Hell’s Half Acre

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Entries from May 2005

Chichen Itzá

May 30th, 2005 · No Comments

We’ve been wavering about whether or not we want to drag the kids to Chichen itza. They’ve seen Coba, Palenque and Tulum and I wasn’t sure that they really needed to be dragged from one ruin to the next in 120F heat. Well, the 120 was a bit of an exaggeration, but with [...]

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Tags: Mexico

Serenity NOW

May 28th, 2005 · 2 Comments

The days seem to run together into a huge blur. Every day I think of something to post but it usually escapes my brain before I get a chance to put it to puter.
If you want to be completely accepted into Yucatan society; from middle class families to Mayan laborers, I have [...]

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Tags: Mexico

Camera Woes

May 27th, 2005 · No Comments

The button on our camera which is responsible for taking the picture has taken its own vacation. We made the trek into Cancun to take it to Costco and hopefully exchange it for a new one. Heh heh heh, we crazy Americans. Costco is sending it out to be repaired, [...]

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Tags: Mexico

Greenwood Theme

May 26th, 2005 · 2 Comments

I’m about to get rid of it. Anyone really like it? Ok, the Classic theme is screwy but I haven’t had time to work on it today. Maybe tonight. Maybe tomorrow. All four still awake; we just got home and it is 10:30pm. Ugh.
BUT, I REALLY like Reposado (aged [...]

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Tags: Technology

BareNakedFamily

May 26th, 2005 · 3 Comments

There is actually a website (I’m going to update these links as soon as I stop messing around with the themes) about a family who is full-timing in an RV and calls the website BareNakedFamily. Yesterday, we were literally, bare naked. But alas there are no pictures because the camera is missing [...]

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Tags: Kids · Mexico

Pick your background!

May 24th, 2005 · 6 Comments

Ok, I’ve got the “theme switcher” installed - look around the page you’re on (unless it is the “shell” background -for the moment - still working on it) and you’ll see either a listing or dropdown box for themes. Pick one (still have to fix the “Warm and Dry” descriptions) but it might be [...]

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Tags: Technology

Jesse; not to be outdone

May 23rd, 2005 · No Comments

Well, for one thing, I don’t particularly like baseball, but I do like balls and trying to throw it into stuff. And I like trying to hit stuff with bats and stuff but I don’t have a real bat so I need to hit it with thick sticks and stuff. Or a broken [...]

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Tags: Kids words

More from Pikey

May 23rd, 2005 · No Comments

I liked Pike’s email to Andrew so much, I decided to post it here. It is so neat to see how they arrange their thoughts and how the express themselves… Plus, my drivel is getting quite boring. I really miss being on the road…
“I got your email - I hope [...]

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Tags: Kids words

In a Quandry

May 22nd, 2005 · 4 Comments

Jamie and I have been going back and forth and back and forth trying to decide what we want to do. The place we’re staying at has very slowly, over the years, morphed from a dive shop and campground to an RV park to now a dive shop/restaurant/cabanas/rooms/RV park. There are many many [...]

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Tags: Mexico

Mark Twain

May 21st, 2005 · No Comments

The boys and Sissy have just finished up Chapter 4 of Mark Twain’s “Tom Sawyer”. We have read two of the “Little House” series of books; House in the Big Woods and House on the Prarie (those titles should be pretty close) but Mark Twain has a very distinct style of writing. There [...]

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Tags: Homeschooling