So, having talked so some and emailed others, we got through Zane's birthday with rain and celebration ... the family here were loving and supportive and, much to Zane's chagrin, made a big deal of his day ... he and Jason were suspposed to go to Mexico on motorcycles, but the weahter put a kaibash on that ... so he read, talked via Skype with Sam and Jacob (whose 6th birthday it was too) and to Heather, Mark and the girls.  We got to see the ultra-sound pictures of the baby that was waving to Makena and Vivianna ... too cool ... nice birthday gift!

Yesterday, Jay and Zane spent some time with John and Mel watching the Superbowl streamed on John's computer ... they seemed to enjoy that.

I helped Andrea sew another quilted picture and she wants to make some to sell, so that will be on the adgenda next.  I got a commission to make some hammocks for a man named John Moore.  He runs a guest house and tours here in the village ... I got one done last night ... I will charge him $15 BZ for each, so I will take the finished one over to him this morning to see if what I did is okay and if the price is okay before I do the other two.

Zane and Jason left for Mexico on the bikes about 7:30 this morning ... the coastal road will be the biggest challenge of the whole trip.  They expect to take from 8-10 hours to get there ... it is only about 180 miles from here according to the map, but the coastal, which is only about 20-30 will take up to two hours to traverse because of the condition of the road after all this rain ... I know they will have a blast and good bonding time ... glad Zane gets to do this with Jay before he has to leave.  They took my camera alone, so hopefully they will get some good shots along the way that I can share here.  They are crossing at Cosumal/Corasol ... there is a Walmart there that Jay wants to check out for prices and worthyness of making the trip to bring back stuff to sell here in the village.

well, if the water ever gets turned on, I will do laundry today and hope that the sun reappears (currently under a cloud) to dry it. 

Will sew and read and relax ... love for now ... Peace~out!