Karibu nyumbani yangu!

Karibu nyumbani yangu.  Welcome to my home.  The rope is my clothes line.  

My living room

My Roman wall, so naturally, this is one of my favorite things about my home.

Close second to my Roman wall.

And then there's this beauty.  I have a rad PC bestie who gave me that special find.  Kenya has random pics of equally random kids.  No worries, I repaid her and will continue to give her a pic everytime I see her.  With hopes that she will have the entire collection by the time our 2 years is over. 

My room.  Seriously, that's all there is to it. My bed, a chair, and my beloved mosquito net that keeps bugs, lizards, bats, and their poop away from me at night.  

My spare bedroom/closet.  I plan on having another bed made for visitors.  (ahem, family and friends!)  Dressers are over rated and I never liked putting my clothes away anyhow.  Plastic chairs get the job done. 

My kitchen.  I'm in here ALOT!  Girl likes to eat and everything takes preparation here.  Also, you can see my row of buckets.  Can't have enough of these in my life.  I use them for everything.  Each has it's own purpose...storing water, washing dishes, washing my hands, purifying water, washing clothes, bathing, and yep I have an "oh crap" bucket when it's too dark to use the choo outside or if I get sick.  Pretty jealous of my life right about now, ya!?  

And this is how I cook.  Kerosene stove and jiko.  With the jiko you have to use paper, sticks, and charcoal.  It's kind of an involved process and you get super dirty.  It's the short rainy season right now, so it rains everyday around the time I want to start cooking.  For these reasons, the jiko doesn't get used that much right now. 

This ends the tour of my home.