The BIG Decision- Mexico or BUST.

My little family & I made a decision a few months ago to move to Mexico only on the premise that my mom & dad-in-law, Frances & Porfirio, would come along & give us 6 months to help us get established. My brother-in-laws Amon & Jordan of course agreed to come along.

We made this decision because we've been wanting a change for a while now. Ideally we wanted to move to Oregon or Washington but a move like that would prove to be VERY costly. So instead, we decided on cheaper living in Mexico. Not only for that reason, mind you.

We needed the money to do this so we decided to sell just about everything with the accord that we would re-buy everything when we got there. Javier quit his job about a month prior to our departure date while I continued to serve at the Cheesecake Factory saving money. Minus necessities and sentimentals, we had 3 yard sales & put our “big ticket” items on KSL.com. We were able to come up with just about $3000.00 to get us there. It was hard to let go of items like our lush reclining micro-fiber 7-seat sofa (sold for $500) and my 2000 Dodge Neon that I'd had almost 10 years (sold for $900) and to GIVE AWAY a good portion of my kitchenware! But I was able to do it all with Javier continuously saying “It's all replaceable babe.” All we were left with was just the stuff that would fit into a Dodge Grand Caravan and a Chevy Suburban.

Javier was able to let go of a lot because he's not sentimental. Neither are his parents. I, on the other hand, had the most stuff to pack. I absolutely LOVE kitchenware so I brought as much of that as I possibly could & had to get rid of the non-essentials. I also insisted we bring the cedar chest my mother gave me, which I reorganized in order to bring some sentimental items like baby clothes & childhood toys, as well as some of my scrapbooking stuff. They wanted me to fit all my clothes into one suitcase but that was near impossible so I was also given a large duffle bag and a “carry on” bag. I had to give my wedding dress a new home (mom's storage shed) and a good portion of my clothes went to D.I. Another thing I was desperate to bring was my cosmetology stuff with the dream that I may do hair & nails in Mexico. As for my sons, luckily they break most of their toys so it was easy to trash or D.I. those. Their Grandpa Bill made them each their own cedar chest so I allowed them to fill those with their most favorite things & we got rid of the rest. They were ok with that as long as we got to bring the Gamecube. And so we did.
The absolute hardest part of this move was having to give my dogs Athena & Leonitis as new home (temporarily) and to say goodbye to Mom, my sister Kelly, & my niece Shonnie. They've ALWAYS been a big part of my life and to have to LET GO of my BEST FRIENDS was tough.

It seems like MEN screw everything up! Once you find a boyfriend or a husband, you MOVE ON with life & those important women somehow DON'T MATTER as much as the new beau.
He somehow has the power to convince you to move to Mexico!!! It's ridiculous, I know.