We bought a pet rabbit at the pet store. Mexico has rabbits too ;-) He is a Chocolate Rex. His fur is short but very soft. We had two rabbits a few years ago in Kentucky but we didn’t keep them long. They proved to be more then I could handle at the time due to […]
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Dec
Dec
We have been on a budget since November 1st. We are trying to figure out how much money we can spend and how much we can save for traveling and emergencies. Our original plan was to put back $1000 a month for savings but it looks like that may have been a bit hopeful. I […]
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Nov
Nov
I miss blogging! I think it’s been a week and that’s too long! The beach was wonderful. We left last Thursday and came home on Monday. I love sun, sand, and water. It was a great four days. We are about a four hour drive from Morelia to Ixtapa. The views between here and there […]
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Nov
Homeschool is not easy but it can be enjoyable. At first we were using a website called Time4Learning. It has a full curriculum for elementary and high school. It is not accredited but we decided that wasn’t important to us. Accreditation means that the school has been evaluated for quality assurance and that the school meets […]
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Nov
Nov
Guess what? The kids have chicken pox. The older three have been vaccinated so they don’t have it too bad. A person can still get it after the vaccine but the effects are milder. Tristan has not had that vaccine yet. He has to be a little older. So he has more polka-dots then the […]
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UPDATE 7/16/18 – I wrote this article about living in Mexico after only three weeks of being in the country. I just reread it and everything still applies. What is amusing is that some of these differences I stopped noticing long ago. You really do get used to new things when you learn NOT to […]