My Life in Peru

An Expat Mom Shares Her Experiences with Peruvian Life, Travel and Food

Dogs and Boys

As I mentioned on my earlier post, we have 3 dogs now. The first two, Reina and Bisou are both females. Female dogs – in general – have a tendency to be more of a one person dog, and that has really been the case with my two girls. They play fetch with the boys, [...]

Being Poor Sucks. Discuss Amongst Yourselves.

I’m really tired of being poor. We’re trying everything we can to dig out of it, though! I’m publishing more articles all the time, and Johnny’s doing everything he can to get more work. Things won’t be so bad once I get my house rental back on track. I’ve gone almost 2 years without making [...]

Seco de Pollo – Peruvian Chicken Stew

Image by AIBakker via Flickr Like a lot of people, we’ve been having to pull our belts tight lately. And eating cheap means eating a lot of chicken. I mentioned in the last post that I can usually get three meals out of one chicken. The first meal is usually something that uses chicken parts [...]

Making Chicken Soup

Image via Wikipedia Last night, I made chicken soup for dinner. When it’s just the four of us, I can get 3 meals out of a good sized chicken. The first night, I’ll use the legs (for the boys) and thighs (for the grownups!) in something that calls for parts – fried, or in Peruvian [...]

Since my mom’s here, we’ve started taking the dogs for a walk every day when the boy’s leave for school. Now that we’re living in this nice new neighborhood, I can take them out without being threatened by a bunch of strays. So, here we are, me with Reina and Bisou, and my mom walking [...]

A Recent Article

I’ve started doing some writing over at Associated Content, and thought it might be a groovy idea to link my articles there with my shtuff over here on the blog. I know! There hasn’t been anything new on the blog in months – I’m a very bad person, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised [...]

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    I got tired of life happening while I made other plans, so I quit my job and came to Peru. I live here with my Peruvian husband, two sons, three dogs and various other family members, depending on the weather.


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