Yucatan Gringos

Life never goes as one plans it. . that is a given. . Dreams, wishes, plans always get more complicated and difficult to achieve as you work towards them. . . . Or at least that seems the way it has been in my life. . ..
According to our first ’set of plans’ - we […]

Wow. . .cold here this morning. .(in our Texas home) . .January 2, 2008. . .. 13 degrees early morning hours. . makes us yearn for the warmer climate of the beach in the Yucatan. . . Bill has been checking temperatures there on almost a daily basis, more anxious than before to be in our […]

While Bill and I ‘dream’ of life down on the beach in our new home in Mexico. . . our everyday life here in Texas continues. . . It is the holiday season - for everyone else Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas preparations are underway. . For our family we have combined the […]

It has been one very busy week. . . ‘grandpa’ and I ‘entertained’ ourselves with the visit of two of our grandchildren. . . four year old Hannah, and seven year old Madeline, daughters of our oldest son and his wife, (Dr. of Dentistry) Todd and Susie Pennartz - while they grabbed a week long […]

In preparation for our intended move to the Yucatan of Mexico, I am letting the subscriptions for all my magazines expire. . . One being the National Geographic, which I have received for years and always been a fan of, and it seemed quite a bit out of the ordinary when I received my ‘last’ issue […]

Yard sales are ‘lots’ of work! . . I don’t think I will be having another one for a while. . In particular considering the fact that it really is a ‘yard’ sale for us. . We have a carport, but no garage, therefore had to set up ‘halfway’ out in the weather. . And […]

It appears that ‘Sunday’ is going to be my day for ‘musings’ - or thoughts a bit ‘off on a tangent’. . . . I get up, turn on the coffee. . . get that first cup . . .then ‘usually’ head back here to the computer. . . (unless other things beckon that early for […]