Hey Frank if Finlady is wrong could you please translate for us? I think she is right but it's been a long time since I learned the sign alphabet.

Spending too much time playing instead of working. Need to get moving if I ever want to get out from under this mess.

y'all!

Good Morning

Fin your are correct,

Kay hope you finally got some sleep, i passed out on you sorry

hope everyone is doing great watch the heat

and happy 5000th post woooo hoooooooooo






peace

already better, darlin' Finny !!

my day started at 5 am, with a run to market, and to the bank.

it's so exciting, we now have a 24 hour ATM machine in the jungle town of San Ignacio, so I could get cash to pay the crew today...

because.... today's the BIG DAY here, there's a seven-man team in my yard, doing the concrete slab pour for my animal hurricane shelter !!

they're mixing sand, rocks, and concrete in a little mixer, shoveling it into buckets, and hauling them up a ladder, one bucket at a time, and making the roof...

it's cool to watch, as they work quickly, trying to finish before the day heats up, and the concrete hardens... it must be done all at once to get the concrete to cure properly, so it's a continuous pour... amazing, really.

oh, and I scored four 50-lb bags of cabbage outer leaves (repollo basura, por favor?) at the market, so my bunnies and guineas are pleased.

and a whole LOAD of banged-up papayas, which are making my chickens very happy right now.

then, we got the other half of the nursery done, with a nice layer of clean sand for the duckie-baybies...

with patience, I'm teaching them to come when I call... each time I bring food, I make a kiss-kiss noise, and after a week, wowzers, all the ducklings RUN right to me when I go into the nursery...

it makes my heart sing, because they're all so darn cute...

so, I'm headed off to bed, and will probably sleep all day, lol.

have I told you guys lately how much I love you all ??

rest easy dream big Kay

TK, good luck with the battles your facing. Ugh! I hate that too. I've had to fight medical bills a lot lately. One place put in the wrong group number for our insurance and that took 6 months for them to get it sorted out! Going back and forth with them and the insurance company was a you know what.


Kay, Glad to hear that you're feeling a little better. It's so cute that the ducklings are following you.

Frank, WooHoo!!! I did remember it correctly. I take any little achievements I can get.

Renee, sorry to hear about the fight with your mom. Hope you get some good responses from your resume.

hey Frank ??

and a Good Morning to YOU, too, my dear !!

did I tell you, we got our two goats at the Cayo Deaf Institute ??

that's where we go, once a month, to the Mennonite's land, they have 18,000 acres, dotted with farms carved out of the jungle.

anyway, the little deaf kids were thrilled that I remembered some sign language, enough to spell out hello, and how are you today? and what's happenin' dudes?...

and they were all laughing merrily, as I tried to greet them with sign language, en Espanol too:

"Hola, como esta?" and "Que pasa, mi amigos!?!"

here's a little bit about the Cayo Deaf Institute, which got started in 1999:

http://www.internationaljournalism.com/mennonite.html

their's is a fascinating story, oh yeah !!

nada senora, senorita? Kay, como esta, i know a few other words most will get me in trouble, like yo aquiero(sp?) malta

what a wonderful story Kay thank you awesome

Hope all of you are doing well. Today is one of the worst days I've had for pain...but I'm still kicking, just only an inch off the floor. lol

Have a lot to do today, just hoping to get it done...especially with only 2 hours of sleep. I feel like the bug that hit the windshield. lol

My favorite saying: It could be worse, just hope it doesn't get there.

Kay, I took sign language classes when I was in Fl. I sang Holy Night to my teacher, whom was deaf, but could talk and sing. She has been deaf since she was three months old. How amazing is that...her mom made her put her hand to her throat as she spoke. She also made her watch how her lips moved, so she reads lips also. I am glad you got to go and enjoyed your trip.

if you are not feeling well mama dont go over doin it now, that wont help you none