"I feel like Paris Hilton"

These past couple of weeks have been filled with upgrading my house and work. Everything with my house is done and I've even added some things. My yard has no shade besides my lone papaya tree so I had a roof built with palm branches to finally have a place in the shade. My yard gets a good breeeze normally which helps a lot. Slowly my house is coming together and I'm actually getting excited to live here. I still have occasional visitors of different big bugs but I have not seen or heard a rat since they found the dead one and chased the 3 living ones out.

Since everything was pretty much done with my house (besides my dona de casa taking her things) I went to maxixe this weekend to buy a stove, fridge and other things so I can actually cook. I did get everything (for the most part) bit I also went to bring amendoin home. He has grown so mich since I last saw him! To bring him back I put him in a straw basket and felt like Paris Hilton...never again. Not only was I getting stared at like normal but people were actually stopping and staring. That hasn't happened in awhile. The 2 hour ride back was uneventful with amendoin sleeping pretty much the entire way. Once back home I put him on the ground because I had fashioned a leash and collar from a luggage strap and that got even more stares. Normally you see goats on leashes being draged so everyone was intrigued that I had a dog on a leash. Since I don't have a gate he's tied to my papaya tree. He has a lot of room and shade and can still come on to my porch. He's a bit of a cryer but I'm hoping he'll grow out of that. He's still very much a puppy and has been a lot of fun to have around.

I hope everyone is well and I really enjoy all the mail I've been getting!!!
Love,
ann