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Monthly Archives: August 2021

August 28, 2021 by Doctora
Adventure, House, NSTIW

OMG!!! They said “YES”

I was today old when I found out that the offer that the Basha and I put in on “La Casa de Nuestros Sueños” (the house of our dreams) was accepted – no counter, just as written!!! I can’t believe it!!! We’ve had some rough starts and dead ends. This is a house I can see us being in for a LOOONNNGGGGGGG time. It has room for visitors, a pool for hot days, in the flat, walkable part of the…

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BCS Life Mexico NewHouse

August 5, 2021 by Doctora
NSTIW, Things you see

The things I saw: this week!

There are always fun things to see. Especially if you are paying attention. These photos may not seem worthy of a post – but look closely… Motorcycles – For everyone who has owned a bike (dirt bike, street bike, even a mountain bike) you know that modifications are the norm. Most of us want to be able to CARRY stuff on our bike. On my old KLR, I had a grey plastic Husky tool box bolted to the back! We…

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Life Mexico Things you see

August 1, 2021 by Doctora
Adventure, NSTIW

Closing the loop – FINALLY

The stress, work, decisions, etc. are finally behind us! Is it “all done” in the PNW? Absolutely not! We got WAY more accomplished than either of us thought was possible. We are in a WAY better position for the eventual “real move” to Mexico (not just the year-and-a-half-plus-and-counting accidental Mexpat experience). We pushed to both physical and mental exhaustion, and then ran for the border. The Basha did virtually ALL of the driving to get us to the border (and…

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