happy halloween

sunday sunday

halloween

dilma won in brasil. ana is very happy but a lot of business owners in brasil are not.

the fiesta in la bocana is still in full swing - we can hear the music loud and clear still !!  three days of major partying. there is even not even school mon or tuesday

October 30, 2010

the fishing tournament is officially started. the poor presidente municipal got in a 2 a.m. and had to wake up at 7 this morning .... well,  supposedly the tourny was to start at 7 but in reality it ended up starting closer to 8:30 !!  But he was up and at the beach at 7:30 as agreed upon by Clicerio and the delgado Martin.  The folks who were not at our house were all at the beach at 6 a.m. 

Hey, this is Mexico ... who really believed it would start at 7 ???  Well, I did and was up at 5 so that I dwd be ready to photograph the whole scene.

the kids were catching little fish right and left, damian is out there, duncan is out there and his sister Nicole too. ver neat to see little ones participating.

the day is gray gray gray. i have a ton of laundry to do, there is a good excuse as ever not to do it !!

we are doing a bake sale and plant sale at the beach. i sure hope it all sells !!  Mary and Smiley are here to help me out !!

PUERTO NUEVO IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

october 29, 2010 friday

TGIF !!!  weekend coming up soon.

we have a house jam packed full of folks. so exciting. so neat to catch up with everyone.  tom and larry and bill.  then rag and 5 others. then the presidente municipal coming with his family. then manny and family coming tomorrow. full house !!

we went to the beach this morning to give chuck his glasses....the beach is filthy.

i will be leaving in aminute to set up tables etc on the beach to sell.

then i teach from 1 to 2. then i head to the beach to see what we can sell !!  i do hope the obys come and help me out !!

october 28, 2010

there is a federale on the beach in la bocana !! asking for the fishing licenses !!  and the biosphere permit .... holy smokes, Batman !!  time to get the act in gear....

there is a guy walking down baja - i wrote to graham macintosh and told him that he can camp out in fornt if he wants.

many people here - bunny and andy.  the MH in front with Dave and Nelly. and today Rag will be arriving with a big group. havent heard from Manny and his family.

busy busy.

october 27, 2010

the fishing tournament is in big gear onthe fornt plate and on everyone's tongues now

dave is in town - havent seen him yet but bunny and andy are here to pickup wone formhim. theya re with us for the night. havent seen them in ages and it is nice to catch up on news...

I  got the nicest bike fron AKMAXX. dont know him but he signed the bike and i also heard that ed has 3 bikes for me ... oh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hallelujah. so wonderful. so neat. I am so happy !!

I have been doing gardening like a madwoman - want to seel plants at the signing up for the fish tournament this friday.

tons of people setting up on the cancha - tacos and ice cream and you name it !!

october 26, 2010

I just realized it is adele's birthday - must write and wish her a happy day

the wind is howling outside. just blowing so strong.

well, i heard they may be fishing for black sea bass this weekend for the tournament. one day is OK. all year is not OK.

a little one stopped by looking for abike today. I must have written to over 50 people over the last week. all those who are on bajanomad and say they are coming south get an email. i guess that is one way to become known. i am just afraid that people will be sick and tired of me ... i cant wait till we have enough bikes all around. chega. basta. enough.

i real a long trip report by pompano. too bad he was not a travel writer in his day. he is one of the greatwest writers i have read in a long time. the world flow and you read on and on and on. he adds personal stories to history to botany to whatever else you can thinl of !!  his girlfriend co-pilot is italian. i think she must be a trip. tesoro, tesoro, she calls him. she is crazy about animals and she is very pretty. they seem so happy !!

also read about a restaurant near Mulege called Rays that is supposed to be excellent. it might be  a nice trip to go there one day.

october 25, 2010

the day started out beautifully today - very nice weather - not too hot and not too cold. did a lot of gardening today. I am trying to prepare for the weekend plant sale to generate cash for the bike club !!

les packed. he went to puerto nuevo with pancho and the doctors. i sure hope they have a grand time. adn that there are not a lot of mosquitos.  i had to teach and of course, people can show up at any time

and so they did. dave and his wife are here and another couple. they are in their motorhome and camper. no hookups yet so really, they are enjoying the view of the ocean !!

i got a call from bill larry and tom. they are coming for the tournament too. how cool is that !!

i am so busy trying toget the last bikes to come in. i dont want to hustle bikes any more. it has been such along long year !!  we are so close to our goal and i just want all the bikes to be here already. the we concentrate on practicing and winning races !!

well, the class I quit on Friday I visited again today. and asked them one by one if they wanted class. about 9 of them said NO. so, i suggested they do something else during this time and their teacher said that they could go and study English with their books on their own !!  They quickly recanted and the class went like a jewel. I will redo the old information and teach one new little thing every day. they are young. they can handle it.

the 2nd class is amazing. i am so happy with them. they are smart. they are motivated. and they are learning and i feel so good about it.

juanchys came by for me to do some printing for him. he is going to sell his  light switches at the tornament. he is making good money on them and paying for his daughter to go to school with the cash. such a smart and motivated man.

I finished Into the Desert by Graham MacIntosh. It was a very interesting book but not well written. It took me a long time to read it. I returned it to Gary and tonight I shall start Journey with a Baja Burro.

Miss my husband. but he will be home tomorrow ....... good night all

ocober 23, 2010

we have had a wonderful day today.

first the weather has been jus tperfect.  just a tad of wind in the afternoon, but clear skies all day
then early on Dan and Barbara came over with the new bike !!  it is perfect fo rme and I have decided I will ride it, check it out and if I like it, I will be training so that next year I am racing too. what am I thinking ??????????????????????????????????????  but to tell the truth, I am kinda excited about it !!

so, we put together breakfast for them - coffee and cereal - and chatted onthe front porch. then I took them around la bocana for a reconnaisance trip. they now know where the store is, the school is, the clinic is ..and tonight they dine with Joaquin - boy are they in for a treat.

then the bike club came over and I made 36 quesadillas and lemonade and jello and watermellon. these kids love watermellon. i have never seen anything like it. they devour it !!  I am going to make a point of having it all the time for them ...  Dan and Barbara stopped by as the lunch was starting and they too had some of everything ... I hope I didnt spoil their dinner appetite !!

I have sent out zillions of emails for selling the bike t-shirts and the sales have been awesome. so wonderful, so absolutely fantastic !!

october 25, 2010

it is friday !!! yahooooooooooooooo !!

 I tested the first English calss today and they were not prepared and I was not happy with their attitude. I fired the class.  Told the teacher that uhnless there was a 100% change in attitude, I really am not interested inteaching them.

Now, the second class is fantastic. I am so happy that they are learing a LOT..  Their teacher got the best grade. He really gets it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  How cool is that ?????????????  I love this class and I have heard that maybe the level three of the middle school will start up ...

weird news - a man was shot 2 times in cabo san lucas as he was walking from a restaurant to his hotel. he is fine but that is horrible.

another shocker - a girl was kidnapped in broad daylight in la paz. happened a week ago. they still havent found her and there were roadblocks put up, but not right away.

linda and nacho and their daughter have gone to san jose to visit the 2 boys for a 3 day weekend. I am happy for them, nacho has been working far too hard.

today DanD is birnging a bike. I have to control myself !!  I want to go over to scotts house and see, but it is too early and they are for sure, to tired to deal with a crazy bike lady today hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaa  NOw, I have been very proactive in writing U2U's to anyone who says they are coming south. They can drop the bikes off at the restaurant. Please God, let  people help me, I can not do this alone. I just can't.

I ordered more t-shirts !!  needed size large - now I have leftover XXL !!  Must find soem big guys to sell to !!  so cool to have good friends who are cooperating !!

october 21, 2010

it is thursday and we have been waiting for smiley and john and george and mary forever !!  i assumed they wd be coming for lunch and have been preparing yummy food for 3 days ...Les jjust brought up their email and it says they will behere for beers IN THE AFTERNOON. I am so bummed. so , we ate lunch and are hanging out.

ther eis a raging war on baja nomads reagarding the birthdate of mama espinoza. what a waste of time. no thing can really prove anything one way or another.  jeez. inthe real world - hwo cares ??? she wants to celebrate 104 - let the lady celebrate 104 years !!!!!!!!!!

a guy named akmaxx is bringing a bike that he brought up out of the garage !!  I am so thrilled. this is so cool . really fantastic. it is coming all the way from Seattle !!  so I wrote to Chris to see if he can swing a bike or 2 too. that wd be even more fantastic.

la bocana is having some of the most beautiful weather ever. no clouds. amazingly soft breezes. blue skies.

next week les will go to vizcaino to fix the geo tracker. it is overheating mega mega.

tomorrow the school kids have a test in Englsih,. lets see how they do ... I am considering stopping the first class. I have no desire to stress over kids that are acting up. for 30 pesos a student ??? NOT.

october 19, 2010

well, i had tthree boys here for extra english classes this morning. they are so hard to pin down when they reach this age. it is as if they have a fire under them and cannot sit still for a second. so antsy. so rambunctious. how they learn is beyond me, the girls are so much more mature .... now I remember why I never wanted to teach kids before - it is hard an I take my hats off to any and all elementary school teachers.

so, bajadan is staying at scotts and he is bringing a brand spanking new womans mountain bike. i am beyond happy. i am ecstatic. he says it has been sitting in his garage for 4 years.  if it is big enough for me, i will start riding. i think the boys will get a huge kick out of seeing us ride once I get Les a bike too HAHAHA

what else - juanchys stopped by and they caught quite a bit of yellowtail today. but this year is slow compared to last year. la nina is here and of this there is no doubt.

sad news: I heard from linda that there is an older couple with 2 handicapped kids and the whole family is going hungry. so i sent over beans and rice and meat. (thanks Jay and Victor for the major leftovers).  One of their sons lives with them and works lobster - so he has cash - and he does not eat at home and pays the bills but gives no money for food.  this is unacceptable and i have some thoughts about how to deal with it ... Les, however, does not agree with my tactical idea: put a sign in the tienda de consumo with a basket underneath :  SO AND SO is hungry - pls donate food.

I can guarantee that they will have food taken care of by the end of that day and forever BUT Les is afraid that I will cause problems ....and I will .... but I have never turned away from defending the underdog. However, that being said, I will try and talk to the fisherman lobster guy first.

I am reading Graham MacIntosh's first book about walking down the Baja Peninsula. He sure put himself at risk by not providing for water sources along the way. It is a horrible reading in that he seems so badly prepared ... there is another guy doing the same thing right now but with a burro (which graham also did, on his second time walking, and also wrote a book, which I bought).  This second guy has 3 dogs. I personally think that taking dogs is cruelty to animals. the desert sand is no place for dogs. it just isnt.

there is a homeopathic doctor staying at copa cabana tonight and seeing people tomorrow.  it is the first time such a doc comes to town and eduardo specifically asked me to house her. however, i heard she is charging 500 pesos a  person, so she can pay for her stay ??????    I will probably ask her to pay up ....her name is Dr Leticia.

october 18, 2010

the t-shirt sales are going really well. i am so happy. this is how i will be able to buy allthe parts the kids need to upkeep their bikes !!  A bajaNomader is oging to donate a brand new bike this Friday. he bought it for his wife and she never used it .... ohhhhhhhhhhhhh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how cool is that ???

i taught the kids today. they are so hard to teach at this age. i never wanted to teach the young ones.  i am really doing this because i know how important it is for them to learn english. i am good at what i do because i love it so much. but they talk and dont pay attention and if i could, i wd just sit down til the settle down but i only have half an hour.  some are attentive and really are learning. the ones who good off have NO clue as to what i am talking about.  i have to give them a test on friday. we shall see how they do.

i am busy writing toeveryone who comes south about bikes and walmart visits.  i am sure they think i am nuts but if i dont get people to help, there is no way i can continue. since i am stubborn and do not want to give up. i go on.

the next race is soon. turns out the fish tournament will be on a friday and a saturday - 29 and 30 october. i personally think this is fantastic.

yesterday alonso brought the new certificates for the next race. they are fantastic. i am so proud of him for helping out.  really amazing.

i think that victor who was here with jay and the gorup will bring a used bike too. and a trick one !!  he says he can get them in ensenada sometimes if he keeps an eye out.  whoooooooooo hoooooooooooo

maciek, les's brother, told us that the hotel will be finished next year and we want to go for the inauguration.   poland trip via england on the horizon.

october 2010 sunday

we had the race today and it was amazing. much easier to do since we had a smaller group

the church sponsored it, they made ceviche for the whole gang. i tried to sell stuff but there were no people to buy at all. quite odd. but the race was good.  lots of  baby blue colored team racers out there !!  and a couple new kids want to join which is always a good thing.  I sold so many t- shirts and this is just fantastic.  bajanomadders took a bunch, kiu took 2, patricia took 2 ... scott took 1 .... pancho took 1.  out of 24, I probably only have 6 left !!

the guys who were here donated money to the cause - they did not want to take t-shirts - Victor donated 200 pesos and  promised to bring a bike :)))))  a trick bike too !!!!!  kids will love that !!!  and then Jay gave me $20 and will mail the shirts to kiu in hong kong  and patricia in connecticutt

now i have to get a medium to shari in asuncion
2 large to jose baja cat in san diego
2 large to wiley and carol in cabo san lucas

october 16, 2010

we have a full house with jay and his friends

the 4 form copa cabana left and we shall miss heather herb and their 2 great kids

we are on our way to punta abreojos in a minute to get the ambulance for tomorrow

the church is sponsoring a race - i just got asked to make a cake for a raffle. this last minute business is so horrible in my opoinion. but it is the mexican way and i must adjust

i have 24 t- shirts to sell. i hope they sell fast so that we can buy new ones and so make some cashola for the club to buy more bike stuff

october 14, 2010

just read a scary story that shari wrote on evacuating a 70 year old out of g negro. made me remember my scare with les 10 days ago. we must get medivac insurance. i need to know that he can leave at any minute and be at a hospital within 2 hours. life and death is not to be played with. I love him and love la bocana but if the choice is la bocana or Les, guess who wins out ???????????? no brainer.

we may have a guest coming tomorrow. matter of fact, we may have two groups coming tomorrow. one is baja dan - heard of us thru baja nomad :)    and the other is jay with 6 people and they want the copa cabana. so, it turns out they will have to wait a day since herb and heather are there !!  glad there is competition for the house !! very cool !!!

Edith and Valentin stopped by today. it was nice to see them, it had been a while. they are walking for exercise .... such a healthy couple.  dave should be coming right before the fishing tournament - we are not sure if he will stay til the tournament day or leave one day before.

jaunchy took the gang fishing today. no fish. to speak of.

13 october 2010

talked to my friend lynn today and her daughter is getting tens of scholarship offers every day. i am so prud of lynn !!  she really succeeded in her professional life, in her personal life and in life in general !!

I taught today and then kids are learning quite fast. the first class got candy for learning all the verbs, the second class did NOT.  ridiculous. they had so long to study.....

there is a rumor about tuna but it is not confirmed .... it is south of us, but not here yet.

george and mary and smiley and john are trying to get a hold of us ...something aobut dinner - which I think will be tomorrow !!!

12 october 2010

well, freddy calles last night and told me that altho he was not happy with the teens, and he is thinking of branching out and only having his club be the younger ones, he is not mad at me. I also showed memo and nacho the note and email which proves that the bikes doanted by mary george smiley and john are in face part of the club and not intended stricly for andres personally. what a mess, and i have come to the conclusion that carlos was at the helm of all our hadaches. thank goodness, it is over. yolie came over today and picked up money for the t-shirts i have ordered, i would like to sell 24 this weekend. we need the boost of cash !!  i have asked dave who will be here within 10 days t bring us tires and patches and chains and a chain fixer. very cool. very cool indeed.

i need the bikes to come down. i am hoping i can coordinate with jose and someone else to do this !!

we walked ont he beach today and there was quite a bit of trash. makes me so sad. and it is only the young ones that go there - no adults ever go to the beach. so, the teens are trashing it up. how frustrating.

a guy named chuck came over today. he is a nomad, lterally, he does not have a house.

11 October 2010

oh my gosh !! how cool is it that the Copa Cabana is really being rented out to Herb and Heathere and their 2 kids !!  I feel like it is the first real inhabitant and the house is welcoming them.  I sure hope the shower works out, too bad Les got the gallstone and therefore didnt have time ot fix it already .... which was the plan.

Well, looks like I finally got thru to Nacho about the bikes and how they belong to the club. I am so lucky that I emphasized that with George and Mary and Smiley and John, because to be perfectly honest - never in my wildest dreams did I think that we would have such a serious argument about it ... Carlos is adamant that the bike was given to Andres. Well, why Andres and not Julian or Cristian or any other kid ????  Just not fair and in my world, the kids should earn their own bikes .... just like I planned way back when. First we all work together to get the first not so perfect bikes and then all can work until each one gets a bike. Thanks so much George and Mary and Smiley and John for the bikes !!!  They are awesome and I am so lucky to have friends like you to support us ....

Les has a bump on his arm where they inserted a IV and it swelled up while in the hospital. We are waiting for Dr Romero to come home since he is in la paz til wednesday. At least Les is taking it sorta easy .....

English class went really well today. Finally the kids are picking up on how easy it is !!  They even said today:  This is easy !!!  Yahoooooooooooooooooooo that is my goal and I reached it.  Whew ......

I am worried about Marisa - she is still in los angeles as far as I know and still has no place to stay and who knows if she has picked up the car .... and my son Marc, her husband, in Korea and really not listening to what is going on here ..... his wife is not well .... she is over stressed and not handling life.... my son my son, listen and head what people are telling you.

October 9, 2010

we are home

October 6, 2010

well, the worst is over.  les passed his gall stone all by himself and there will be no surgery now !!!!  not even the gall bladder will be removed. he is home and healthy and we are thrilled with this outcome.

i am on the hunt for bikes and other sports stuff and mark at UTC is fixing up 3 of them. so nice of him. so very fantasic. now i still am looking for a BMX bike. and bike parts. 

tomorrow, les will visit the kids and i will be herefor my doc appt in hillcrest to biopsy my mouth bump. not fun but hey, better to be proactive.

oct 3

going to ensenada now ...

October 2, 2010

well....santa rosalia was hot and we hit various places

first the lab which was empty and the woman got our blood out fast.  i have high sugar and high cholesterol. #$%^&*I( 

shall i say that again ???  #$%^&**(   !!!!!!!!!!!!

then we went to the ultrasound - Les has a gall stone that is out of the gall bladder, it is near his pancreas and may not be operable ....

but

the doctor also was in a wheelchair, a fancy dancy electric one and i asked him why ??? well, at his rancho, a bag of sand fell on his head and broke 3 vertebrae. He cant walk, has no feelings in his legs.  But, the man was working with an assistant, he was smiling and I am truly amazed at his sense of spirit. he said he woke up in the hospital after fainting after the accident. he realized he could move his hands and not his legs and said thank you God for leaving me my hands....humbling experience, folks, humbling ...

I also had my mamagram and all is fantastic.  Come again in 2 years !! yahooooooooooo

I do have other issues, which i will take care of while we are caring for les in san diego ...

the bike club rides tomorrow, they are all going and they are all excited about winning. they have been training so hard !!  Mary and George stopped by and dropped off a bike !! it is a suiper duper race bike !!!  oh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  Smiley and John brought it ... I am stupefied and happy and wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww They are the BEST.

October 1, 2010

Les is not feeling well - fever for last couple days and then last night - a pain in the upper stomach.... today dr romero says maybe gall stones or gall bladder infection. so tomorrow we head to santa rosalia for an ultrasound.  i looked up the proper diet and got rid of everything bad inthe fridge. now we are both on a diet.  for sure, we need it.

news about town ???  taught the kdis today, they were quite goofy.  hard to teach young teens.

marc called and he is fine, marisa is in a hotel and will call superxicana later or tomorrow. she is dealing with life and will consider la bocana later...kids kids kids. why do we make life so difficult as a kid. seems to me, life becomes a lit simpler as we age.  things that made a difference, just dont anymore.

shari wrote that sirena was in dire danger with the birth of the baby.  poor thing.   everything seemed so fine until the last minute. my gosh - what a scare.  and some are saying that the c-s ection might have been unnecesaary. i dont think so. one must listen to docs once in while - c-ssections are NOT the norm in mexico like in other countries where the doc wants the easy way out.

so Baby Izaak is here .... welcome to the world.

Punta Chivatans are on their way home - a newsletter from Ed says life is picking up there !!  His place in Asuncion will be done in December !!

Yesterday was Nachos birthday.