Hell’s Half Acre

I had considered volunteering last year but never really got around to it.  Since this seems to be the year of “do something new”, when coupled with the possibility of helping the bomberos (firefighters) get 10 jaw of life apparatuses, I figured it was now or never.  We were assigned specific holes (the bomberos were [...]

I’ve been trying to get the kids involved in the community more and this week we put in some community time.  The boys and I volunteered one day at Angel Notion, a medical clinic supported by the community.  I’ve been meaning to get us involved in Angel Notion for quite a while but never really [...]

So yesterday Jamie and I were in Cancun doing a stock-up trip and I realized how much I enjoy the Mexican version of fast food.   We had made our first stop at Apple, where we finally picked up his computer.  We had taken it in around Xmas time, just before the 3-year warranty had run [...]

So the boys have been dying for space.  Any space larger than the 2×2 hole that housed 4 bunks and a gabinete for clothes.  So we talked to Freddy (abanil) and Dino (palapero) and it was decided that instead of remodeling the comedor into a room for the boys, we’d go UP.  I gotta tell [...]

We’ve been looking for a fridge since early this summer.  We have been using a 10cuft fridge for a couple years now and would really like to move up to the 21st century, so when I espied a fridge sitting out in the road, I quite naturally nagged at Jamie until he helped me bring [...]

So, today Jamie and I headed up to the Super Telebodega (as our two Telebodegas in PdC can’t hold a candle to the massive massiveness of the CUN TB). After finding amazing deals on A/Cs and refri’s, we decided NOT to go back but instead find our way to Costco from where we were. I [...]

Bright and early the palaperos began the process to move our trailer.  We’ve been living in the trailer and palapa in a state of “ready to leave any time” but we’ve recently decided to make the trailer permanent.  That means leveling it out, taking off the tires, bumper, spare tire, leveling the trailer to the [...]

This post is a lot like a granola cookie. A little bit of everything.
For those searching on “PaaMul murder”, here’s the lowdown. According to NotiCaribe, “Ben Walker” apparently suffocated his wife and hid her body under his bodega. They had been living here at least as long as we have and while [...]

So I’ve been delving into marathon training schedules, which diverted me into PRE-training schedules and boy there are a LOT out there.  So I finally decided I needed to simply list them side by side so I could see which worked better.  I really want something that increases mileage by no more than 10% each [...]

Just a quickie post race – Merida has an AMAZING 10K.  Not sure I’d ever do the marathon here (one of the reasons I came over for the 10K) as there are NO spectators, but the support is AMAZING!  I had a GREAT time and a smile on my face the entire 10K (well, there [...]