Jan. 28,2011 Friday

Today is Friday 1/28/11 and I am in paradise once again. On Wednesday morning I got up at 4:00 A.M., rushed and left the house at 5:00 so Richard and I could pick up Brandon at his apartment in Ankeny. It was a very foggy trip in 9 degree weather. Burr! When we got to Grand Cayman for dinner, it was 85 degrees and sunny.

It was an adventurest trip this year as our luggage was extremely overweight and cost us tons extra. Better write on my list for next year to buy a scale.

We ate at the Wharf Restaurant again this year and it was sure fun to share the experience with Brandon. The atmosphere couldn't have been more beautiful. We had a good nights sleep and after a huge breakfast went shopping. Boy did we buy. New ceiling fans, microwave, kitchen faucet, bed pillows, air compressor, and tons of groceries.

We got to the house and discovered my new coconut tree grew like a weed. It survived! So did all the weeds and trees that we had eliminated last year. But everything looked great. We are thrilled to be here and get the place back into shape.

The first thing to do on arrival is to turn on the pump and get our water flowing and turn on the electricity. The pump was broken. No water for us. Richard tried everything. The motor had somehow failed. So we headed to Southern Cross Club for dinner and they gave us a 3 gallon jug of water. Very nice of them as water is a treasured item here on the island. In the morning Richard got the new pump installed and we all jumped for joy. We then began working on the yard. Work is fun but we decided snorkeling is more fun. We headed to Point of Sand and it was the best ever. I love it there! I want to snorkle there every day. Richard took his cell phone snorkling in his swim trunks so we had to buy a new one. The phone number stays the same though. Taking a shower sure felt good, as we couldn't the night before.

I made steaks for dinner on our new grill and we are all saying we will sleep good tonight. It is 8:30 here (one hour ahead of Ames) so I am going to bed. Our new bedding looks great but the painted gecko's crawling all over our walls look the best! What fun! They are so cute.

We have been already enjoying our beautiful new porch on the house and tomorrow I will post photos of it and some of our adventures.

The luckiest girl around is signing off.