Hell’s Half Acre

I got this template from Vanilla Mist by way of the kids at Yucatan Living. I stumbled upon the kids in Merida after re-discovering SparksMex website from RV dot net. So there you have the story in links.
I’m going to try to see if I can figure out how the kids in Merida [...]

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We spent all day yesterday preparing; washing and storing and cleaning, and after working a few hours this morning, spent another 1.5 hours getting ready to go.  Our brake controller has been funny lately and Jamie had disconnected it before he left.  I hitched up and connected the wires and it simply would not function.  [...]

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The database satellite internet link I’m working on is loading so incredibly slowly, so glacially, with such power to put me to sleep, that two cups of coffee gone, and after exhausting absolutely EVERYTHING I can think to do on the Internet (but isn’t it always the case that when you shutdown you remember [...]

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Boy, it has been so difficult to keep any semblance of normal around here, and by extension, that means this journal. So, I’m going to try to hit the highlights and if nothing else, I’ve made the attempt. For the first couple weeks that Jamie and Sissy were gone, it was somewhat [...]

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When we got back from shopping, the boys were helpful enough to unload the car and as it was so hot, I tried to move a limp, damp, sleeping Ellen to the trailer. I considered putting on the A/C but figured I just wake her closing all the windows. It was moot [...]

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The first part should have been “morning in the life” as this is now “afternoon in the life”. So, I dumped black and grey and had a little incident with the black. Either the valve broke (the valve inside the tank allowing or disallowing the contents to escape) or the handle became [...]

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I thought some people might find a day in the life interesting. I only thought about this after Ellen woke, so you missed me getting up at 6am (first time I wasn’t roached when I did it), stumbling around, making enough noise to wake the dead (and Ellen, some 15 minutes later), bathroom, [...]

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I usually get up between 5:30 and 6am. It has taken about a week to get used to this; I’ve never been an early bird, but being out of bed before the sun even rises is really pushing the envelope for me. As long as I’m in bed by 10pm, it is [...]

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Today the planet alligned or the Gods were smiling or whatever miracle took place that needed to take place and I got 4 hours of work, a trip to the store (with the kids, natch), Y O G A practice and updating the blog done and it is only 3pm. Ellen protested [...]

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