Hell’s Half Acre

When you have 4 kids and one gets sick it seems like the sickness will never end. Especially if it begins to rebound (knock wood; not yet) and ping pong, the first to get well is now sick again. Pikey has a weak chest. Anytime there is a sickness meandering about he [...]

knock knock knock, is this thing on?
Yeah, it’s been awhile (as I type this I don’t honestly know how long it’s been) but there really hasn’t been anything of note to report. The abaniles left, we haven’t yet decided whether or not to finish the bodega (during THE season, as opposed to after [...]

Our TWO
“For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico…
tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
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Forecaster Knabb”
Just the way we like it. Unfortunately, Japan is staring down Man-Yi and hoping it decreases from the anticiapted Cat 4 to a Cat 2 by landfall. Wind shear is [...]

I’m on a rare roll this morning, so I’ll try to finish the saga. So, the moto man was hanging around with Manuel and the abaniles and I simply acknowledged him and unloaded the van and made myself busy while trying to figure out what the hell the abaniles were doing at our [...]

I really wish we’d taken out the 10 year permit for the trailer when the Aduana presented the opportunity on New Year’s Day this year (when we crossed the border).  Sigh.  We’re looking at possibly staying through the month of July now which means I need to get the van AND the trailer to Belize [...]

It’s been a wild week. I scratched my cornea, had a fight with a shop steward, paid off contractors and celebrated a birthday. So now you’re all caught up. Today is Jesse’s birthday and I will update; the palapa is finished, but what a rough road it was. [...]