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I should have known 2007-12-16 16:47:00 I should have known better than to have a few drinks last night at the Casino party. Since I did not have any at Fidos on Friday night and it was an open bar, I thought what the heck might as well celebrate with my friends. I paid for that choice though - now that I am feeling better after a day of rest it does not seem so bad, but realistically if I think back to last night or this morning I would say it was totally not worth it.Paul pulled the futon out and made sure I was comfortable he even went and got a few things and cooked me a nice breakfast.Ice truck
Elves visit the tacoshack 2007-12-15 17:56:00 A few elves came to the tacoshack yesterday and dropped off some holiday treats - one of the elves came from Changes in Latitudes and the other from Houston. We have been sampling the sweets and they are delicious.Not to gloat but every day I go outside and I think man it is hot and how lucky we are to be living here - it's December and for the second year in a row we are not experiencing snow storms and cold weather - that is something to be extremely grateful for.Tonight we are going to meet up with some of the gang for the official opening of the Casino. I have my stack of quarters ready for the slots - Lara and Paul. are going to be spinning fire with Zac on drums.Overall the Casino party was lots of fun - they plied us with food and drink - people danced and were very chatty - We went between the party upstairs and the gaming room downstairs - the only gamblers upstairs were the poker players - I have to say I am a bit disappointed in the slot machines because they do not take qu Read more:visit
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Rebecca's Favorite Bartender of the Week 2007-12-14 20:34:00 I first went into Lime to grab a quick beer before a flight and found out that it's a pretty cool place, not only for a beer or two but for a great breakfast or lunch. If you arrive at the airstrip even 5 minutes early...pop into Lime. The cool AC is blasting, the boarding announcements are piped in so there is no way you can miss your flight and you'll meet possibly the friendliest, chattiest bartender in town. Her love of San Pedro and Belize is infectious and I promise, you'll find yourself going back in again and again. Also...if you have friends arriving for a visit, sit at the bar, look for their flight out the window and greet them with some cold to-go Belikins. Trust me, your visitors will be most grateful. Anyway...meet my favorite bartender of the week, Mel.Name: Imelda (Mel)Bartender at: Lime Bar, Restaurant and Internet Cafe - right across the street from the Tropic terminalLived in San Pedro for: 7 years, born in Orange Walk and grew up in Belize Ci Read more:Rebecca
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Santa sighting in San Pedro 2007-12-13 15:42:00 It was quite a feat to pull of getting enough presents for 400 Holy Cross kids especially when the donated shipment of toys did not arrive on time.Luckily... some of the message boarders had been shopping - Miss Grace made a toy trip to Belize City - a last minute spree in town and a willing bunch of elves stuffing stockings with school supplies helped make sure that Santa
had enough goodies to hand out. You can see by the smiles on their faces that the kids were quite pleased at what Santa brought them.Thanks goes out to all who helped make this possible.To see more pictures please visit the Holy Cross BlogOther exciting news Reef Radio held a telethon today to help get funding for the road in San Mateo up and running.I walked 2.01 miles today - 6374 steps - 1790 aerobic steps - 16 minutes of aerobic activity (thanks for the new batteries for my pedometer Bill and Becky I am using them)Emily and TyraFirst donation from Reef Radio telethon.More donations coming in for the roadStuffing Read more:Pedro
Town Meeting 2007-12-13 07:13:00 I was not able to go to the town meeting last night so I will leave you with what Rebecca had to say about it...A town meeting was called last night to discuss the potential sale of 3,000 acres of North Ambergris Caye by the Belizean Government. I attended and this is what I learned. A few weeks ago, the dereservation and sale of a chunk of Bacalar Chico was reversed but now it seems the government is looking elsewhere (outside of the national park) to complete this transaction with foreign investors. So far, the govt has been vague about which land they are looking to sell, but those at the meeting seem certain that it is the "Pinkerton Estates", land that was set aside years ago for infrastructure and for the future generations of San Pedro.The sale price quoted ($4000bzd/acre) is a fraction of the market price which was speculated at hundred of millions USD at the meeting. Many (including the Mayor) asked, ..."if the government needs this money so badly, why don't th
Wednesday Afternoon Wedding 2007-12-12 22:08:00 We got to spend time at a nice afternoon wedding today with all of our friends. The ceremony was on the beach at Exotic Caye / Crazy Canucks and the after party at Roadkill. Anna and Steven both looked lovely and the rain gods held off until after the ceremony. The pot luck was delicious and everyone had a good time.DecoratingFlowersCans for cartRing boyEnjoying weddingBig turn outHappy CoupleSpecial MomentBridal PartyAnna and StevenOn the dockAfter PartyCutting the cake
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Celebrating Christmas Day 2007-12-25 09:43:00 9:46 am clock is ticking lol I finished getting most of the to go stuff for Pedro's ready. Have yet to decide about boat yard stuff - chatting with Zac and Lara on the coconut phone about todays plans -
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Christmas Eve 2007-12-24 21:06:00 Spending a quiet Christmas
Eve at home - Lions Den parade just went by - lime garlic snapper and vegetable fried rice in process - fell asleep on couch watching tv - firecrackers were popping till late -
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Holiday Party list 2007-12-22 10:33:00 So much is happening so fast it it is hard to keep track.We had a blast at Julia gardens last night - hanging out by the pool flagging friends down as they passed by - what a great place to party.Dianne shared what is going on with the night sky over the next 3 days. Tonight the 22and there will be a meteor shower and can best seen by looking North which is cool cause we plan to be at coco loco's party so if it works out that we are there late enough I am sure we will see a great sky. Tomorrow Dec 23rd is the full moon and following night Christmas eve Mars will be closer to the earth than it has been for 9 years. You will be able to see it between Orian's Belt and the Moon near Gemini.HolidayParty
List - Will be adding to this as things come up or change.Dec 13 Holy Cross Christmas party - Dec 15 Casino - Dec 19 Christmas Stuff Swap - Dec 21 Julia Gardens Pot Luck - Dec 22 Coco Loco's afternoon party and Art Gallery opening at Crazy Canucks - Dec 25 Sad Bastards at Pedro's and C
Road work 2008-03-11 18:36:10 Now that the rush is over I feel like I have time to stop and think - instead of being so busy doing I can slow down and focus on future direction and what I need to do in order to get there.I have been considering a 12 day cleanse and working up to taking the plunge. I just pulled out the recommended food guide this afternoon to see what is easily available here. I heard there was one in Belize city but not made it there to see what the have.I will leave you with a few pictures of the work going on around town.Back street getting ready to be coblestonedRoad workBack streetSide street
March crawl 2008-03-11 08:56:42 March crawl
today - will be an adventure meeting lots of new people.I will have some good pics to post later. Ran into drummer Jim at perk today and out of the blue will be at Wet Willy's when we go tonight - will be good to see/hear them play again.One of the cool things about March crawl is that other than Ken and Mel we really did not know anyone before hand other than having talked on the message board. Was a great group of people and many of them went the distance. Had a big rainstorm and everyone just escaped getting soaked - Paul said they made it to the phoenix by the time it started coming down so not far from Wet Willy's. I was lucky and Lara made a detour with me so I could close our windows - she dropped me off at home a sec went to run an errand and when she came back the win Read more:March
Last day in Paradise 2008-03-11 08:46:38 Just like the side streets neat super buy in San Pedro Belize, this blog is under construction.Today is last full day on the island the girls leave tomorrow morning. We are about to head north in the golf cart to show them a few nice houses out that way.Getting lots done, Jo made it back to the school, we got to see JD, some north island homes and made it to the cut for a swim - leaving just enough time to return golf cart and get cleaned up for sunset cruise with Seaduced.We all had a great time on the boat - as always the SEAduced crew attended to our gang with food, drink, music and laughter. We picked the perfect night to go - the sunset was just spectacular.After the cruise some headed Canucks others were hungry and went to Blue Moon. We decided to make a short pit stop at the tacosha Read more:Paradise
Happy Baron Bliss day 2008-03-10 18:42:14 We finally got out internet back this morning. It was out since a short planned power outage yesterday morning. The power went out just when we were finished having breakfast at Changes in Latitudes and when we got home power was on but no net.Since today is a holiday we did not expect that it would be up till tomorrow. Thankfully while at perk this morning Alan called us and said he was up and running. Peace to who ever went and flipped the switch or did what ever they did to get us all back online.In 1926, BaronBliss
sailed in his yacht the Sea King to Belize and fell in love with the green Caribbean Sea, the cayes and balmy climate. The fourth Baron Bliss of the Kingdom of Portugal, Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, was an Englishman by birth. Baron Bliss willed about two million usd t Read more:Happy
Town Crawl 2008-03-08 18:59:58 Another busy day.Uploaded more pics to yesterday's post, double checked town crawl list - what they may lack in numbers they will for sure make up in noise, printed of Chloe's flight info going to go drop it of while I head north to check for some more name tags.A few crawl highlights - Bloody Mary's and blended Coffee drinks at Estel's - playing 2 truths and a lie at Fido's - Lucky calling bingo for us at Pier Lounge - Paul H's parents Albert and Penny arriving at the Tackle Box after just flying all the way from U.K. - view food and music at Bay Side Bar (got to see skydivers) - Usual Suspects and view at BC's - Poker Tourney and pizza at Pedro'sGrand total 43 crawlers in allUnder constructionBreakfast club enjoyed Bloody Mary'sNextOff to Fido'sGroup shotT-shirt winnerklc buying his bi
Adios Amigos 2008-03-06 21:50:13 We got our last walks in on the beach this morning before the girls had to head for the airport. Richy was leaving today as well.After seeing everyone off we came home and did some house cleaning. Soon as I get yesterday's pics up I am going to check my lap top more as it still feels like something is not quite right.Shout out to everyone on the map today... Bombay India - Delhi India - Clavisi Italy - Rome Italy - Pointeverda Spain - Bacarot Spain - Shawford UK - Miami USA - Punta Gorda USA - Dorr USA - Milpitus USA - Anchorage USA - Cedar Park Usa - Wells USA - Cabo Portugal - Belize city - Washington USA - Fernley USA - Pittsburgh USA - Budapest Hungary - Cochin India - Koutoumoú Greece - Fuengirola Spain - Lisbon, Portugal - Boulogne-Billancourt France - Amsterdam Netherlands - Väs Read more:Adios
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Time share adventures 2008-03-05 09:14:22 Yesterday on our way into town we stopped to say hi to Melody, she politely asked if Erin and Jo wanted to do the Costa Maya tour today and said I could go along for the ride.We are getting cleaned up - packing to go bags and swimsuits on. Paul will hold down the fort and get a break from noisy girls ha ha.The boat ride to Costa Maya was nice - not too choppy. Once we got there they set everyone up with their forms and sent us to breakfast. The woman who was accompanying us Shannon was fun and we had lots of laughs over breakfast and answering questions during the presentation.After we were done we headed to the dive shop where Craig and his staff set us up with our snorkel gear ($5 usd for half day I think). Jo ended up on the dock while Erin and I decided to take a kayak out and see Mex
What a morning!! 2008-03-04 08:20:08 What a morning - I was too tired and got fooled by a link in a chat with a friend on the coconut phone - those silly things travel way to fast. So instead of uploading and posting yesterday afternoon's pics, I spent the morning making sure there was nothing on my lap top that should not be - I cannot believe for all the hoax's forward people are keeping alive that no-one is catching the real ones.Note to self - they are getting sneakier do not click any links without enough morning coffee first(did spy bot and it picked up a couple of cookies and registry things that should not be there so it worked)Thanks to Alan we have some steps to a fix if you should need them.There is a bug or virus in MSN Messenger that appears when you are chatting to someone in MSN that appears as though it came f
Still walking 2008-03-03 15:24:40 It is Sunday and we are still walking around San Pedro.Today I needed to get a new note book for school (before the next advisory board) so we walked down by the lagoon and all along the back way till we got past the high school then we cut over one and headed back down to Ritchies side store - they have a lot of stationary type stuff.Afterwards we wandered down middle street stopping to get some snacks and some coffee rum at the rum cigar store, as we were hearing to Rocks to get some mash and more instant coffee, Paul turned up. We have been sitting at home chatting ever since. The girls are getting ready to go to the beach now.A big bunch of us met at BC's and had a great afternoon/evening. Got home in time to watch Oprah's "Big Give" challenge to change lives in the most dramatic way.P
Day 3 2008-03-02 09:10:24 Found this today when looking at a photo gallery.. Think it should be my new motto - Gailtor"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." .....Mark Twain10: 16 am - Listening to Guantanamera - Buena Vista Social Club - girls just cooked a big omelette - Paul is going for coffee at perk. No sunset cruise today the weather is still cool. That is ok though we will catch the parade through town at 4:30 instead3:35 pm - Walked around town to show Erin and Jo more of what it is like. We went behind Maya airport and checked out the boat yard. From there we made our way to Bc's, Tackle Box, Island Perk and
Day 2 2008-03-01 09:45:08 Day 2 on the whirl wind one week company train.We hit Ruby's this morning and had a johnny cake by the water - came back home for a bit then left to drop off some containers at Island Perk for Sharon and off to Estel's for more food and drinks then back home to blog and enjoy the rain.Chili cook of tonight at Pedro's 7 pm1:33 pm off to wander a bit.Chili was great and fairly close vote with marked winning at 12 votes to unmarked at 8 - afterwards we played wii came home to watch best dance crew show and house hunters on hgtv then off to walk the beach and sit outside Fido's on the dock.Side street road workErin Joanne Penny and CindyChili cook offWinnersWii bowlingWii bowlingOur ride home - thanks
More shout outs 2008-02-29 13:25:54 I am delinquent in checking my gmail account tend to use my hotmail more. Todays wake up work with my morning coffee was to go see what was waiting there for me.After a fast delete spree I found a few hello emails that needed answering - sending a shout
out to Snowy Indianapolis, Naples Florida and, Destin Florida.It is cold here today (I am just about ready for socks) and I have been joking with Paul that our canuck cousin and friend who are arriving today 12:55 pm have brought some Canadian weather with them.12:20 pm... count down is on cousin Erin and friend Joanne will be here on island at 12:55 pmIn the grand scheme of things a week on the island is not long so we will make good use of time.I went to find them at the airport and they had got in early so they saw me from Lime balcony w
Last night's Money shots 2008-02-29 12:13:48 Dianne and Tracy scored money shots
of the evening. Tracy just got in for a very fast visit and we were lucky enough to see him at road kill last night - hope to track him down this morning to go to Island Perk. Hi to Bill and Mimi and any of Dianne's family reading this.Tracy and DianneMoney
shotSpeaking of Money here is a deal being offered....Good morning Laurie the details of the week that we have to rent out at Captain Morgans... it`s Easter week - the 22-29th March. It is a one bedroom villa that sleeps up to 4 people and she wants 200usd per night as opposed to the usual rate which is 289usd per night. People can log onto their website and see what is has to offer they can email me at sharonkimboyd@hotmail.com cheers a lot lol.
Southern Crawl 2008-02-29 07:57:52 Crawl day has breakfast of champions with Bill and Jan at Estel's - needed to fuel up before the big party.Becky is getting her hair done at Carole's and we are counting down till Nova and Ted arrive - will not be lone before we are counting down Dita Ed Mike and Mary.Getting hectic at the tacoshack. Gail and Jan came by to help do some party prep and get their drunk wranglers bracelets.Crawl party was off the hook we had so much fun and were please to see a few crawlers go the full distance - others came and went thanks to tacoboy's map they were able to find us easily.Jan and BillBill Nova SunandsandNova and Ted arriveNurses hats and medic bag by Islenutt - Nurses Jeanh SunandsandGroup picture at Blue Water GrillHeading of to SandbarRace yaDetour by Victoria House - pay attention to sign Read more:Southern
Career day 2008-02-27 08:42:44 In an effort to get the kids thinking about their future, Holy Cross School held Career
Day on Monday February 25th at 1 pm. 12 people, local and from abroad came out to teach the kids about the work world. The speakers covered a wide range… banking, tourism, hospitality, Ambergris Caye Apprenticeship program, agriculture, Police, medical, health and wellness. The kids leaned why it is important to do what they love, what skills they will need to focus on in order to advance in the career world such as math science language, spelling to name a few. They also leaned what schooling is required for each field and how they can earn an income within that field and also have the potential to travel and relocate in different places. Some jobs such as Atlantic Bank positions are open to l
Friends falling from the sky 2008-02-24 09:44:05 Could this day get any busier?DCG and Dita jumped from a plane today. We spent the morning getting them signed up and making plans to meet at Spin drift and head to Coco Loco's.Some of us hitched a ride back to town with Dick Carole and her son Ritchie - Chloe Ted and Nova went for lunch and to hook up with the Otters and Klcman - Carole Dick and Ritchie went to sign up for Richie to jump - I came home for home for a quick break and to get DCG a pair of shoes - DCG and Paul kept each other company at the bar. Going to go with Dick and Carole in a minute so we can get the Miss Carole and head back up to the landing area.Ran into a few of Brat pack second time around and some of us headed to Sharon's place for a pool party potluck. YUM. Was good to have an early night.Skydivers are in townJ Read more:Friends
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Board Meeting 2008-02-22 07:25:54 DCG and I are getting ready for Reapers big Board
Meeting tonight - will be lots of fun.All 30 people showed for the big dinner and we had an enjoyable time mixing, mingling and eating.MoonMoon before eclipseChattingLots of peopleParty at Blue Water GrillHeadlightsReaper and mini meGroup photoOur table
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Catching up on sleep 2008-02-22 07:11:30 After breakfast at Estel's with the gang I took the opportunity to catch up on some much needed rest while everyone went to Caye Caulker. We lost a few today Gailtor Islenutt Capt Jeff and Bobcatbill all went home.Hooked up with everyone at BC's then again at Canucks after coming back to get DCG - as we were leaving canucks for Fidos Reaper and a few of his boys showed up they lassoed DCG headed for Pedro's and met us later.Chatting at CanucksDCG and skydiversDancing at Fidos
More fish 2008-02-21 13:23:00 Capt Jeff rang me yesterday after our fishing trip and invited me out with him and Maya today - how exciting, of course I said yes so here I am at 5:43 getting ready to catch some more fish. We will meet up at Estel's shortly and the boat will get us at 7 am.DCG comes in today and Reaper's big dinner at Blue water Grill is on for tonight - just prinitng some town crawl maps to have handy.Dear ColetteHope you are well on your trip. Not sure if you are checking internet much but I felt to write and say hi - I know you will find it sometime soon.Maya is not starving in fact she caught a big jack today as well as mackerel and snapper. It was quite amazing to watch her reeling jack in especially when there were dolphins in close by feeding. You now how it is here some days - nature sensory over
Valentines Fair 2008-02-21 07:54:39 Bill and Becky have arrived, and the gang is all at BC's. They got in an hour earlier than we expected, and we ran into them at Coral Beach Hotel as we were getting organized to to meet them at the Air Strip. Tonight we are off to Rojo Lounge for diner, and are meeting back up with everyone in town. Paul and I are staying the night at Coral Beach also thanks to Islenutt, should be fun.Earlier this morning the girls went to Beach N' Kitchen for breakfast, and gave me a ride to the school. The Valentine's Fair at the school went very well.Went to Rojo with Shannon and her mom was excellent. After we all met up at Fidos except Paul he needed down time.After I came home packed a small bag and headed for coral beach hotel - watched south park and a bit of jack ass and called it a night. The roo Read more:Valentines
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