Welcome to our blog. Dan & I are hoping to use this method to keep in touch with family and friends while we're away this winter. You'll have to bear with us through the learning process - neither of us have ever done this before. If it works the way we hope it will, we'll keep you updated with our where-abouts and share pictures. We're hoping that you'll use it to keep in contact with us too. The most recent entry will always be at the top of the page, so if you're new here, scroll down to the bottom to start or use the archive list. Our apologies to anyone who found the Travelpod blog only to have it disappear on them, but this site seems easier to use and like I said - we're beginners, so the easier the better.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Life in Mexico

We're settling into a nice routine here in Mexico. Sleep late, breakfast, a couple of hours of grocery shopping/errand running/shop browsing, a beach walk, lunch/beverages, hammock time....Aaaahhh!
Melody is a good sport about being followed around the grocery store by the paparazzi.
This is a fun store. Chock full of furniture, knick-knacks, jewellery - you name it, they have it.
More beach time for Carl and the kids.
The afore-mentioned beverages. These ones at a cute little place called Rene's - right on the water-front.
Last night Melody cooked up a Greek feast and Carl the bartender whipped up "Athenas". (Mojitos pretending to be a Greek classic.) Rosie provided the entertainment just by being Rosie.
Rosie Glover & Melody work together to publish a weekly on-line newspaper. http://www.rockypointnewsonline.com/
How to describe Rosie? Y'know how people say "He's a pistol" or "She's a firecracker"? That's way too lame. She's more along the lines of those Yuma Proving Ground bombs! Or maybe a volcano erupting in the middle of a hurricane!
Part Nancy Pritchard (my highest form of compliment) and part freight train! Rosie has an opinion on everything and an absolutely hilarious (and usually slightly off-colour-profanity-peppered) story to demonstrate each of them. She's smart, articulate and wickedly funny. My face was aching from laughing so much. I am in awe - how can one woman so completely fill a room? I loved her instantly! But I'm also just a little bit afraid of her. You sure wouldn't want to do anything that would put you on the wrong side of that personality!