More from the Yucatan

As Some of you know, internet has become difficult for us to obtain affordably in our home. We live on the outside Of Merida and have no regular internet service in the location yet. We have a broadband card for  our home but it is a costly option so we save it to check emails and such. I have become the  weazly character in the Qwest commercials who  is constantly looking for places with free internet. We found a Vips restaurant, similar to a CoCos, that has free wifi and we eat here often now.

We spent the morning at the beach. It Was perfect. So we stayed at bit too long and are both shades of red.

Every now and again we get reminders how small the world really is!

Yesterday we went out to go shopping at Sam's Club. We started the lovely sunny day driving down Paseo Montejo. This is a beautiful street with gorgeous spanish colonial homes.

Once again, blue skies with fluffy clouds when we went into Sam's Club.... not so much when we left!

All for now!!

More Fun!

So who lets a little rain stop them?!?! Not loco gringos! We decided a rainy night was perfect for dinner at the beach.

We went to our favorite beach restaurant, Flamingos at Progreso Beach. In the Yucatan, instead of just chips and salsa they bring plates and plates of starters (middle picture above) Chips, salsa, chicherons, bean dip and some other yummy dip that I have no idea what it was lol! Then comes the huge dinners.. Then of course a happy Eduardo!

Rosie has taken to watching the ferrel dogs on the street through our gates. Sometimes she squeezes her head through the gate to see them. One day I fear I will need to oil her head to get her back through!

We venture out even when it looks like rain.. right now we would never leave if we waited for it to not look like rain!

You never know what you will see here. Ed actually saw a donkey pulling a cart with two men in it yesterday on the freeway. Today we pulled up to a semi stacked full of pigs. I choose to believe they are all named Wilbur and are being driven to happy homes with young girls named Fern and will live long happy lives!

All for now :)

Our First Few Weeks in Our New Home

We reached our new home! We are on our way to becoming true Yucateceans!
Once we reached our destination our Saturn decided she needed a rest... so she decided to have her ignition coil go to a better place. Unfortunately Saturn is not a big car here and we had to order her a new part. It will take two weeks to arrive. We have found our biggest stressor here is that no one stresses here! I know it sounds odd but we are so used to rushing here and there. Nobody is in any hurry here. If you have something scheduled for delivery, you might as well take the day off. Your delivery may arrive at 9am (nothing happens before 9am) or it may show up at 10 pm. Everyone is laid back and kind and not stressed in the least. We will learn to relax as well. Probably will live a lot longer too. Eduardo found a Gold's Gym and has settled back into his daily work out regime. He even found out when the body building competitions are here. Alas it seems Deb will still have to deal with Ed having his "Heidi Klum" moments during competition preparation. "I don't know how much sodium is in Chewing Tobacco Ed." . But he is healthy and happy and it is nice to see him smiling so much.

I have talked Ed into one wall in the dining room as my canvas. So now we have a sunflower theme to our dining nook.

We Keep finding great places and people here. On Mother's Day Ed took me to eat at a great plance in Centro named Slavia. The decor was incredibly fun, the staff fabulous, and the food was incredible!!!

We also found a new sushi hangout. It cost half what we spent in AZ... BIG SCORE!

Of course as always our friends from our iglesia here have been fabulous.

Ed and I venture out everyday to try to find different places. It became glaringly apparent that you can live in an identical fashion as in the USA when we happed upon the Galleria Mall and ate at Chilli's next to the Ice Skating Rink!

Oh and did I mention there is a rainy season here?!?

Last night Ed and I were out and about. It had been a beautiful day with big fluffy white clouds when we went into the store. When we exited the store Ed said "Hmmmm the sky is pretty dark and ominous." We started our 15 minute drive home. Five minutes into the drive Kaboom! it was pouring. You could see maybe 15 feet in front of the car. Thankfully everyone here knows how to drive in rain so it wasn't like in Arizona where rain melts people's IQ's. I guess it isn't even officially the rainy season yet (Holy Umbrellas Batman!)

Apparently Rain also brings out even more critters. When we arrived home we had a new visitor. I could handle this one, foreign as he was to me. Ribbitttt!

So We are Here and We are Happy as can be!

More to Come!

(OK one more new thing.. apparently spell check on this program is now in spanish.. so there may be editing issues LOL!)

On our way!

I am typing from the Hilton in Villahermosa to update on our journey so far. Our first 2 days driving in Texas were well what you expect spending 2 days driving through Texas ... Yawn! We had no problems getting through the border. Honestly the only sour faces have come from those who notice our license plates or drivers liscense said we were from Arizona. Arizonians are now very unpopular (understandably). The drive has been interesting and increasingly more and more beautiful. Today we drove through the state of Vera Cruz. I am not exagerating when I say it rivaled if not at times exceeded the beauty of Hawaii. Rolling green hills lush growth and trees growing a canopy over the freeway.
So far the only real negative moment was last night. We stayed in a camping/ecoadventure site. ie. they had snorkeling, zip lines through the jungle... We of course had no time for any of that but did like that they had tidy little cabanas in the jungle and allowed dogs. Fabulous right?!?!?.... yeah not so much.
About 30 minutes after we fell asleep we were jolted awake from the sound of Rosie, our little dog, yelping at the top of her lungs in pain.
I flew to the light switch saw her cowering nursing a hurt foot. I look up and a foot from Ed's head in bed is a black scorpion 4 inches long.
Ed killed it while I looked over Rosie. Her little paw started to swell but she seemed ok, not in pain. I gave her benadryl to stave off any possible allergic reactions. Needless to say we slept with the light on and one eye open. Also with two dogs snuggled close.
In the morning Rosie had no swelling and no tenderness. She was running and jumping and as full of it as she usually is. Thank Goodness!!!!
So one more day on the road before we pull in some time tomorrow evening. I don't know how long it will take to get internet at the house, but you will know as soon as we do!

Love you all... remember to start putting your pennies in the piggy bank to come see us!

(yes of course I made a movie.. duhhhh :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_VWbh5nbw