Bringing household items into Guatemala

That is very nice. Thank you! Not this year but soon I hope.

Such a cool idea, Steve. I loved seeing that guest suite of yours, really well done.

okay I trust you. No heavy woven lovely Guat bedspreads. I don't find them a problem but then have spent most of my life lugging heavy dive equipment around by myself. So dealing with laundry issues of bedspreads is nothing for me. My favorite is the blue green ones. I also have them in red and orange. They are one of my favorite woven articles to purchase in Guat. Well next to hupiles. Good luck with your new place.

Thanks, Paty. I have never found them to be a problem, either - we have a lovely teal one on our own bed, a brilliant blue one in the bedroom down the hall, bright red and orange downstairs - sounds like we have similar taste! I don't have a problem washing our own (farm girl - hauling bales and feedbags, dive equipment, cutting and splitting firewood, no problem) but, frankly, I rarely feel the need to do so. If we were going to live there full time it wouldn't be an issue. The laundry becomes an issue because a close friend (very strong but ~90 pounds) will be doing it every weekend between renters when we're not living there. And if I get tired of the solid blue bedspread I'm packing down, it won't be hard to find a more aesthetic replacement, at least for when we're there. :-)

Now picturing you splitting firewood on the slopes of San Pedro and hauling it down... possibly balanced on your head :D

I bet your 90 lb person can do this laundry. The bed spreads are so lovely and warm and as a spread it won't need to be washed like sheets. I have the blue/teal one on my bed now. Heavy yes but wonderful. Sounds also like similar childhood too. My father split the wood but my job to take it and stack it. We only had a wood stove in kitchen to heat the house. No running water but pump in kitchen sink.

Quite an upbringing! I lived in town as a kid but my husband and I raised our family on a small acreage, lots of animals. Kids are grown and we're down to house pets and a flock of hens, now.