And now for something completely different…
One of the “other” things that I do to keep me sane (?) is to knit, and occasionally crochet. I’ve been knitting off and on since college. Mostly it is just relaxing and fun, but lately (as the pandemic has dragged on, and on) I’ve been trying to learn new things. One of the first things I learned is that it is REALLY hard to get yarn here. Some of the fabric stores carry the Mexican equivalent of Caron Pound…
Hurricane Olaf – a big blow-hard
Olaf is the second hurricane to reach “worrisome” status for us. The first was Nora – who veered towards the mainland at the last moment, and left Baja with some rain and not much else. Olaf was considered a non-event, until the last moment when it intensified to a category 2 hurricane and made landfall near Todos Santos – north of Cabo San Lucas, on the Pacific side. In preparation for Nora, we battened down the proverbial hatches. We got…
WHO KNEW?!?
Still SUPER excited about the house. Our inspection is coming up, which is a HUGE stress. It isn’t that I think the inspection will uncover something that makes the house un-buy-able, but it feels like a big test in school – how will I score?? 😨 On top of that is the chaos of lawyers, escrow, bank trusts, beneficiaries, documents and a thousand forms of identification. It is panic inducing. How do people do this? And do you know what…