Hugs x a million Ah I'm sorry Mols! At least 1. you have world class healthcare and 2. someone caught the id theft in time. I miss you! Treat yourself to something... like you know, shaving your legs in a real shower, or something. Hugs!!
Btw watching Emperors New Groove and eating Starburst under your mosquito net officially = one of my best Nica memories, ever. Hugs!!! SJT
WooHoo AND Yaaay-yes!! It was so good to hear your voice tonight! AND,...good to hear you taking deep breaths and enjoying your stay in Esteli! Oh, Molly, NO YOUNG BRIDE SHOULD HAVE TO ORDER HER OWN DRESS AND GO ALONE TO HER FITTING. Sometimes, either *I* just suck .... OR you are just too far away. Both. Anyway, good job. I'm happy that you are so thrilled with your choices, and I can hardly wait to see you wearing your beautiful, HAND CUSTOM MADE Nicaraguan wedding gown. Yes, we finally have tickets and a 'real' schedule. Now, just to get through these next coupla months so we can just GET THERE ALREADY!! Love you and miss you. Hugs enc. for you and Lenin and ALL of everyone else!
X O
Molly, in your In your last photo, showing your handsome man with a load of dirt in the wheelbarrow,........WHAT is used to grind the coffee in the big rock with the hole in it (er,...your rather manual gourmet grinder)??? Some sort of large paddle or post?? Wood? Thanks. It's all very interesting to learn about. Thanks for sharing all of this with everyone through this blog!! We're really enjoying it!
p.s. Molly, what is your 'counterpart's' name, again, please. I can hardly wait to meet him, too, and hear all of the improvements he's made while down in the PC in the Nica. He must have a great rapport with the community and his co-workers, huh? ;)
Hey Hey,...on VACAY!! YAY!! Yep, yep, Molly, go ahead and vent it out!!!! Then, big breath, then maybe a cry,....THEN BACK TO: the Peace Corps (without whom you, probably, would not have met your wonderful Lenin! ahhhh); to planning a REAL Nican wedding OF YOUR VERY OWN!!; to sharing stories of a cold cold windy windy Missouri Christmas, 2009; to hauling water in buckets (for everyone in your whole family??? humph!........BUT an unintentional TREMENDOUS diet/exercise plan for ANY of us! ahem....more on this when you SEE me and hear my moans while trying to find something nice for your wedding! ha). Anyway, I do hope that you'll be in AC for your EDITOR days in Managua. It'll be even hotter down there, right?? Love you and miss you and can hardly wait to be down there and share in the day as you and Lenin marry! Man, Molly!! What a life you've made for yourself already!!!!!...and still so young!
Hey! Sorry to hear about the free loaders, babe. Did I ever mention that one Italian saying that goes something like "the mother of the idiot is always pregnant"? She's an international lady, too. NYU is filled with dead weights but at least i don't have to pay for their mistakes or carry water for them.
I almost forgot that your big day is coming up! You wouldn't happen to have a registry, do you......
Love, Clo
Hi, Honey........ Love this! Plan to post it on my desk at the PO in the AM! They'll all love it!
I've been missing you something terrible lately. Guess that maybe it's because I haven't written to you in a whole week! So,.....I'll get on that tomorrow!!! Love you, Mom
fruits I know what you mean about locally grown fruits. So cheap and abundant!!! Almost more than I can carry home. I am watching avocadoes grow about 30 ft from my front door that will be ready to eat about 2 wks after we leave here(drat, missed again). I dont know whats going to be ripe up there. Isnt it funny how men latch onto a phrase and keep repeating it?? Mine keeps saying over anover "Are you packed yet???" About three weeks to go!!!
Thanks Molly, I am a high school classmate of your mother's. My family and I live on a ranch north and west of Thedford. I want to thank-you for your blog. By looking at your pictures I can see that you have your mother's beautiful infectious smile. It's wonderful to see that not everyone is trapped in the rat-race of metropolitan life. We too enjoy a slower pace..... Diane McLeod
Oh, Molly,....... We wish you and Lenin a WONDERFUL visit with Lenin's parents up in the Wiwilli! I've just spent the last hour reading your latest blog entries with your Dad,...and sharing the great pics! We'll miss you this week! Happy St. Pat's (GREEN)
Day to you. No green beer in Wiwilli, I'll bet! Ha! Do stop a second and remember some of them, though! I'll have shamrocks around my neck, and I'll be thinking of you! Did you get the balls yet? Tell Lenin that we love him, OK?
Happy bussing, trekking, and visiting! We love you, Molly! Mom
Nice. Nice that you have another person at school to converse with IN ENGLISH. How about the other volunteers that trekked with you......English spoken?? So, you wanted to become FLUENT in the Spanish language; you HAVE. My Postal People were impressed! (also by how good lookin' you and Lenin are!). :) Mom
FINALLY! yayyayyay for electricity! Yes, after having been without it during our big ol' ice storm a coupla years ago, it is muchly appreciated! Might do all of us good to go without it now and then, huh? But, WATER IS NUMBER ONE. Electricity falls to a fast number 2 in importance. Without the electric, we had no water. Hauled water from town. Yuck. Hmmm, 75* in your room; so you ARE using the thermometers that I sent? Didn't know. (note for future: "IF" it's REALLY hot in July, for your wedding, REMIND me NOT to look at it, OK? Ha!).
I have NO idea.... how I could ever have MISSED this entry!! I'm WAY behind on reading my emails now, though. I MUST remember to scan through to find YOURS! Yes, Aunt Pearl. Good for you, Molly. I must write to her again soon. On oxygen now; wonder if she, too, is still smoking. Oh, Molly, sometimes you seem "almost" , um..., ~content~ (?) with the (GEEZ! how DO you spell RYTHM???) of Moropoto. Like a slow vacation? Right now, sounds good to me, too. Guess I'll pack EARLY for your beautiful Wedding Day!! Ha! Love you so much! Hug Lenin for me, too, OK? xoxo
Thank you! Thank you! I just got your package today in the mail... guess what I had picked up at the bookstore to send to you! I can't figure out if we know each other too well or not well enough...
Anyway, I hope things are still going in Nica, and good luck planning the wedding, and thanks again for the lovely book and card!
Love love,
Shannon
getting away We have had word that we will be moving to Tola the second week in April, then you wll have another place to go and we will have a hot shower!!!
PerroZompopo Molly, acabo d descubrir a un cantante nicaraguenese q se llama PerroZompopo. Es popular allí? Me encanta su canción "Entre remolinos"
Espero q todo esté bien, hasta luego
Ha Ha Ha Ha!! Oh, we love you so, Molly! "IF ONLY" I knew enough about how to do all of this stuff that you do on the internet,...
I would most CERTAINLY post a picture of you at 5 years old just to show how PERFECTLY you described yourself.
GEEZ....I love those pictures!! (sigh).
Have you opened the envelope titled "gloves" yet? Too small for your southern family? Will they help you to get YOURS back?? Ha! Hug Lenin all better from me, too! xoxoxo
Top Shelf Ugh! Errrrrr...(Stretch)...Almost got it...(le Sigh) Damn it! I can't reach the glass on the top shelf. Molly, could I borrow your soapbox?
Just kidding! I love you and all your ranting! (Not to mention I agree with you and would be saying the exact same.) But I just couldn't resist.
Can't wait to read The Omnivore's Dilemma!
You ARE a creative woman that can and does make many wonderful things happen.I am glad to see you investigating globalization and economics. Just remeber that, sometimes, the biggest change you can make is not always the largest, or the most visible. Sometimes it is planting a seed in a childs mind that may be decades in coming to fruition. You just never know. Occasionally, you will get to see it but sometimes not.It is your mark, with your hand, just the same. Trust me on this.
you were given a great chance and I know you will go far.
Yeah, if you take the native diet here too, it is hard in a third world country that wants to be world class. There are nofast food establishments in this town and you have to look to find soda pop here though it does exist.(who wants to drink gaseosas??) The local food is cheap and good and largely unpolluted. Many times this is the problem with "big box" places. The food is imported and over processed (dyed and preserved) and the people who work there are unfairly treated. Almost no one who works for Walmart in the states can afford to use their health insurance. And dont get me started on fair employment practices. Many times the pricing is off too. Although Walmart does have a $4 drug list the other meds are overpriced. And it varies from week to week. Also, often the products they offer are "specially made" for Walmart with thinner material, flimsier stitching, less horsepower, and some of the electronics are supported only by them even though they are Sanyo or HP, Sanyo or HP may not support them directly as they were OEMed! the spare parts are only available through Walmart as long as they feel like stocking them!!!(not very long). Let the buyer beware!!!
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Ah I'm sorry Mols! At least 1. you have world class healthcare and 2. someone caught the id theft in time. I miss you! Treat yourself to something... like you know, shaving your legs in a real shower, or something. Hugs!! Btw watching Emperors New Groove and eating Starburst under your mosquito net officially = one of my best Nica memories, ever. Hugs!!! SJT