Happy Thanksgiving Week!!!!

I hope everyone has recovered from stuffing themselves silly this Thanksgiving. I know everyone was full and happy when we talked to them. We were no exception. While we missed being around our families on this day of thanks, we made sure to enjoy the day by spending the early afternoon at Secret Harbor Beach, where Chris finally got to relax a bit (about time!) and we spent much of our time in the water, since it was hot, hot, hot out.

For an official Thanksgiving feast, we decided to go down to Craig & Sally’s, where they are well known for delicious food and have a traditional spread for Thanksgiving. The food was delicious and we had the comfort tastes of home. Of course, while scrumptious, it was not as good as homemade. ;) That’s for you, moms! Chris did go outside of the box a bit and ordered the oyster stuffing. I did not venture a try. He said it was interesting…

Chris’ relaxation was short-lived and around 4am that night/next morning, his servers went down and he was up trying to figure that out for the next few hours. I tried to stay up with him, but retreated to bed after an hour or two. Most of yesterday, he was trying to figure out what went wrong with his servers. But today, I am going to force him to relax.

Happily, we tried a pizza place last night for dinner that we have heard raves about but for some reason never made it to last year. The pizza was so very good and, if not as good as home, then better. We will be back, Pizza Amore! I think the 18 inch pizza will be feeding us for at least today and maybe tomorrow…

Well, that’s my summary for now. Chris is just working on the baseboards for the closet and then I hope to get him out and about. It’s a bit overcast here, but there is an arts and music festival in town that I hope to check out. Will let you know how it all turns out soon enough!

XOXO and miss you!



New picture for those of you who already saw this post. I think Chris wanted his whole head included....

Mid-Week Hello!

Just a couple of updates since we last touched base. Due to a leaky air conditioner, we noticed a damaged wall in the closet, as well as rusty tools. We first thought of it as an inconvenience, but soon realized it was more than that. With Chris and I both getting a bit sicker respiratory-wise throughout the week, Chris realized in the middle of the night that we might have a bit of a mold issue. Again. So, I woke up at 7am to “Sledge” ripping open a wall. Well, about 1/8 in. of black and florescent mold was living behind our closet wall. We got a new A/C and Chris cleared out the mold and bleached the area. We both started feeling remarkable better as the week winded down. Not saying our mold was toxic, since a cold was going around, but the timing of us getting sick and our recovery beginning after we got it all out, makes me wonder a bit…

I started “work” this week at Havana Blue. However, the reception desk is under construction, so we are able to take the phone home and take reservations from there. Soooo, I took my phone right up to the pool at our complex and got paid while sunbathing. I am so spoiled. I am going to have a big reality slap in my face someday, but until then I will certainly appreciate every minute of this.

That’s about it! The weekend was very low-key and kind of rainy. We finally made it to the cinema here. We were hoping for the beach, but the weather would not allow. We have a new beach we are looking forward to checking out and hope it’s a bit easier to find then the infamous Stumpy’s of last year. However, it is called Secret Harbor, so I am not holding my breath.

I have decided I am going to wait on the pictures, so that I can show a before and after of the living room/ kitchen area. No other new pics than what y’all saw last year, so you’ll have to wait a bit to see our smiling faces.

I hope all is well for everyone and look forward to touching base about this time next week.

Cheers!

We meet again, St. T!

Well, we are back on the island as of Saturday and are getting ourselves settled. Once landed, we found some quick sustenance at Iggy’s and then headed back to the condo to start some cleaning and laundry and putting our bed back in place, since it mysteriously moved itself to the center of our bedroom and was covered in some unidentified brown residue. Rumor has it that there was a leak here while we were gone, but we’ve yet to confirm it and see no other evidence of it except for the aforementioned issue.

The past couple of days have just been about putting some things to order and getting the necessary provisions. Good new is that the car started right away and without protest. It is in the shop today for a 30,000 mile check-up, as well as to make sure Slick Ricky made it through the months unscathed (minus some bruised emotions due to lack of attention).

Chaz, our contractor extraordinaire, has been called to duty to put up some drywall and to do some remaining misc. stuff in order for us to be able to put our order in for cabinets. We were very fortunate that he was willing and able to start yesterday and will be finished this week. We should have a good idea by the end of this week about when to expect our cabinets and to know how long we’ll be Without Kitchen. We are managing well, but it makes you realize how much you take for granted having all the modern conveniences at your fingertips.

I’m having technical difficulties with the camera, so once I can figure out my issues, I will post pictures of our “kitchen” area…