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Downtown Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

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Last Saturday we spent the evening downtown. We got plenty of exercise walking and saw many beautiful old treasures. Later, we met up with some friends, had pizza, and watched the fireworks. Hope you enjoyed the photos. If you are curious about the details Google the names I mentioned. There are many more places to […]

Trying to Budget But Keep Our Cleaning Lady

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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 […]

Chicken Pox in Mexico

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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 […]

50 Ways Life is Different Living in Mexico

50 Ways Life is Different Living in Mexico

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 […]