http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:42:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although we are pretty used to living here now, every once in awhile we still have days where it's very apparent that we are not in control of our environment! Today, like every weekday, I called the taxi company that serves our school to pick me up so that I could ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/a-bolivia-kind-of-day/ If you think starting Christmas early is a rampant plague in the States, just try to be in a country without a major holiday between Halloween and Christmas. October 31, it's a death-fest (and here they don't do "cute" Halloween; it's all very ghoulish and over the top), and then, before ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/just-saying-no-to-early-christmas/ We have said goodbye to Barkie twice in the last two days. Yesterday, we had a day off of school for All Saints Day, a big holiday here. Tom took out the trash, and I wasn't able to close the door behind him quickly enough. Barkie ran out behind him ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/goodbye-barkie/ [caption id="attachment_315" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="Barkie & Avery"][/caption] We have a new, but temporary, member of our family. Our friend Faith found this Collie a little over a week ago near her home. He was scared, and they were concerned he might have been hit by a car. After a couple of ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/meet-barkie-fisher/ Avery is growing up too fast. Here are a couple of quotes from this week: She likes to answer the phone now, we're working on good phone manners. The phone rings. Avery answers, "Hi." I'm standing right next to her in case it's someone she doesn't know. She says, "Oh, hi Daddy, etc ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/growing-up/ Just thought we'd let you know the current situation here in La Paz. . . - President Bush chose not renew Bolivia's participation in the Andean trade agreement due to lack of cooperation with the eradication of coca fields here. It is anticipated that this will cost Bolivia twenty to thirty ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/political-update-2/ !!! If you've ever wondered what we do for fun here in Bolivia, well, you're in luck. . . we have photos from our trip yesterday to the new amusement park in our part of La Paz. They finished this park several months ago, and we watched its progress since it ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/check-out-my-slide-show-2/ We are thankful that we arrived back to La Paz yesterday with no problems. We'll start back to school tomorrow. We enjoyed our unexpected time in the States, here are some pictures: !!! http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/check-out-my-slide-show/ My friend Heidi and I have always been interested in personality types. She's more knowledgeable about it than I am, but through the years we have read books to examine our own personalities, then we focused on the best personality match for a spouse, then it was figuring out our ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/personality-revealed/ Sorry we haven't posted, but there isn't anything we do while in the US that we feel like people would be all that interested in! We have enjoyed seeing family and friends, but definitely miss La Paz and having a place to be settled. Avery is handling this time very ... http://fishersoflapaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/plans-to-return-to-la-paz/