The power of mañana in Mexico

Laid back . . . we can do it later . . . mañana . . . life is easy . . . relax. . . .

All of those words come to mind while living in Mexico. My personal philosophy is that more of us could learn to live like that! I bet there are even fewer heart attacks in Mexico. I have learned that the things I used to think were an emergency really are not. I have learned to laugh more and stress less. Those are good things to have learned from Mexico in my book.

Laid back . . . we can do it later . . . mañana . . . life is easy . . . relax . . .

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/

Sometimes we wait in Mexico

The best advice that was ever given for living in Mexico is to always carry a good book with you.

You see sometimes we need to wait in line ups. What line ups? We stand in line at the bank, the electric company, the phone company, and the water company......every bill requires a line up. You cannot pay one bill online - can you imagine?

Nobody minds - everybody is just enjoying their good books. The latest one I saw was called Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico. Why does that title sound familiar? Ha Ha! You might even want to bring extra books to give to others standing in line who forgot a book. What a nice way to make new friends!

If we ever moved and I could pay all my bills quickly without a line of some kind I know that I would miss my reading time.

There are so many advantages to living in Mexico!

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/

Mexico - Canada; finding the humor in it all

I use this blog to write a lot of humorous things about life here in Mexico; but I do want to state that I love Mexico. I would not live here if I did not love it and its wonderful people. I try to embrace all the differences that I find between here and my home country of Canada. I feel very fortunate to be able to experience it all - in all of its wild glory!

Humor, for me, is one of the best ways to embrace these cultural differences. I am even able to look at Canada now with a great deal of humor! I maintain that to laugh at oneself is healthy. I figure that at this rate between the ways of both Mexico and Canada, I'll be well into my hundreds before I kick off!

You know, amazingly, so much is the same too - but there is no humor in that.

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/

Who gets mail in Mexico?

We got more mail today - but it wasn't ours.

We got three letters and all had different addresses - but none of them were even close to our address.

Does anybody wonder about the Mexican mail delivery system like I do?

I used to tell friends and family not to write because the iguanas that deliver mail here in Mexico are slow. Now I add that they can't read anyway.

Besides, who really wants to know what their phone bill is until they go to pay it?

Enjoy the Adventure! Suzanne

P.S. My book: Only in Mexico You Say? The Humorous Side of Living in Mexico is available now on my site http://www.onlyinmexicoyousay.com/