Hell’s Half Acre

I paid $11.32 for a medium sized jar of peanut butter today.  The last time we were in the US, in November of last year, we stocked up on organic peanut butter as we were hitting the last of the jars we’d purchased the last time we were in Texas (December 2006).  We had managed [...]

I think it has to do with my childhood (what doesn’t?) and the fact that I cried, incessantly, for months without cessation. My mother would rock me. My father would jostle me. And when they were dead tired and wanting to strangle me, they would put me in a car and drive [...]

You’d think I’d figure this out, or even chart it, but I don’t. And I should, because then it wouldn’t surprise me. Maybe next month. Procrastinate much?
The kids eat nothing but junk. I’m eventually going to have to get a new computer but probably not because I’ll never pass this course [...]

There are certain blogs I started following when we started fulltiming. My mom and Dad’s and Tioga George’s. I always wanted to travel the way both of them did; seeking out the history and boondocking in out of the way spots. Jamie was always very concerned about boondocking, but eventually allowed specific [...]

I hope you all enjoyed the post I made in my head this afternoon while we were going errands in town; wasn’t it witty and funny? I know *I* laughed til I cried.
Wednesdays are our going to market days as those are the days that fruits and veggies are marked down, pretty much all [...]

it must be snowing up in the US because it is FREEZING down here.  A/C is off, fleece is on and blankets are piled high.   Who ever heard of a norte in April?  What a wacky winter this has been!

The other day, Jamie, the girls and I spent a good part of the day making sure various employees of various businesses in Playa del Carmen were actually taking their lunch break. I had hoped to get the part we ordered for the van eons ago, pick up our re-filled fire extinguishers (from two [...]