It's been a while...

Yeah, I'm feeling a little guilty here...my blogging has been then regular. No, it's not that I've been sitting around doing nothing here...actually the opposite has been true. Here's a couple of recent highlights:

1) I set fire to a huge pile of weeds this afternoon (and stood on guard for the 15 minutes as the pile was quickly engulfed in flames, threatening to jump the fence into the lovely field of dead grass next to my yard...). That pile was the result of two months of work of de-weeding the yard, a pile that had grown to be about 4 feet high and 6 feet wide of packed, dead weeds. Monday was the first day since sometime in the beginning of July that I could truly certify my yard weed-free! (What am I going to do with my time now...?)

2) On Saturday I had the four oldest guys from the orphanage over at my house for an afternoon/evening of soccer, a BBQ, and a movie...I had every intention of getting some pics but, once again, that didn't happen. All went well, until we decided to play soccer in the house. I would have thought that the soft, little nerf ball that we used wouldn't have been capable of any damage but I was quickly proved wrong as a wall ornament and a clock gave themselves up for the game...oh well - the fun we had was well worth it...

Brenda (the owner of the house) is coming back towards the end of next week and it looks like I'll be sticking around 'til mid December. She's hosting a number of groups through November so I'll stick around to help her out for that. Then in December, it looks like Jody might be coming out for a week or so and then driving back with me in time for Christmas. It all sounds good except for the drive back, that is...leaving plus 25 and arriving at home in -25...I think I'll be paying for all the warm weather that I'm experiencing now!

A trip to BC?!?

Well, there for a bit I felt like I was back in Canada, not quite Manitoba, though. A little more like BC, without the snow caps... A friend's family is building a house out in the small town of Yecora, located up in the mountains about 350 kms from here. The town is located pretty much straight east from San Carlos, a couple of miles from the Chihuahua border. Needless to say, judging by some of the pictures, it felt like a brief escape from Mexico. No desert. No heat. Minimal cactuses. Lots of trees (even pine forest). Rocks. The temperature only got up to the low 20's during the day with the nights going down to 10 or less. We went up there (about a six hour trip navigating the crazy mountain roads, potholes, and occasional cows that seem to like to chew the grass where there should be a shoulder) Tuesday morning bringing some building supplies for their house and just hung out until Thurday morning when we made the trip back.





It was good to have a bit of a change of pace for a while and see some new scenery but you may all be wondering when this Mexican adventure is coming to an end. Well, it seems the date has been getting pushed back further and further. What started as a September 15th date has been pushed later and later. At this point though, I'm going to be staying until Brenda (the owner of the house) returns at the beginning of November.