I knew I would have trouble sleeping last Wednesday night before Selene's dental surgery. I did not need the assistance of BEL, our electric company, to keep me slumber-free, yet there they were, flicking power off and on over multiple hours Thursday morning, island-wide. We actually had some rain, for the first time in 2+ months, which must have impacted the lines. The power would cut out, t ...

Two EPIC good-news snippets this week: 1. We have hot water again! The new heating elements work like a charm, and having steaming-hot water on demand once again is delightful. 2. I saw this post yesterday on Facebook: The Patty Flipper is a food truck that resides directly across the street from our neighborhood. It "closed for maintenance" right as we moved here in August. It is HANDS ...

Very hectic 10 days here, I'll skip the small stuff and focus on the larger. I finally finished our taxes - I lost steam after realizing we were going to owe. UGH. A combination of only having half a year of mortgage intrest and taxes in the US to write off, and we killed it on 1099-INT income from Betterment - at times last year, it was paying 6% interest with no cap on what you could depos ...

I saw a Facebook post Wednesday morning that Dr. Baptist was at SAGA on Wednesday and Thursday for consultations and surgeries. I wasn't sure if the regular staff could do x-rays on Selene's mouth or not, so I went down to ask as I didn't want to take up one of Dr. Baptist's slots unless necessary. (Selene has been losing weight and favoring one side of her mouth when she chews). They told me ...

As you may surmise from the main photo, sargasso is back with a vengeance. It is really piling up on the reef side of the island, faster than most businesses can dispatch it. Depending on the wind strength, it is getting pushed into the river - last Tuesday it nearly covered the entire surface, and was flying by! We also saw an unexpected, nationwide power outage last week - for over two hou ...