I’ve been spending a lot of time at the bank. We have a cash float which we use to buy gifts that are sent from Canada for sponsor children and then submit our receipts to balance our float. Lately, the gifts have been huge – building a house for example. So our float is always … [Read more…]
Blaise’s Current Vocabulary: (he’s 16.5 months old) mama mama no no papa papa hm-hm yes moah more wuhzis what’s this? caca cracker whoo whoo dog tcheez cheese puppy puppy papa papaya cah car wawa water baboo balloon buckbuck chicken ha-ee hi dehdoo thank you no-o nose bye bye bye bye ee-ee ear tahtahtah hot hot … [Read more…]
A woman knocked on our door this late afternoon. She was selling bean tamales with a nice hot salsa. How could I resist at a mere $0.16 each! Her husband was at the end of our driveway waiting with the vehicle (a bicycle) in the rain with the food goods. Since we’ve lived here, the … [Read more…]
Over the past year, I’ve run into or been referred to some remarkable pieces of interesting art. 6 are here linked for your pleasure. -The Helsinki Complaints Choir with a song by Esko Grundström, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. (thanks Carl for sending this to me) –Billboard Top Song Timelapse by R. Luke DuBois. Dubois … [Read more…]
Average posts per week since I started* blogging: 1.5Average posts per week over the last 100 posts: 2.35Average number of comments per post: 2.34 Thank you everyone for reading and commenting. You are all superstars. *(not counting the first year with only 1 post)
My honey is TWENTY-EIGHT years old today. 28 on the 28th. She calls it her golden birthday. I have to go make her some breakfast now while she is still sleeping… shhh.
We took off Friday afternoon dragging our buddy Mariah from St. Albert with us so we could get to Ruinas Copán, Honduras in time for supper. Stopped and had licuados (smoothies) in El Rancho. We got another stamp in our passports (the last possibly for mine as I’ll be getting a new one in December). … [Read more…]
Amber pointed out the horse outside our house early one morning. This is how cold it is inside of our house. I’m not trying to have a cold competition with my Canadian friends who are always quick to point out the -84°C weather they are experiencing. Perfectly clear. Understood. But how many of you have … [Read more…]
Mariah was kind enough to share one of her chocolate mints with me this morning. It was perhaps the most foul thing that has gone into my mouth. I howled and spat and sputtered and winced and shuddered. Think cat poop and antifreeze (no, I haven’t tasted either, but free your imagination). Mariah ate two … [Read more…]
If you’re scared of computers, don’t worry, this is simply meant to make your life easier. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to know as soon as a new news item is posted on your favorite news website or when your favorite blogs have a new post. This eliminates the necessity of having to visit … [Read more…]