Living in Close Quarters
I’m a girl from the ‘burbs. While Cape Canaveral and Cocoa aren’t technically suburbs, growing up there was in many ways a very typical suburban type of upbringing. Until I joined the Army, I never really spent much time in a big city – Orlando was one of the biggest I’d ever seen, and news [...]
A Day in the Life
You might think living in Peru is exotic and exciting, with adventure around every corner – but the reality is that most of the time, my life here isn’t much different from what it might be if we were living back in Florida. Normally, my life goes along pretty well. Hubs goes to work, I [...]
New Office for My Life in Peru
When I first moved to Peru, I bought a really cheap little computer desk and the cheapest chair we could find. They pretty much fell apart really fast, but I kept them together with duct tape or whatever was necessary. This is a picture to show you what it has looked like for the last [...]
How’s the Weather in Lima?
Image by fnnkybutt via Flickr It’s cold and foggy, that’s how it is! Ok, it’s not reeealll cold, according to my computer it’s 63F outside. I’ve been in weather a lot colder than that. But there’s just something about Lima cold that gets in your bones. Maybe it’s the fact that there’s no heating anywhere. [...]
Get Some Free Diaper Samples
Image via Wikipedia I know this doesn’t have much to do with Peru, but, hey, I’m a mommy blogger too – and sometimes I come across some free stuff on the ‘net that I think is good to share with other moms who might read my blog. I’m not making money for this – just [...]
The Sounds of Lima
Image by jthuston via Flickr Living in Lima, you either get used to noise or you go nuts. Once you get used to it though, the rhythm of the sounds becomes comforting, and habitual – almost a type of street music. Some neighborhoods, of course, are noisier than others, but there are certain things that [...]
Brother, Can Ya Spare a Bandaid?
Image via Wikipedia One of the weirdest things for me to get used to here is the lack of first aid stuff and medicine. For someone who’s used to just heading to WalMartLand and getting whatever they need, it’s a real hassle. When I need aspirin, I’m used to buying a bottle of 250 or [...]
Making Chicken Stock
Image by Librarianguish via Flickr I use chicken stock for a lot of things… well, not a lot of things, but a couple important things. Chicken soup and aji de gallina. In Peru, people seem to take their chicken soup very seriously, and if you want a good soup, you need to start with a [...]
Ocopa a la Limena
Image by Yogma via Flickr Back in November, I posted the recipe for one of my favorite ‘entradas’, papas a la huancaina. But there’s another dish that I love, very similar, called ocopa. Now, I have discovered that there are different kinds of ocopa – ocopa, ocopa a la Arequipena (Arequipa style), and ocopa a [...]
The Gardner Came Today!
I have a gardener who comes every 2 weeks and cuts the grass in the front and back yard. My upstairs neighbor pays for the front yard, and I pay for taking care of the back yard. He does it all with a weed-eater, and has a large canvas sack tied around his waist like [...]
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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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