Cruise and swim

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

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We chartered a boat for the evening. It was a nice break to an insanely busy week. Also, it’s Gabby’s 30th bday today. We had an awesome dinner (my first meal of the day).

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Breakfast at VIPS

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

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VIPS is a restauant chain in Mexico with awesome breakfast food. I don’t know what VIPS stands for, but it has nothing to do with my importance. Check out the rotating book rack over Yun’s right shoulder. I want some of those.

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Tacos Pina

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

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After a rather long day, we found our way to Tacos Pina. So good. I had three tacos carne asada, one taco del pastor, and a plate of beef ribs.

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Locked out

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

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We have been extremely busy all week trying to get the pharmacy together. Today was no exception. We woke early to meet the electrician and to get an estimate. The estimate was a rip, but less than the previous, so we chose to move forward with that. An hour later, the sheetrock and painter group arrived to complete the job they started on Monday. They did a pretty good job but we’ve been getting the white person rate mostly, so that stinks.

An hour later the floor crew came to polish the marble floors. That took 5 hours. The jeffe only had one leg and it was amazing to see him make such good use of it. You would think the polishing machine would take two legs. Not for this guy. He stopped by last night for a quote and I told him it was too high. He called back 15 minutes later with a better price. I would use him again.

While moving things for the floor crew, I accidentally broke one of the Pepsi signs on one of the drink refridgerators. So we made arrangements for one of the Pepsi representatives to stop buy to discuss repairs. Of course the rep stopped by when Yun was away shopping. Even so, my sweet skills in the native tongue got the rep to exchange the fridge with the broken sign for a newer, upgraded fridge tomorrow morning. No charge. Sometimes it does pay to break things.

We spent the remainder of our 11 hour workday cleaning. So much to clean. But the place looks completely different now, so it was worth it. Sadly, as we were hauling out some trash (we have had an endless supply), we accidentally locked ourselves out. So now we are waiting for Yun’s brother to bring a spare key. I had a quesadilla for breakfast and a cup of noodles for lunch. So yea…dinner and cerveza will be nice.

We started calling vendors on Monday and received our first order of medicines today. Exciting times. We have plenty left to do, but hope to tackle a lot of that tomorrow.

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Los Arbolitos

Posted on October 2, 2012 by admin

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We eat a lot of good food in Mexico. Los Arbolitos is no exception. They have restaurants all over Mexico. We’ve eaten at their restaurants in Guaymas and Nogales. The one here in Hermosillo has been the best so far. Tonight I went with a shrimp taco and the shrimp mignon. Both were incredible. That and the Dos Equis made for a fine dinner. Gabby and I discussed our next business: Donkey Donuts. Coming January we hope to have the first branch open.

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Telmex

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

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Today has been fairly productive so far. We started out at Telmex to get our business line and internet. Not the fastest process in the world, but we got it done. $799 pesos monthly (about $65), which I thought was pretty cheap for 5mbs internet.

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We met with a contractor to get some sheetrocking done and to paint the entire interior of the pharmacy. We gave them two days to complete the job and half of the money up front. So hopefully we seem him again.

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Looking at homes

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

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We looked at three homes yestetday. We liked all three. The one above was on a golf course. It was a great location. We also looked at the golf club. It was awesome. The men’s bathroom had a private smoking room and bar. YES please.

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The one above was the newest of the three. It looks as though no one has ever lived in it. It is in a nice gated community in a nice part of town. It’s the most expensive and therefore my least favorite.

I forgot to take a front photo of the house we like most. It’s in a neighborhood that we like the most. We met the next door neighbor who seems like a nice guy. The house has three bedrooms upstairs, a large office downstairs, with two living rooms and a large dining room. It also has maid’s quarters. It would be nice to have full time staff at home!

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Pit stop

Posted on September 30, 2012 by admin

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The drive home from Hermosillo is generally enjoyable. The scenery is beautiful. Here’s a photo I took last week while stopping along the highway to let the dogs go the bathroom.

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House hunting…

Posted on September 30, 2012 by admin

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Finding a house in Hermosillo is no small task. The difficulty mostly is finding homes for rent. There are a few online, a few in the paper, and a few we have found just driving around in neighborhoods we like.

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New season for the garden

Posted on September 21, 2012 by admin

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We cleaned out the garden the other day and planted our fall crops. Lots of iceberg lettuce, romaine, spinach, cabbage, and a variety of radishes. We gonna have some good salads soon.

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