I know...it's been way too long since I last posted anything.  Mea culpa.

OK.  We have made a decision.  We are moving to Ecuador.

What!?!  Yes, we are.  While I would have loved to go back to the area in Mexico where I lived before, it has just gotten too expensive.  House Hunters International did a show about the little fishing village that I lived in and were showing the prospects $500,000 homes!  Are you fucking kidding me?!  The point of moving out of the U.S. is to lower our costs.  Mexico is out.  Ecuador is in.

Found out that we can rent a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment for under $500 a month, on the beach (Pacific) in Ecuador.  I think it's a no brainer.  We figure that we can live on Bill's SS and still save money!  Oh, and I should mention that a housekeeper would cost $15/day and she would also cook for us on those days that she is there!  Need I say more?  And that includes, laundry, cleaning, ironing.  I might have to deal with going to heaven while there!

So, the adventure continues.  We have found a home for the dog, although she is still with us for the time being.  Poor Bill - he will miss her so much as she was his dog totally.  Need to find homes for the kitties and that is proving harder to do.  I would hate to have to take them to the pound.

Once the cats are gone, the new owners of the dog can take her for a trial run and we can get a realtor in here to tell us what we need to do to get the house sold.  Am hoping that we can sell it to a snowbird, fully furnished and equipped.

We have a lot of documentation that needs to be gathered, notorized and appostilled.  Yeah, I'm not exactly sure how to do all that and imagine that it will be time consuming.  Anyone want to help me?

My 'real' last day at work was last Tuesday.  Worked half a day that day and go back next Tuesday to turn in my badge and say goodbye to everyone.  Having a somewhat difficult time adjusting to not working, but hopefully that will change fairly soon.  My coworkers had a potluck to celebrate my leaving and a 'Happy Hour' party is planned for 8/3.

Adios pro ahora (goodbye for right now).  Hasta luego!