goode beach

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it was stunning today!  we went garage sale shopping...pretty ho hum if you ask me.  down here people sell stuff i'd throw in the trash instead of decent items. anyway also bought an amazing, super comfy couch and rug for the new house and then took the dog out to goode beach, a dog beach at the end of frenchman bay. i could not believe it when we got there - nobody else there and it was absolutely stunning.  the water was crystal clear, clean, blue and green. The sky was a beautiful blue with perfect clouds and the sand was again the blazingly white, incredibly powdery and soft, squeaky clean variety we see down here. in fact, whenever miski would run it literally squeaked beneath her feet.  incredible. she had a blast ripping around in the sand and the water.  she was naughty and bothered a few people who walked by but...if you walk on a dog beach you should probably make sure you like dogs.  anyway jose tried fishing with no luck. we had a beautiful picnic with yummy snacks, hot tea, and later some great italian wine.  a lovely day!

great sunday - garage sales, 3D movie, soccer, and sushi!

can't get a whole lot better than today. true, it was absolutely frigid this morning but it turned out to be a beautiful, warm, golden day by mid morning. a lovely sunday all round.  started it off by getting some pretty cool stuff at garage sales. then we took miskers to the oval for a play in the grass, which she absolutely loved. we had the whole place to ourselves.  then we went to the fish markets and grabbed some beautiful fresh fish, fresh turkish bread (yum), oh and some chocolate croissants and fresh smoothie for good measure. we relaxed at home for a little bit and then went to the local movie theater to see Brave...in 3D.  talk about awesome - the theater was super comfy with big, cushy seats with drink holders.  jose bought the biggest drink and pop corn they had and we chomped throughout what turned out to be a hilarious film. and now we have 3d glasses! bonus!  Miski and i watched jose play soccer with this afternoon with some other old fogeys and then came home to make beautiful fresh sushi for dinner and grilled chicken sandwiches on turkish bread for tomorrow's lunch.  phone is still broken...very annoying. so no pics yet.

peacharine, fig, and kaffir lime trees!

no pics today because my iphone bit the dust after i requested it be unlocked by my old provider in the US. surprise surprise they weren't even able to get that right.  irritating.  so, phone less, sleep less and cold we went out shopping today. i found this amazing nursery that MJ and mom would LOVE and we bought a fig tree, a kaffir lime tree, and a peacharine tree.  yes that's right - a peacharine!  super excited!  now we just need to move in...can't come soon enough.  miss everyone back home very much!

What a dork

No idea what got into Miski last night. Either she was too tired to jump in the chair or she wanted attention. Or both. She likes clean linen, pillows, being hand fed and pampered. Princess. I don't do those things though...always. Just most of the time and until jose gets fed up and then laughs at both of us. It was cold last night but today was very pretty and hopefully the weekend will be nice. I'm ready for it after this week. Hope all of you are well! Miss everyone back in the states tons and tons. Or as they say here...heaps and heaps xo

It snowed! Just kidding, but it hailed a lot!

We had a pretty big storm yesterday and last night. Didn't clear up today either and rained on and off all day. When I got home today there was all this white stuff near the porch. My first thought was that the laundry overflowed...but that's not where the laundry is. Apparently it hailed so much that shady areas stayed frozen. Unreal. Miski wasn't too excited and she's very happy to wear her little fleece jacket.

How lucky am I?!

Made fajitas couple nights ago and they were awesome! Then asian noodle and veggie stir fry the next...yum.  Today was a difficult day and when i got home quite late, jose had baked me the most beautiful coconut-lime cake! He always knows what will cheer me up...cake! it was delicious!

Lazy Sunday's are awesome

Yesterday, after exhausting shopping :) we grabbed a ready made roast meal at this amazing gourmet shop near our place. Thy have all the esoteric ingredients I could ever want. Heaven! We relaxed all afternoon with our hot meal and a movie. It was great. See jose cuddling with Miski above. So cute! Today we slept in until 10am. Totally unheard of for me. Then jose made us omellettes and toast. Yum! I plan on doing nothing today and loving it.