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Very rainy today
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Oct. 24th, 2007 | 12:54 pm
Hello,
Well, It is almost the end of October. The time here just flies by when we are busy. The 2nd 1 bedroom bungalow is almost finished. It is already booked for Thanksgiving and into January.
The weather here has been crazy. Three Saturdays in a row it was very stormy, and the rest of the week in the 90’s. Yesterday was very hot, then last night and still today we have had thunder, lightning and just pouring rains. It is only 74F’ this morning and everyone is cold including the kitties who are all in a pile trying to stay warm. When this storm passes it will dry up and be in the 90’s again. This morning the road from here to the beach is all under water. There is a new raised gravel pathway for walking down the side which is so nice that you don’t have to walk through the water or go around to get there anymore. We also have a new concrete drainage ditch down the whole road so no more mud running into the street. They even raised our driveway like a bridge so we won’t flood again.
We went to a new restaurant in West End called Brio’s. It is in the new complex “The Palms”. Go towards the end of town and it is the Bali style place. The owner is Dino who is Gio’s (like the restaurant) son from French Harbor. It is excellent. I had tuna with a Thai sauce. It was enough for Jacob and I both for $14.
We have been trying to go on Thursdays to Bay Island beach resort for their weekly Tequila Downs crab races. It is a lot of fun and all of our guests that we take really enjoy themselves. It is a pig roast all you can eat buffet (for$15pp) right on the beach with great food, a live reggae band, dancing, shots of tequila and the hermit crab races. You buy 3 crabs for $10 and then they have 3 races. This is a benefit for the Sandy Bay school. So far Ted & Cam O’Brien have raised more than $16,000 and have bought desks, paint, drinking water, fixed the plumbing etc. We really admire what they are doing so anyone coming here we will be happy to go with you.
Saturday we had a BBQ for Jacob’s school to raise $$ for new computers. We served 120 chicken dinners with beans, salad, chamule and tortillas. We also had a yard sale going and the older kids sold mini donuts and coffee. We were all very tired but glad that we raised $850.
The kids are having a Halloween party at school this year. Jacob wants to be a pirate and carry one of our parrots. Lets just hope it doesn’t rain like last year.
I guess that’s it for now.
Celeste
Well, It is almost the end of October. The time here just flies by when we are busy. The 2nd 1 bedroom bungalow is almost finished. It is already booked for Thanksgiving and into January.
The weather here has been crazy. Three Saturdays in a row it was very stormy, and the rest of the week in the 90’s. Yesterday was very hot, then last night and still today we have had thunder, lightning and just pouring rains. It is only 74F’ this morning and everyone is cold including the kitties who are all in a pile trying to stay warm. When this storm passes it will dry up and be in the 90’s again. This morning the road from here to the beach is all under water. There is a new raised gravel pathway for walking down the side which is so nice that you don’t have to walk through the water or go around to get there anymore. We also have a new concrete drainage ditch down the whole road so no more mud running into the street. They even raised our driveway like a bridge so we won’t flood again.
We went to a new restaurant in West End called Brio’s. It is in the new complex “The Palms”. Go towards the end of town and it is the Bali style place. The owner is Dino who is Gio’s (like the restaurant) son from French Harbor. It is excellent. I had tuna with a Thai sauce. It was enough for Jacob and I both for $14.
We have been trying to go on Thursdays to Bay Island beach resort for their weekly Tequila Downs crab races. It is a lot of fun and all of our guests that we take really enjoy themselves. It is a pig roast all you can eat buffet (for$15pp) right on the beach with great food, a live reggae band, dancing, shots of tequila and the hermit crab races. You buy 3 crabs for $10 and then they have 3 races. This is a benefit for the Sandy Bay school. So far Ted & Cam O’Brien have raised more than $16,000 and have bought desks, paint, drinking water, fixed the plumbing etc. We really admire what they are doing so anyone coming here we will be happy to go with you.
Saturday we had a BBQ for Jacob’s school to raise $$ for new computers. We served 120 chicken dinners with beans, salad, chamule and tortillas. We also had a yard sale going and the older kids sold mini donuts and coffee. We were all very tired but glad that we raised $850.
The kids are having a Halloween party at school this year. Jacob wants to be a pirate and carry one of our parrots. Lets just hope it doesn’t rain like last year.
I guess that’s it for now.
Celeste