Hell’s Half Acre

It got so cold tonight that we headed out in the car, cranked up the heat and blissed in the heavenly warmth issuing from the mighty diesel engine.  It was actually quite stinky but I was happy to trade stinky for warm.
I don’t know what has happened to our heat.  We had it a week [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Oh man.  We need a vacation from our vacation.  It has been a crazy (for us) couple of weeks and I have absolutely NO IDEA where to start.  So I’ll bulletpoint.
I took 2-3 weeks off diet and exercise (I honestly have no idea how long) and only gained 2 kilos.  So yesterday, when i found [...]

When I started on this journey of what is causing the mareo (dysequilibrium) I began with a visit to the hyperbaric chamber in Playa del Carmen, where the doc there comes highly recommended.  Both times I visited him he said he strongly suspected an inner ear thing but couldn’t pin it down and that I [...]

I have lots of excuses; I’ve been trying to get all kinds of “stuff” to Natalie’s sister so she can bring it down to us (mostly books), I’ve been trying to figure out what other materials I want to get (we’re finishing up World History and moving on to Ancient Cultures), obsessively checking the weather [...]

We went back to Bead Beach today; it was Pikey’s turn and both boys have been dying to go back, skin their shins and knees, rib skin off, add more grey hairs to my head and frolick with the tourists.  We have such a warped view here from many others who come here – we [...]

“H” inflammation of “E” the mucous “L” membranes of the nasal “M” cavity.  This is how I spend too many of my days, reading medical texts while spelling out words to Ellen.  It’s a wonder I don’t have all of it mixed up and now that I’m over 1/2 way through the course I think [...]

Today I attempted to connect with other unschoolers on an email list and was told that since Jesse went to Kindie (his choice; I SO TRIED to talk him out of it) I couldn’t call myself an unschooler for this and many other reasons.  Honestly, I don’t really care for labels.  I was, however, looking [...]