Archive for August, 2009
Riviera Maya Food Festival
Posted on August 31, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Tickets Available Now for New Riviera Maya Food Festival Taste of Playa 2009 is offering two ticketing options for attendees. August 31, 2009 Playa del Carmen, Mexico – This week, leading up to the First Annual Taste of Playa International Food Festival on September 5, 2009, an event that features some of the most talented [...]
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Sunday funday
Posted on August 30, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
What a day. Started out going to Dicks with a container of iced coffee that Paul made for us – then a bunch of us went off to Legend’s birthday celebration in Boca Del Rio park. Next it was onto Canucks to catch the end of Sunday Jam and lastly after texting to make sure [...]
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Can’t stay away from Belize
Posted on August 29, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Out of everyone that has visited since we moved Ambergris Caye – Joanne is the one who keeps coming back the most. She hit town yesterday for a short visit – it was funny we ran into her and Mike getting gas on our way home from fishing with Capt Jeff. The airlines had misplaced [...]
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Fishing San Pedro with Capt Jeff
Posted on August 28, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Got a surprise phone call last night from Capt Jeff – he is back on the island and ready for more fishing san pedro. He had booked Peter Graniel’s boat and said Mitch and I should meet him and Maya at Estel’s for 6am breakfast. I almost went for the snooze button twice today – [...]
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Funny story
Posted on August 27, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
A funny thing happened while Mitch and I were shopping at Hariri today. The new owner stopped us both at different times and told us not go get the bag of fruit bits as they were expired – he also told Mitch he could not sell her milk as it was expired and talked about [...]
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Sun shower
Posted on August 26, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
We had a lovely sun shower this morning. I stood on out patio and watched as rain pelted the pool and the sun shone brightly to the east. Over the lagoon there were darker clouds and the sky looked textured. How exciting I just saw that Emily337 [who is volunteering in Nicaragua] linked back to [...]
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Cheap Flights Belize
Posted on August 25, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Looks like I struck a bit of gold in my cheap flight search this morning. For those of you who are waiting for a deal to squeak in some extra vacation time this could be your ticket… Airlines are rolling out last-minute sales for Labor Day. American Airlines has several destinations including some great Belize [...]
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Long weekend
Posted on August 24, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Dick called in a long weekend – after he Mitch and I had breakfast and did a few errands in town we went out exploring on the boat. Was an interesting day weather wise – big dark rainclouds to intense blue skies and big fluffy clouds.
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Becoming a bow and arrow
Posted on August 23, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Zac was pleased when I told him how we had made the cross training connection and started using pelvic tilt in the swimming pool. My body was heavy today at class and I was not really feeling it but decided I would just enjoy time at the beach and chill out no matter what my [...]
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Backside adventure
Posted on August 22, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
What started out to be a fishing trip outside the reef turned into a full out adventure on the back side of the island. Miss Carole is away for 3 weeks in Canada so Dick decided to take Mitch Lara and I our for a spin on the boat. We headed to the front of [...]
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Celebrating Cindy
Posted on August 22, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
One of those perfect rainy season days blue skies and great pool weather mixed with a short mid-morning stormy weather patch. While at the pool a distant clap of thunder called our attention. We chatted about how this must be recently predicted storm and watched as the the sky quickly grew dark and rain poured [...]
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Pay attention
Posted on August 20, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
I got nominated to lead the class this morning so I decided to mix things up a bit. Having fit tv as a flip channel occasionally payed off for me. I decided to make up some new exercises and get people to count so they could slow down to a count of 3 or speed [...]
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Procrastination
Posted on August 19, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
It is amazing how much stuff you can get done when you are trying to do one thing in particular and cannot seem to stay focused on the first task on your to do list. So far I went for a walk got eggs ice and cigarettes for Paul – chatted to Joanne and Maya [...]
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After class detour
Posted on August 18, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
After swimming Class Mitch asked if we could detour into town to get their laundry at Nellies – she suggested a coffee pit stop along the way so we decided to try that new Latitudes place across from Playa Lounge. Purdygrl had told me about it the other day in g-chat and said it was [...]
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Brain Dump
Posted on August 17, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Went for breakfast at Estel’s this morning with travelqueen – travelprincess – Mitch – Sev and Gill. It was delicious as usual and a nice treat because I have not been there in a while. Now that I have permanently swapped toast for fried jacks breakfast it is better to keep breakfast out as an [...]
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Things to do
Posted on August 16, 2009 in 1,620 + posts, Living in Belize
Finally it is sinking in. Zac commented today that my tai chi walk was improved this week and I told him that something he had said in class last Sunday made a big difference on transferring my weight. I have been practicing this off and on since I lived in Canada and I can’t tell [...]
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Saturday night Swap
Posted on August 16, 2009 in 1,620 + posts
Mitch offered to pick up travelqueen and travelprincess today. We decided to go in early and pick up a few things at Super Buy before getting them. As predicted travelprincess went straight for the pool when we got back to our place. Was getting ready for swap at Pedro’s tonight and I went to get [...]
