put the lime in the taco... and eat it all up...

friday night, las flautas... what more could one ask for... those of you who have been here know what i am saying... this is one of our favorite places to go out to eat here in guaymas... so good!!!
this is the owner/boss of the restaurant carving up some pork for the tacos...


... here is a picture of my chicken flauta... they put different salsas on it to make it look like a mexican flag, green, white and red... and they have my favorite horchata... yummm!

here is a picture of the family... and alex, my brother who is on his mission in panama, will be coming home in a little over 3 months... yeah!!! dont you love the wall art behind them, so random, and old...
... last... the tacos... these are brents favorite... i hope that you can hear this song while you read the title, you know, the "put the lime in coconut and drink all up song"... by harry nilsson...

fridge worthy picture???

last saturday we had a ward activity to enjoy dia de los padres... each auxiliary was in charge of doing some kind of talent or skit... the young women sang a song for the moms and dads, the young men sang and played instruments, ect....

for relief society... i am laughing right now thinking about it.... we had 8 of us from the relief society do a skit... "the 8 beauties from paris" ...the relief society presidency made up a skit and dialogue for 8 women.... we each dressed up according to our part...exaggerating our "beauty".... eyebrows, hair, teeth, face, legs... ect... i was the beauty with one eyebrow... yep uni-brow... like frida kahlo... i was laughing the whole time.... the others in the picture: one has a "beautiful" face... with pimples all over, the other with crazy "beautiful" hair and big glasses, another with crazy fake teeth, you know those plastic gross ones you can buy... my lines were something like this: i have such beautiful eyebrows... they are like the wings of a bird flying in the sky... probably funnier if you were there, but.....fun times....

(left, she really does have a big brow...

right, i love this painting, it is in my house)

its been a while... i guess it is time to mop the floor....

the other day i woke up to the sound of running water... i figured it was a faucet that was left open...

(the water in our neighborhood is turned off ever day from around 1 or 2pm, until early the next morning to help with water conservation, we have a tinaco on the roof, this saves the water so when the street water is not available, the tinaco is used)

so... i got up to turn the faucet off... i was met downstairs with quite a surprise, i walked right into a flooded downstairs. the sink hose from our 1/2 bathroom downstairs had broken, making water spray everywhere... it was going out the front door, the back door, about 1/2 high around all the walls... i guess our floor is not completely level, lucky for us, and everything that was in the middle of the rooms was ok... as you could imagine, we were not very happy, i dont know who would want to start a day off like this.... yes, i complained a little... something like... "well, i guess it has been too long without another catastrophe happening"... and "why now".... while brent went to buy a mop, since ours was lent out, i turned the tv on... and the news was on, reporting.... "major flooding in china, many people being evacuated from their homes...." i couldnt say another word.... i will take 1/2 inch of water any day.... and the floor was overdue for a good mopping.... have a great day!!!!

happy fathers day....

here is a good recipe that i tried today to celebrate fathers day... for brent... who will someday be a father...

chili coconut chicken...

• 2/3 cup hot chicken stock (broth)
• 1/3 cup coconut milk
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4-6 boneless chicken breast, cut into small strips
• 1 small red chili, sliced thinly (i used crushed red pepper, b/c i didnt have a red chili)
• 4 spring onions (scallions), sliced thinly (i used a red onion b/c i didnt have scallions)
• 4 tbsp creamy or chunky peanut butter
• finely grated rind and juice of 1 lime
• boiled rice to serve (i boiled the rice with half water, half coconut milk to give it a hint of coconut flavor, after it was cooked i added kidney beans)

1. mix together chicken stock and coconut milk
2. heat oil in a wok or large heavy frying pan, and cook the chicken strips, stirring until golden
3. add sliced red chili and scallions to the pan, cook gently for a few minutes, stirring to mix all ingredients
4. add peanut butter, coconut cream, lime rind and juice and simmer uncovered, stirring, for about 5 minutes
5. serve with boiled rice

so easy, so good....

dirty truck...

since the streets to the site are not completely done yet our cars get a little dirty... so we had a good laugh when we walked out of the office to see this written on the truck.... good guess huh? since what and why start with a 'wh'.... haha... gatta love these people...

our fun weekend....

we had so much fun the last weekend... it was a super saturday... i cant believe that we fit everything in one day.... first we started the day with a bike ride... i think we went about 6 or 7 miles. we rode along the beach near the pilar condos, exploring the different trails, and had a competition to see who could ride further up a hill of sand... it was pretty hard... i dont know if you have ever tried to ride a bike in the sand... not a good idea if you want to get anywhere... i won!!! but only probably because brents bike tire started loosing air so we had to leave.... next... we rode quads up the mountains to the trail head of canon de nacapule....
here we are in the cave at the end of the trail... in the middle of all the desert, there is this oasis of water and beautiful green vegetation...
.... we were told that there was a spring at the top of the hike... and we thought it would be big enough to swim in, thus the swimming suits we wore... it wasnt very big... but, it was pretty cool to see...
.... we had fun!!!

love thursday...

i am in love with my MAC eyeliner brush... i use it almost everyday... and it is perfect and so easy to use!!!

the model homes!!!

i love interior design... this may sound weird... but i think i get on a high when i am designing... i am very happy the way the models are turning out... after months of picking colors, tile, fixtures, hardware, lighting ect... and two trips to guadalajara to buy all the furniture and decorations...it has all come together.... we have gotten a lot done...

there are still a few details to finish... painting accent walls, window treatments... and the biggest one that is driving me crazy... getting the other workers out of the houses... for example...the electricians are still finishing up, so they move the furniture that i placed and then dont put it back.... and then they leave the wire clippings behind for someone else to clean up... ugggg.... anyhow....here are a few pictures....

this is the loft in the house named 'durango'... the glass has not come yet, for that coffee table...

here is one examples of the workers not moving the chair back... but i still love this room... 'los cabos'....

this is the dining room table in the 'los cabos'... i used corn, rice, black beans, pinto beans pepper corns, yellow beans, sunflower seeds and white beans to make this design... i love how it turned out...

the kitchen in the 'mazatlan'.... we bought tons of those metal roosters and chickens, they are so fun!

master bedroom in the 'monterrey'.... this is the house that reminds me of an east coast beach house... blues, greys, blacks and whites...

this is the hall bathroom in the 'monterrey'... i love the starfish...