The blog has been dormant—to say the least, and it’s about time to dust off the old laptop and start blogging again.  The good news is that things have been very busy here at Casa Bork.   Here is a summary of our activity since the last post:

We went rafting in the Huasteca and visited a few waterfalls for the long weekend in November.  This requires a full posting so I’ll just mention it and post about it later.

I took a Christmas Cookie baking class.  We made lots of sugar cookies and even a Christmas tree made of sugar cookies.  They were tasty and lasted about 3 days before they were devoured (I’m sure we have sugar cookie mice as it couldn’t possibly have been us).  I learned lots of new vocabulary including that a snowman in Spanish is called a “mono de nieve” which translates directly to “snow monkey”.  Of course my snow monkey didn’t make it into the picture as his head fell off shortly after decorating him. 

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After cookie class came Christmas cake class where we made a chocolate mint cake, a fruit cake, a banana cheesecake and an orange poppy seed cake.  They were all decorated up and we got to take our 3rd of each cake home to share with our loved ones.  Again, I’ll blame the mice for devouring these cakes too. 

We went to Don’s staff Christmas party which was  held in the courtyard of the Westin Hotel and had a great time.  The courtyard is gorgeous and a wonderful venue for a party but it was during a cold snap here and we were questioning the sanity of holding the event there.   Luckily for everyone it was held in a tent and there were propane heaters going to keep us warm and toasty—the brandy and coffee also helped!

We headed back to Canada for Christmas and spent a wonderful time visiting with friends and family.  It’s always nice to be back, but for some reason there is never enough time to see everyone.  To those of you we saw: it was great to see you and we can’t wait to visit again!  To those of you we missed:  we’re sorry that we couldn’t find the time, but you’ll be on the top of our list the next time we’re back. 

We froze our behinds off in January due to an unusual cold snap.  It was 12C inside the house and there was no escaping the cold.  My only reprieve was to go to the gym, work out and take a steam shower.  For those of you who believe that Mexico is this place where it’s always hot and sunny:  I’ll be posting the horrible truth soon. 

We had visitors in February (Yay!! We love visitors!!!).  This again is a full post or two which will follow.

So yes, we have been very busy here but I’m happy to be back blogging about our live way down south.  I promise to keep everyone updated more often.