Making a list, checking it twice...

My whole life I've always being a fan of many lists. I think is a great way to organize things in paper and then keep it handy in you brain once you realize the amount of things something involves.

There are many types of lists like: grocery list, guest list, school supplies list, gift list, New Year resolutions lists, and many more. Of course I can't forget to mention one of the most important one to me, the Wish list.

Lately I've been thinking about many things I want to do for the house and things to buy for us and I'm convince that if I have a clear imagine in my brain of what I want/need, it would be easier to use visualization and the law of attraction (yes, the whole "Secret" deal) to get the things you want.

I know some of the things I have on this list are short term and others longer term, but working on my mind and visualizing what I want to get me to my goal when the right time comes.

So here are some of the things I am going to put on that list right now;

1. Upgrade my car

2. Get more palm trees for our yard

3. Stainless Steel Grill

4. Taking a trip to Italy with my husband

How about you out there reading this? Any wish lists coming up, specially since Christmas is just around the corner? Hope so...

Have a great day!

Serenity Now...

Today is another holiday on the island (Remembrance Day), after the horribly weather we had all weekend now it's a perfect sunny Caribbean day and I'M WORKING!

Our store seems to be the only one store open in the whole downtown area and although being here today is not the part that bothers me, what bothers me is that if my boss was the one opening and working today he would have turn around and walked away... To me that is a "double standard" policy, if something applies to one person it should apply to others, but it doesn't, go figure!

The store I work for is one of the best stores in town and our sales are very good compare to many, so what's the point to open for a few hours to try to make some sales (maybe sell $150.00 all day) when they are spending more money by paying two staff members to be here (at double time rate cause it's a holiday) and pay electricity all day, so just with those two spends already it's not worth having the place running, at least from my point of view.

So all I can say and ask for is "Serenity Now or Insanity later"..... LOL!
Happy Monday :)

Rainday and not Sunday...

It's still raining and very cloudy all day since I woke up around 9:30 for the first time in a long time...

On the positive side of it all, since there's not much to do and my husband is working 1/2 day, it gave me a chance to jump back into my exercise routine, so thanks Ida for giving me weekend weather that makes want to exercise, LOL!!!

Weekend Weather Watch

The weekend is finally here but so is the bad weather, tropical storm Ida is lurking around the western Caribbean so it's been raining on and off for the past couple of days and even stronger from this morning. Here's the latest image of the storm from the NOAA website.


Now here's the thing about bad weather in my house, one of our dogs (Ditto) is terribly scared of rain and wind but only when he is inside the house, he is some sort of k-9 barometer that once he can sense a change in the atmospheric pressure, a change on the direction of the wind or hears some thunder, then he get really scared and starts to shake like a scare little bunny, no kidding....

But the funniest and I might even say weirdest part of this whole deal is that he is only panicking when he is inside the house, once you ask him if he wants to go for a walk, he will jump with the same excitement and joy as if it was a sunny beautiful day, will go out in the rain like it was bright and beautiful weather, no kidding....

So yesterday because it was raining quite hard in the morning when I was getting ready for work, he was in one of those panicking modes which also means, he wants to be close to you at all times, even to the point that he came into the bathroom (not the shower though) and would not let me close the door on him. So I got in the shower and when in I came out there he was sitting on the bathroom door guarding me (and specially him) from the storm, LOL!

poor lil' fella...

I feel so sorry for him at times and I'm glad that this year hurricane season was a very quiet one. According to the weather update we should get around 1 to 2 inches of rain, I'll take that any day over a hurricane, hopefully Ida will be the end of another hurricane season.

Have a great weekend!!!

Funny Friday

Today is a holiday here on the island and while lots of people are sleeping in, out and about, doing some sports, diving, going to the beach or simply just at home relaxing, I HAVE TO WORK!

Still work should be interesting today as we are conducting interviews (about 6 people) for a sales associates position we have available at the retail area of the Gallery & Shoppe I work at, this should be fun, specially cause we received over 35 applications and these are pretty much the only ones we consider might work...

I picture today's interviews going like this;


LOL, just kidding... hope it goes much better that that! Have a fun weekend :)

Engaging legend...

All my life I never really was much into jewelry or even diamonds, that is of course 'til I got engaged, now I love diamonds and wouldn't mind having some more, lol!

The other day I got a very interesting email about the reason why we wear our engagement and then our wedding band on the fourth finger, I don't know if this is a fact but I found it kind of cute they way they approached it.

So, according to this email there is a Chinese legend that explains it in a very nice and convincing way;

The thumbs represent your parents.
The grooming fingers represent your brothers/sisters and friends.
The middle fingers represent yourself.
The ring (fourth) finger represent your partner/better half.
The little finger represents your kids.

Now to explain this legend you have to do this:

So now, try to separate your thumbs (your parents), although they gave you life they are probably not going to be with you your entire life.

Then try to separate the grooming fingers (brothers/sisters and friends), this is possible also because although you might have them around for a long time, they will also go their separate ways and some you might not see ever again...

After that, try to separate your little fingers, again that is possible because kids come into your life and then eventually will have a life of their own and leave.

Finally, try to separate your ring fingers and you'll be surprised with the result... it's not possible! This is because those fingers represent your other half, the person that once you find it would be there with you all the way, pretty cool, uh?

Well just though I share that nice cute legend.

Oh by the way, here's also a picture of "my precious" diamond engagement ring, beautiful right? I love it...

Have a great day!

Back to reality

Yes, I made it back home but to a very rainy Caribbean after some gorgeous and very hot steamy weather in Florida...

My trip was good but extremely tired, to me it was the combination of; a lot of work, lots of time on my feet, not taking my vitamins, not exercising for the past 3 weeks (as I had a major cold 2 weeks before I left) and also the pillow I was using at the hotel was taking a huge toll on me and my neck and shoulders have been very sore.

But now I'm back home, I have plan to restart my exercise routine again tomorrow, today is back to my regular diet, sleeping in my own bed and also getting an appointment with my chiropractor to help out the process of the neck and shoulders being so sore...

Also after today my work schedule changes, so from now on I will be working from 9:30 to 6pm, it's going to be though to finish so late, but oh well, I have to be very grateful cause I have a great job and with that comes great responsibility... LOL!

So now, off to work and as we are now slowly getting back to high season= lots of sales (I hope!).

Busiest Week

My blog title today pretty much covers it all, this have been my busiest week in quite some time, I guess it's right up there with the week of my marriage, but still even more tired than that time because right now I'm pretty much on my feet all day long, during my weeding week lost of the time it was all fun and good times.

Anyway, I really can't complain, the Fort Lauderdale Boat show is going good and sales are getting better every day, on the second day (Friday) I even sold an original painting (the first one sold at this years show), so I'm very happy cause that's pretty much what I came to do...

Now, the Boat Show has being a wonderful experience in all, working such a huge event and meeting a lot of people that would be great connections for work is excellent, but also seeing what the whole fishing industry is all about as well.

On Thursday afternoon as it was the first day of the show and it wasn't very busy, me and my husband went for a walk around part of the show (and I say part cause it's so big it's impossible to see it in one afternoon)... First walk inside some of the tents that sell fishing products, dock lighting, fishing apparel and more. But then we walk outside where the fun stuff starts, meaning the boat, sailboats and finally the MEGA yachts.

All I can say about the mega yachts is WOW!!! We saw some the biggest most luxurious yachts that are for sale, some of the standard (used) ones are about 160' feet, with at least 3 main rooms + crew, they come with a little boat to get to land and the nicest one we saw call "Mine Games" comes with its very own submarine for two and a helicopter that seats 4 people, how about that, most prices start at 5 million usd.

Yeah, pretty amazing, and that's just the used part of the show, then you can visit a tent that have all of the manufactures that offer the custom made mega yachts that offer to make you own yacht, your own way, I don't even bother wondering what kind of a price those have... But it's all relative you know, what could be very expensive for me could be very cheap for you, well, most of those boat I saw were sadly very expensive for me, LOL!

Anyway, here are some highlights of the show, enjoy....

small boats

big yachts

big yachts

sub for two at mine games

my favorite one, Mine Games!

Reporting from Florida

Things are good, being busy as hell, but 2 out of the 3 big events went very well.

Monday evening we had a dinner for the my boss's induction to the International Gamefish Assoc. Hall of Fame, he was inducted among other 4 men, including a fellow Costarican, so I was there cheering for both of them. Took pictures but will post them later, promise.

Tuesday evening was the Fundraising Dinner for the GH Ocean Foundation, that was the pirate theme party one, we had a great time and there was even a Capt. Sparrow (Johnny Depp) look a like.... it was so much fun, pictures also coming soon.

And finally today was the first day of the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, that was fun as well but very exhausting... Anyway, just wanted to touch base with my blog, now off to bed.

Leaving on a Jet Plane...

Here we are sitting at the airport, getting ready to get on the plane to Florida.

We are going to Fort Lauderdale for a few days, mostly for work but regardless of that we are going to have a great time... Have a great day!!!

Weekend love story...

Well Monday is here in I have to admit it was a pretty good weekend.

Like I said yesterday, we went to the beach and manage to enjoy a few hours of sun and sea before the rain came back... Here's a little idea of what our Sunday at the beach was like...

we were at the beach

enjoying the sunny day

admiring the clearness of the water

then came a needle fish to check me out...

and that's when I realized the sea loves me... and I love it back!

but also, I love this man...

and lucky me, he loves me back....

Happy Monday!!!

Weekend review

Saturday was one of the best weather days we've had in the month of October, I had to work from 9am to 3pm but it was good, got a lot done and changed a few wall displays, I think my boss is going to be pleased with what I came up with, we shall see...

After work I managed to get everything else I need for the Florida trip (which by the way is tomorrow am) so I got both my two outfits for the two events including my pirate theme outfit... Oh yeah, I forgot to mention about that. Like I said on my past post about my October events, turns out the company decided to make the GH Ocean Foundation Dinner a Pirate Theme event, so that dress I posted a picture of here, is going to become a pirate dress (but a fancy one, of course!), got my high boots, my big gold earring hoops and all... I'm going to look fabulous!!!

Anyway, back to my weekend... So after working Saturday and missing the opportunity to go to the beach and enjoy a nice sunny day, we got up today, got some breakfast and around 10 we left to the beach, laid down, did some snorkeling and a few hours later it was raining again, then it rained pretty much the rest of the afternoon and night.

Now it's off to bed, working tomorrow and then off the Florida for a few day... Have a great weekend!!!

Go figure!

Today it's Saturday and I have to work from 9am to 3pm and of course we have the best weather we've had in the past few days...

Well, I guess Murphy was right when he named that law after him, because I would say it's one of the most accurate and repetitive ones, LOL!

Have a great day!

I + rainbows

I'm so happy it's Friday although I am going away next Tuesday for a week I am working tomorrow so my boss can have a full weekend off before I am gone...

Yesterday morning it was raining pretty hard but with sun, so I after a while there was a huge beautiful rainbow in the back of my house, took some shots and although they didn't come out so great I am going to share them with you all...

I don't know why but something tells me that my blog is slowly but surely becoming a photo blog... Oh well, I really don't think there are any complains about that, and if they are, please just submit them by writing to the following address:

PO BOX 148 Hell
Grand Cayman KY1-1401
Cayman Islands

Yes, that is in fact my real postal address... so if you have anything else besides complains and specially gifts, please feel free to send some soon... keep in mind the holidays are coming soon as well, LOL!

O.k. so now back to the rainbow




Happy Friday!!!

Cool Camera Mode

I have a Canon PowerShot, actually this is the 3rd of those that I've owned. My first one I gave to my dad, the second got flooded diving and now I have this one.

The last two cameras have this really cool mode that is called Color Accent, basically what this mode does is that you can choose one color that you want to focus on and this is the only color the camera will display, the rest will show in black and white...

I love taking pictures in this mode, it's so much fun, here are some I've taken lately with it...

Little Cayman Airport Terminal (light turquoise focus)

Bouganvillea in bloom (pink focus)

my stylish friend Roxanne (yellow tones focus)

I love red Sharpies (red tones focus)

my friend Sophie has a big heart, it show right? (red focus)

feeling blue? (blue focus)

Orange base found at the beach (orange focus)

Happy Hump Day!!!

Made it back...

We are home, made it back after yesterday being an exhausting day that was supposed to start with us getting on the 8:20 flight to make it just in time for work.

Well, that didn't work out the way we expected... When we woke it was windy and rainy so all the flights were delayed and because we were only coming back to Grand Cayman and not connecting with another international flight the airline contacted us to give up our seat to those that did have a connecting flight.

So we did as they said we will be scheduled for the 12:30 flight, well that turned out to be the 3:30pm!!! Made it home by around 5pm... Our dogs were so happy and so were we (specially because they flight was not very bumpy!)

Now it's Tuesday and we have some stationary cold front on top of our islands, so lots of rain and very cloudy...

So, here are some other pictures that I took this weekend, have a great day!!!

everybody was thirsty this weekend!

beach at point of sands

beach at our hotel

finally our plane arrived...

Just Married...

Well, it's Monday and yesterday the wedding was fantastic, the couple looked amazing and the setting was just breathtaking...

Jason ready and waiting for his wife to be...

Vick, her dad, bridesmaids and Abbey the beautiful flower girl

Just picture; sandy white beach, with little Owen Island in the background, sunny and hot but with very dramatic rain clouds all over on the horizon.

Love is in the air...

"I pronounce you Husband & Wife"

Mr. & Mrs. Belport

Just Married...

After the ceremony even though it rained pretty hard after about an hour it cleared up very nicely and then it was very cool...

best looking couple at the party!

reception time

fireworks to celebrate!

Now we should be heading back to reality and get on the 8:20 flight, but then this morning we woke up and to our surprise it is all cloudy and rainy so now the flight is delayed for at least an hour.

So this is why I say this is the true Sister Islands experience because these islands are connected to Grand Cayman through twin otter planes (small 16-20 passenger planes) so just a little change on the weather and the wind can really affect the planes.

Now we are stuck and while writing this I got a call from the airline asking us if we have any connecting flight and since we live in Grand Cayman and we are not connecting, they asked us to give up our seats to people that are connecting... So maybe by 12 o'clock we should be heading back to, hopefully the weather will improve by then, cause I don't like flying those little planes with lots of wind and bad weather...

Have a great week!!!!

Better Together

Today is my friends Jason & Vicki's wedding. I am so happy and excited to be here to enjoy and share this very important day with them and it also brings me back some very fond memories of how special our day was just a few month back in May....

Weddings are just such joyful occasions, not only you get to celebrate the beginning of a wonderful new life together but also to celebrate all the good times that help those two people get to where they are in order to commit and make their life even better together and hopefully forever!

I have to admit that I love being married, having somebody to share life with in a very special way, although I also believe that you really not need to be married to have a commitment, I believe it gives life a different meaning when you have an "official" better half.

Well, the wedding should be starting in about an hour and half, so now I'm going to take a little nap now and then get ready.... I will post more pictures later on this week.

Have a great Sunday!!!

Vicki and Jay, still single but soon to be married, congrats guys!!!