work harder than most people I know. And they seem happy,...

December in Mazatlan

We’ve only been here since September, but we feel like we are home. I had no idea that it would be this easy to settle in and feel comfortable. A few things to share: It’s wonderful to live in sandals! My feet have never been happier! I had worried a bit about how I would find enough reading material. I’m glad to say there is a used bookstore, several places to swap books and an English library. I have successfully...

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 –...

Monday is a Big Day!

and the big day is…..that Paul is going to give three months notice at work! That’s a huge milestone for us – and almost perfectly coincides with the 95 days remaining on our Countdown clock! Amazing that it is already here. We are also excited for our next trip to Mazatlan, and we are going to be looking at houses. The work here at home is moving along very well. The painting got done, and looks wonderful. We are having...

I’m Lucky

  I sat outside this morning with my coffee, listening to the birds and noticing all the signs of spring. The dogwood is about to bloom, and the japanese maple behind it already has its leaves. We had a busy weekend, mostly moving wood chips to make the place look neat for when the house goes on the market. We are about halfway through the huge pile of chips our tree trimmers left us last winter. We spread weed block...

Things I’ll Miss and Things I Won’t

Picture of the bed next to the driveway, waiting for me to put wood chips on…tomorrow.   Things I’ll Miss Hours spent working outside, getting dirty Always having a plant to move from here to there Sitting on the bench watching the ducks on the pond Weed whacking My kitchen Plentiful vegetarian food in restaurants Honest exhaustion from manual labor outdoors Family living nearby The library Things I Won’t Miss Septic System Driving a half hour to do anything Snow...

Even My Lists Have Lists

  I thought I’d do a quick post in response to a comment from Malcolm of Dropped In on one of our recent posts… He said that he sold a lot of books and cds on Amazon. I have sold a number of books and household items on eBay and also on Craigslist but have been struggling as to the best way to handle some of the things we own. And of course, get the most money. I could do...

We Are Getting Excited!

  Our trip to Mazatlan and Queretaro is coming right up! We are going to do our best to interview these cities as potential hometowns – while knowing that a vacation is quite different than actually living somewhere. Somehow, though, I think we’ll know the place when we see it. When we first saw the property we live on now we had an immediate positive reaction to it – and we knew we wanted to buy it even before we...

Why Blog?

  I thought about doing a post yesterday but I loved that picture of Seattle and didn’t want to see it moved lower on the page…isn’t that dumb? What a beautiful day that was, though. As we become more and more immersed in planning our move, the blogs I read daily become more and more important to me. I just want to know what people are thinking and doing so much – I guess to try to project what I...

Finally…a beautiful day in the Northwest

It’s been a crazy winter here in Washington but the snow finally melted and the sun came out on Saturday. Paul’s daughter had been visiting from New York City for a few days, and Saturday we headed to Seattle to deliver her to her friends. It was so sunny we decided to take a walk on the malecon at Alki Beach (I know, they don’t call them that here!) and stopped in to Salty’s for drinks and a view of...

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