Jill In Brazil: Things are Moving

Jill In Brazil: Things are Moving: "I know I go to extremes DAILY but lately I have been singing to myself “I think I’m Going to Like it Here” (this is the song to Annie, proba..."

Things are Moving

I know I go to extremes DAILY but lately I have been singing to myself “I think I’m Going to Like it Here” (this is the song to Annie, probably only Kate would be singing this by now”.  Kate and I live our lives with show tunes running in the background, yeah like all of the time.  

I know I will probably complain more but I was just thinking, I live 1.5 hours from the beach and I am close to Sao Paulo & Rio de Janiero… and I have my own Casa.  Not to mention that the weather is great here, we drink fresh juice daily and people kiss me on the cheek every day.  You know we should do more of this in America.  It just feels right.  It is the salutation for all men and women.  It’s like getting extra lovin every day.

So, you have now seen the pics to my new house.  It’s a Big deal for me as finally I get to plant my feet in the ground here.  I haven’t had a home to call my own for 7 months.  I can hear you mothers now, what kind of life are you giving to those kids?  Well, you are right.  All I have for those kids is reality, new experiences, honesty and Love Love love.   My parenting method is just love them up as much as possible, be honest about life and keep them safe and the rest will work itself out.  Got my fingers crossed most of the time.

Listening to Martin Sexton and drinking a Crystal Cerveja (Beer).  It was the cheapest in the store and I am pleasantly surprised.  Have you ever listened to Martin Sexton?  Start with the Black Sheep CD and I know you will love it.  If you don’t then we clearly do not like the same music.  And that is OK too.  I don’t think my sister would like this.  However she has taught me about music that really sets the party mood.  I guess you would call this Top 40.  It has been so long for me.  I am kind of a chiller.  My sister always makes the falling asleep face when I play her my music. 

So, anyway…. I am moving tomorrow and I bought a washer.  Rodrigo’s lovely mother gave us her awesome stove and refrigerator.  I am so happy about this because I have been in her house for 2 months now and one thing among many I know is that every day she cooked on this stove for her family with a lot of love.   She is funny, caring and lovely.  It took me a while to warm up to really everyone.  I think this is because it was such a drastic change coming to Brasil.  I have to say this is very different for me.  I was the kind of person who would meet you one day and call you my best friend without even knowing your last name.  I say this because my parents tell a story about one time I came into their bedroom with a new friend and asked if she could stay the night.   I introduced her as my best friend and my parents asked me her last name and I turned to the girl and said “What’s your last name?”  A funny one in my parent’s book. 

So anyway, things are moving.

New House Pics

Here is my new home in Brazil. 

Finally a place to plant my feet for a while. :)

New Chapter

Things are moving fast now.   Today we are moving to our new house and we both have new jobs and next we will find the kids a school.  Rodrigo is working two jobs right now and I have one in the evening.  We have just a few things for our new home; I will have to find a way to shop thrifty.  The interesting thing about used stuff here is…..  Most of it is restored and held onto.    There are used furniture stores and I look forward to shopping for our house.  I think we may end up with beds, a refrigerator, a washer and stove.  If we have these we can sleep, eat, and have clean clothes.   The other stuff will come as we get some income. 

Our house is beautiful.  The tile is a deco tile…this is good cuz we don’t have anything to decorate with.  The outside is painted a teal bright blue.  It is a happy color.  There are 3 bedrooms upstairs and the larger one is at the front of the house with a sliding door and a little balcony.  Just big enough for 2 chairs.  The living room is little but the kitchen is big and bright.  The best part of it is that just outside the back door of the kitchen there is a large covered area.  Covered but open on one whole side so there is plenty of light.  This area is for washing and BBQ.  I can also see us doing all of our entertaining and eating there.  I am satisfied with our choice and I am looking forward to starting the next chapter of our lives in Brazil. 

Excursion

Today we went on a excursion to the Northern Mountains.  I will post some pics in the a.m.  Getting our house tomorrow and really looking forward to this.  More Later.