Thursday, January 26, 2023

Time flies when you are having fun!  It is Thursday already. I'm sitting here typing this in airconditioned comfort.  Yesterday, I gave in and turned on the air!  Usually we don't turn it on until sometime in March but I guess its Global Warming making me too warm this year.  Our weather is so perfect but somehow it's hot in the house!  

I went grocery shopping to our tiny store today.  They had eggs and bananas so it was a big deal! I placed an order by email to a store on Grand last Saturday and still haven't heard a word.  Seems everything has changed since the pandemic happened.  One has to really slow down and not expect things to happen while here.  Richard ordered lumber from Grand. It was supposed to arrive on yesterdays barge. We got the bill by email from the barge (90.00CI). But no lumber.  Turns out the shipping company didn't want to put just one flat of lumber on.  It was the only lumber that week.  So they just let it sit!  Richard was anxious to work!  We are replacing all the decking around our house.  It is not a small amount of lumber! The shipper said not to pay the bill until it arrives. Well yes!!

Last Sunday my molar broke off while eating.  Monday was a holiday here, so on Tuesday I flew to Brac to see a dentist.  He put a temporary filling and said to eat only a soft diet until I get home the end of April. I need a crown. Turns out the dentist is coming here tomorrow (Friday).  I could have seen him here and saved a lot of money!  What a riot! 

Richard and I are still running around in dirty clothes!  The next barge arriving will bring my machine and the lumber.  It'll be like Christmas! 

Saturday, January 21, 2023

 The weather continues to be perfect here in paradise.  Back home it is cold and snowy so am I in the right place at the right time!!

I've been very busy getting back in the "swing of things" here.  Our store is empty so I placed an order to Brac and it finally arrived.  I forgot a lot of things though. I guess I panic ordered!!!  So I placed a big order to a place on Grand tonight.  It is kind of scary not having a grocery store on island.  What is going on?  

Today, I started my first load of laundry.  Richard had a ton of things already.  My washer broke down.  I luckily went back there for something else and discovered water flooding everywhere.  What a disaster.  It is not the hoses but somehow the actual machine.  I ordered a new stackable from Grand.  It will be here in 2 weeks if the barge makes it.  Guess I will wash clothes in the bathtub???  Fun! Just another adventure while living on a tiny island in the Caribbean.

Richard took the boat out this morning and came back with tuna!  We had tuna for supper tonight and it was so yummy!  This is living! 

Thursday, January 19, 2023

We have finally arrived back on island!  Seems like we have been gone forever and yet as if we never left.  The weather is so perfect, it is indescribable.  How I've missed this beautiful sunshine and the gorgeous waters.  It is so quiet here, one cannot help but relax. 

This was the first time our trip was postponed.  Richard went on his proverbial ski trip as usual and came home with Covid!  We were super careful not to spread it but somehow I managed to catch it too.  We finally arrived on Grand Tuesday the 17th.  Spent that night at the Holiday Inn.  It was lovely!  After getting up at 3:30 in the am we were ready to relax. We ate dinner at the Wharf Restaurant and boy was it yummy.  Watched the sunset into the Caribbean as we ate. It is our tradition to eat at the Wharf whenever we are on Grand Cayman.  We both slept great but had to rise again at 4:00 in the morning to get a 7:00 flight to Little Cayman.  I took a photo of the sunrise on our flight over!  Our luggage all arrived too.  Once we loaded up the truck we headed to Seahorse Boutique/Coffee Shop for a yummy breakfast.  

We arrived at our house and everything looked great.  It is good to be home!