Jill In Brazil: Making Lemonade... Again!

Jill In Brazil: Making Lemonade... Again!: I was chewing gum yesterday and my crown popped off. Oh my god!!! Now not only are my glasses broke and duct taped, it also looks as if ...

Making Lemonade... Again!

I was chewing gum yesterday and my crown popped off.  Oh my god!!!  Now not only are my glasses broke and duct taped, it also looks as if I am missing a flippin tooth.  Not to mention today our electricity was cut off.   We were only like 5 days late waiting payday… Come on already?  But, it just so happened that the owner didn’t make a payment in 2010 that eventually caught up with US!  Truthfully, I was thinking… this could be my bottom.  J  

However with all things in life…there is a fix.  For instance we actually got the light problem solved in a few hours and the crown didn’t break, it just popped off.   I went by a dentist and the fix will only cost me $30… that’s savings right there.    Now the glasses… I guess I could call Sam’s club and have a similar frame shipped, but actually after living in Alaska for 8+ years, I learned that duct tape is really cool… maybe my situation is just bad in the mirror. 

I can’t complain though, today was a marvelous day.  I went to the Market with Gabriela and bought beautiful fruit and veggies to make my salsa.  We had the best pastel I have ever eaten for breakfast with fresh squeezed orange juice and then my car actually started every time I got in.  Oh, and then there is the car thing.  I guess when life gives you lemons…you try to make lemonade and just pray there is sugar in the cupboard. 

I didn’t say living in a foreign country was easy, but I am sure to be a different person when I return. 

Beautiful Day at the Truta Farm!!!

Today a return trip to the trout farm with Tiana, Jen, Nicolas & the family.  I am on another one of the many Brazilian holidays from work and so we definitely made the most of it, but this time I have pictures. 

Nicolas & Tiana

Bananna Tree