Kitty Post

Not much to post about today, so I decided to dedicate today's post to cats... I love cats and used to have one, my parents have one, her name is Lea and she is very, very sweet little girl.

 

 Lea (a.k.a Meouw)

 Now for some silly and random cat images...

And now, for a Super Hello Kitty...

Diving in our back yard...

This morning my husband, my friend Natalia and me went for a dive just two blocks away from our house, there's a wonderful small resort call Cobalt Coast with a fantastic dive operation (Divetech) and we frequently dive there, but it's been a while since the last time (at least for me, not the same for Mark).

Conditions were excelent and for the first time in a while (since we were diving regular open circuit) I took my camera, so here are the best shots from the dive, enjoy!

 

Our dive site

 

My dive buddies

 

Coral

spotted trunkfish

 

Parrot Fish cruising by...

flamingo tongue

 

trumpet fish

fan coral

Fashion Friday

I've never really being into fashion, never the less consider myself a fashionista of any kind... Of course I have some sort of appreciation for high couture, nice clothes and I can appreciate someone with a good fashion sense...

But there's something I've always found very interesting and I'm curious to try one day which is body paint, for either clothes or the camouflage body art. But, is that consider a type of fashion? Mmmhhh... not sure! What do you think?

 

And now some camouflage body paint...

I really would like to have the time or to know an artist (and have the body!) to pull something like this off...

And even thought I'm the assistant of a painter (Guy Harvey) and I work next to him almost everyday, his main topics are the ocean and deep sea fish so I'm not sure I would be able to convince him to make a piece of art out of me unless it's maybe a mermaid, LOL! Have a great weekend!!!

Picture Perfect

The other day a friend told me about a very cool website that is a free online photo-booth (www.laphotocabine.com) and although it's a French website I decided to give it a try and it's definitely quite fun and easy to use even for all of us not French speakers. All you need to have is a web camera on your computer, otherwise it would not work!

First I tried it with my husband and then just by myself, here are the results... Picture Perfect, right?

Wednesday Movie Post

Lately I've missed reviewing a movie that I've watched and posting about it on my Wednesday Movie Post, but today I'm back on track with the movie " I LOVE YOU MAN".

 

This movie is sort of a "romantic" comedy about a couple that is getting married but the guy is kind of a loner that has pretty much always being in a relationship so because of this he doesnt have many close male friends (a.k.a buddies). So in order to find himself a Best Man for his wedding he decided to start a "friend hunting" and even go on man dates for it.

I found this movie to be quite entertaining, maybe it's not a LOL movie all the way, but it's got a different subject with some pretty funny stuff.

I guess another reason why I liked this movie is because I can sort of relate to it in a personal way. Let me explain how.

When I first moved from Cayman Brac (another of the Cayman Islands and much, much smaller- where I had tons of friends) to Grand Cayman I pretty much only knew Mark (my husband now) and for many, many months he kept insisting that I needed girlfriends and in a way he kind of wanted to "set me up" with some his co-workers and friends, but to me a friendship needs to be something that comes natural, from the interaction with one another, it takes time to get to know people and even though sometimes you feel like you "click" with people immediately it's definitely not something that you want to force, right?

So, yes this movie reminded me of that time and honestly I still don't have that many close friends here in Grand Cayman but I do have plenty back in CR and other parts of the world and this past two weeks I made up for lost time with them, and I can say that it was like time never passed, FRIENDS RULE!!!

HAPPY 09-09-09!!!

All Dogs go to Heaven...

and now there's a Dog Heaven on earth!!!

Artist Stephen Huneck is convinced that dogs have spiritual as well as real identities and that they go on, outside the course of nature, beyond what we can see.

Then after a near death experience he had a vision that guided him to build a Dog Heaven, with a Chapel. This place honors those amazing friends and companions that we so very much love and share our lives with, our dogs. The chapel is located in Vermont and it opened in 2000.

When I saw this article it made me smile, because it's a beautiful place but mostly because of the idea behind it, honoring dogs, giving them a place (besides in our hearts) to rest and always be remembered.






Well, and I guess cats are welcome too!!!!

Have a great day!

EVERYTHING 1/2 off...

While I was in Costa Rica I saw at a local store one of the funniest and off the wall window display I've ever seen. As you can imagine I had to take pictures and share it with the world, cause things like this just don't show up every day...

Sorry that the quality of the picture is not very good, because it is a window display there is a lot of reflection on it...

I got to give them credit and say that this is definitely a very creative way to advertise that EVERYTHING is half off... even the clothes on the mannequins, LOL!!!

First Day back home....

(From Left to Right: my stepmom Carmen, my birthdad Al, Me, my aunt Cynthia, my mom Lorena and my stepdad Manrique...
I LOVE YOU ALL!)

This is the last picture I took while I was in Costa Rica, like I said on my last post I had a fantastic time and was able to spend time with a lot of people that I love and I miss every day... But now I'm back in Grand Cayman spending my time with the person I love and I missed the most these past weeks... My husband Mark!

This past few days in Costa Rica made me very happy but also kind of sad because I can't spend that much time with so many people that I really care for and that they also care about me, everyday of my life. But I know and I've always believed that 'a big part of finding happiness is not having exactly what you want when you want it." So, not having my family and friends close to me everyday is hard but having opportunities like this past trip to see them and cherish what they give me is a wonderful thing.

So, to everybody back home (even though they are not reading this) and specially to God that always gives me the opportunity to have the best of both worlds, THANK YOU!!!

Adios Costa Rica!

Well, here I am sitting at the airport in San Jose waiting to board the plane to Miami and then to back home to my lovely husband in Grand Cayman.

Looking back at this past two weeks I have to say that I am very happy and grateful because I had a wonderful time and I was able to share many good times with a lot of family and friends, some that I have not seen for more than 10 yrs!!!

The party was plenty and the tiredness of it all finally got to me a couple of days ago... Good thing I'm flying back on a Sat. so I can spend all day long on Sunday next to my wonderful man, decompressing and gathering strength to go back to work and back to reality on Monday!

Besides this trip made me realized once again, how proud I am to be from a country like Costa Rica, everywhere you look there are gorgeous scenes, nature is anything but scares and the people are in general very friendly, pleasant and fun.

Last night my aunt took us to a wonderful Japanese Restaurant call Sakura, we had one of those Teppanyaki (which is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food, it was delicious, I had the Imperial choice (shrimp, beef and chicken), yummy!!!

Well... looks like my flight is starting to board... See ya all!!!

Some of Nature's many jewels

Tuesday we visited the beautiful Else Kientzler Botanical Garden located in a small town of Sarchi here in Costa Rica. After the botanical garden we also visited a small but very nice butterfly farm.

I took tons of pictures but I have not had the time to sort them out never the less the internet connection to even try to upload them, so here are a few of them and I will definitely post more in the future, enjoy!

Another paradise

There are so many beautiful things to see in my country, I am very grateful and happy to be here after all this time, and even though most people I have seeing keep commenting of how I live in paradise, to me CR is another very beautiful paradise.

All of these pictures I took around my parents yard. Tomorrow we are going to a botanical garden that has lots of beautiful plants and flowers but it also has a labyrinth... Can't wait to take lots of pictures!!!!

Blog neglect

It's been a while since the last time I was able to post something on my blog and there are a few reasons why:

1. I've been in Costa Rica since Aug, 20th.
2. I am really full of activities, seeing friends, driving places, and not that much time to spend in front of a computer.
3. It's pretty hard to find a nice, fast and reliable internet connection that will give the chance to actually get something done.
4. Party hardy!
5. I am on vacation!!!

So, here I am tonight, it is almost midnight and I can't sleep, mostly because I am very tired, I've had a weekend full of activities (since Thursday when I had the appointment to renew my American Visa and it got approved so I had to celebrate!).

Also I've been sleeping on a different bed every night since Thursday and besides the point that it's already hard to sleep well without my husband by my side, every night on a different bed, different pillows, different smells, sounds, etc... Not that much fun!

The best bed so far is been the one at my aunt Sonia's house, that bed is even better than mine at home and I felt like i5 was my own private suite just for me...



Besides the sleeping deal and the fact that I really miss my husband and my doggies, I am having a fab time and I finally got the chance to see a lot of people that I haven't seen in a long, long time...

Still I can't wait to go back to my life in Grand Cayman and to see my husband and dogs again.

Dogs, dogs, dogs

It's been almost a whole week since I left Grand Cayman, my house, my husband and my dogs, but today while chatting on Skype with my husband I told him how much I'm missing him but also I realized that I don't miss my dogs quite as much, because almost every house I've visited has a dog so I've been able to fulfill that part of my daily life with other people dogs.

These are some of the dogs I've been spending my time with, they are all awesome animals!

(Negra, Gaia and Emma)

Wanda is my cousins neighbor dog, but she kinda adopted my cousin and her husband

Jack is my fathers dog, he is Negras son and also brother of Gaia and Emma

Sammy is my aunts dog

Beignet (french for pastry) is Sammy's daughter and also lives with my aunt

San Jose Downtown

Here are some random pics that I took while riding in the car with my dad today... Mostly cars, lots of beautiful big trees and some nice churches and buildings.

getting closer to SJ downtown

local mural

local fashion

Church

San Jose Cathedral

The traffic was crazy, at least I wasn't driving 'cause I'm definitely not used to this madness anymore!

It's all about fetching

The other day I went with my dad and his dogs (one is technically mine, Gaia the white one) to their daily routine of fetching their toy and take some photos of them in action.

I took lots but mostly being action shots are quite out of focus, I have so many that I decided to put together a collage so it's easier to upload them on the web. Enjoy!

The black one is Negra (the mom- older dog), the yellow is Emma and the white one is Gaia (E&G are sisters)

Aren't they adorable???

Honest Scrap Award

Thanks to Jess (This Life Is Mine) I got a new award, you rock girl and you must definitely made my day brighter with this new award:

There are three rules for this award:

Rule #1. link back to the person who gave you the award

Rule #2. Give the award to 10 other bloggers, (not sure I have 10, but I am going to give it to as many people as I can).

1. Jess for being such a great sport about my blog, being she is the one and only fellow blogger that has ever nominated for an award, her support and good laughs give me a lot of strength to continue sharing my life, ideas and experiences with ya'll.

2. First Time is not only a wonderful blog, great pictures, great humor and the author is the most wonderful man I've ever met.

3. Ooh La La would be my third nomination, Heidi has a great blog with lots of very nice pictures of architecture designs, decoration and more, keep it up Heidi, you are doing a great job there, I really enjoy visiting your blog.

4. speaking in CAPS has already being nominated by Jess, but I also agree with her that Jim has a great blog and now he is honoring us with a new one (He read/She read), looking forward to many good posts.

5. where is kristine now is a wonderful blog, she not only has some beautiful pictures of where she currently at, but also where she has being. And as a citizen of the world that she is, her blog and her post are very rich and pleasant to read.

6. Days of Five Lives is a pretty new blog to me, but I really love the way Janelle talks about her family, her day to day in dealing with marriage, raising kids, life, work, responsibility and more... Can't wait to read more about her in the future.

7. Low Car Jane is a great blog whether you are or if you would ever want to be into the whole low carb living, she's got very good ideas, recipes, tips and more.

8. Moonstruck is a very fun and fresh blog, I just nominated Maggie for my one and only thankful award and I think she deserves this one as well, cause her blog is very honest and genuine.

Well, I guess that is as far as I go with the tagging people for this award, I know that rule #2 says tag 10, but I'm still pretty new at this so I don't really want to tag people of the heck of it, so I guess all I can say is "My blog, my rules".

Rule #3. List 10 honest things about yourself.

1. I always start to eat the pizza from the crust side.
2. I love to eat jello with ice cream.
3. I hate the movie Titanic.
4. I kissed a girl on the mouth once (a very good friend of mine).
5. I have tried LSD before and loved it!
6. I can probably stay in bed all day as long as it is not too hot weather.
7. I did ballet dancing for about 6 yrs of my life.
8. I absolutely love mayonnaise.
9. I hate roller coasters.
10. I sometimes wonder if my life and thoughts are interesting enough to keep me blogging,