( Anyone else listen to Paul Harvey on road trips growing up or am I the only one who will get this post title?) The Babe's so...

So many things have happened in the last few months that getting stung by a scorpion, something that should rate an epic post based on my pa...

Our house is just under 500 square feet.  But due to an uninsulated roof (and no desire to spend money insulating it, as this ho...

Benque fiesta* roaming chickens supervised by fat cat* birthday present making for soon to be 10 year old niece* naughty baby goats* road to...

The computer problems have mostly been resolved.... except, of course, for my pictures. All 10,864 pictures (no exaggeration) have been tra...

So my hard drive crashed last week... things are backed up, no worries, but I will be using my husband's computer for a few weeks which ...

I started keeping this blog to give my family some idea of what my life is like, but now it looks like more people then just a few friends...

so what did I expect? When I got my new car,  two rules were immediately instituted: 1. no borrowing by (crazy driver) brother-in-laws ...

A few days ago I felt the first trace of briskness in the air.  For a few minutes I was able to pretend that fall was coming, and that I can...

So like I mentioned, my parents came for a little visit.  It was hot, but my car is air-conditioned.  We spent a lot of time driving around ...

Ok so this happened a month ago, but it was pretty much the perfect Saturday.  Market in the morning, fiesta in the afternoon-- specificall...

It is hot here.... the usual April/ May melting temps, but this year there have been a lot of fires, so the atmosphere is heavy with smoke. ...

we hung up the hammock on our back porch, there is a crazy breeze in the afternoons I've been doing some tin can gardening, which...

March is a busy time here because people have spring break in the States, which is prime mission time.   We’ve had three groups come sinc...

the old gas station in Benque.  Any customers I’ve ever seen here come on bikes. I ’ve been in Belize a little over two years this t...

April is my least favorite time of year in Belize.  As one creole speaker succinctly put it, "sun HOT."  April is mostly about sur...

Graduated PA school Moved to Belize Got married. Zip lined through the jungle Volunteered to teach high school biology to sophomore boys.  M...