I meant to do a post today on “things I am excited about” but working all day in the yard sapped my energy…and then of course we went out to dinner…and now I can’t remember what I wanted to say! It was an absolutely glorious day today – sunny and in the 60’s. I got a lot done but am now totally exhausted.

So, as a cop-out I will respond to a couple of comments:

Juan wanted to know about my new laptop…well, it is wonderful. I bought it through Costco, where you can build-your-own. It’s an HP. Every bell and whistle is on it that I wanted. 2 gigs of ram, 160 gb hard drive, separate nvdia graphics card, amd dual core processor, built in webcam, wireless, windows vista home premium, etc. I got the 15.4″ screen and can use my monitor if I want a bigger view. So far I love it except for Vista having changed some things around. I buy a new computer every three or four years so this is a huge jump up from my eMachine that I bought at Office Depot for $300!

James wanted me to elaborate on my comment about “fussy people with germ phobias” that I listed as one of the things I won’t miss…. Well, I am pretty fed up with people who think that all germs are bad. Like at the grocery store they have a setup by the carts with Clorox wipes for wiping down the cart… I believe in being sensible with real germ laden items but a shopping cart? I could give a lot more examples but I had better not since (ahem) people might see themselves when they read the examples so that will have to do. In Mexico people pretty much figure you are able to take care of yourself, and if not, that’s your problem.

Juan also suggested that if I want to continue on with my weed-whacking, we should consider Veracruz state. Unfortunately, having lived most of our adult lives in Washington state, we are entirely fed up with a steady diet of rain. Veracruz was one of our top picks for quite a long time, but we finally realized that we must have sun! I mean we know that rain is necessary, and we actually like it – but just in smaller doses than we would probably find in Veracruz. We’re not trying to start an argument here….just know that the rain we experience here in Washington has changed us, in a big way

Bye!