Wait A Minute...Again

Just when we think we may have it finally figured out, things go in a different direction. The owners of the hopeful properties we would take care of were not so sure of our committment to come down so they decided to go with folks who were already down there. Can't say that I blame them for that decision but it sure changes our outlook as far as what we can handle when it comes to expenses. Also, the family we had hoped to rent from found someone to rent their home. Considering the gardening upkeep, rent and size of the home it may be for the better but the location would have been fantastic. So, now we have all the flexibility to make things work for us on our schedule and not when someone needs to have us down there to start or move in. Pushing on with Mountain Wave in the US for now. Just stopped snowing a couple days ago and it's June. In a couple months it could be snowing again. Hopefully we can figure this out by the fall.

Are Things Lining Up?

We've been home from our month in Sayulita for a couple weeks and a few things happened along the way which make us think that the move may be meant to be. First, we were introduced to Summer Helms and were able to rent her palapa for the month. Summer and her family just happen to be leaving Sayulita for Hawaii this summer for 1 to 3 years. They have a house to rent in a great part of town and a property management business up and running. Though summertime may be a bit early, the idea of stepping into a situation where we know the landlords of a house for rent and a money making business to take over makes this whole ideas much easier to swallow. I may even have the beginnings of a concrete job lined up. Put all these things together and the situation looks good. Certainly better than just landing in town and asking myself "now what?". Summer's husband even has a surfboard factory for rent that could be used for concrete. A bit too pricey but it's out there and available. Too good? We'll see. Nothing is for certain since we have to interview with the property owners to see if they even feel comfortable with us taking over. Anyway, great exposure for Mountain Wave while we were there and many people seem to have heard of us. If one wants to see the blog of our trip, check out "A Month in Sayulita" tab at the top of the page.

A Coming Out Event?

Tonight is the Grupo Pro Sayulita's Fiesta Fund Raiser. It will be our coming out party for Mountain Wave Concrete here in the area. We are donating a custom sink and it will be auctioned off during the LIVE auction component of the party. Will we hear bids or crickets? People evidently come from all over for this event so I hopefully will be talking concrete with lots of folks. Could be a real great start or it could be an embarrassing disaster. Lost sleep over it last night.

Sometimes It Just Doesn't Matter How Much Planning You Do

It was just one of those moments. We had planned, packed, traveled, prepared and left for our month long "Adventure" in Mexico. We arrived at the airport and Ashley looked at me and asked me where the bag with the passports was. I looked at her and thought she had to be kidding. She wasn't. The most important bag on the trip was sitting in a bedroom back at the house. A speed record trip back up to Park City and back, some persuasive discussion by Ashley with the ticket agent bought us some time and we checked in 20 minutes before the flight left. If we didn't make this flight we had no idea when we might get here. Sometimes it doesn't matter how much planning one does, things can still go wrong. Maybe a lesson learned for future adventures.

A March Adventure

We will be staying in Sayulita for the entire month of March. This will give us real feel for town(after 3 years)and allow us to make a really "experiential" decision whether or not this is a smart move for us. While we are there we will be meeting with anyone who wants to talk about potential sink projects for fall. The fun news is that we will be donating a custom designed sink to the Grupo Pro Sayulita Fiesta Fund Raiser being held on the 9th. We'll see how that goes. We are happy to help out and at the very least it's exposure to wide variety of people and can help get our name out there. Hope we get seats on Delta to get down to PVR.

The New Year - 2011

Lots of goals for 2011 and many of them are in the works already. Mountain Wave will get a facelift, store and a new marketing push, Ash's Lifemax efforts will go to a new level, Delta continues on and we hope to become a lean mean efficient, uncluttered, adventuring family machine. Many of the pieces are in place or developing so that we can put this family on the road to Mexico next fall. Here's to the New Year and new adventures. Feliz Año Nuevo!

A Year Later-Preparations Will Continue

Almost a year later since we considered the move and a decision has been made to stay put for the time being. We will reconsider the move south again as 2011 moves along. In the meantime, we will be getting our ducks in a row as far as finances, language skills and business income go and then hopefully be in a much better position to take this experience on next winter and not struggle. I can't say that I am very excited about snow at this point but it's something that "just is" for the time being. All good plans need to be re-evaluated and tweaked a bit to truely be a success.

Really?

It looks like we may be on our way! After receiving some positive designer feedback in the Sayulita/PV area and Park City, we are ever closer to packing up the truck. It's so nice when people take the time to get back to you. There is so much to do to pull this off right that I am not sure how it will happen. Simply put, it's time to bust ass for a month so we can give this idea a shot. Items of concern: the condition of town after the flooding, housing, kids tuition at Costa Verde, getting a trailer with tools and supplies across the border, telling the grandparents, paying bills and being sure Ashley has an incredible time with this experience.

More Scary Events

Sayulita and surrounding communities have recently been hit hard with flooding and damage. Many good folks have lost everything and many more are busting tail rounding up donations and cleaning up mud, debris and getting these hard hit towns somewhat back to normal. Not sure how this might effect what we would like to do this season but for the moment we'll just sit tight and send good vibes to those on the front lines.

Waiting, Scary Events

It's coming up on the time when I should be getting back together by phone with Casa Loca about showroom space. After some good initial response from SLife, it's been a little quiet this past week. More violence in the north and some in PV has me a bit concerned too. But then again, some guy took hostages and was shot at the Discovery Channel headquarters today. It's everywhere in some form. I guess one just has to be vigilant everywhere. With our luck PV will become the center of a turf war and I'll get hired to make sinks for an entire development in Vallarta. Who knows. Trying good thoughts for now. Getting cold at night and I can't fathom winter coming. Gotta go south.

Holding Pattern

In discussion with Casa Loca in Sayulita, a good size-high traffic furniture store. Have to wait until September to really find out what their needs are. Problem is that I am in competition with a similar outfit from Guadalajara. Not sure what they are all about just yet but they are a half days drive from Sayulita. Hopefully this is to my benefit. Gina at Casa Loca has been great to keep in touch with and she likes our stuff. More discussion in a few weeks. For now, marketing in the US to see what develops here.