Catnip For The Cats, But What’s Next For Us?
June 6, 2008 on 9:56 am | In General | No CommentsJune has begun, the weather is great, the pool is warm, and now we find ourselves contemplating where the road will take us next. We haven’t been to Mexico in a while, a day of shopping and exploring sounds fun, but I keep thinking about the movie we just watched called Border Town. Scary! As tourists we never seem to hear about that side of things.
Meanwhile, there are other interesting possibilities-hot springs, waterfalls, hiking, Oregon, Colorado, Canada, China, Australia, Costa Rica, Thailand?
Trader Joes sells these delicious freeze dried fruits from Thailand. I am quite infatuated with them- freeze dried mangosteen, freeze dried banana slices (they’re really sweet and nummy-lots of thin little slices), rambutan, mango, pineapple slices….I’m on the look out for a place that sells them in larger quanties to save some bucks. They seem like the perfect snack. I love how they start out so lightweight and airy, the coolest texture on the tongue.
Anyway, I was looking into a flight and hotel deal to China the other day. The advertised price was just $899 for 10 days. But then in the fine print there were all these extra possible fees, so I’m not sure the price quoted was all that accurate. By the time I added up all the possible extras it was quite a bit more. I’ll have to get more organized and research what all these fees actually mean…like when it says “up to $200″…that’s rather vague.
Life is a bit disorganized right now. We’re slowly but surely being re-integrated back into society more or less-you know, re-buying those things most people take for granted. Our living room has pretty much been turned into a storage facility for boxes and packaging materials. We don’t want to get rid of them for a while in case we need to return something. It’s amazing how much stuff we’ve re-accumulated in just under 2 months though-from desks to dishes… We’re striving to keep our load light but things don’t always go according to plan.
I bought some fresh organic catnip for Ox and Paws which they loved! Today has been a fun day, it felt like my birthday because I got 5 packages in the mail! I have new healthy herbs to make tea with, a printer, a free beach bag from a credit institution for spending so much darn money, and my mom was wonderful enough to send some love in the form of some kitchenwares and my beloved ol’ foot massager (I gave it to her when we hit the road and wasn’t expecting to ever see it again, so it’s an unexpected treat).
Life is good. I do miss the road though and I hate how much gas prices are now. Chris was looking at these plans the other day for building a device that uses water to somehow extend the life of your fuel. If it works, that sure would be awesome!