July 29, 2007

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Another step closer…

Maya (up) and Tiko (below)       More changes have been happening around here…     This weekend my brother in law came over for the furniture that he and my sister wanted. Several chairs and bookcases and assorted items like some of my grandmother’s coffee cups have now found a new home.     But the biggest change for us is that we found a new home for our second parrot, Maya. Maya was our first bird, a...

It warms my heart…

Last weekend our oldest son and his family arrived with a rental truck to help us achieve our Mexico dream. And an important part of that dream is to empty our house out – but since so much of our furniture had come to me from my parents, it was essential to find the furniture a new home within the family. We had a really nice visit, and many pieces of our well loved family furniture now has a new...

Another project completed!

      Our move to Mexico – and the fact that we’re only taking what our van will carry – finally got me off my duff to handle a project that should have been done long ago.   At long last some old treasured family VHS tapes have been transferred to DVD. It will be fun to watch them again when we are settled in Mazatlan.   My dad being interviewed about food on the radio on Thanksgiving in...

A Landmark Day

  Photo Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times Today marks a couple of milestones….Paul has only three more weeks of work, and it was the opening of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge. Sunday was a festive day where more than 60,000 people walked and ran across the bridge to mark the occasion. Today when Paul crossed the new bridge he had his easiest commute in almost seven years. Too bad it didn’t open sooner so he could reap the benefit for more...

Another project!

This must be when my enthusiasm for painting was born… My latest project is going through a number of boxes of pictures and memorabilia and scanning them so they can be with us in Mexico. I am actually really excited about this project since my untidy boxes of yellowing paper and jumbled pictures will now be organized and easy to access. (Don’t worry, they will be backed up on Paul’s computer and also our backup hard drive.) Once the item...

Now I Can Relax…

  The hardy banana   This morning the new owners of our house came over to meet us and ask some questions about the place. I was in agony all night last night that they would come over and something would make them change their mind and back out of the deal. Why would I think that way? I am usually a very optimistic person, but for some reason I have been very anxious about the fact that a deal...

Ah, Mazatlan!

  Our courtyard with Virgin of Guadalupe We have started packing! I can’t believe how well it is going, too. I have packed two boxes of books, one of kitchen things, and one of vases & breakables. I can see one more box of bathroom things, one more kitchen box, and another for our home office. All of our clothes and bedding is going in plastic bags in the car top cargo box. It feels so real now that the...