The Wonders of Imported Foods...

So guess what I managed to find in a store here? Frosting!! Like for a cake!!!! And not just any frosting- Betty Crocker Rainbow Chip frosting- my absolute favorite!!

This may not seem like a wondrous event- but trust me, when you go this long without even SEEING frosting- it makes any day a good day!! Who cares that I don't have an actual cake to put the frosting on- you can eat frosting right out of the can! Or on biscuits (biscuits are shortbread cookies here- not like the stuff you get as a side dish at Kentucky Fried Chicken, that would just be gross). The frosting options are endless. Apparently, I'm very easily entertained- but this seriously made my day!
Things here are going well- I'll be sending out a newsletter in the next week with more of an update about what I'm doing. If anyone would like to receive my e-newsletter, you can give my parents your email address or you can leave your email address in the comment section of this blog (I won't post it for others to see- I will be the only one who can see it).

Flowers here are amazing- check some of these out! These are just growing by my house or in the yard at the office. So beautiful.

Sokoni (aka: In the Market)

So here is where I spend my Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings- at the market. I love to go to the market and talk with the mamas and fight over the prices, and try new fruits and vegetables that I've never seen. So today, a few of my friends let me take some pictures. Not all of my usual ladies wanted to be photographed so this is only a few of my friends but you can get an idea of what the market is like (but none of these pictures capture the vast amount of people and food crammed into this market!!)



So I look a little goofy in this picture, but you can see a lot of the market behind me



So I was given this little guy as a gift- I told the guy that I can't keep pets and he's too small to eat, so I just took a picture instead.

I buy a lot of my fruit from these mamas- their pears are seriously the best pears I've ever had
And here is the mountain of pineapples that are in the road each week- yummy!!!

Happy 50th Dad!!!

So if you see my dad, tell him Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Cinco De Mayo

Wow- last Cinco De Mayo, Kelly, Gavin, Dad and I were contemplating breaking into Kelly's shower gifts to make homemade salsa (with Aunt Brenda's amazing recipe!). So many
changes in a year! Kel and Gavin are married! We all live on different continents! Good changes. So here we all were a year ago today:

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

If you see my mom- wish her a happy birthday!! Don't worry mom- I won't tell how old you are!!

A Walk in the Tea Fields

So I think I've mentioned that I live in the middle of tea fields. They are amazingly beautiful and just kind of go on forever- so some friends and I went for a little trek through the fields this evening. So for any of you who though tea was grown in a little tea bag- here's what it really looks like (and really- try loose leaf tea some time- it will blow your mind! Tea bags have nothing on the real stuff!!)