19 Saturday Jan 2013
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had a great time… some of us went deep sea fishing and we caught tons of gorgeous fish…
here fishy, fishy, fishy…
when we got back we spent some time on a couple of Sea Doos and then had a wander through the property…
purchased our last necessities and had a lovely dinner at the steak place without the little kids…
had some time with the girls and packed our bags back up…
18 Friday Jan 2013
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a lovely day… watched the light envelop the trees and ocean early in the morning…
early morning beach wander… a view we often see of Gray…
had tea and conversation with one daughter, quiet lunch with the other… we girls enjoyed lovely massages and fit in a bit of retail therapy…
happy relaxed girls following great massages…
I rested, dowloaded the day`s photos and worked on my blog…
these little guys are everywhere and move at the speed of light…
last few hours of the day were a bit overcast and cool, but still lovely weather…
we went out for supper to a Brazilian restaurant where we ate a lot of meat… Crystal didn`t come as she was feeling under the weather…
after dinner, everyone returned to their rooms and headed to bed… deep sea fishing early in the morning…
my beloved has been on my mind a great deal today…
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
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today was my day… we went to Xel-Ha (Shell Hah) and snorkeled, swam with dolfins, walked on the bottom with fancy helmets on, saw the manatees and snorkeled some more…
day started out with Jeff making me laugh and it continued on in that vein… I had a fun-filled day in the water with all my kids…
on the bus at 7 am…
I got my hair, ears, nose and eyes drenched all day long, which is really saying something as I usually have an aversion to water in my face and ears… it was a wonderFULL day topped off with room service for dinner and some retail therapy…
I thought of George throughout the day and into the evening, knowing that he would be so happy we were having such a great time…
the only downer was that the littlest person got the same bug as the other two had and slowed down a bit in the late afternoon…
amazingly, the dolphins were able to push me up…
what memories we made today…
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
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today we got up and had breakfast in the Mexican restaurant… some folks napped after that, others went to play on the kidsw aterslides…
two of the boys have been sick, but it doesn`t seem to last too long as one is already better, but Kyler has spent a fair portion of the day sleeping and resting in our room… there was some swimming pool time which all of the boys enjoyed…
swinging at the snack bar…
Cyndi, Ron and I went for a lovely stroll down a forest path where we took lots of pictures… we saw a monkey with her baby on her back, a number of interesting birds, many iguanas and some lovely trees and flowers… we also saw some Mayan ruins and a kapok tree…
the kapok tree on our stroll…
then we organized a deep sea fishing adventure for Friday morning and spent a relaxing few hours on the beach while the little boys went to a lovely Kids` Club…
cruise ships passing by…
kidless at the beach…
lovely way to spend time… we have talked about how Grandpa would have loved to have been here with us…
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
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way up the tower, ready to go…
had a great day on Monday, even the littlest guy zipped… Tavin and Jeff, who were wondering about it, also had a great time… I stayed with the stroller and miscellaneous stuff while they went through two circuits… then we swam in underground caves, paddled boats in the caves, went ATVing and a few smaller zips and were back at the hotel late in the afternoon, exhausted… I should have been counting steps for our Step Program at work, because we walked a lot in between all of the other activities…
had dinner, checked out a circus show and were in bed by 9:30 pm…
here are some pictures which show part of our activities… took some with the underwater camera so will add some of those later…
first to finish…
had a lot of fun…
in the heart of the caves…
swimming through the caves…
say Mexico…
having a short break…
driving above and in the caves…
14 Monday Jan 2013
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Yesterday I woke up early and watched from the balcony as the light came up… I can see a bit of the ocean from where I am sitting…
booked tours and made dinner reservations for the rest of the week and went into Playa del Carman for a stroller and some retail therapy…
Lots of fun followed by swimming and eating and a show…
Organizing 8 people can be fun and challenging, lol…
Still using my phone to post because the computer and I aren’t friends this morning… And I can’t figure out how to add pictures from my phone… Have a great picture of Kyler and some new friends…
Off for some fun times… We will see who actually zip lines…
13 Sunday Jan 2013
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up a little early and just spent half an hour on the balcony listening to the wind in the trees and looking at the amazing stars…
Long day yesterday which started at 2:30 am… made it to the airport safely, no problems getting through security and the boys handled the wait very we’ll… fun plane ride and then a slow entry into the resort but last night Cyndi and Ron arrived and we we finally all together…
Have a lovely room and look forward to some great times…
11 Friday Jan 2013
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well, we’re down to the last few hours… as long as the blizzard behaves itself we will be leaving at 6:30 am…
the great news is that Crystal realized we are leaving at 6:30 and not 6:00 am, so I called and had the limo change from a 2:30 pick-up to a 3:00 am one, so we get an extra half hour of sleep… although, most people who know me will expect me to be up much earlier than that…
view number 1…
the boys are asleep, and the big kids are playing games on their phones… Kyler and I gathered up some goodies and put in baggies for additional treats to keep us all happy on the plane… they are now piling everything up so I can take a picture, woo hoo…
going out for a hot tub… with company for a change…
second view, couldn’t get it all in…
I hope to post blogs while we are away, if we have Wi-Fi at the hotel… so maybe I will write tomorrow… otherwise, see you in a week…
10 Thursday Jan 2013
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bags are packed, crunch time, family vacation, Grandpa, kids excited, Mexico, missing George, pedicures, photo book, Quarks, sandals
its coming down to crunch time… just a few days left before I leave on my family vacation… bags are almost packed and last minute items have been purchased and slipped in somewhere… today was my last day at work and by four I had accomplished about 95% of what I had hoped for…
the exciting news is that my sandals arrived from Quarks online store, so my feet will be very happy as they wander all around the resort and on excursions…
great ECCO sandals for comfortable walking wherever we are…
the kids, big and little, are all excited too… I think the last time we were all on vacation together was the summer of 2008 when we all went out to visit Cyndi and Ron when they moved… at that time there were only two little boys… this time, there are three little boys, but no Grandpa…
after work tonight Crystal and I went and had pedicures and then we popped over to the mall to get a few final things… came home and had a lovely chat with Cyndi as she waited for Ron to arrive in Calgary…
toes all painted and ready to go…
I am excited but also missing George… it is thanks to him that we can afford to take this trip… I would rather have him than the trip, but since that isn’t going to happen, I will make the best of it… I am planning to take pictures, and with the girls, produce a lovely photo book of our time, so that will be lots of fun…
and really, how bad can a week in Mexico be, lol…
09 Wednesday Jan 2013
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been quite an evening… so far, I have talked to three different people at MTS about my internet service… none of the waits were very long, but it is a good example of how technology can or cannot work…
first time I called was to do with the password for the Wi-Fi… there wasn’t anything wrong with any of the equipment but when they installed the PVR back in early December I got a new password… something like 12 or 13 numbers… there is not a chance that I would remember that, so I asked if it could be changed back to what it was before, which I could usually remember…
I was told all I had to do was call MTS and they would fix that up right away… a few days later my daughter was over and said we could do it ourselves online… so she tried… she did get the name changed, but the password piece wouldn’t cooperate… so finally, tonight I called to have it fixed…
I spoke with a lovely young man who was very helpful… of course I had two or three other questions and he was very good about changing the password and helping with the other issues… so, I hung up, and then tried to use my phone to look something up on the internet… you guessed it, didn’t work…
so I called again, and after a short wait, spoke with a lovely woman who had to ask all the same questions over again to verify that it was really me… then she checked and we discovered that the lovely young man had misspelled the password… she fixed it and my phone connecting right away and this time I stayed on the line while checking to see that it would work…
I watched a bit of TV, had a short nap and came downstairs to write a blog post… and guess what… my internet wouldn’t connect… by now I had the number memorized, and when the second lovely young man answered the phone, rattled off all the information that the first two people had requested… he just laughed and said I had given him more than enough information… we did a few things and, I know this is going to be hard to believe, it worked…
happily working now…
I asked all three about the fact that my Kodak Pulse frame won’t connect but none of them had any ideas other than to contact Kodak about that… I also asked all three about the fact that with the new PVR system I am supposed to be able to get Facebook on the TV, but they didn’t really think that was working just yet…
electronic picture frame next on the list to sort out…
all of this reminded me that this morning when I presented a Tech Tip to my colleagues at our staff meeting, it didn’t really go as planned and everyone was brainstorming with me to see if we could figure out the glitch – which we did… sometimes I think that is a great accident, because everyone feels connected with the process and no one is likely to forget the tip either…
on top of that, my phone hasn’t connected with the Wi-Fi at work for the last three days, although after my round of calls tonight I might have a solution… so I think that is enough technology for one day…
I really do love technology, particularly when it is working seamlessly… and sometimes it is even fun when it is offering little roadblocks to keep a person on their toes…
