I orchestrate to minimize the chaos of the morning lunch prep and pack/kids clean and dressed/breakfast inputted/projects and supplies in backpacks and Aaron braves the traffic to take the kids to school on his way to work.  A fair division of labour that saves me from the insanity of the roads for a few hours until pick-up time!  He

Went to a “Newcomer’s Club” meeting last week. I know I’ve nearly been here 5 months, but I still very much feel like a “newcomer”. And I met others who have been here since August and still consider themselves “newcomers”. I realized that it IS actually very difficult to get used to living here. I realized that I am not

I think I just bought a weed. For a lot. I was in the WalMart parking lot, loading up my weekly shop (old habits die hard… I live close to so many malls (too many really!) and I still only shop once per week – like I did at home, living in the sticks 🙂 and I’d make a weekly

“What did you do today?” “I got my hair cut.” “Oh, nice hair cut.” “Thanks.” “What else did you do?” “Well, I waited to get my hair cut…” “Yeah, I got that, anything else?” …(excitedly, seeming to ignore the question, or stuck on the last question…hard to determine) “there was a foosball table, a pool table – can you believe

(I know this is a week overdue, but internet connection has been sketchy for a while… hoping that is resolved soon!  And besides, as Mansell said, “Mother’s Day should be every day!!” Smart kid!!  🙂   ) Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms! Hooray for Moms! A new experience, this Mexican Mother’s Day. Unlike Canada/US, countries that celebrate Mother’s Day

  Our first official outing in Mexico City happened shortly after we arrived here on December 23. That was a while ago now. Since no travelogue is complete (in my opinion) without pictures, I required the arrival of our container of contents to add photos to these posts. Of course, in the chaos of packing up, I inadvertently packed the