Be Happy, it's Friday!

Just last Friday I was back in Costa Rica and I got to spend most of my day with my lovely godson Julian, he is soo big and such a cute boy.

We went to the playground...

We walked around a shopping area that had a few big sculptures.

And we even had some delicious Dulce de Leche Cheesecake!

Can't wait to see him again, but for now we are just going to Skype date as much as we can as I don't want him to forget me so soon.. Can't believe it's already been almost a week since I saw him last.

Happpy Weekened to all!

Wild at heart

Being back after 10 days of family, friends, nature and all the beauty of my home country Costa Rica is like I am full charge on my happiness batteries and for that I am very thankful.

During this last visit I had the chance to visit my Aunt and Uncle's new place up in the mountains "Salvage" (means "Savage or Wild" in Spanish)  and I have to say it's nothing short of a beautiful and magic place surrounded by luscious mountains and an absolutely stunning garden.

Here are some of the photos I took of the house and surroundings.

The main house was built on top of a huge rock (there are many around the entire property).

Here's a composition of two photos for a side view of the rock and house.

My favorite part of the house was the little side balcony with exit via the big rock... My aunt loves gardening and plants so she has an amazing collection of Bonsai trees.

The Garden was design by my Aunt with many colorful flowers and plants.

Flowers were magical and so big!

Look at the size of this Hydrangea!!!

So, after spending a beautiful day with family and surrounded by such amazing nature, we have an open invitation to go back and next time I will make a point to bring my hubby and stay overnight at their lil' guest cottage...

Wanna come along?

Hola amigos!

I am back from a much needed, well deserved and even more enjoyed time away at my home-town surrounded by loving family member and friends.

Now, if you only I can get around the 500+ pictures that I took, plus re-group my thoughts, maybe I could come around to write a real blog post...

But for now, all I can say is I had a wonderful time, did not get a single rest day and now I am back to work in sort of full force, ha!

So, please bear with me and hopefully I will come around very soon.

See you again soon!

Hasta la vista, baby!

Today I am here...

On my way here...

This is where I'll be spending some of the next few days!

And this is going to be the view I'll be enjoying for you...

So, 'till we meet again!!!

Have a wonderful Weekend!

Is it Friday yet?

T-1 day and I am off to Costa Rica to visit family and friends, I am super excited and looking forward to some "tico times" surrounded by loved ones.

I've been packed for a few days now, and that makes me happy because I am usually last minute pack kinda girl and then I ended up packing too much stuff or even stuff I don't need.

But even though all my packing is done, I do leave a piece of my heart back here and carry instead my amazing husband and pets inside my heart, and although I wish he was coming along for the ride, this way we don't have to pay extra on tickets, dog/cat sitters and even somebody to look after the house.

The hubby will be definitely missed and even more every times somebody from my family or my friend is going to ask about him and how he is doing...

Although I will have internet access and my phone with me, this will be a very much needed and wanted hiatus, but, if you still feel like stopping by and leave me a comment while I am gone, please feel free or even drop me an email here and I will be happy to answer you!

Miss you guys already.... ❤

Happy Tuesday, Friday and beyond....!!!

Hump Day T-2days

Mainly because I am a big sucker for animal movies and specially when those animals are big, fun and can talk... I am looking forward to take on my phone, one of my favorite movies to watch while I fly to Costa Rica.

And this movie is no other that big ol' MARMADUKE!!!

I just totally love that movie, makes me laugh and makes love animals (cats and dogs) even more (if only that is possible).

Plus Marmaduke is a Great Dane with with a big heart and lots of ways to be naughty and fun!!!

Do you like animal movies? If so, which one is your favorite? Have you ever watched Marmaduke before? Do share....

In other news, thanks to all my readers that gave me some input about my the dresses to wear to my friend upcoming wedding and for those that haven't just visit yesterday's post and tell me what you think, thanks!

Happy Humpday!!!

10 on Tuesday

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T-3 days to go away, and I am so excited that I'm just about to burst into dancing like this...

All I need is the "tutu"!!!!

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Three more working days for this week sounds just about right for me, yey, can u tell I am excited? LOL

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Even though we live on a small island, Victoria's Secret just opened down the road from where I work, but since I am going away I haven even dare walk down there cause I know I could be spending money I need to take on my trip, so VS is going to have to wait!

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Saturday at the botanic part was very nice, took lots of photos here are my favorites.

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Also on Saturday my hubby took one of the nicest pictures of me lately... thanks hubby, got a new facebook profile pic!

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What is the deal with the "unsubscribe" of certain newsletters? Once you decide to unsubscribe is either because:
a) you don't care anymore about what they have to say, or,
b) because you are sick and tired of receiving so many emails from them...

So you hit that unsubscribe option and then they send ANOTHER email to reconfirm that you in fact DO NOT want any more emails from them, LOL! Don't get it... kinda defeats the purpose of stopping their emails!

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So, the cold front is still around, in less intensity and of course the sun is actually out now that we are on a business day, but on Sunday when I was home and off it was raining on and off plus lots and lots of wind, go figure!

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Tomorrow my girlfriends are planning a girly dinner night to celebrate my belated birthday, yey, can't wait to see them and catch up, it will be fun!!!

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While at home I'll be going to one of my best friends wedding and although I have idea what I am going to wear, I am split between two dresses, one is this Red one (which some people say a Red dress is not entirely appropriate for a wedding)...

 And then there's this Royal Blue which is nice and "flow-ey"...

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Which do you think is the best dress? Red or Blue, any comments and advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Weekend Flowers

Although we are back to Monday already, it was a nice weekend...

Despite the weather not entirely cooperating (as I mentioned a Cold Front coming our way), on Saturday we managed to get out of the house kind of early and we head out to the other side of the island to go see the Annual Orchid Show at the Queen Elizabeth Botanic Garden.

The morning was beautiful, we saw the orchids and then we walked around the park while taking photos and enjoying being a part of nature.

These are some of the beauties they had at the show...

And of course no Orchid Show is complete without the National Flower of my dear and lovely Costa Rica (where I'll be on Friday- yey!)...

Which of the photo flowers is your favorite? I guess you can imagine which one is mine?!?!?!?

We walked around quite a bit and took a bunch more pictures, will share more soon.

While in the park the weather started changing and then it was rain and lots of wind the rest of the weekend.

Now it's 4 days of work and then off to see my family, can hardly wait!!!!

Happy Monday!!!

Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend.

Friday Letters

Dear March: Welcome to 2013, you are the third month of the year and so far I am looking forward to some exciting things happening during your presence, already January and February have been on board and so far made this a wonderful year.

Dear customers: some of you are definitely a delight to interact and chat with, but others manage to give you guys a bad name to the point that it makes me wanna run for the hills and that is saying a lot being that the highest elevation on this lil island is only about 79ft (according to wikipedia)!

Dear Weekend: you are in my top 10 of favorite things in the world, having you this close makes as happy as an Otter with a fish!

Dear driver this morning: So nice of you stopping right in the middle of the road to buy the newspaper at your own convenience, specially not giving a s#*t about the other drivers on the road that are delayed while you look around for spare change around your car to pay for the paper, good going!

Dear bed and pillow: you guys are a great team but in the morning it seems as if you are winning the battle as it's been hard for me to wake up lately, seems like a have some attachment issues, specially when I have to wake up early to go to the gym (like today!).

Dear Nor'westers (weathers): I don't really mind you coming around during this time of the year, but why oh why do you feel the need to show up during the weekend with 20+ mph winds to ruin our snorkeling/beach time?!?!? Can't you just make the effort to come in between Mon to Friday, or is it that nature is paying you overtime during the weekend?!?!?

Dear Blog of mine: I've given you yet another face lift today, with a photo I took on my recent trip to The Brac and that has the "capabilities" to transport me to a place I love and miss every day, hope my readers like the "new look"!

Dear Blogger Friends: Here's hoping everybody has a great weekend... Live, Love, Laugh and Eat Well!!!

Event Photo Album

Hooray for Thursday, one more day and we are ready to welcome the weekend!!!

Last week we had an event to celebrate our 6th Anniversary so in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce had a Business After Hours, here are some photo by the local newspaper.

All Photo are © Patrick Brendel from the Cayman Compass Newspaper.

Entrance ready

My boss and his art

Everybody mingle and having fun

The Manager Sue & Me

Speech time!

Hope everybody has a wonderful Thursday!