Mañana

Over the past two weeks we have moved out of my in-laws and into our own apartment, and have since been making it into our home. In the beginning we had some issues with the kitchen sink, where i learned "Mañana"... Often times when we would wake up in our apartment we'd find the kitchen floor with random water everywhere. It wasn't untill some investigagting that led us to find that the kichen sink was leaking whenever we used it. We told our landlord, Martin's uncle, about the issue and he assured us that in "mañana" he would have somebody come by and take a look at it as well as fix some tiles that were loose on the counter. The next day came and went with no sign of him. When we saw him the day after, Martin brought it up again. "Oh mañana." He replied.. And in mañana.. nothing. I have to admit i was getting a little frustrated, it was to the point he would'nt even say hi so to avoid us mentioning the sink. Finally i decided to take a look at why it was leaking, don't ask me why i didn't do this sooner, and found that the plastic tube (thats usually metal in the US) didnt fit into the hole it went into in the wall. It kept being pushed enough to let water slowly drip out. So we positioned it to where the tube got "stuck" so it would'nt leak. And it worked. So about a week and a half after us telly Martin's uncle, he shows up out of nowhere with another man to fix the tiles. We let him know that we did a temporary fix on the sink, and because it was "fixed" for the most part, he didnt even look at it. Which as long as it works for now i'm fine with that..


If that wasn't enough, we bought a living room set. At a good price and new. So i was very excited about it. And it would be here in 3-5 days. But then those five days came and went. We found the number to give the company a call and found out that they didnt check to see if the had it on the truck that diliveres them to the store, so the soonest we'd get everything is 8 days instead on 5... So for now its another waiting game.


At least i'm exercising my patience...

It's Hot! And Wasn't it Supposed to Rain?

I thought it would be a good idea to move to Puerto Vallarta towards the end of it's summer season for two reasons:

1. We could experience some of Vallarta at its hottest, but only have to deal with it for roughly a month, so we'd have an idea of what we got ourselves into..
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and 2. So that i could have a chance at all the rain, lightning, and thunder storms (the pics of them i've found are amazing!)

..and my husband and i did discuss this of course (i won..), but now i'm thinking it was a HUGE mistake! The first two days were'nt too bad, and i have no idea what the temps been at but im toasting- wait scrath that! Im steaming in my own sweat here! Lol. But every night it does cool down enough for me to enjoy it's splenders.

The rain... what to say about your obscure tantrams and odd beginings...For starters i think it's funny that on a clear day, it starts to rain, with little to no warning whats so ever. But on another where the skies were covered with grey rain clouds not a drop falls (this day was especially horid..). And today it rainned five times! Not sprinnkles either, but a downpour! And don't even get me started on the mosquitos you bring...

(For anyone traveling down here or moving or whatever, i would go to the nearest pharmacy apon your arival and buy a container of mosquito repelant. Seriously, i look like i have the chicken pox!)

We're Here!

Ok so here's a round up of the last two days.

We arrived in Puerto Vallarta at 4:58pm yesterday. The flight went a lot better then expected with my very hyper toddler. Although i would have prefered going into security a little smoother. Maya decided to go back into security after we had just gonne through it, stopping to drop her baby doll and say hi to the officer. Luckily martin was able to coax her, meaning swoopinng her up as fast as he could, im just glad security was helpful of my runaway baby. Arriving was amazing! We sailed right past everything, security and customs was easy, and we got the green light to go through so we didnt lose any more money for our baggage.
We were greeted by Martin's parents, and drove to their home in el pitillal. Which is a downtown Vallarta suburb. We then proceeded to to have a carne asada dinner with family. At first Maya wasnt sure what to think, and by the end of the night she was asking "bye-bye" windering when we were going to leave. But this morning, to my surprise, she's totally fine! Martin's little brother has taken her as though she were his own sister, and she is loving doing almost whatever she wants with her uncle and cousins. I even swore i heard her say "gato".
Today we went to an aunt's house, it was a lot of fun! More people, and more food! They even had a cake, it was a turtle's birthday! Gotta love Mexico! They celebrate for birthdays, holidays, and everything inbetween! And now we're relaxing at home, so i decided to take some pics!

This is our washing machine! lol We have an actual one, but we use this for dishes and certain clothes. You use the left side to clean, and you use the right to rise of the item. The right is filled with clean water as you need it. (Nothing dirty goes in this side!)

This is a picture of the backyard! It is positioned between the two parts of the house.



Well there you have it! So far so good. But don't worry there will be more to come. With more pictures, and more stories of our everyday life in My Little Puerto Vallarta!