Home Sweet Home

I am seriously loving every second of being here in Mexicali. I thank God for sending us here and having everything fall into place so effortlessly. This is my new home sweet home and is awesome! I still need to decorate and put up the finishing touches to make it feel complete but let me tell you its kinda hard to hang up all of my picture frames and wall art when the walls are all cement. I'm use to drywall, where I can just grab a thumb tack and easily press it in and voila, I'm done. Here, since we are renting, I can't make holes in these lovely cement walls. We went to our local Wal-Mart and bought two of those wall things that don't damage the wall ( my bad, I already threw away the packaging and I forgot what it's called). They each hold 3 lbs and they come with a double sided adhesive tape thing and I used both of the to hang up our bathroom mirror and it worked. The only thing I don't like about those sticky wall things are the hooks to actually hold up the mirror are huge and stick out a lot. I got creative and used some string aka an old shoe lace to hang it up and it worked out great. Now I have to think of a way to hang my smaller wall art so that you can't see those giganormous hooks. On to laundry, I have to wash clothes by hand again. I really don't mind and I am proud I even know how. When I lived in Queretaro for a year I had to wash clothes by hand but my lavadero was a nice size and I could easily wash my jeans and towels there. The lavadero I have now looks like my old one pooped this one out. Its ridiculous how small it is. My shirts barley fit but that's okay. Hopefully in a few months we can buy a washer. It's so hot here that I hang my clothes to dry in and 3 hours tops everything is dry. I want to bring all of our big furniture down here but everyone keeps telling us we will pay too much in taxes and it would be cheaper to just buy all new things. I have a king size bed, a dinning room table my dad made me, my washer and dryer and a few more things. Did anyone bring their furniture and larger items with them to Mexico? If so do you feel it was worth it with the taxes you paid? Thanks in advance. Well I think that's enough rambling for today, it's a beautiful day today and I plan to enjoy it! :)

It's all coming together

I have been in Mexicali for almost a week and I have loved every second of it. Everything has fallen into place with little or no effort! We are renting a beautiful 2 bdrm house in a really nice part of town. I have never lived in such a nice neighborhood or house in my life! And all for just $500 USD! I got internet and my house phone connected yesterday and I think by next week I'll have dish. My daughter is so happy all the time because we are now together and I am too. There are plenty of things to do here which is quite contrary to all of the info I found on the web. This is where we are suppose to be right now. Thanks to God we are all happy, healthy and settling into our new lives very nicely. Now for the fun stuff, I finished unpacking and cleaning the downstairs now I need to tackle upstairs. I'm off to do tons of housework but with a big smile on my face because it is finally my house. For the first time in almost 2 years I can say I'm home and that alone is such a blessing! Life is good and God is great! :)

5 days!!

We are only 5 days away from the move and I am so happy! I can't wait to see my daughter and know that I don't have to say goodbye anymore! God is amazing and his timing is perfect, everything is falling back into place! We also just bought a car today and I could not be more happy. It has been almost a year since we have owned a car and I'm not looking forward to the payments again but I am thrilled that we finally have a secure vehicle that they can drive down in and we can use to discover Mexico. I am just so grateful for everything and I have so much faith that it will all work out. Here is a pic of our new car, well not new but new to us lol. Life is good and God is great!! :)