Oct 13, 2011
A bloggerland miracle. One of our friends needs surgery and the wait is 1 – 1 .5 years. A European reader of their blog suggested a semi private hospital in Toronto. The arrangements are almost complete. You just never know what will become of your blog once you hit publish. I think life is great!
Then there is the couple from San Diego now the guest of a Mexican prison, likely for some time. They had hidden 2 tons of marijuana in a false roof of their motorhome. Their RV tipped over while driving near Los Mochis, wonder why, eh! Hard to hide 2 tons of stuff.
Yes that is a dog she is holding, poor thing, the dog, not her!
Hurricane Jova did not create as much damage as it had potential to do, thank goodness. Puerto Vallarta at the north end was spared but most of the smaller communities further south are suffering greatly with flooding and some structural damage from the rain.
Taken in the Manzanillo area.
Back here at home Colin is working on deadlines. Mother Nature has given us a gift…..we are going to get everything done, from the business end, the put the yard to bed part and the loading the RV!!
A great forecast for us!
Tags: emergency, friends, Mexico
Oct 12, 2011
Deadline time!!
In case you didn’t notice, it is CRUNCH time!!
The deadline for the Tommie Awards is October 13th…..don’t tell anyone but we just found out today that the deadline has been extended to October 20th.
If he is not taking photos, he is on the ball....yup, using the ball had enabled Colin to go 20 hours at a time!!!!
The Tommies are similar to the Oscars but for Canadian Home Builders. Colin has done photography for these awards and for the Georgies based out of Vancouver for many years. I am not bragging when I say he photographed 85% of the Silver winners and 75% of the Gold winners. We give up attending the Oscar type celebrations each February,while in Mexico but he has still done the majority of the photography. Years ago, when we lived in Vancouver, we attended the awards, he in his tux and me in my ballgown. Wish I had photos to share. Now we just read about it the next day!!
We no longer count, but believe we have won hundreds of these.
So yes we are in the final final moments…..
Once those are done ,we have ( well he has ) four more massive homes to photograph ( but you have to remember that I am the managing director ) plus a few smaller projects and then we should be free to go. We always have to leave some jobs behind and we invariably lose these as potential clients but life is for living and celebrating.
Here’s to 13 sleeps to departure day!
Tags: CJPS
Oct 11, 2011
what is all this...
Well we got all this put away on Sunday and then…..I went shopping again yesterday!!!! Still to come is the transfer from our house fridge and pantry, mucho mucho mas!! Not to forget the clothes, shoes, dog stuff, etc.
I thought we were handling it all quite well until Colin used the TV remote control to dial the phone 🙁
Tags: Funny, travel
Oct 10, 2011
Today is the official Canadian Thanksgiving Day. Unlike Americans our holiday is officially celebrated on the Monday of a 3 day weekend. We don’t have strong traditions, many use this time as a final camping weekend before winter, others find it the perfect time to put their gardens to bed for the season and many have family get togethers. Turkey and ham seem to be the favorite family dinners with most occurring on the Sunday. Colin & I are always working at this time of year, but we still take time to be thankful for what we have, most importantly each other and the life we have created together.
I am also very thankful that the weather cooperated and 90% of Colin’s outdoor jobs were completed. So now we can put a more positive spin on D day.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
My final roses for this year. Soon we will be putting the flower beds to 'bed'.
Tags: celebrations, flowers
Oct 09, 2011
Death comes to us all, often much too soon….
We have a friend, had a friend who chose to go meet death early, much much too early.
He was an RVer, lived here in his RV full time and wintered in the SW USA. He and his wife had separated last spring but he was still happy, outgoing and had moved on. Then last week he received some devastating financial news. They found his body two days ago.
A huge shock to us. Colin had worked for and with him over the years when we lived in Vancouver & we were happy to reunite with him when he moved here a few years ago.
LIfe is short, be happy, love each other….
We will miss you Reid. Maybe we didn’t tell you enough how much we enjoyed your company and just being with you?
Tags: death, friends