The MOVE

Soooo...this little Cancunchica has been VERY, VERY busy the last few days, but I thought I´d take a break and fill you all in.

This past Thursday we received the keys to our new place!!! Signed, sealed and delivered.

I was dropped off early Thursday morning to begin the madness of cleaning and organizing, and have been going ever since. Well... in-between World Cup matches of course, and NO, I do not only mean Mexico´s match... I mean any match. We like to watch as many games as possible. Yes, we have our priorities straight. LOL.

We are still waiting for the cable to be hooked up. Who knows when that is going to happen? However, hubby was able to find a Telmex dude to hook us up for about 200 pesos (appr. $20usd). Can´t put a price on internet, now can we bloggers?? LOL!!!

Okay, soooo I have a LOT of work to do before the next match...... entonces, that is all for now. However, I´ll be sure to post soon WITH some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Best proposal EVER!!!

Okay, so this has absolutely NOTHING to do with living in Mexico, however, this is the coolest video EVERRRR!!! Honestly, try and show me a proposal I like better. WOW, it's not like I'm a romantic, cuz I'm really not, but how coooool is this? I mean it's just the thought that went into this....wow. Thank goodness she says YES!!!!!

I hope you enjoy it :)

My Bday!

So a few weeks ago I celebrated my eeek..."insert # here" birthday!! It was not a milestone so wasn't a huge ass party or anything.

I've celebrated many birthdays here in Cancun, heck, Mexico. However, this one was just a tiny bit different. I was SICK!!! I woke up on the morning of my bday in a great mood. Hubby went to Starbucks for me (that never happens!!), and I was ready for a great day....then it crept up on me. I was getting sick. Hubby called my Dr. who was busy, and ended up finding another that could get me in. Went to the Docs' and was sent for some tests, and we were on our way home.

Anyways, I told hubby I really didn't want to go anywhere as I wasn't feeling great, but he insisted that we had to be somewhere at 6 that evening. Fiiiiiiine, I said. Anyways, to my pleasant surprise he made us a dinner reservation to a restaurant I've been dying to try "Limoncellos'. It's an Italian restaurant on the lagoon, and is actually owned by the same people who own "Lorenzillo's", which argueably happens to be the best seafood restaurant in Cancun. He had a table reserved on the water, and the most beautiful bouquet waiting for me!!

We ordered calamari to start....omg, mouth watering in a pomodoro sauce...mmm... and shared the "Catch of the Day". Grouper. It was okay, but the pasta and risotto it came with - to die for!!! I loooove Italian food, and really can't wait to go back. Hope hubbs reads this. LOL.

What a night...great food, great company, and excellent wine!! LOL!!!

Thanks for a great night hubbs!!!

Miguel Bose - Cardio Tour in Cancun!

The past few weeks have been quite the whirlwind of activity for this little Canuck. Hubby and I have been busy planning a move, dealing with customs. custom brokers, and moving companies. We really haven't had a lot of "free" time to play...until now!!

The weather has been very hot and humid, and I finally had the time to sit out by the pool with a good friend the other day. We hung out and chatted all afternoon as we hadn't seen each other in almost 2 months!! Something we plan to change once we move into the new place. Later that evening we went to our friends Sergio's house for some sushi, and video games...well the guys played Fifa 2010, us ladies chatted over some vino, and caught up. I almost didn't want to leave. but we had tickets to see Miguel Bose!!! Our friends house is within walking distance to the stadium so we left the car and hubby and I walked on over.

My sister in law and her husband had seats waiting for us with about 20 of their friends. They had been there for a few hours already.... that meant we had a lot of catching up to do. $30 mxn pesos would get you whatever they were serving, vodka, rum, beer, etc....

Miguel Bose came out at 10:00 sharp - what a surprise. No opening act, but he started on time!!?? I've honestly never been to a concert that started on time in my life. Not complaining. Overall, his show was pretty good. I have to admit I only really heard a few of his songs before, and was really hoping Shakira was going to show up at any moment to chime in to "Si tu no vuelves"... Yes I know, dream on!!!

The show lasted 2 hours, and the crowd was having a fantastic time. I really wish I would have brought my camera, but my blackberry was all I had on me.... sorry folks, no pics for you!

Ohhh...another thing all I kept picturing was Miguel Bose and Ricky Martin getting it on. Apparently they were quite the item?? Who knew?? Ahhh....one can only dream!!

El centro here we come!!

Yes, we are moving, and I couldn't BE more happy... :) Yes, that is my inner Chandler speaking.

Currently, hubby and I have been renting a place in the Zona Hotelera (Hotel Zone), and had nothing but problems. Well, problems for me.... we all know that when wifey isn't happy, neither is hubby!!! Hehehe - yes I can be a bit bitchy sometimes. Sorry hubs!!

We have been really lucky - in the current place we did sign a 1 year lease with our landlords, and out of the kindness of their hearts we are off the hook!! Minus deposit, but that is a-okay for this chicita. Adios to scorpions, TERRIBLE plumbing, salty water, shitty boiler, neighbours annoying chihuahuas, 2 burners, and super high electrical costs!!! Heck, the list could go on and on....

In the new place we will be closer to the entire family, and all of our friends. My pilates centre is less than a 5 minute drive from the new place, Costco is around the corner, and a few of my favourite hang out spots!!!

Ohhhh what does the new place have??? A dishwasher, a freaking dishwasher!! Bestill my heart. I am so not used to seeing them that when we looked at the place I didn't notice, hubby did!! Like he does any dishes?? LOL!!!

We will no longer have one central A/C system - that should cut the electrical costs in half. Not to mention, electricity in el centro is MUCH cheaper than here in the ZH. Ohhh.... we'll also have a gas stove with 6 working burners, and oven. In this house we had 2 burners, and no oven - electrical to boot.

Only problem we are faced with now is that moving day is on the 10th of June. Do you know what that means for us? We have one day to make sure everything gets set up properly. World Cup 2010 kicks off on the 11th. Mexico is playing S.Africa in the opening match!!! Ohhhh please OH please let this work for us!!! We realllly don't want to fight the crowds trying to get a spot somewhere decent!!!     

Anyways, I'll have to post some pictures as soon as we move in. Hopefully our furniture will be in those pics. Looks like our container we shipped from Canada 6 months ago may actually be arriving.....I am not holding my breath....

Regardless

Yay for me - scorpion free!!!!!

"Nike new World Cup ad is 3 minutes of awesome"

Who you calling pasty?

Well...I've been back in Cancun for almost a week now, and let me tell you we've barely had any sun peaking through these clouds at all. What is going on Cancun? I think I may possibly be THE pastiest person living in Cancun!

I've looked into the forecast, and I think mother nature may be kind and give me one gift for my bday tomorrow - SUNSHINE!!! Oh please, oh please!!!

I must admit it's not all complaints as the A/C isn't being used as much as it was the weeks before. However, I keep seeing all my friends status updates on facebook back in Canada bragging about the wonderful weather? WTF!!! LOL! Who ever would have known....

Sooo come on sun. Stop playing tricks on us, and shine, shine, shine!