Allan and I are finding this retirement is not hard to get used to, we are keeping busy - at what I'm not sure but the days seem to go by fast. The tenant moved out of our Walcot Street house so we have taken this opportunity to do some renovating, I am learning how to use a paint brush and roller and Allan is brushing up on his carpentry skills. We have someone coming in tomorrow to have a look at it, hopefully we have it rented before we leave for Mexico.
The weather has been quite stormy yesterday and today, it is nice to see the increase in snow, hopefully we will get more so the kids can get out on the snowmachines again this winter. They are trying to make a small ice rink in their yard, the recent mild spell was not an asset to them but that is all part of the experience in having an outdoor rink.
The 4th of Feb is fast approaching, that is the day we start out on our vacation. We fly out of Buffalo on the 5th to Cancun, Mexico; we are staying at the Cabanas in Puerto Morelos which is a small fishing village just 15 minutes from the Cancun Airport. We have rented an apartment with one bedroom, bathroom, small sitting room and kitchenette until the 20th.
If any of you are interested in where we are staying you can visit http://www.cancuncabanas.com/; you will find out a lot about the community by visiting http://www.catinmexico.blogspot.com/ and http://www.vivapuertomorelos.com/, when you go into this one there are several tabs you can click on - be sure to try the "New PM Forum" - it is full of questions and answers.
On the 20th of Feb we are leaving Cancun and flying to Brownsville, Texas where we will meet friends and stay with them on South Padre Island until Feb 27th at which time we fly back to Buffalo. Information on South Padre Island can be found at http://www.spichamber.com/; www.spadre.com and www.springbreak.sopadre.com.
Once back in Canada we will be stopping to visit relatives in Tara, Ontario then heading home. These are new found relatives, actually she found me this past summer while on vacation here on the Island. It turns our that our Great Grandfathers were brothers - now how amazing is that? I have done a great deal of research on my family tree in the past and hope to get back into it this year.
I am going to post highlights of our vacation to this blog throughout our vacation so you will have to keep checking to see what we are up to and where we are doing it.
I have added a short video to the beginning of todays update to bring a smile to your face today, I hope you enjoyed it.
Bye for now,
