Happy Halloween.

All Hollows Eve!

Thanks Daniel de Shambhala!

Daniel has sponsored us for $20.

For that we happily post his name, photo and biz logo (Vision Hand)

and we will send him a postcard from Cancun next week when we land!!!

Yeah! Thanks y gracias amigo. Tu es muy amable!

Sunny Sunflowers

Last year when we lived in Nelson we had the most beautiful sunflowers. These sunny days remind me of those lovely fall days up there ....I remember how we had gone to the coast for my mom's memorial and when we came home our sunflowers had leaped like 2 ft or more...it was incredible. It was a Wonderful sight to come home to.

lavender, colds and eye sty

Oh my gosh, one of my big worries, I know I must be positive, but this haunts me a bit...is am I going to run out of lavender. I can only bring so much,...I hope i can find it there...but I use it for everything...yesterday I felt a sty coming...the cold wind seems to cause them...anyways...washed my face with a cloth dip in lavender and water...and viola...all better...

Today Angel has a bit of a cold...but I know between lavender and eucalyptus it will be fine.

And mosquitos...I know I'll be going thru a lot ...I still have to make a lotion...

Lavender, lavender, lavender....one day...we are going to have a huge lavender field/garden...

and it will be so lovely. Please universe...help me out. I'm projecting. :)

Trial Pack

Usually I pack and repack a few times for these trips.
This is the longest that I have ever gone on...3 months has been my max.
So 5 months makes a difference...
And now that Angel is with me...well it's alot more than I thought.
I know from when we made the dozen or so trips from Nelson and back...there was always alot..
because of toys...but this time it's different.
I need to take some books for her, and some school work stuff..and I need our art supplies...
and we need to dress for some different climates...it gets cold at night in the mountains like in San Cristobal
and well when I went to Acapulco in Sept once there was like 3 inches or more of water running in the streets,
during a down pour...so we need to prepare for that.

We watched Willy Wonka..."So little to do, so much time...strike that so much to do, so little time"
then count down is really on us now...and Halloween falls in there...so we have to deal with that.

Oh it's getting so exciting...
And the latest is we might have a place to housesit for a few months...so that's really exciting.

It was a beautiful day today, we had a really nice walk on the beach and the sunset was stunning. It's cool out but it's been really an awesome autumn.

Angel's Art

She's a very talented kid....says Me! The Moma!

She did these on the computer in a program called Paint!

Couch Surfing

http://www.couchsurfing.com/
Found the coolest website last night. Couchsurfing. What an awesome concept.
Check it out!

Getting Ready

Well we are getting ready. Today went and got tool...towel...tule....ah ...tule thats how you spell it I think.
I am making mosquito netting...I'm hoping it's cheaper than buying a new mosquito net...mine is in storage somewhere.

And yesterday I splurged and got a new pack, a pair of badly needed shoes, and sandals...2 pairs, one for Angel.
Her's are a very pretty blue pink...Good shoes are very important...and our timing is great as it's end of summer and sandals are all on sale. I did good too with the pack. I got it all at MEC.

So we've got reservations in Cancun. It's so exciting. I can't wait. Well I can, we have a lot of things to get done...but were getting there. Tomorrow we are taking the last of our stuff to storage

I have to make up a bunch of Angel Cards and Angel blog cards.

I got a great deal on art supplies yesterday and got a bunch of little watercolour and acrylic paper pads, and a starter acrylic kit and it was all on sale...so I lucked out. Last time in Pochutla I couldn't get any good paper and that was disppointing but I made the best of it.

I'm looking forward to drawing and painting with Angel in the Jungle and on the beach...

I'm trying to be very careful with our money as the dollar is not doing well...Please Please lets be positive it's going to get strong like last year. Let's be Positive People...

Well it's going to be a great trip no matter what...just might not be able to stay as long... But like I said "Lets stay positive!"

Getting ready for a big trip takes so much planning...I had my nose in the Lonely Planet Mexico Book for like 4 days...and my butt was so from reading so much...but it pays off to be on top of it all.


Anyways, I'm stocked up now...just need to fit it all in the pack....

That's the other hard part...keeping it all light...and still have a hand free for Angel.
We pray the angels fly with us where ever we are...and we know they will. We hope you'll send your positive thoughts and prayers with us.

Well the Angel here wants on the computer and is kicking me off...I'll write more about our adventures soon. She like to play with the fairies.