i love my sweet little family and our perfect country life.
i have given up what? to move to mexico.
- family. (mine for his. but mine would be faraway nomatter what)
- malls. (my mall is open 24 hrs, hello nordstrom.com!)
- restaurants. (we have great tacos! and sushi! and molcajetes!)
- entertainment. (we hang out with our friends allthetime!)
- wal-mart. (i get to go once a month. maybe good news to some.)
- leisurely shopping. (ok, you got me here, but in a few yrs, we'll buy us an El Paso house.)
- zoo. (we have a ranch. it's like a real-life zoo.)
as i see it, living in mexico is an upgrade in every way. i enjoy our ward, the closeness of the community, the culture of mexico, the challenge of learning another language, the availiablilty of my husband (who comes home for lunch daily and takes mady to work), the big loving family of joneses, laying by the pool everyday in the summertime, warm mexico weather, not having to:laundry.toilets.dishes.floors.anycleaning.ever. a babysitter i trust, in house, everyday. overall, the gift of TIME: to read,sew,music,bake,workout,garden,hangout with people i enjoy,lunch with girlfriends,make elaborate-everything-from-scratch dinners,play with my babies,spend time with my hubby. this may not be the life for everyone, but it is the life for me and i wouldn't change it!
i consider myself to be fashionably happy.
4 comments:
It can be a huge challenge living down here but it's worth it just to have Derrick around!
I am with you! I love it here, I have never regretted living here and raising the kids here, we are blessed and they are some lucky kids!
I was wondering if you had a blog! I'm so linking to your now. Your girls are adorable.
I agree there are so many more good things about living here than bad!!
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