A busy day - Wednesday was!

Today, Andrei and Lisa left for St. Lucia. We got a call later that they were delayed in leaving Anguilla, and would miss their connection in Antigua. However, they would be staying in Antigua overnight -- and they'd be put up so all is not lost.

I emailed their guest house in St. Lucia that they'd be arriving tomorrow instead of today and got a lovely email in reply. Impressive.

And today was one of those days when nothing goes as planned. Theolinda and her daughter, Aline, arrived unannounced this morning about 9:30 and stayed till about 11:30 so we had no recourse except to visit. But that was quite productive and a very good visit.

Theolinda is the owner, and it's nice to deal with her on occasion. She brought a curtain for the bathroom and brought the parts for the hot water heater. She brought a new motion sensor light (the previous one had been stolen!!!) and she brought us a new working wall clock.

Before that happened, the guy for the screens arrived at 7:45 a.m. to measure the windows in the addition for screens. Then he left and promised to return this afternoon with the finished screens. To our great surprise, he did just that. So, now we have screens and we can open up the windows in the addition.

After everyone left, I tried to sit down to work but our neighbour, Pearl, dropped over and we had to have a wee visit as well. She is leaving tomorrow for three weeks to visit her sister(s) and brother in New York. Ed, her husband, is staying here by himself -- so we will look in on him, I'm sure.

And in the afternoon, we had to take Lisa and Andrei to the airport. I'm being an ass in this photo, showing off my new lime-green shoes -- fake Crocs I got in SXM yesterday!



They were very excited about their trip to St. Lucia!

Here they are at the airport. We left them to wait for the LIAT flight to Antigua and then on to St. Lucia.













I am excited because now I feel that I am living in luxury -- so much more than what we had last year. I really do feel COMFORTABLE.

I have my table with the legs we brought from Canada -- but the table that Sir Ralph built for me.

We have the cable television and the Internet - and so far, the Internet is excellent. There was, as always, the setup that was a bit of a hassle, but now I have things sorted out well enough.

I have my keyboard and a brand new EXCELLENT stool that is adjustable and very comfortable. (If I could only find the time to practice...)

We have two bedrooms and two bathrooms -- and the new bathroom is twice the size of the other one -- and it's NEW!

The shower heads are NEW in both bathrooms -- and the water pressure is great! We are still working on cold water (which here is not really cold, but just "not hot") but that is a temporary thing and is quite manageable in the interim.

Our location right on the beach is just the best!

We have a family of puppies outside that we can feed. They will have to go to AARF shortly. I'm working on gaining their trust so that I can catch them. In the meantime, they are just adorable!

We have a new barbecue that we got yesterday in St. Maarten. We have a porch where we can actually sit outside in a protected area -- so we could invite friends over!

We have the use of a washing machine two doors away (with Andrei and Lisa) and laundry becomes very manageable.

We discovered the Merchants' Market and got chicken last week that will do us for a while. That's a very good place for us to shop.

We can get excellent Gouda cheese here -- in large wheels -- and it's cheap compared to what we would pay at home.

I've been able to make a mean chicken stew so that we can eat a very healthy and delicious and easy-to-make supper on top of the stove.

And life is good! It's just good!