One more week

ALMOST TIME TO MOVE NORTH

 

Our time at our southern home is coming to a close.  Next week we head back to the holler.  The flowers there should just be coming out and the weather should be turning warmer – we hope.  Most importantly we will once again be among our northern friends.

 

We really live in two places now.  And this leads to an announcement that some of you know:  Starting this year we will be spending a full five months at the condo.  We will return here the first week of November later this year and stay until the end of March/beginning of April.  We thought long and hard – trite but true – about this plan that will cause us to miss holidays and other winter events.  But winter is the problem; we both find the cold, drabness of Ohio winters to be detrimental to our health.  We both feel much better here in the warm tropical sunshine.  Thus, we are going to split our year almost evenly between our northern and southern residences.  We will miss the time with many of you, but now you will have more opportunities to visit us here and miss some cold weather yourselves.

 

Mrs. T does not have a story to share of an adventure.  Actually she is currently on the other side of Mexico for a short vacation to visit the pyramids and other ancient ruins of Chichen Itza (Someday I will learn how to put on the accents.) in Yucatan.  As my walking is still a bit slow I decided to stay home and work on relocation preparations.

 

Not that we did not have a couple of events.  Mrs. T went to the zoo in Puerto Vallarta and enjoyed kissing the camel.  And we had a small fiesta in the condo, part of which involved bashing a piñata.  Here are some pictures of the events:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9151458@N07/sets/72157612563682656/

 

R claims the piñata followed her home from scuba diving.

 

Skype has worked quite well for us here.  Again, to all our friends in foreign lands, send us a telephone number where we might reach you.  (We are not sure that Skype will work in the holler, however.)

 

Happy birthday to LL.

 

Keep in touch.  And always you can review past postings at:

 

http://www.casa-de-terrible.blogspot.com/

 

dan and rebecca

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