(Took six mover guys to unload the infamous green cabinet!!) We received our shipment of “stuff” just last week. When we got email confirmation that it was scheduled to be delivered on April 4, as was originally “promised”, Caleigh immediately responded with, “There’s no catch?” Her incredulous face had,”You mean it’s actually going to work out as planned!?” written all

If you ever get a chance, watch “Meet the Robinson’s.”  Such a beautiful little movie that we watched again this past week, and the timing could not have been better!  In these early days of this new normal I definitely still have moments of panic where I just so want to bail, where I no longer have perspective, where I

Hallelujah!!!!! We got keys! We have an address! The Styles have left the (Happy Hotel Home) building!! Enjoyed my morning coffee with our Rosie in the backyard yesterday, listening to birds, looking at trees!! Remarkable change of scene after three months of concrete jungle. Very thankful for this! Watched a bunch of Robins eating worms voraciously out of the lawn,

Well, imagine our shock when we woke on the morning of Thursday March 10th to discover that all school’s in Mexico City had been closed due to extreme weather!?!  The picture at the top is what we saw when we opened the curtain in the morning…  Was this a joke??  I’m sure that I read the email officially announcing the school

“It happens to everyone.  These are the little moments that add spice to life.”  I am standing in the elevator with one of my concierge friends and he is taking me up to the second floor to let me into my room.  I am in my pajamas, my feet are bare and I am mortified.  I’ve just walked through the

At some point in a blog that concerns itself with stories of expat adventures, learning curves, woes and discoveries, one must tackle the idea of comfort zones.  We have done such a 180 in choosing to do this! Invariably with such extreme change, we’re bound to feel a little out of our element now and again,  falling down our own

Aaron cracked me right up when he was telling me about a recent opportunity he had to chauffeur a France French member of the team visiting for meetings at the two plants here in MX.  Waze is a MUST for any travel here and sound MUST be turned on and volume turned UP… relying on the tangled mess of multi-coloured

We boarded the elevator after returning home from school last Friday, crammed in with two men having an intense conversation in panicked German.  They were obviously new to the hotel, likely there for a few nights tops, on business, travelling light with cute carry-on luggage on wheels, white knuckle grips on the extended handles.  If steam could actually come out

You know you’re starting to get familiar with an area when the mid-sized, almost-teenaged passenger in the back seat recognizes where he is and exclaims,”Hey!!  There’s the cement median we almost drove you into the first time out in the car, Mom!”  Yes, true story.  Saw my life flash before my eyes as my side of the car careened toward

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us as we celebrate in our Happy, Happy, HAPPY Hotel home (perhaps you can hear the edge in my voice get grittier with each repetition of “happy”?)   🙂   Hope you had a lovely day with your special people.  And Happy Family Day to all of you Ontarians!  Honestly, never thought we would