June 10, 2010

It is Les's birthday today and I did something really neat - I asked all his kids and brothers and sister as well as close friends to send him a birthday message. after all, we are far away but I am sure eveyone's thoughts are with les on this memorable day - he is turning 60 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  then I printed up all the messages and put together in a booklet

fredy's brother Oscar is a talented very talented artist and i had never met him before. well, i commissioned hom to do an etching on a gorgeous huge blue italian wine bottle we have. it came out exquisite.  this guy should be a millionaire.  and have his own gallery. just like juanchy should too.  the hotel sign juanchy made for us is absolutely fantastic too and shows his amazing talent - you see it as you come into Bocana !

we shall have a small lunch gathering today - just nacho and linda, pancho, juaquin, juanchy, yolie and fredy. menu includes chicken, hamburger, cole slaw, homemade applesauce, a huge chocolate cake, mousse and a blueberry pie

yesterday we printed up the final total for all the bike club members: a whopping 27. Imagine, three months ago we had 3 :)

June 9, 2010 Wed

les's birthday is tomorrow, my man turns 60 !!  wow. and now he is healthy

today there is a clean up campaign going on - 4th grade class gets to NOT take an exam if they clean up - wonder whose idea this was ?   looked allover  for them .. couldnt find them ... too bad

there is a bigwig politician in town and everyone is there handing him letters. they say he listens and does respond.  wouldnt that be amazing

les is working so hard on the house and it is coming along fabulously

i called all the new kids to let them know that i need their official document for them to participate in the club. one came within the hour :)

June 8, 2010

We had a  bike club meeting today which lasted 3 hours. I was going to make lasagna but no pasta to be found anywhere so I made Shepherd's Pie.  I had advertised lasagna and when I asked the kids, do you know what you are eating ??? some of them said LASANGA.  gotta laugh.  too funny. at any rate, i also made spaghetti with tomato sauce, plus I squeezed fresh OJ and I aslo made a delicious choc cake of which there is not a crumb left !!

so many kids. so many kids. I have a group of new ones and I sent them home (after eating) so that I can meet with them separately on saturday.  what do i do ???????????  i am sad because i really really wish i could just whip up some bikes ... no can do but i sure wish i could

the older kids will have 2 carwashes this weekend - one here in bocana and i will take another group to abreojos.  then we will come back so i can meet the new kids.  and explain that I cant get new bikes right away, but i would love for them to go to the next races. buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut i did have all kids take a form which their have to parents sign - that the parents understand that THEY MUST GO WITH THEIR KIDS  to the races. I want every child to have a mom or dad there. 

noon June 7, 2010

NEW BIKES ARRIVED !!!  THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL .... WOW

June 7, 2010

Today = dedicated to my plants .... they are multiplying and looking great !!

Sun June 6

another carwash today, these guys are motivated to make this club happen bigtime. we didnt have water, so i loaded the truck with an empty tank, the water guy filled it up, then i dorve over to the park and we used a hose to put water from up to down tank. a procedure and it took so long Les came hunting for me. he was hungry !!!  when i got home, he had a wonderful steak ready, salad and homemade french fires ... what a guy !!

actually - this morning, at 9, I left the house for the cancha,  park - at 9 am and waited and waited and no one came. so i came home. the boys showed up at our house at around 1.  (only 4 hours later) hahaha.  then they worked all day.  and came over for dinner, just like yesterday !!!    I gave them spaghetti and oranges for dessert and they were happy :)  We talked about what to do with their Sunday money - since I personally wanted them to take the day off.  They will have to choose if they want to keep half of it for themselves OR keep this money for getting their passports/visa so I can take them to the States for a bike race one day

i will be doing some writing for foreign bikers to come, a new website would be handy and some articles for biking mags too - have done thinking about how to market our neck of the desert

les's upcoming 60th birthday plans - small dinner this thursday !!!!  then a bigger bash closer to my birthday !!!

I am also making the bike club a special lasagna dinner one day this week, they have to chose the day, looks like Tues is the day we can all do it

Leo stopped by while the boys were washing the cars.  Argenis came too. I heard that Leop got 2 used great bikes - one from Scott and one from German.  I feel really bad that things did not work out and that Leo left the bike club. But the truth is, since he left, all the boys seem happier.  the club is not going thru chaos every day and I do not feel like quitting the project any more (well, making dinner today and taking lunch and making dinner yesterday MADE MY DAY).  But jeez, what a shame that one of our best friend's kids is not on board.

We heard that Scott is back and was already fishing today - we also heard that his leg is still giving him a lot of pain. I must call them tomorrow to invite to the dinner party on thurs

I downloaded some of the pics from our vacation trip - most are from beaches south of la paz, baja sur

Les and Dudu at the restaurant at Bahia de los Suenos

Nacho came by this evening.  He told us that the coop paid a guy to round up any scrap metal from any yard that he could find.  They gave him permission to enter anyone's yard and "steal" in order to make la bocana prettier.  and if they jailed him because of stealing, the coop promised to bail him out of jail !!!!!  the wild wild west is right here !!!  so, the guy took 3 loads to punta abreojos. the coop paid his gas. he got paid for the scrap metal and made some cash. talk about cooperation :)))))))))))))))

Sat June 5, 2010

bikers did a carwash to day and they rocked...it was the first time Yolie and I did not have to babysit ...they made $400 pesos :)))))))))))))))))))) and they want to do it again tomorrow...Yolie made them lunch with the hotdogs we had left over from last weekend.  I made them quesadillas for dinner.  they  were happy campers

they have also decided that every weekend a different group will do the carwash ... which I think is a stupendous idea. i also think that they should keep half the cash on sundays ... a little incentive :)

later on in the day,  I went to the coop to have Chuey pick the winning number for the taco raffle.   Nael was there and served as our witness !!  turns out all the coop people got paid today so we decided to do another raffle - 50 sushis and 1 cake - with 2 winners.   we went around together and handed out all the pages - each bike club member is responsible for selling five raffle tickets. easy on the kids and great for us cashwise.

During the day i stopped by the Copa Cabana -  boy was Les busy !! 

loaded three garbage cans with old tile

just a little dusty, you might say

taking off old tile so as to lay new ones

clean clean clean

busy busy busy - all day long

i got a very very beautiful plant from the lady down the street - she called it horses tail. she got it in vizcaino and she said she was told it is rare. to tell you the truth, i have never seen anything like it and I am thrilled to add it to my collection :))))))))))))))))))


as I was driving around, I happened to see this wetsuit hanging ....  check out the boots !!