These last two weeks were our next to the last purging of our belongings here in Mazatlan. Since we are, as of this year, going to be spending half of our time in Spokane and half of our time in Mazatlan, we have sold, given, bartered, donated and thrown away 2/3 of our possessions. The rest is being sorted into 3 more piles. One guest room is being used for everything we plan on packing into our van for our return trip to Spokane. The main bedroom is now being used for gathering everything we are going to take to the new house we'll be renting 6 months a year (winter months of course). And finally, another trash area. Neither of us are pack rats. Especially not Joel. He is a true minimalist in every since of the word. Me on the other hand must have every gadget for the kitchen, every seasoning I might need for cooking, along with plenty of art supplies, cleaning supplies, toiletries that we might need. Well, I am using the 1 year rule. If I haven't used it in 1 year, out it goes.
We'll spend the next two weeks finishing our organizing process, bringing our Mazatlan belongings over to the house we will start renting the middle/end of October. We'll also enjoy some time with great friends we have here in Mazatlan. I have a couple more art classes to go to and Joel has another visit or two to Pau Pau's and Hermanidad's de Frijoles Y Cervesa. Brotherhood of Beans and Beer.
We'll take several days to drive home and we've already been making our reservations for the hotels along the way.
While we have been here in Mazatlan, the bungalow in Spokane has been having a few items done to it. New windows, exterior doors, opening between kitchen and living-room and some repairs on the kitchen ceiling and painting the ceiling. This summer will be another season of updates to the bungalow. We'll post pictures along the way. One of the first things we are planning is to work on our back yard. We'll put flagstone down for our patio, perhaps an arbor above the patio, enlarge our vegetable garden, plant berries; blue, raspberry and blackberry. And then of course, some flowering plants for color. We are both looking forward to getting back up to Spokane. We have new neighbors of ours we got to know and looking forward to getting to know them better.
We are also looking forward to seeing all of the grandchildren and "kids". We know they will be bigger and smarter than when we saw them in October. We've been remiss in our blogs this year but hopefully will have more "down" time and let you know how this 6-month on and off is going for us.
La Vida Es Buena! - Life is Good!
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