Saturday, January 30, 2016

Today is the day Natalie and Laura were to arrive.  They had a direct flight from Minneapolis to Grand Cayman and then the little plane to Little Cayman scheduled to arrive at 3:55.  They were not on that flight!  Delta airlines said it was too busy on Grand so they were delaying take off.  Late take off meant they missed their little cayman flight.  Now they can't get a flight over until tomorrow afternoon!  They are staying at the Comfort Suites on Seven Mile Beach.  They could have stayed here and ate here for free.  This is so frustrating!  I was so excited for them to arrive!  What a bummer!

The good news today is Cutie Pie showed up!  This afternoon he was in the driveway!  He remembered us as he didn't fly off or run away when we encountered him!  He looks so grown up this year, very handsome!

What a day!  We did some yard work and went to Iggy's to watch ISU play basketball.  We were just always anticipating the girls arrival and then it didn't happen!

Here is Cutie Pie!  

Friday, January 29, 2016

We had rain this morning!  A lot of it!  Big waves came rolling in also so we stayed inside.  There was plenty to do indoors and it was kind of fun. Last night we had friends over for dinner.  We are so lucky to have so many great friends here on the island.  This is the greatest place ever!

Today we picked up our air conditioner from the barge.   Natalie and her friend are arriving tomorrow and she said we must have an air conditioner for her.  It is installed but I sure don't like it much.  I think it is fun to just have open windows and enjoy the sea breezes.  I'm sure she will turn it on!  I'm so excited to have Natalie coming for a visit.  It will be fun!

We have our iguana still living under the bench below the house and I have seen our geckoes.  The iguana remembers us and comes out to visit us whenever we go down below.  Our anole visited us yesterday on the porch also.  I am sad to say, we have not seen Cutie Pie yet this year.  They don't live super long lives but I am hoping that maybe he just relocated.

Our new blinds for the bathroom windows arrived and I installed them.  I absolutely love them!  They are white instead of blue and it totally changes the look of the room.  It looks so much more beachy!!
Tomorrow I am ordering them for the whole house.  I'll have to find someone who wants my old ones.

Richard has not been able to put the boat in the water yet because of motor trouble!  The hydraulics are broken.  What a bummer!  This environment is very hard on stuff and you have to do a lot of maintenance.  I think he may want to buy his own boat now more than ever!

My injury to my leg has healed up enough just in time.  I know we will be in the water a lot when Natalie arrives tomorrow!

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Today was a simply glorious day on Little Cayman Island.  I did my workout this morning.  We inflated my ball and I used my yoga mat also.  It was a good sweaty, hot workout!  I did laundry and it dried just like it was in a clothes drier.  The wind was blowing on the clothes with that nice hot sunshine.

I was very lazy today.  We put a hammock on the beach in the new area we cleaned out.  It is the most perfect spot!  Once I settled there, I simply couldn't get out.  After lunch I raked the drive area a little and settle on my hammock there.  Later in the afternoon I settled on a beach chair until it was time to make supper.  What a life!!

Last evening we had friends over for dinner and played SushiGo.  It's a card game.  We had a great time.

I haven't been in the water.  Yesterday when I was working, a log fell on my ankle (on the outside).  It scraped it pretty nicely and I have a lovely bruise.  I am so grateful it didn't break my ankle. I think the water would be bad for my wound.  I'm sure I'll be ready in a few days.

Here are a few current pictures.  We removed that giant twisted Island Grape Tree in front of the house.  Yay!    

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Another great day on the island!  We finished hauling the huge island grape tree off the property and did other work on the grounds also.  We went to Iggy's to watch the ISU basketball game in the afternoon.  Since we were there, we ate supper there also.  What a lazy evening for me!

Friday, January 22, 2016

It is a beautiful hot sunny day here on Little Cayman today.  Richard and I worked outside all day.  We are trying to get the grounds back where we left it last March.  Things sure grow around here.  I pretty much have removed all the stickers but today there were more to be found!  The big island grape that Richard loves (and I hate) on the beach got gigantic and was hanging low this year.  We decided it had to be removed!  I thought we would need help with it but we started and it is quite the project!  But the view is spectacular!  I am so glad it is gone!  I will post photos when we are completely finished with it.  It added at least $5,000.00 to our property value by removing it!  Hahaha!

After our showers, we are now heading to the north side to look at the water over there and then fill up the gas cans for the boat.

I sat on the beach this afternoon and shut me eyes for a minute.  I opened them and was just blown away by the beauty and peacefullness.  This is such a gift to be hear again!

Thursday, January 21, 2016

We made it!  We arrived on Little Cayman yesterday on the 5:10 pm flight.  So we were here by 4:30 Iowa time.  It is the first time we didn't spend a night on Grand Cayman before coming over to Little.
Everything is great at the house.  All the vegetation is very lush as they had a lot of rain in December.  Our Jasmine tree is looking the best it ever has with lots of flowers.  It is wonderful to be in the warm weather.

I slept like I was dead last night and Richard said he did also.  Still, I had a nap in the hammock this afternoon!  

It is sure great to be back!