Snow. . .

Snow. I have not seen snow now for about 7 months. There are some things I miss about it and some things I don't miss at all. I miss the quiet after a fresh fallen snow. I miss the briskness of seeing your breath. I miss snowball fights with Oscar and sledding with Oscar and Caleb(and Mike and Maren). I don't miss going out to start the car and having to scrape all the windows of ice and frost. I don't miss slipping and sliding while driving. I don't miss any temperature below zero. And I don't miss HIGH heating bills.

One of the nicest dinner's I've had in a long time. . .

Last night we decided to go get dinner in Bucerias.(The town where we live) So we drove the short mile to downtown and purchased various items(Leti chose tacos and I chose a Hot Dog with a Frappuchino-and we both had churros for dessert) Then I said why don't we go and eat this on the beach. So we walked to the beach to a table with a palapa umbrella and ate as we watched the waves coming in and the moonlight reflecting off of the sea. There was a family swimming in the water(yes the water is that warm here) and it was a nice relaxing evening. I think we will have to do this more often. . . .
Talk to you soon everyone!!!

Sweet breads and birds

One thing I keep meaning to tell everyone is about the sweet breads out here. They have these markets(panaderia´s) out here that make the most wonderful sweet rolls and donuts. And with so many different varieties it boggles the mind how they have time to make them all in one morning.(I assume they are all made fresh daily) And they are so cheap too. Today I had 3 of them and it came out to roughly$1. Try that in the U.S. and you´d be looking at 2.50 easy. I guess coming from Colorado where there are not too many good bakeries it is a big switch for me.
One mystery for me down here. I have lately(in the past month or so) seen birds in the arrow formation flying south. Where the heck are they going and just HOW GOOD of weather are they looking for?!?!? :)
OK better stuff next time. Sorry, I´m running low on material huh? See ya soon.

Ranting day. . .

The Mexican repair shop
Most Americans would be amazed at how and where Mexicans here repair their cars. I have seen multiple instances of cars being left in the middle of the road (no hazard markers or anything) and the owner returns to work on it in the middle of the road. One I witnessed was a huge 18 wheel semi truck that did this and pulled off his whole front wheel assembly. Most recently, (Today) there was a truck in the road to the side of our shop that was left there since last night sitting on a jack stand. Who knows when the owner will return to fix it. Amazing!!!

On a happier note I went to our house just now and it only needs to have water, electricity, windows and outside paint done and we can move in. HOORAY!!!!!

Oh and they tell me the humpback whales should be returning VERY soon. We hope to go and see them in the bay. You can take boats out to see them there. They only approach them to a certain point because they can jump almost all the way out of the water. Pretty cool to see a 40 ton creature do that. Unless you are in a rowboat beneath him. LOL!!!!

We have a house!!!

Well we finally have a place we can(well, . . .will eventually) live in!! It is in Bucerias and is in the final stages of being built. It is about a little less than a mile and a half from the Bucerias beach. It has an oversized yard and is in a quiet neighborhood.(For Mexico it is quiet. LOL!!!) As soon as we are in it and I can get my computer set up to accept my photos I will post photos!! YAHOO!!!!!

Day of the Dead!!

Yesterday(Nov 2nd) was Dia de los Muertos(Day of the deads) The whole family went to the Ponteon (where Leti's Mom is buried) and decorated the grave and a priest gave mass in the graveyard. Kind of wierd for an American never witnessed this before. But it was very cool also. They have some pretty cool traditions down here, and a few bizarre ones too. We only opened the business for a 1/2 day and then attended the festivities. Almost every grave in the cemetary was decorated with flowers and photos and little rememberences of what that person liked when they were living. For instance if they liked Juicy Fruit gum you would put a pack on their headstone or close to the grave.