Archive for December, 2008

finishing yesterday’s post

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 28 2008

4) What do you consider to be your greatest personal achievement? Wow. Another tough one. I’m not sure I’ve really accomplished very much at all – it seems so much is a work in progress. And my life has been so incredibly easy or my memory so incredibly flojo that I don’t remember [...]

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pop goes the tendon

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 27 2008

I have managed to tear my poor abused Achilles away from my soleus yesterday during an absolutely lovely jog. I was about 40 minutes into my workout and quite warmed up, blissing on the turquoise seas and ready response of my body to the demands I was making. For some reason I am [...]

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Here we go…

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 26 2008

Theresa made me do it…bold I’ve done, italics I want to do…
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I’m pretty sure I did, but it is also entirely possible I didn’t)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (I hope the aurora comes up cause we’ve watched them walking [...]

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a no good very bad day

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 25 2008

I think I had the kind of day that most moms dream of.  And for me, I hated it.  The kids were gone All Day Long over with their friends, stopping by occasionally to deliver chaos and destruction, and now, at 9:49pm they seem to have come home for the day.  We had no Christmas [...]

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We are now bi-costal ex-pats

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 20 2008

I just got back from Merida today.  We had planned to drive there after flying back from the US but with the delayed flights and Ellen getting sick, we just couldn’t get it together to go.  So yesterday I took an ADO bus from Playa to Merida.  These busses are known for their ice-box conditions [...]

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Universe calling, line 2.

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 18 2008

It seems that the Universe is trying to keep us from going to Merida to close on the house and I have to wonder why.  The last time this happened we didn’t listen and I wonder what the universe has in store for us this time.  Because we’re going to bang our heads against the [...]

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fly like a birdie

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 16 2008

We’re hanging out at DFW waiting for 5:35pm to arrive so we can board.  Only about 3.5 more hours to go. 
All is well – it is reportedly 27F here at DFW and we’re stunned by those numbers.  Celsius would be good.  Farheneit, not so good.  We’ll head to Merida once we get to [...]

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Life keeps getting in the way of our vacation

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 14 2008

Or maybe we’re vacationing on Mexican time.  For some weird reason we’ve got 2 days (counting today!) left and still have a LONG list of stuff to get done.  Some stuff quite simply will Not get done.  Never even got to the storage unit, let alone cleaning it out.  I think we were too lazy [...]

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the best laid plans

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 09 2008

This happens each year so I don’t know why I’m surprised.  We are all wickedly sick.  Chest cough stuff or head cold stuff or whatever the flavor of the month is, I honestly don’t know.  Our immune systems are at a serious disadvantage after all our Mexican sun and never a flu season so I [...]

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quickie from the land of milk and hunney

Posted by Mamahops on Dec 01 2008

I had a decidedly non-culture shock return to the US.  We were greeted at the airport by family and friends; the same friends as last year, so that was comfortable and known.  I managed to get a bottle of Havana Club smuggled through customs so that was sweet.  And I now much prefer the Cuban [...]

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