tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post560079922995512965..comments2023-10-09T10:28:04.236-03:00Comments on Adventures of a Gringa in Brazil: Things I've Started to AppreciateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15421142287093429996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-55813260043699891082011-04-10T00:34:14.065-03:002011-04-10T00:34:14.065-03:00very happy for you :) love the kitties, too cute!!...very happy for you :) love the kitties, too cute!! I want to grow my own herbs too!! What do you use basil for? Lets hope i get my place soon...seriously, im dying...Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917067716960353906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-68838801647325717692011-03-24T09:44:17.485-03:002011-03-24T09:44:17.485-03:00love it! i felt the EXACT same way. when we moved ...love it! i felt the EXACT same way. when we moved into our house--started feeling more normal. when i found my new best friend (Rita!)-- started feeling yet more normal. when i started to speak Portugese in public--started to feel accomplished. when i started WORKING in brazil--started to feel REALLY normal! its these steps, they are like accomplishments that take time to get to. we dont value them in the US because we already have them, but when you start with nothing (no home to yourself, no friends, no job, no way to communcate) they become so much more when you finally get it. my next step on my normalcy journey is driving our manual car by myself next wednesday to a lesson. that one will either end with a celebration or hospital trip :)<br /><br />i love papaya too---but only blended into a juice! papaya and banana juice is my favorite thing before a run :) and i am getting an obsession with buying houseplants, but unfortunately my husband is no a fan of anything that is alive and purrs or barks >:| no cats for me... :(Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186983983626357305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-51038014469683005912011-03-24T08:57:58.423-03:002011-03-24T08:57:58.423-03:00Sounds fantastic. I love the papaya with honey too...Sounds fantastic. I love the papaya with honey too, but we don't have our very own bee keeper yet. Welcome back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-81987216267130096212011-03-24T07:49:11.564-03:002011-03-24T07:49:11.564-03:00Yes, yes, yes - Lindsey's got her groove back!...Yes, yes, yes - Lindsey's got her groove back!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003236423048071844noreply@blogger.com