Hell’s Half Acre

I’m not sure if I offered my daily sacrifices to the Dark Lord when we lived in a stick house; I pretty much gave up the elixir once I fell pregnant with Jesse and it was no sacrifice whatsoever.  Morning sickness will do that to you.  Things you thought you couldn’t live without, that . . . → Read More: better living through appliances

Really.  I am continually astounded that as the mother of 2 teenage boys I love them more day by day.  I love how they correct me, how they enlighten me, how they encourage me and how they challenge me.  I even love to hear Pike tell me how wrong I am.  I didn’t think . . . → Read More: I love my boys

I’ve just spent a couple days holed up in the trailer which really, is a shame on so many levels.  Since January I have not been able to run injury-free.  I honestly don’t know what to do at this point but the most obvious option is simply not an option.  I will not stop . . . → Read More: Addicted to endorphins

I’ve posted TWICE now in my head and I can’t believe there isn’t an application available yet to move posts from my head to the blog without my intervention.   Sheesh! Continue reading and ANOTHER thing!

I have been chasing my tail a bit this year on the FM3 renewal.  They’re asking for more involved paperwork than last year and today I finally tracked down a translator with a seal.  I showed at at immigration this morning after thinking I had all the paperwork in order and could at least . . . → Read More: it could have been a no good very bad day

Many months ago, either Solidaridad (the municipality) or Playa del Carmen (the city) installed a tope and a police quasi stop (they hang out in the middle of the road and ocassionally will slow people down) just on the south side of town.  The tope was an absolute killer – double skyscraper Dots Bots . . . → Read More: from the file, “if you have to ask WHY, you’re in the wrong country”

It’s been about a week since the first case was discovered in Mexico and we’re pretty much the same as when we started.  Three of the four kids have had some virus and were all better yesterday.  Today Pike is worse again but no fever, so I’m not going to worry too much.  Unfortunately, . . . → Read More: a week after aporkalypse

At least once a day we’re mopping the floor of the comedor.  With copious amounts of water, soap and sometimes bleach.  There is SO MUCH water on the floor we need the squeegee and mops and many rags to get up all the cleaning items.  Are we addled by the influenza porcino?  Nah, just . . . → Read More: our neighbor must thing we’re germaphobes

We’re coming off almost a month of family visits and had such a lovely time with everyone.  That said, February was the last time our family was together and we’re now enjoying being a family once again and letting the emotions out from the loss of Jamie’s mom.  I must owe a gazillion to . . . → Read More: chanchito, puerco, cerdo, cochina, porcino