the after 30 part...

It's already Tuesday.  My trip here in Mexico is coming to an end.  Saturday, all 6 of us piled into the van and drove 5 hours to the coast.  We arrived, tired and hungry, and went to Happy Food for dinner.  It made us happy.  As we were walking back to our van, Maiya saw a little girl playing.  She looked at her, stopped, looked a little closer and realized she knew the little girl.  It was Rosetta, Jeffrey's daughter, from Skagway.  There were Kori (also a Skagway local) and Jeffrey sitting, 5 feet away, at a bar.  We knew they were in town, as we were planning on having dinner together, but to run into them in a big city... small world! Sunday, I ventured out on my own and went to La Cruz for the farmer's market.  Best farmer's market I have ever been to in Mexico.  Vegan muffins, cilantro hummus, tortilla de espanola and more.  The prices for the crafts and jewelry were much higher than usual, but the only people shopping there, were Gringos, mostly retired white

I made it!!!  After ten hours of sleepful travel, I arrived in Guadalajara, Mexico to a torrential downpour of rain.  Just my luck. Rainforest raised girl seeks sun to find nothing but more rain.   Alisa & Jared  are hosting me here for a week in their wonderful home located in a little  Ajijic , Mexico, right next to the fifty mile wide lake of Chapala. It's huge and gorgeous and I really hope to see more of it this week.  Alisa and Jared have three wonderful children, who are the cutest ever, two red heads and a blonde.  Ella age 7, Maiya age 4, and Ethan age 18 months. This morning we started bright and early (early by my standards, which is like 8 am), and headed to the big city for "Market Day"! It wasn't raining, just overcast, but cold enough that I had two coats on.  Wait, what?  Two coats?  Am I really in Mexico?  The one time they have a cold snap in a billion years just has to be the same time I come to visit.  It's supposed to warm up by this wee

Everyone knows I LOVE valentines day! It's the time of year to send a little note to say "i love you". To let family, friends, and significant others, know that you appreciate and care for them.  And what better way to do it with an Owlentine! I do!  Happy Owlentines Day! Barbie , my amazing and beautiful friend, decided that the best way to spend valentines day was to spend all her gift certificates in one day!  Um, helloooooo?!?  I'm SO IN!  We started the day at Sip and Ship !  The best place in the world so send your packages, get a cup a coffee AND shop! $10 Sip and Ship gift card New journal for Barbie, Dark chocolate sprinkles for me! The owner of Sip and Ship loved my Valentine's shirt and posted this on the Sip and Ship facebook page . Next stop, lunch with Heather at Purple Cafe , the coolest wine bar EVER! With a champagne buzz, we were off to shopping.  Which is oh so fun!, but also could be dangerous!

Lately I have been wanting to do artsy projects, call myself artsy, and hope people believe I really am... artsy.   Pinteres t has been amazing, in that I can find fun and easy home projects, pin them to my  craft board , and then attack them when I have a free day.  Well today was 'do something creative with a map' day. I have always wanted a world map in my home, but I hate using thumb tacks, and who wants to have a poster continuously falling down because the sticky putty you are using is useless. (Ahem, Marcos, I'm talking to you.) And because I want a GIANT world map, buying a frame for it is out of the question, as they are too expensive. Luckily, I found this project by Creative Juices Decor on Deedra's pinterest board .  Canvases and Mod Podge?  I'm in. I bought a brand new, though antique looking, world map at Barnes and Nobles and went to work. Seven hours later, with a sore neck, glued fingers, a trip back to the book store for a replacement map,