Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The journey thus far
Jeff arrived on island October 15th with plans to stay with a friend of our Grandad's, Marty (aka Party Marty). Within a few days, Jeff found jobs for himself and Kyle and an awesome apartment for the three of us. Kyle and I arrived on the 21st of October, after an unexpected night in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We were supposed to arrive on the 20th but our flight from Miami was delayed, therefore causing us (and about 20 others) to miss the connecting flight in San Juan. We were put on the next available flight, which departed at 10am the next morning. The airline put us up in a hotel for the night and gave us about $40 worth of food vouchers. Seeing as we weren't exactly sure where we were going to stay once we got to St Thomas, our delay was a surprise blessing from God :)
Jeff met us at the airport in the rental car and we headed straight to the ferry over to St John. Jeff found a used Jeep on craigslist and wanted to go take a look. We ended up not buying the Jeep but we did spend the day at Cinnamon Bay! Pretty good first day in the VI if you ask me.
Marty arranged for the three of us to stay at his friends Paul and Edythe's while we waited for our apartment to be ready. We spent the first ten days with them, learning our way around and getting used to driving on the left. We no longer have the rental car and are in the market for a nice working, used island car. It's interesting trying to get around without a car, not impossible though.
Safari taxi |
visitors welcome! |
I think that's it for now.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
What I've been up to lately
video by Kyle Tomey
In case you didn't know, Jeff, Kyle and I decided to move to the island of St. Thomas in the USVI. Come visit us anytime! The view isn't bad...
More photos to come :)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Have fun storming the castle!
Reunion photo of (most of) the cast from my all-time favorite movie:
I might have to go watch the movie now...
I might have to go watch the movie now...
Monday, September 26, 2011
Nice try, Monday
Mr. Monday Morning tried to get the better of me this morning. I emphasize the word tried.
My goal was to leave my apartment by 8:30. The snooze button is a good friend of mine so I was running a little behind schedule. I had everything I needed to take with me for the day sitting by the door so I wouldn't forget anything as I rushed out the door. And rush out the door I did, locking it quickly behind me. Only to realize that I didn't grab my keys off the hook before I shut the door.
So there I was, standing at the top of the stairs, hands full of everything I needed except my keys. My first thought was, "what are the chances that the friendly Realtor whose office is downstairs might happen to have a key to my apartment?" I ran downstairs to find out... chances not good. I did find out, however, that my landlord would be arriving in about thirty minutes. So I gave him a call to let him know I'd be waiting for him.
I went back upstairs and sat down on the floor. I think the general reaction to this circumstance would be one of anger/frustration/annoyance/insert-negative-emotion-here. Thankfully, my reaction was none of those things. You see, my gracious heavenly Father knew that this morning I would hit the snooze buttontwo three five times. He knew that because I am a selfish, lazy human being, I would not make time to spend with Him before I left for work this morning. He also knew that, because I would be rushing to get out the door, I would lock my keys in my apartment. But God also knew that I would have these thirty minutes. My Bible was in my purse on the floor next to me, not sitting on the couch in my locked apartment where it usually is. I had no where to go for thirty minutes.
God gave me those thirty minutes to spend with Him.
So that's what I did.
He's good at what He does.
My goal was to leave my apartment by 8:30. The snooze button is a good friend of mine so I was running a little behind schedule. I had everything I needed to take with me for the day sitting by the door so I wouldn't forget anything as I rushed out the door. And rush out the door I did, locking it quickly behind me. Only to realize that I didn't grab my keys off the hook before I shut the door.
So there I was, standing at the top of the stairs, hands full of everything I needed except my keys. My first thought was, "what are the chances that the friendly Realtor whose office is downstairs might happen to have a key to my apartment?" I ran downstairs to find out... chances not good. I did find out, however, that my landlord would be arriving in about thirty minutes. So I gave him a call to let him know I'd be waiting for him.
I went back upstairs and sat down on the floor. I think the general reaction to this circumstance would be one of anger/frustration/annoyance/insert-negative-emotion-here. Thankfully, my reaction was none of those things. You see, my gracious heavenly Father knew that this morning I would hit the snooze button
God gave me those thirty minutes to spend with Him.
So that's what I did.
He's good at what He does.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Just another Monday morning
Someone decided to Jackson Pollock my car last night. They could have at least picked a better color:
(Thanks, Dad, for helping me clean it off this morning!!)
Thursday, August 4, 2011
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