Jo’s Jovial Jolly Jocular Journal

1. Cause Number 1- Pancakes
I didn’t know Pancake Tuesday had been and gone until Wednesday. Much perturbed, I couldn’t let such an occasion go past uncelebrated, so last night Victor and I invited around our first guests for a meal- his sister and her fiance- and cooked them pancakes Aussie style.
2. Cause Number 2- […]

The other day, after our first shared dinner in our new home, I made Lerae and Victor sit down with me and listen to the L’Arche song. It was just lovely.

I found some internet in my house that I am stealing. It is weak but it is here. Exciting.
Today Victor and I signed on a reception place. It is really nice. The woman who is coordinating it all for us really loves us. I think we must be the most relaxed clients she has. […]

Yesterday I got up to go for a run around where I live. As I was running down a massive hill all of a sudden I looked up to see the reflected rising sun on a volcano. It was so spectacular. When I got home I thought, I should be able to see that […]

That was all that we got in our apartment when we moved in. No closets, no curtains, no stove. Not even light bulbs.
It has been fun trying to deck out our apartment, but it is a slow process. Especially when I tried twice to buy a fridge and a washing machine, and each time […]

This is what made my day today:
Victor and I were shopping for furniture. There is a great big wide busy road called Avenida Bolivar which is full of furniture shops. We were walking along the footpath going to shop to shop packed full of big white goods, or tables and chairs and beds and lounges. […]