Gluten-free pizza?

I'm happy to report I found a store here in Melaque that sells gluten-free products. Today at Super Hawaii I bought gluten-free cereal, almond milk and gluten-free fruit bars. They weren't cheap but if it means I can eat something other than fruit and cans of tuna every day I'm okay with it.

I felt so sick after my chocolate cake and pastry over-indulgence the other day that I hid in my room for a few days. I missed out on a fun trip with the ladies to La Manzanilla for the day because of it too. So now I am hereby vowing to not eat any more crappy food for the rest of my time here in Mexico.

Okay I'm lying. I know I'll cheat again and eat something I shouldn't. Most likely pizza will be the next culprit because every day I walk past a pizza place and I feel it calling my name...Adina you really want pizza...Adina you love cheese...Adina don't worry about the consequences. Shit I can't give up all the good stuff! Maybe I'll go have some right now and get it over with. Mmm pizza. When will I learn? lol ;)

Fundraiser for single moms

Yesterday was a fantastic day. I went to the Remembrance Day ceremony in the morning and in the evening I went to a fundraising event to benefit single moms. I have a heart for young moms who are struggling to take care of their kids alone. At one point I was a single mom with five kids under the age of 7. I know what it's like to worry about how you're going to put food on the table or pay your rent. Thankfully I had some help along the way and now whenever I get the chance to give back I do. 

I was glad to see such a great turn-out and I was happy to see they raised some pretty good money from the auction. Some people won some really beautiful Huichol artwork. The bead work art was amazing, as well as the yarn paintings. Some of the other auction items were well...interesting. I particularly liked the ingenuity of the dial phone attached to the board, pretty high tech. I need to get me one of those. Hahaha. 

The music was a blast. The singer and her husband were from Salt Spring Island, BC. They were amazing, as were all the musicians. What a treat to see so many great musicians all playing together. Click here for a video of them doing Chain of Fools. They had everyone up on their feet dancing all night. The kids were having so much fun too. Loved seeing their big smiles. So sweet. 

Oh and I must say the chocolate cake that I shouldn't of been eating was delicious. Yes I ate cake knowing that I get sick from gluten and dairy. I ate two pieces actually and some turnovers too. Tisk tisk Adina. Now due to my gluttony I've been cooped up in my motel room all day belly aching. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do and I had to do it because it was for charity. Yep it was for the kids. ;)

Remembrance Day

This morning I attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at Roosters Restaurant here in Melaque. We had a moment of silence to honor fallen soldiers, then someone read In Flanders Fields. I always cry thinking about all the brave souls who gave their lives. Today was no different.

After the ceremony we introduced ourselves and where we were from. There were a lot of people from Vancouver Island there. Who knew I'd ever get excited to hear someone say 'Hi I'm from Port Alberni' lol (hehe Jerry). It feels good to have people from back home here in Mexico with me. I've been feeling a little homesick the past few days. This helped.

Among all of us Canadians, we had one American in the crowd and a table of Mexican ladies who had gotten together for a school reunion. They got up and sang their school song in Spanish and then everyone sang the Canadian, American and Mexican national anthems together. It was unity at it's finest. :) 

Baby sea turtles!

Sometimes you get what you wish for. I was just thinking last night that I would love to help out with the local sea turtle rescue here in Melaque. Little did I know I would be doing it today. As I do every morning, I woke up early and headed out the door for my walk on the beach with Tucker. When I got to the beach Tucker took off running. I figure while he was off enjoying his run I'd sit down and enjoy the view. As I was about to sit down I saw what I first thought was a sand crab. I thought 'Good thing I didn't sit on a crab!' ouch lol. Then I saw some floppy legs not claws. OMG it's a baby turtle! I didn't know what I should do, but I knew I had to do something. Operation save the turtle had begun. I carefully picked it up and noticed it was covered in hard dried sand. It's face was covered too. Poor thing couldn't open it's eyes. It wasn't going to make it safely down to the ocean in that condition. So I grabbed Tucker's plastic water bowl out of my backpack, put some ocean water in it and washed it's little face so it could see. I was so excited when it opened it's little eyes. I was just about ready to send it off into the ocean when I noticed another baby turtle coming out of plants on the beach. I grabbed him too and off we went down to the water. I was really glad I had my camera in my bag so I could shoot video of them. They were so cute. What a cool experience.

Update Nov 8th - I found a few more babies today in the same area. Seems their mama had the right idea by hiding her eggs in the plants. They were well hidden from predators. Way to go mama turtle!

I guess I know where I'll be hanging out today. :)

Tucker - Guardian of the turtles.

7am, no make-up, look like a little rough - but I'm happy. :)

Adios!

Going bananas...

Ok I'm not going bananas, but I am a little bored. Looks like it's an inside day today. Good day to catch up on watching The Walking Dead. Where is Beth anyway?? 

It's been raining hard since last night. We were expecting tropical storm Vance to arrive and it did, but thankfully the winds aren't too bad, just a ton of rain. I can handle rain. Actually I think I can handle anything after house sitting here in the summer and dealing with the flooding coming in from the street. At least now I'm not alone in a house. I'm in a motel with lots of people around. I wish I would of stayed in a motel this summer. I'm paying almost the same amount to live in a motel as I did house sitting. When I was house sitting I had to pay for utilities, phone, cable, internet and pool maintenance. This is way better. I'm not alone and I'm within walking distance to everything. I'm happy.

As for going bananas, I just used a cool banana in my morning protein shake. It was a 2 for 1 deal. In the old days we would of called it a Siamese banana, but to be politically correct I think I'd better call it a conjoined banana. :) 

Time to drink my shake and watch some Walking Dead. Maybe Beth is happily singing somewhere...ha ha doubt it. ;)