A Little Slice of Heaven

1.16.2011

I went to a wonderful place today.  Campos do Jordao, what a much needed little vacation.  It is a little village up in the mountains.  It was so pretty, it was like we were in Europe.  We sat and had Ice cream Sundae’s and beer.   Good Beer.  So far the best I have had in Brasil.  There was dark beer, a red, a pilsner and we even tried a bock.  It was cold, refreshing, full of flavor and not sour.  It was great!   I have attached pictures of my little experience.  Had a blast no doubt.  So to end my boring streak we went on a little visit to the mountains.  Heaven on earth, stop looking I’ve found it.

 

Rain Rain GO Away!

Honestly, I am so tired of sitting around doing nothing in the rain I could just die.  It is raining every day, my husband is working and I sit around with the kids eating 3 square meals a day.  Can’t go anywhere, cuz honestly the only other place I know where to go is to the grocery store and the mall.  I hate malls, I always have.  The only time I liked the mall was when I was a kid… and we used to hang out there. 

Today I watched You Tube today for 2 hours with my kid.  There is this kid named supermac18.  He has over 100 little funny short skits/movies.   Ben just loved them; the kid was really funny and cute.  Ben wants to make a movie too.  Maybe we will. 

Other than that I am so so sorry for being a downer lately, but I didnt think going to Brasil would ever be boring.  I do have an interview on Monday and we are looking at houses the rest of the day... wish me luck!

Brazilian Beauty

Spent the day at the Salon last week.   I got my hair colored and cut and my nails done.  It was so much fun.  I couldn’t really talk but I when I did I was quite amusing as always.  When I get my hair done In America, I always tell the lady; here is what I am going for but you are the expert so do something different but give me a haircut that I don’t have to do every morning.  I like the get up and go style.  Every time it is pretty close to the same.  Today, I tried to follow the same basic directions but it was very difficult to translate.  I ended up taking my pocket dictionary out and looking for the word trust.  Eu Tenho Confiancia e voce.  This is where we left it.  Honestly after the talk about my hair I thought I would get highlights and a bang trim. 
Once the full body color was done she started to cut and cut and cut.  I couldn’t really see and I couldn’t touch my hair because there was another gal painting my nails.  I was just looking at my girls with an expression of “what’s going on here”?  The girls were so cute; they were smiling and telling me it looked good.  When I turned around and looked in the mirror, I saw my sister staring back at me.  I definitely had blonde hair for sure; I do not know why I have never gone this blonde before.  It looked great! The style was awesome the color was awesome; I think it was because I could not tell her what to do.  I wonder if because I am always telling everyone that I trust them and then telling them what to do, it makes them less likely to take a risk.  This lady took a risk and I am quite pleased with the result as I would never have gone that blonde on my own. 
I have always said I am better about choosing which car to buy then choosing new friends.  The car doesn’t talk to me & it doesn’t tell me what to think about it, therefore I have to use my process of elimination to decide whether it is going to work for me.  Now with people whatever they tell me I believe.  I could run into a bank robber holding a bag of cash and he could tell me that he is the owner of the bank and I would believe him?  Maybe not being able to talk for a while could be a good thing?
Some differences:  Everything was very similar to an American Beauty Salon.  The only difference was that a mani/pedi was basically just cleaning the cuticles and polishing the nails.  There were no big relaxing massage chairs, no soaking, no de callusing no massaging.  With that being said, I have never had anyone paint my nails so carefully and perfectly.  In America I am rarely please with the paint job. 

We didn't choose our Homer Alaska

We chose another place for us to live, not the beach.   Now we just have to find a place to live there.  Rodrigo had some new and better opportunities for us and would allow us to make a bit more money.  I think when I came down to it.......it was better for us to have some money plus he has made some friends that are pretty cool there. 
Am I unhappy with the decision to not live at the beach? 
Well just today there were over 300 deaths from heavy rain and mudslides along the coast so, this made me feel better about the decision and  also we have scars from mosquito bites all over our arms and legs that we got there 1 month ago.  I still love the beach but I think it might be a better place for us to visit and Rodrigo seems very happy about this new place.  It is smaller than where we live now but its growing.

Starting Work Today??????

Well today is the day that I will finally have someting to do to keep my mind busy.  I start teaching 2 Conversational English Classes tonight.  I will let you know how it goes.
Update-Nope didnt start today, job fell through at the last minute.  Not really suprised!