May 1, 2010 Saturday

we did a carwash today and I am sosososooooooooooooooooo tired.  the boys really are not ready to be on their own. they are NOT repsonsible and I feel very unsafe leaving them alone. So, from now on, one parent will have to be there the whole time. quite simple. I have done the carwashes repeatedly thinking eventually they would be ok on thier own, but this simply has not panned out. they turn the radios on really loud, they move people's stuff around in the car, they forget to put the small carpets back in and worst of all, they get ready to send the car off still dirty !!!!  Anyway, better safe than very very sorry - each parent will have to commit !!

funny story:  this morning only 2 of the boys showed up to wash cars - Nacho and Chino. Later on Andres came.  So, I called Leo and his dad - his dad  said he was sick and I said - no problem, he doesnt have to mess with the water - he can note down the cars that come and pay up. so i talked to leo and explained this to him and went to get him.  as soon as he gets to the main square, he jumps out of the car and starts washing with the boys. whatever !!!!

the i go for memo. i had heard that he and his mom had an argument cause he did not want to come to the sqaure. so ...i went hunting for him as well. he was "in the bath" and i waited about 10 minutes. then Rex decides to growl at Beathoven, who is their HUGE saint bernard. who, obviously, growls right back. i start yelling LOUDLY for Irma and Memo. finally irma comes and gets her dog. memo shows up at the door and i ask for his help finding Cristian who is not at his own house. Memo jumps in the car and we go hunting for Cristian.  who, by the way, was supposed to come and see me three days ago !!  we find out that he has gone to guerrero. i tell the family to tell him that his TIA BLANCA is hunting for him !!  Memo and i go to the square and what does he do ?????  jumps  out and starts washing cars too. whatever !!!!

i am exhausted.  it was  a long day.

the great news is that Valentin dropped by and gave them a car to wash. when i was dropping it off, Valentin mentions that he wants to take them on a looooooong bike ride next Saturday. i asked him to come to the park and give the speach on how to prepare. he did and it was fun. he is going to teach them how to use their MIND and forget about the body. very cool. VERY COOL

I also had some outstanding news. Eddy picked up the bikes from Ray yesterday. yahoooooo. so they are in ensenada. and ernesto, our good friend ernesto, took franks bikes and jose's bikes to TJ. his brother will then take them  to ensenada when he has a chance !!!!  I AM THRILLED. I AM HAPPY.  REALLY REALLY HAPPY !!!!

April 30, 2010

interspersed i am inserting pictures of the new house that Jerry is building on Bocanita. It is a wonderful design ... very Mexico, very open and takes advantage of the exquisite view

So, it is the last day of april

the table and the 2 bags of donations arrived from ensenada. took ages but they are here and we already sold the 2 tables !!! yahoooooooooooo !!

i talked to nacho and gave him the pointers for the bike car wash meeting for today. i was going to go to thier house and monitor the meeting, but it is freezing outside. it is really REALLY super windy too. and it is time to let them fly on their own .... so I gave them the details on what to discuss and I hope they do a good job :)  I did call Joaquin since Leo is sick but I tried to expalin that he himself has to help the club too by taking his car down to be washed !!  Each kid has to get 2 cars down there ...

it is Friday and tme to relax for the weekend

oh yeah ... i forgot that for us ......

every day is a weekend !!!!  but it is still fun to pretend the "weekend" is here even tho we are retired !!

we hear that Landon  is growing and farting a lot - taking after grandpa and daddy, they say

linda's grandmother died at over 90 years of age. outlived her daughter by about 30

many folks coming onto town for the baseball opening of the new stadium !!

a gentleman named Ralph from Punta Abreojos may stop by San Quintin and pick up the surfboards and wetsuits. wouldnt that be the BEST ???!!!  all thru baja nomad and bloody decks.  the internet is a powerful tool. i also heard that Derek is talking up the teams to everyone on  Bloddy Dex and BajaNomads. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Derek !!  I cannot thank you enough !!

March 6, 2010 Sat

Les's meds are inToluca

Mom's paperwork is stuck in Carol's hands in san diego

today the bikers are doing carwash day #2

the ladies painted the cancha a little. turns out if you are the delegado, your wife is obligated to be the president of DIF...right ....poor Antonieta

I had some little ones help me clean up their basketball court. boy, with helpers it is so fast

Linda and I put together the garden in front of the stationary store and it will be gorgeous once the plants take off :)

While the carwash guys and I went to buy some car cleaning products, we drove by the baseball field and OF COURSE it was dirty, so we stopped for a quick clean up:

I hope you can see the difference between before (above) and after (below)

and while the boys were washing and the ladies were painting, I cleaned the cancha park a little bit:

BEFORE AND AFTER BLANCA WHIPS THROUGH .....................................................

Jan 16, Saturday

Off to go and carwash with the surfers !!  And do a garage sale at the same time ...and then we whitewashed the old plant ....well, we did it but we also whitewashed ourselves at the same time !!