Wow-got some catching up to do here! I started writing a blog from home, but of course never got around to posting it.....and now here we are back at our "other home" already-where did the summer go?
We got back home to Crofton in late April, in time to find the yard starting to bloom (and the weeds taking over). Spring on the island is so beautiful, it's my favorite time of year-even if it does rain most of the time. I loved it even more this year as it wasn't me trying to keep up with 2 acres of grass cutting-hooray!! we finally found a reliable yard maintenance guy!!!
We added another member to our family shortly after we got home this summer-one of Major's puppies, who we named Zoey. We'd decided to resist the temptation but once we saw her we were done for. She added a lot of fun to our lives-and some tasteful "antiquing" to our wooden furniture and porch stairs! I'd forgotten just how much puppies chew....and grow! She quickly went from a cute little 35 pound puppy to a cute BIG 95 pound puppy in about 5 months-good thing Major doesn't mind only having 1/2 of a bed.
Like all proud parents, we always thought she was special, but when her breeder took her to her first show in October she proved she really is-pretty exciting for all of us!
Had a quick trip to New York with our friends the Galloways in July-never been before, but we loved it. We cajoled Rob into going to a Broadway musical- "American Idiot", based on songs by Green Day- and even he agreed it was fantastic. Went to Dangerfield's for comedy one night, and that has to be the entertainment deal of the city-a $15 cover gets you about 2 hours of excellent comedians. All together a fun trip, but waaayyy too far to travel for a 4 day weekend.
Unfortunately, the day after we got back home I blew my back out again doing a whole bunch of nothing-obviously wasn't as healed from last winter as I thought it was-so was back in the frustrating position of being a princess-in-training, and watching all the projects I had planned for the summer get added to the "someday" list. Luckily, Rob is still enjoying his 'pre-teen Swedish boy' health....He got into some serious mountain biking with a friend and was riding 3 or 4 times a week and getting fit while I sat around eating bonbons and taking pictures of birds from the porch. Since we lost both of our cats last winter, I decided to start feeding the birds and it's like an avian airport around there now-noisy, busy and always fun to watch.
And now we're back.....We arrived back in Paradise on Nov. 6th, and found Solemates pretty much as we left her, minus all of the wax that disappeared over the summer! Amazingly, and for the first time ever, everything started up and worked just like it was supposed to. No niggling leftover mildew problems inside, no electrical issues for the engineer to tackle right off the rattle, and no water leaks. We had wondered last spring if we would have to toss our tender overboard this year as the motor seemed to be on it's last legs and keeping air in the tubes was a constant problem but hallelujah! All of Rob's multiple patches are still holding air and the motor is running better than ever-go figure! We're still waiting for our 12 (count 'em-12!!) batteries to get here from San Diego so that we can get them installed and get off the dock for awhile, but so far no joy (remember, this is Mexico). In the meantime, Rob's been getting caught up on maintenance jobs like transferring /cleaning fuel and changing the impeller in the small generator so that we're ready to cut the dock lines as soon as the batteries are in.
Our "rescue bird" Grady blossomed over the summer as well under Carolina's expert care. He's put on weight and is healthy and happy, and Carolina even has him performing in the bird show twice a week-although she does say he's a little lazy! Here he is doing his thing....in this trick Carolina's taught him to be the resident idiot! There's gotta be one in every bunch, right?
The marina is noticeably quieter this year, with a complete lac of mega-yachts at the end of our dock. The only one to make an appearance so far is the newly launched Delta, Silver Shalis, which is temporarily tied out on A dock. Not sure if it's a sign of the still struggling economy or the bad press that Mexico has gotten lately, but it's definitely different around here.
As it turns out, we might not make it out until the new year. We're heading back home for Christmas, me from the 11th-Jan. 1st, Rob from the 18th-28th (notice the discrepancy?). We're hoping that early in the new year we can head south towards Barra and possibly Zijuatanejo.
So, there you have the somewhat abridged version of our doings...I'll quit for now in the interests of actually getting a post, well, posted... Happy holidays to all,
Rob, Shannon, Pollo and Grady
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