Friday, November 14, 2008

it's been a bit

I know it's been awhile but sometimes I get sick of being on the computer so much for my school work that I want to get off of it as soon as I can.
These past two weeks have been so busy! Brett is studying hard! and I am too. The weather is cooling off a bit with the exception of today. It hasn't been raining every day but still is often. I have been able to go snorkeling a few times, twice with friends and once last saturday with Brett.  We are for sure moving to the Bahamas  January 7th.  we just sent the lease off for our apartment today! Our apartment in the Bahamas has a bath tub, table with 6 chairs, 2 couches, a king size bed, an ice maker in the fridge, a washer and dryer, a pool. All of those things we do not have now so we are feeling very lucky to have this opportunity. We will be maybe a mile from the reef in Freeport Grand Bahamas.  I am mostly looking forward to the shopping there it looks like it will be cheaper and as opposed to here I won't have to carry it all home in my backpack!
Ross University gave us a barrel to ship our stuff for us to  the Bahamas that will help the move be so much smoother! The barrel is huge! we can fit all our stuff in it and more! 
For those of you who are wondering Brett had his second mini last week all the students said it was the hardest test including him but he did well. I am constantly impressed with my amazing husband.
I finished a book this week called the 5 love languages. The book was required to read in my marriage class. Fortunately I loved the book and it gave me such a different perspective on marriage. so if anyone is looking for a good book I recommend this one. 
Brett was a ref for the championship football game today, he got super muddy as anyone does who steps out on those fields. After the game we headed up to school and watch the friday night movie Wally and Get Smart We are home now watching the bbal game.
We are on the countdown till we leave, I have mixed feelings I am excited to move but there are things about this place I will miss. 
5 things I will miss about Dominica.
1. The clouds here are different looking to me. They look like they go up and up forever. The clouds here move so fast it's really cool!
2. I am going to miss all the rainbows. It rains alot but the rainbows are worth it.
3. I am gonna miss our friends who are locals here. 
4. I am gonna miss our cute little first apartment.
5. I am gonna miss our huge shower!

5 things I am excited about for the Bahamas
1. Better selection and convenience of grocery stores
2. a real bed
3 hot water
4. customer service ( doesn't exist in Dominica)
5. Wendy's #6

This past Halloween Brett studied up at school and I helped with the Halloween party for primary. I had no costume so I colored and cut kitty cat ears and taped them to a headband, then drew a black nose and whiskers with some eyeliner. The party was fun but lasted only an hour. Then I headed home carved some oranges to look like jack-o-lanterns filled them with chocolate pudding so we could have a halloween treat and read a book... That was a weird Halloween for me here.
 
Dominicans don't celebrate Halloween here they are busy celebrating their independence of 30 years. I am talking major parties and stores and banks are closed for like 4 days!  it was cool I got to see a parade of the local school kids they all dress up in their Creole clothes and wave Dominican flags around!
Last weekend Brett and I went exploring! we walked up the road behind our house. We had never walked that road before and were curious to see if we could get a better view of the ocean from up there. Instead of a view we found a grapefruit and banana farm so we picked some grapefruit and Brett showed me his grapefruit juggling skills! it was so fun! Walks here are awesome you never know what things you will see
.This is me jumping and jumping til I finally got that grapefruit!
Brett made home made chicken noodle soup Sunday! with home made noodles too!!! I am not joking! This was the BEST SOUP I have ever had! I ate till I thought I might be sick! I was so impressed by my husbands talent, and I love to brag about it to anyone who'll listen!

I just have to say I love being married!     LOVE IT!!!

1 comment:

Amy said...

I'm so glad you updated. It is really fun for me to read about what is happening with you and all your adventures. Your move to Bahamas sounds like it will be a good one with a whole bunch of fun things to look forward to. And, major congrats to Brett for doing so well on his test and for his soup making skills. I must say, it looked pretty yummy.
Amy