Mike's and my life has settled into a comfortable routine. Sleep until the construction next door makes it no longer enjoyable to linger in bed in a semi awake state; make coffee for me while Mike makes his juice concoction; we both sit on the sofa while being able to gaze out at the Bay sometimes witnessing a cruise ship entering the port; we both pick up our iPads and begin to catch up with our cyber world, reading the local and world news; Mike doing his every morning excercise routine; and, voila it's time for lunch!
Most of the time, we do all of our errands after lunch, which may take us all over town either by walking or taking a bus. Sometimes it's only Mike while I stay behind to do errands at home.
Or, if no errands, we work on doing research for our upcoming travels. A dip in the pool might even make it in. We seem to rarely go to the beach even though we only live a half block away. OMG, what sacrilege!
Our evening routine depends on who's in town, what our other friends are doing, whether we feel like going out or do we want to just spend an evening at home watching TV and eating popcorn.
But then I look at our pictures over the last couple of weeks and I realize what an active life we really do live.
Meeting up with people who are following the blog wanting to pick our brain on why we like it here in PV and what our life is like.
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| Mike & Janice Griffin |
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| Shannon Wallace & James Heintz. I worked with James back in WA state. Mike & our good friend, Jack. |
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| Randy, Clara, Me, Mike, Merrikay & Rob |
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| Lucretia & Thad |
Meeting up with friends to just enjoy Happy Hour and the sunset at a few of our different venues. Or dinner at a new restaurant that opened, or enjoying a 50% off special dinner promotion with friends.
And, then there are the really nice unexpected surprises. Meeting up with friends, Shauna & Rob, and they bring along a friend of theirs, Andre, whose on vacation and we decide to make a day trip jaunt over to Yelapa.
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| Andre |
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| Shauna, Rob, Andre & Mike |
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| The waterfall in town. An easy meandering up. |
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| Don't miss the beautiful butterfly on the flip flop! |
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| A view of the Cove from up above in town. |
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| The beautiful beach of Yelapa. |
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| Paragliders being pulled out to the Bay. He will be released once he reaches a certain height. |
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| The Paraglider gracefully landing on the beach. The river that cuts through Yelapa is on the right side of the beach. |
Friends, Jim & Tessa Armstead, inviting us to join them for a private tour of the USS-Lake Champlain missile cruiser moored out in the Bay for several days.
Attending a fabulous one man show on the life and times of Woody Guthrie performed by Randy Noojin. An incredible show! You might enjoy the review article I wrote for one of the local online newspapers. http://www.vallartadaily.com/randy-noojin-at-democrats-abroad-sponsored-performance-tricia-lyman/
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| Randy Noojin |
And, in between, I wrote an article for International Living and we were interviewed for another article that will be published in July. As each is published, I will share.
On a daily basis, I monitor 2 Facebook Groups that I created for the PV area. https://www.facebook.com/groups/PVEverythingYouNeedOrWantToKnow/ & https://www.facebook.com/groups/VallartaBanderasBayBuySell/
This keeps me very busy, as I try not to let things go sideways or get hijacked. It can happen in the blink of an eye and seems to always happen when I'm involved with something else. No complaints though. I brought this on myself by creating them.
Then there are the mundane daily things like having to go by bus out to the TelMex office to get our internet turned back on. We didn't receive the hand delivered invoice here at the condo this month, so they turned it off. Once that happens, you can't just go down to the local convenience store (Oxxo) to pay it.
Or, running out of propane on a Saturday morning. Seems like it didn't last as long this time before it needed refilling. Fortunately, they were here within an hour from calling.
Or, finding out as you're ready to go to bed that the plastic accordion piping under the sink had somehow come out of the wall pipe, so all the drain water from the sink was running into the cabinet while brushing your teeth. Mike got to deal with this one since I was already asleep.
Or, you're ready to head out for the evening and you discover termites have been having a field day in your bathroom cabinets! Mike to the rescue! Termites are quite a common element here and you have to be vigilant about them. Usually, they leave evidence. This time they didn't, so it wasn't caught as quickly.
Or, you're ready to head out for the evening and you discover termites have been having a field day in your bathroom cabinets! Mike to the rescue! Termites are quite a common element here and you have to be vigilant about them. Usually, they leave evidence. This time they didn't, so it wasn't caught as quickly.
But, hey, shit happens no matter where you live including paradise! Lol
So keep enjoying your life's journey, as will we. Hasta Luego!
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