Oct 31, 2006 | Medical Care, Plastic Surgery
Hal says this is definitely not an improvement. Not yet, anyway. I can see past the swollen, bruised, sutured eyes and see the beautiful young me lurking underneath. I look better already! You can see it too, if you squint. And, of course, that’s all I can do....
Oct 30, 2006 | Cost of Living, Expat, Moving-To, Real Estate, Recovering REALTORĀ®, Renting A House
We found a house. A huge house. A huge affordable house. With a fantastic view. Yes, on the gringo side of the valley. Trust me, I suffer appropriate guilt. But I’m close to the theatre and the boys are close to the Multiplaza and movies. And other teens. We are...
Oct 27, 2006 | Culture Shock, Humor
With no daily U.S. newspaper here, I get my comic strip fix from online. Just for today, Dilbert is my strip of choice. He is sometimes just plain silly. Sometimes, not funny. At all. But when he gets it right, it’s perfect. Like today: When I’m not out...
Oct 25, 2006 | Cost of Living, Health & Wellness, Medical Care, Plastic Surgery
No, this isn’t my Halloween costume. Although it’s pretty scary. To me, anyway. Whatever happened to that cute aerobics instructor who used to appear in my photographs? I know she’s in here somewhere. Yesterday, I went looking for her at the...
Oct 20, 2006 | Bush, Code Enforcement, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah
This, of course, is the famous command from The Day The Earth Stood Still. It loosely translates to "Gort, stop!" Gort being the lead alien who was hell bent on taking over the world. If I’m not mistaken, I believe Gort means George in English. I saw...
Oct 19, 2006 | Food, Honduras
Ok, moving to Honduras is now out of the question. Although I do need to go and meet La Gringa! She’s written a revealing, informative and funny little post about Hondurans and their cheese. Made me laugh out loud! So, La Gringa, to get the really good stuff,...