Evening on the zocolo

January 31, 2012

Last night we walked the 4 kilometers or so to el Centro (downtown). Walking in Cuernavaca is better described as hiking. The sidewalks are very narrow and in some places, dangerously uneven. Homes that have driveways construct sharply inclined cement ramps that spill over the sidewalk. That means you may find yourself leaning to one [...]

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Buenos dias from Mexico

January 30, 2012

Woke up this morning and there was no water in the house. My room mate mentioned that the valve to the downstairs bathroom toilet had been shut off so after testing all of the other taps in the house (kitchen etc.) we turned on the valve to that toilet and wouldn’t you know, the water [...]

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Am I dreaming?

January 29, 2012

My bladder always wakes me up at 4am. This morning when I woke up for the first 5 seconds, I didn’t know where I was. One more second to realize I was not at home and another full second to realize that I wasn’t even in the same country. I heard a dog barking outside [...]

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On the street where you live…

March 11, 2009

We’ve had an awful lot of rain lately. Our neighbour, Mike, woke us up at 4:30 this morning to let us know that water was flooding into our crawl space. He’s the last cottage on the lane and we’re the second last cottage. He said he was woken by the sound of water gurgling in [...]

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Welcome Mr. President

January 21, 2009
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Early Christmas present

December 19, 2008

Look what I found when I went out to the coop this morning: Here it is in a cereal bowl next to a store-bought large egg to give you the scale:

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Don’t make me keep my bra on…

December 17, 2008

Let me tell ya, the first thing I do when I get home is pop that bra strap and free the hostages. I get out of my work clothes and basically put my pajamas on. All my close friends and family know that they are welcome to drop by anytime but don’t expect me to [...]

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Stuff

October 19, 2008

Lots of stuff has been happening with me. I was in a car accident and haven’t been able to work or sit at a computer for awhile. My 49th birthday just occurred and the only thing I wanted to do I was physically unable to do so that sucked. We finally got our chickens and [...]

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Coop construction – day one

September 7, 2008

Today we started building the home for our chickens. We decided to go with the Catawba ConvertiCoop plans I had purchased online. Our friend Vita came over to give us a hand and our friends Patty & Deb loaned us their miter saw – thanks to you gals we don’t have to pick our noses [...]

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A perfect weekend…

September 2, 2008

For me the weekend started on Thursday with the birth of my grandson. I came into work on Friday morning to finish up some things I had to drop when Jen went into labour, but I left at noon to stop in at the hospital then go home to prepare for the company we had [...]

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