A biT oF FiLLeR

Just a little "filler" post.....the last week has been super crazy at work, with everyone coming and going I go to the airport at least twice daily! I've been training a new girl at work, and we have construction going on in the back, and money flying out the window I have to keep track of!! We haven't really had time to do anything. Grocery shopping was put off for 5 days and we got down to almost nothing in the fridge, laundry is piled so high it will take 2 days to finish, the house is a wreck because we're not home for more than 10mins at a time, and the landlord is showing our place today so i'm working a sweat.

Also, Tera came in town Friday. Had a great time, at good food, and took the boat out to snorkel and lay out on a really pretty Sunday! Tera left this morning and this afternoon Alan comes in! Thursday we're off to Exuma on Matt's boat for a 4 day boat trip. Going to Staniel Cay and Compass Cay, it's where they have nurse sharks you can swim with, pigs that swim and the famous Thunderball Gratto (swim through rocks for snorkelers) where 007 was filmed in 1965!! Exuma has some of the most beautiful waters in the Bahamas. We're so happy to be FINALLY doing this, we've wanted to see more of the Bahamas ever since we started living here. I love getting to experience this kind of stuff, it's what loving life is all about.....YOLO!!

Here's a video on Youtube of what we'll be doing this weekend, ENJOY!!

NeW HoME

Well not yet....but we did SIGN OUR LEASE!!!! And OMG is it awesome! You'll all want to visit us as soon as possible too! When Darin and I were in Barbados a few weeks ago we looked at a few places that we liked and pretty much fell in love with all 3 of them. 1 was out of our price range, and 2 we told our realtor to start putting our bid in. By the time the day was over one of the 2 we liked was taken! So we were down to our last love. We got the ok about our price and everything approved and signed the lease! Darin and I are quite the excited little kids over here, it's fun to see Darin so excited about a place to live, usually it's the girl who's more excited. Although we don't move until the middle or end of March, we're just glad we got something that we love! Take a peek....

BarBaDoS

THIS WEEK in our life......we got to visit Barbados for a week. Originally Darin was going to get the shop demolition started and interview some people, but it ended up that I got to join!! I was asked to do a comprehensive demographic report for the investors and directors of the company while I was there. At first I had absolutely NO clue what that meant, but with the help of some special people in my life, lol, I think i've slowly figured it out. You'd be surprised how much I know about this island now that I probably would of never known. It's kind of like my homework with a professional report attached. I have a feeling i'll go above and beyond my duties, but it's just because i'm not sure what to put in it so i'll just put in everything. I'm sure that's not all you want to hear about sooooo......i'll talk about the island. Barbados is pretty awesome. The structure and roads remind me a lot of Nassau, not so "pretty" but lots of older buildings they're trying to preserve, roads that are super narrow from the "horse" days and almost like poverty next to the rich. All of that i'm used to so I don't mind it at all. Barbados though, has LOTS of beach access, plenty of bars and restaurants on the water and on the beach, plenty of world class surf spots, tons of people our age and so much to do at night! Everyone we met says "trust me, you'll fall in love living here", I can't help but be so excited about this place. I have a lot to learn, with the health system and having kids, as well as the school systems here, but i've heard it's not at all bad and the schools here are really great!! Darin and I have looked at a few places to live and we love all 3, but the 3rd is WAY out of our price range, even though i'd love to have a pool on my second floor which is also the roof top of the building, UGH!!! So the first two will be just fine if we can negotiate the right price (which I think we will). We're stayed in a few places one was our realtor's guest house, which is PERRRRFECT! It's right on the beach, with a hammock, and the waves to listen to, the breeze, a bar just a short walk down the beach, just the best little set up. I can't wait to be there and live there and have all of our stuff in one place, FINALLY!! The flight wasn't bad, 3 hrs from Miami, where Darin's last trip was 3hrs 45mins. It went by pretty fast, especially since there was an in flight movie and a tv show after.  COME VISIT!!! I'll post some more when I get home, until then.....enjoy the pics as usual!!

Oh yea, and don't be jealous that sea rocks can spell our name and not yours, ours is just that awesome!!

ReMiE's NeW hoMe

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH...that was the longest "sigh", just so you know.....A lot has happened since my last post. Emotionally it's been pretty intense. Up until this last weekt i've cried just about every day. Our pup Remie has had a hard time finding a good home and it's breaking my heart. My brother had her and for reasons had to tell me it wasn't going to work out, then a friend of mine had her for a week and things were going well, she loved the two girls and her husband was loving his new bff, for other reasons the roommate was having issues with Remie and wasn't being fair to her when she was home alone with her, so my friend and her husband didn't feel like it was fair for Remie to be treated like that and she could find a better home. At this point i'm absolutely lost for words or ideas. I have no clue what to do with Remie, I just want to take her with us, I want to come and rescue her. She just needs a loving home to give her a chance to be a dog. She isn't in one place long enough to get used to things. She loves the outside and the grass, which we didn't have here, she likes the dog park too which helps her socialize with dogs since we couldn't do that here either, she's learned to like kids and meets new people all the time......she's going to be a pretty awesome dog, especially when she learns how to walk on a leash and the "come" command lol. Thanks to my forever amazing family, my mom was tired of Remie not having a real home so she, my dad, my sister and Casper took her in. My dad and her started out a little rough, but my sister helps and my mom is home all day and says she loves being outside on the porch and does really well at home for her. She's been there for almost a week and I pray every night that Remie is a good dog and my dad finds the love in his heart for another pup. She'll be 10 months old this week so she's got a lot to learn and probably more trouble to get into before the puppy stage is over. I still hope something changes in Barbados and i'm able to bring her, but until then she's in the best home ever and Casper is probably teaching her stuff and they might annoy each other sometimes but you can tell they're becoming buddies. Thanks again to my family for putting my emotions at ease by taking Remie, I can't thank you enough, any dog would be so lucky to have you as a family and Remie got that chance.

TatToOs

Laura (my sister) and I have been wanting to get something permanent to remember my grandfather who passed away Aug 20th, 2009. It's been a little over 2 years and we always talk about what we'll get, it may of changed a few times but ended up what we wanted in the first place. We did it over my Christmas visit home. I know he would of not liked this idea at all and I actually thought while I was getting it done that he was not happy looking down at me and Laura, but probably a little happy we still think about him all the time and want to keep him close to us forever. Our Grandpa was an amazing man, he was always so funny even in his last years it still came out somehow, he also made sure we all knew God, even when he passed he kept saying "know Christ", that was his legacy for all of us. We'll miss him forever and one day get to see him healthy and happy again! Love him with all my heart xoxo! 

Here's my grandpa's song: http://youtu.be/qHJplQYA03E