Day 379

So my friend was out for a walk today and saw this.

Yes that is a tarantula, in the wild!

Thankfully it was dead, and it's the first one I have heard reports of someone seeing since I moved here. And yes. It's GIANT! Those rocks are like the size of my head.... Not cool, hope I never see a live one or I will be screaming like I'm dying.

Day 378

I drove Josh to work today so I could do some errands, although I'm incredibly behind on laundry since yesterday was a holiday!

And when I picked up Josh from work there was a beautiful sunset, the iPhone can not do it justice.

Days 376 & 377

Sunday we spent hanging out, Josh did his homework and I hung out, and Monday was a holiday! So Monday we made plans to take some new friends to Parras and show them the winery here and hang out.

We of course went on the tour again, my third time.

Here they are making a burbon or something. But the little copper buckets are so cute!

And it was great to hang out with our new friends that when we move back to NC will be close by!

Day 375

Today we have been invited to a traditional Scotish dinner of Haggis.

At an event called "Burns Night"

Now the first thing to know is what is Haggis.

So after reading that you should all know things included in the meal are not things I will eat.

Thankfully the lady hosting the dinner is a vegitarian, so in addition to regular Haggis there was vegitarian Haggis.

Also it is tradition to drink Wisky and read the poet Burns' poem "Ode to a Haggis" before you eat it, and apparently when the Haggis is brought into the room it should be proceeded by Bag pipes. 

When Josh and I showed up at the event we were the only ones who didn't have a fun accent. There were people from Germany, Scotland, Britian and one couple from Mexico. Maybe to them we have an accent? 

One of the Scotsmen even wore a kilt. He was the one that read the Poem, it was hard at first to catch on to what he was saying, but his accent was fun, and apparently in old times Scotland had its own language or dialect... So some of the poem I didn't get at all.

Then we ate by candle light

Sorry for the blurry picture

But I tried some of the real haggis, and to be honest it wasn't as terrible as I imagined it would be. In fact it was kind of good,  knowing what's in it makes me not want to eat it.

I tried some whisky that they had too, wow! That was rough! I'll stick with my Jack Daniels :)

We had a great night though! And I was glad to be invited to learn more about this Scottish tradition that I would have known nothing about if I hadn't come to Mexico! Lol

Days 373 and 374

I spent most of the day reading, Josh spent a lot of time reading and doing homework.

I finished this book.

The 4th in the series. I think the first three were better, but there is one more left and I'm not one to stop in the middle of a series.

And I finally sewed some on the client quilt.

I sewed on the first border.

Day 372

Yesterday schools were closing early and canceling for today because it was going to be below freezing and schools don't have heaters.

I was excited because the first snow is always exciting, I love seeing it and the quiet that comes with it.

We got snow, just a little

But the mountains and downtown had several inches of snow.

Day 371

I think I mentioned that there was a neighborhood being built next door, starting last March or so, they are just now putting up the first house.

All the houses here are made of cement blocks, but they poor the concrete in the backs to secure them. And for the floors and etc.

Here is a concrete mixer/pourer contraption that you see a lot here