Nighty Night,
sleep tight,
don't let the bed bugs bite.
If they do,
take off your shoe,
and beat them till they're black and blue!
LOL, thats what my Grandmother would say.
Nice report and nice pics. Can u tell us who is whom in the pictures?
Nighty Night,
sleep tight,
don't let the bed bugs bite.
If they do,
take off your shoe,
and beat them till they're black and blue!
LOL, thats what my Grandmother would say.
Nice report and nice pics. Can u tell us who is whom in the pictures?
LOL i never knew the ending of the song!
the first picture of me with just one person a lady..that is our niece who I was telling you all about.
the two young boys are nephews from different mothers in different countries,
one is our nephew one is our great nephew,
the lady on her own is one of my sister in laws and the two men are brothers...the one on the right side of the screen is my father in law and the man beside him is his brother
i can feel the calm and serenity of country living through your words - nice!
So lovely to see you in the bosom of your family.
I hope your lovely girls did well in their exams
I know what you mean about the UK. I can't imagine living back there.
Nice for a visit in the summer.
Don't you just hate it when they tell you, My girl you look fat and nice and it's meant as a compliment?
I have been pissed off to many times so I usualy crash diet at least 2 months before i visit.
One Love
B
Thanks Tic for naming who is whom. Thats the niece that got the stroller?
lady jane @ yes that's her:)
Ms T,
I have sent you a likkle piece of Jamaica.
I subscribed you to Iriefm for 1 month.
As of today 16.01.12, 21.00 European time
Your user name TicToc
Please pm me for Password.
I couldn't private message you as you are TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
popular and your message box is FAT
Hope you get through.
Hopefully it will help you with your withdrawal symptons of Jamaica.
Thank you so much for your heartfelt report.
I loved it and it got me through the lonely times here in foreign.
Hopefully buck up some time in Jamaica. Land we love
One love
B
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I feel that less money means less choices.Money definitelymakes the world go round but then you see people managing with no money andstill being happy so I have mixed thoughts on that comment.Money cannot buylove but it can buy a bit of fun and happiness!
I think I would need a lot of money to be totally happy inJamaica as there is so much to enjoy here, the nature and scenery and beauty isfree but entertainment and activities are not free.
As soon as I return all my cash will go straight back into aJamaica pot but I will have to think about how that will be spent next time.
I also have to keep my family happy and some of them prefer another country where every day is a fun day every day can be a tour day asfood is cheap and we easily upgrade to all inclusives and family tours are really cheap and fun and can be done daily with not even a thought of cost.
Some of you think I was wrong to sort of focus this holiday on myself but most did not realise that I was with the family from 7am til atleast 7pm usually 10pm when they were heading to bed so I did not miss a second of family time and this is MY first holiday to enjoy MYSELF.Its never really happened before, we travel around the world and all of my holidays except Jamaican holidays for the last 16 years almost have been total FAMILY ORIENTATED holidays, nannies, childrens club poolside family entertainment where we get upas a family and have to get involved in silly competitions and dances and win prizes or certificates,…extremely little to no alcohol gets consumed and we get on stage to do a winners umpa lumpa dance in an evening.After a full days of family activities which do not get me wrong they are great they are fun I enjoy those holidays but Jamaica is just a tiny slice of life for ME that I enjoy, my family like it too but probably me the most and it is the only slice of happiness I get just for me…so this time for the first time in 16 years mummy let her hair down and went to a few parties so what?slap my wrists lol.I havebeen a mother 24/7 for 16 years, never went out , never had a social life since forever so now the girls are about to finish high school and start college I just felt like letting my hair done as if to celebrate the fact we made it and are about to start a new chapter.
I have done 16 years of teletubbies and tweenies and singing to I am a Barbie girl and flying all over Europe with them getting involved in fancy dress and singing and dancing competitions and dressing as fairies and doing the goddamn umpa lumpa dance..again not knocking it but I am ready for something a little different and my son is not into all of that he is happy doing his fresh orange juice hunt and veg hunt and things in Jamaica he is morethan happy there and the girls are getting too big now to enjoy the Barbie girls and dressing as fairies thing.So I just decided we would all enjoy this holiday in our own ways doing our own thing as we are all now at big turning stages of our life and all expect different things from a holiday so we just made the best of it and it is hard sometimes trying to please everyone so come night time..For this one holiday out of 16 years worth of holidays I pleased myself for the first time ever.Cant say I did not enjoy it LOL , now I know what I missed all those years but I am still young enough to do it when my kids are all fully grown.
I have been a totally obsessive compulsive suffocating protecting mother all their lives, involved in every single extra curricular school activity and program, we have certificates coming out of our ears we were always in it to win it and always did and everywhere we went the mums knew my girls would win or come away with a prize!..Its almost all over , they leave high school, start college and mummy has to take a step back and let them do a bit of their own thing.They are rarely out of my sight , do not go away from where I can see or get hold of them within seconds at home and boys are still totally out of the question , People laugh at that so if I really have to deal with the fact that my kids are growing up , going to do their own thang and go out and have fun of their own, then hell, I must make sure I have had some fun too as I was too young to have fun when I had them..So I must have my time before they get theirs lol..Looks like it is coming soon!
So I had the time of my life just for those few short weeks in Jamaica out of 16 years of being a dedicated full time mum, not only to my own kids but to half the neighbourhoods too.
Quite nervous of the next stage in their life but life must go on.
Those countries they like to holiday have no Jamaican ways of life though, no Jamaican food, no music, no bands , no concerts, no Negril beach, no family, no friends, well we have some friends there but more acquaintances and I do not particularly enjoy the way women are treated assecond class citizens in some of those places so although I enjoy the sun andthe family fun .I miss Jamaica a lot when I am there.
Oh and the alcohol prices are way out of this world sky high LOL
The family are already talking about us all going there soon and taking some of my family at home there , which will be nice in a way but will take once again the funds from my Jamaica pot.
Some families I have met here just do their own thing, Onepart of the family goes where they want and the other goes elsewhere, we alwaysstick together though .They are happy to live here but as a holiday destinationsometimes I think they prefer elsewhere as they get a lot more for their moneyin terms of days out and dining experiences.
Whereas I could manage on a next to zero budget I need very little money to be happy in Jamaica mac and cheese 90j for FOUR meals patties90j coco bread 50j water FREE beach FREE swimming FREE walking dancing laughingtalking FREE. Sunshine FREE and I would just get a low cost room.But I have to cater to everyone and not just myself.
The sun has come up and today is a new day, I hope things settle down so we can just chill with the family.I want to sunbathe outside but have no lounger and the chairs from indoors will get sun damage so I am going to work on this problem today LOL Life is good when over Christmas and new year the only major problem you have is finding something to sunbathe on!
Yesterday the cats got some fish, they were too busy fighting over it so the dog trotted in picked it up between his teeth and trotted out again LMAO
My son always loves using the blender at home for fresh smoothies he is very clever and I do not know properly how to use it yet but he does and he is fruit mad and he comes up with clever potions he is my fresh organic non-alcoholic bartender he is crazy good , so today he got some oranges from his grandparents tree and he made himself a fresh orange woieeeee go on son you clever little man. I never think of picking things and making things from trees or the ground I guess I am so used to buying things in packets but my son has been coming here all his life and he picks up real fast so he loves the nature part and is very interested in how things grow and work and how you can make things and survive off the land. I hope he learns more fast as he teaches me sometimes, It is all very interesting. There is so much to learn here though it would take me more than 6 weeks to learn it all. I need to be here living it to fully understand it I think.
There is a huge ackee tree here and I want some ackee andsaltfish not had any yet this trip but I am told they are not ready or open yet and I have to wait. Maybe not ready while I am here see its things like that Iwant to know, how long do they take to open FEED ME NOW!
My sister in law has not left the kitchen since we arrived I have told her to sit down and turn everything off.It all takes so long.Forget the food we should have something easy and quick or all go out.We are definitely going out for food tomorrow and we are having the party at my nieces on Saturday.
GETOUTOFTHEKITCHEN.COM!
Family stuff we had to do here is almost done and Jamaica is not as easy as I would like to think!
Things always crop up and prices rise and issues pop up and try to scare you around each and every corner.I think you really do have to know what you want and where you are going and have a strong character to livein Jamaica as a foreigner if not……… YOU GOING HOME!...LOL
Probably meek mild and scared lol Not in a crying scared really frightened way but in a OMG can this be happening way because all sorts of things we take for granted in foreign are never quite so easy here and just when you least expect it a drama can pop up if you are unprepared or have not done your research or nobody has taught you.
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Originally Posted by Sheba
OMG AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WOOOHOOOO HOW AWESOME IS THIS?I do not have my own connection online yet but I will happily trot to friend foe or family with my laptop and blast them out with irie fm absolutely love it what a fantastic treat to return home to this is absolutely brilliant.I have not even checked out the website yet but I know irie fm and I am very excited before I even try to type it in google! I have cleared some messages thanks for the heads up!
I could not use anyones mobile phone to get that drink you know how it goes when you are partying but now I can owe you one when we meet up!
Thank you so much for my present I am absolutely delighted and thrilled before I even use it!
Exstatic with JOY! no less
woieeeeeee I got a present I got a present I love presents and suprises.Always sees me through a gloomy day as soon as I get that irie fm on even the postman bringing all them red letters and not the exciting present kind THE BILL KIND may even start posting them to the beat of the drum lol if he is going to annoy me he may aswell do a fun dance to irie fm while he is at it!
Thanks so much sheba how kind I have cleared my box now so please pm me the password .x:D (ever had the jump on the bed feeling?) I never have spare cash to subscribe to nothing this is very cool for me)
i AM SO LOGGED IN TO IRIE FM YAY THANKS.wish I could listen to it all night I will hunt down someones internet tomorrow!
I) I know what you mean about "complaining" husbands,
2) I've always said Jamaicans are the "cookingist" people I know. Almost EVERYTHING is made from scratch here, from FRESH ingredients, so it takes a LONG time to prepare food. I really do like to cook & bake & do it well, but don't want to spend the whole day inna di kitchen. Sometimes I long for a good sub sandwich or quick salad.
Fulljoy mi sistren
One Love
B. x
what happened to the trip report?
i have visions of tic toc dancing in her house to irie-fm with the heat blasting - lol
drinking rum :-)
LOL seveen now you know me only too well and NORMALLY that is EXACTLY what I would be doing so 10 outta 10 for guessing but the reality is I had all my connections shut down..no phone until friday and no internet of my own until 10 days after that, I have bills coming out of my ears, no rum left, and cannot even access my irie fm unless I visit someone with internet where I have had to listen to it very quietly right now.I am sure you can imagine how SEETHING I am and to top it all off I see the second I landed in England the one love shows which i flew around the world to see THREE times and stayed in one spot in the hope they were definately happening have just announced their line up.I am not a happy bunny and I have been put on a $160 dollar WEEKLY repayment plan for about the next ten years and that is just for my holiday spends without catching up with anything else LOL BUTTTTTTTTT it was worth every second and only myself to blame.I have been using my brothers internet connection wisely this evening by using it to search flights.I know better must come!
So far I have been extremely lucky since arriving home all the good karma of giving everything away has boomeranged straight back to me,I have had free meals a brand new gorgeous comfy matress waiting for me in my home even though I have never told anyone I could use one and I never use a mobile phone-everyone says I am in the dark ages but I say I just like to be unobtainable at times and use my internet a lot.A new blackberry has placed itself in my house - got a cushy deal with that again did not ask and a really kind boardie bought me irie fm subscription so it really does pay to give all your crap away!
Everytime I give - I get back ten fold and it is always stuff I want and better than what I gave away!Ok Just for you seveen I will try and post a little more of my report I was going to wait ten days until I could settle in at home as the postings seem a little mixed up and there are some parts totally missing but just for you I shall plod on!
I have attended my girls college interview this evening and they have got in yay! dependant on them getting the good results we are hoping to get which we will receive in August..again, babylon screwing with my holiday plans lol
I was thinking of a summer break but we have enrollment days taster days parents open days and picking up results days and all sorts of things in summer lined up for them and I need to BEAT PATTY if she is still reading this you can all tell her I said so LOL I need to put this in a post of its own but my lovely well behaved girls with impeccable marks at school and manners in Jamaica shocked the life out of me this morning when they walked down the stairs on the day of college interviews with
SUNSET SUPRISE as I have now named it
explanation of sunset surfreakinprise is:
My terrible teen tearaways saw how much fun me and patty were having with matching drinks and clothing and eyeshadows that guess what?
They walked downstairs with bright white yellow and orange sunset hairBOTH OF THEM:eek:
they tried to dye it blonde apparently but as they had red on the bottom and did not strip it the top went yellowy blonde bottom went orange LOL
they say it matches the sunset in Negril photos OMG
NOTTTTTTTT on college interview day girls OMG NOOOO
NOT BOTH OF YOU.
deeeramaaaa! so we had to get it all tied up respectfully
I will post photos in a seperate thread soon.Pattys matching co-ordinating idea has just gotten OVERSTEPPED OVER THE MARK!
DOUBLE TROUBLE! OMG
HAIR DO'S MATCHING SUNSETS NOW.
So that was my sunset suprise and I cannot even go mad because it does kinda remind me of the sunset and it was quite a giggle and it reminds me of patty and Jamaica so I just looked the other way and laughed LOL:D
Yesterday the cats got some fish, they were too busy fighting over it so the dog trotted in picked it up between his teeth and trotted out again LMAO
My son always loves using the blender at home for fresh smoothies he is very clever and I do not know properly how to use it yet but he does and he is fruit mad and he comes up with clever potions he is my fresh organic non-alcoholic bartender he is crazy good , so today he got some oranges from his grandparents tree and he made himself a fresh orange woieeeee go on son you clever little man. I never think of picking things and making things from trees or the ground I guess I am so used to buying things in packets but my son has been coming here all his life and he picks up real fast so he loves the nature part and is very interested in how things grow and work and how you can make things and survive off the land. I hope he learns more fast as he teaches me sometimes, It is all very interesting. There is so much to learn here though it would take me more than 6 weeks to learn it all. I need to be here living it to fully understand it I think.
There is a huge ackee tree here and I want some ackee and saltfish not had any yet this trip but I am told they are not ready or open yet and I have to wait. Maybe not ready while I am here see its things like that I want to know, how long do they take to open FEED ME NOW!
My sister in law has not left the kitchen since we arrived I have told her to sit down and turn everything off.It all takes so long.Forget the food we should have something easy and quick or all go out.We are definitely going out for food tomorrow and we are having the party at my nieces on Saturday.
GETOUTOFTHEKITCHEN.COM!
Family stuff we had to do here is almost done and Jamaica is not as easy as I would like to think!
Things always crop up and prices rise and issues pop up and try to scare you around each and every corner.I think you really do have to know what you want and where you are going and have a strong character to live in Jamaica as a foreigner if not……… YOU GOING HOME!...LOL
Probably meek mild and scared lol Not in a crying scared really frightened way but in a OMG can this be happening way because all sorts of things we take for granted in foreign are never quite so easy here and just when you least expect it a drama can pop up if you are unprepared or have not done your research or nobody has taught you.
Don’t think you can just switch on a stove and it will work, you buy tanks of gas that is unheard of where I live you just expect gas to be running, so if you have not got a back up supply you wait until you have cash and phone a delivery man and wait until he can slot you in to bring the gas and THEN you may use the stove.So do not hop out of bed just assuming you can make breakfast LOL
Then if sinks block a plumber is required and if the water is off you cannot shower, if the electric goes off you need alternative lighting.
If a tyre pops or two pops on the car be prepared for dark maybe unlit country lanes miles away from anywhere.
There are a thousand things I could tell you but I do not want to bore you and you have to live and learn too!
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my son with his home made orange juice
The ones of you who do country visits probably know the deal and I can't spill everything I am sorry I am only getting to share about 20 minutes out of every 24 hrs with you all but there are just some things some would not believe, and the ones who did believe may faint in shock and the others would just laugh and haterate LOL so I just share about 20 minutes of my day for now .
And I do not want you to think I am not having a good time because I am.
BUT BE PREPARED FOR JUST INCASE!
I have witnessed a few times now people selling products to others for them to sell but others not having the cash upfront to buy so the seller lets the buyer take the product until they have sold them to pay them NEVER does this happen in England unless you are a big business and have contracts to pay within 4 weeks and it is all above board and legit.
Here people are so trusting and I wonder what happens ifthey do not return the money they owe?
Well I think I know.
My son is being fussy with his food again he refuses the macaroni cheese or any sandwiches and would not eat the fish dinner or the chicken.He also said the cute looking cereal I bought him for breakfast is no good so he is having hot dogs on buns with bulla cake and a bit of spice bun and a drink and a packet of crisps for now oh and his home made orange juice so he will survive but I wish he would eat full proper meals but he is quite fussy, he loved the pizzas in Negril though they were definately a major hit.I just fancy one myself actually. I wish I could go back to the pizza place and also see yellowman and popcaan –Imagine if brasi and Gerry came to pick me and hubby up on their motorbikes LOL that would be such fun , I do not have all that gasfare though I do not think,Not sure how much that would cost and I have no internet to arrange it but it would be such fun.Where are you boys? Did you forget about little old me?
COME GET US! Bring a pizza or 3 for the kids and we will come have a final party night! Lol how many final party nights can one have? EVERY night is party night in Jamaica.What will I do when I return home?
How do you describe what Jamaica does to you?
I describe it like this:
In Jamaica I am a blossoming , growing ,nurtured, happy, bright coloured, sweet smelling, happy rose
and in England
I shrivel up and become thorny then wilt and DIE
That’s the only way I can describe it today,Tomorrow I will have another try.
I need to find a library so I can start to update you with these little titbits I have been writing.If it is not too far maybe I will get my nephew to show me where it is .Bye for now I have mansions to dream of and paint in my head and I have already booked Francine from the seastar inn in my head to come and do all the landscaping.If you do not know the owners of seastar chris and Francine, Francine is the wife and she deals with all of the plants and palm trees, some get loads of mosquitos around them but she will know what is good and what is not and she takes really good care of all the plants and trees and she has a nursery where she grows them all she does a very good job,She has leaflets for landscaping and selling them to all the big hotels.I have seen her tending to plants in work gear and she does a really fantastic job so wherever you live in Jamaica If you need landscaping or flowers or trees I would call her.If I ever get a house here Chris and Francine would be the first people I would call,Their rooms are getting built quick and to a good standard and Francine can do all the landscaping.Everything of course to do with them is totally professional and you would not get ripped off,So while I dream of my mansion that chris’ friends can help me build I have Francine potting all my pretty palm trees.
While she is there maybe she can carve me some fantastic wooden carvings around the place and of course we will need an opening party where we will need the seastar crew! And we have to have a sleepover because first morning I will need my girls barb and Clarol to start off the day anew again and make everything perfect.AHH Jamaica is perfect IF you have the money.
Beg yuh some money nuh LOL.
On a more realer note I can smell my chicken sauce so off Igo.!
After my chicken me and the kids decide to have a wander around the neighbourhood all you newbies no getting scared now LOL off we trotted all alone out there in to the deep dark wilderness :D Just kidding, it was almost dark the sun was setting and we thought we would go for a stroll see who was hanging on whos verandhas see if we could gatecrash anywhere , It was a nice evening stroll.We left hubby on the other side of the neighbourhood to have a good ol grumble to himself..or maybe some passing goats who knows :D
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It was a special kind of walk you know?Just me and the kids in a place we love all chilling out sharing stories having a laugh watching the sun going down laughing at issues and dramas and just life in general I was going to say if life gives you lemons make lemonade but life gave us orange LOL rum and orangeade can be good too!But that walk was just a sunset walk for me and the kids, in a foreign land just venturing out alone and happy without a care in the world.
Another beautiful morning in paradise,
So I woke up around 6.15am to the house being unlocked/unshuttered and shortly after the morning praise started.
I do not mind morning praise at all it sure beats listening to any negativity.
I actually quite enjoy the morning praise as long as I amnot expected to join in at just gone 6.30 am!
I listen to the evening session and sit with the family for that but I have not managed a morning one yet!
My husband refuses to sit in the room while they do it and all of my kids stay with me and listen and learn to different ways of how things are done.
My son is a converted milo morning drinking person and my mother in law is trying to convert me!
She says I must drink tea every morning and every night I must draw tea so I said:
water is fine we donot drink it so she said I MUST
so I asked why? and asked is that an English tradition or a Jamaican tradition she has so she says she doesn’t know but I MUST drink the tea LOL
We a go WAR over the MILO
LOL
Drink the tea-
NO
drink the tea-
NO
you MUST drink the tea-
NO
u haffi draw the tea -LOL OK well maybe later today then lol it reminds me of the viral youtube video,you want some sorrel or what? LOL if this was in Negril there surely would already be a song being beat out about me haffing to draw the tea! because this was a looong thing every single day every single mawning and evening we would sing to the same tune LOL exactly the same conversation we had each morning and night I was beginning to think of a song about it myself! Infact I should have done one just for fun.
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My son little mr goody two shoes drawing his tea :D
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A picture of him sneaking a sit down in his grandads place at the table
Loving your report! Your energy and enthusiasm is never ending. You seem like a wonderful mother, totally involved and easy going.
I too, believe traveling and experiencing different cultures is the best gift and education you can give your children.
I also get the part about the food, as I have raised four, sometimes they are bottomless pits! When mine were in JA. it was a lot of PB+J for sure. :)
Your children will be well ready when it is time for them to tackle the world on their own.
So looking forward to hearing more about your country stay.
Hi TT,
I hope you're enjoying you time in the country parts.
Back when I lived in Jamaica and had the sailing business in Negril I loved leaving town and going home to the hills.
Now, I know you're a party animal and the hills are very quiet but doesn't the peace help you to release the tension?
BTW.. the kid won't starve himself
Cap
I love BOTH and every thing inbetween!
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shawoooonnnnnnn and faint! i am arresting you on a witholding information charge:D
Don't you know Red Rose tea Draws you together?
As you say there is a song for every moment.
I would have to say this would be mine when I see your gorgeous photos
A qoutation
.'We-e-e-e-e-ell, I feel so high, I even touch the sky. Above the fallin' rain! I feel so good in my neighbourhood, so: Here I come again!'
One Love
B
Oh try to post the song sheba
Tic......Sheba was singing Kaya to you (Bob Marley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUm_Y0R6Og
Thanks:)
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Love your pictures and your words Tic, My favorite were the pictures of the walk with your family. Just beautiful!
"Yuh wuh sum sorrel....Hah??" ... LOL! oh man, now that is STUCK in my head and I can't stop watching that clip!
Hey Tic, I found a Jamaican radio station on the net and it's FREE!!!!!! That's what I'm talking about.
Here's the link to HITZ 92 FM.. http://radiohitz92fm.com/
Oh you know how I love a freebie thanks for that and hey clarity nice to see you here!
I still do not have full access to my own internet and not for another up to ten days this is really annoying I had planned to really get into my trip report and to be able to converse with everyone on my return to help me settle back in gently but this is just so annoying and you know I am the absolute worst around here for hating on people who leave a week before posting their next little update that gets soooo annoying so I do not want to put myself on that pile and have paid seperately to try and get online for a few hours but it keeps kicking me off can you say RIP OFF LOL
Anyway on with the show.
I thought this morning would be very easy, (ha think again)
I had planned for us all to have breakfast and then go out as we had a few things we really needed to do.
I had woken up a little before morning praise as the local neighbourhood psychotic dogs were up and ready and roaring to go.
There is a pack of about ten dogs that live behind and they are absolutely nuts every few hours they will bark like crazy all ten of them,They sound like a gone wrong dogs choir.I could not live with the psychotic dog noise every day.Just one dog making a growling noise near my home sends my mouth in to overdrive usually.Everyone near my house back home knows to keep them doggies quiet BEFORE I DO!
So after the psychotic dogs choir and the cockerel and the cats usual fight then morning praise I hear my father in law speaking on the phone thanking Jesus for a beautiful day and waking him up so he can walk and talk and I thought ahhh THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.How lovely is it to wake up and give thanks and be so positive?
Why can’t everyone get up and be nice like that?
Just such a nice positive thought and thing to say so early in the morning.It was nice to hear.
I had some laundry to do and I knew we had a kitchen plumbing issue to deal with so I took it to the laundry room thinking that is the correct place everything will be fine.I asked first.Yes correct place everythings good.So I am there washing my clothes by hand singing in my head, I finished, pulled out the plug them BAM OH NOOOOOOOOO ----FLOOD flooding the whole room this is INSIDE the family home BIG FLOOD,GUSHING FLOOD.. with bags of stored items omg please don’t let them be expensive or treasured items omg so I had the kitten swinging from my pj’s (you know I don’tDO pets) the big cat in and out of my legs wanting food the dog was staring atme the cat food was being flooded across the floor and I just thought OMG then screamed for my HUSBANDDDD HELP
Everyone came running in I felt so bad.It was not my fault though there was a blockage so we cleaned it up (which took forever omgggg hours worth of cleaning) so now the sink and the laundryroom had a fault so we had to wash the dishes outdoors.Everybody is getting ready now to go into town see if we can buy something for this problem, perhaps it just needs a dissolvent to get rid of grease or something HOPEFULLY.
My great nephew (he is great but he really is actually my great nephew lol) aged 14 had me cracking up with laughter he started singing a tune, he usually has the sweetest gentlest voice and he is very well behaved and well mannered and respectful and does as he is told and helps all of his family but he started singing a tune, one I really like as it happens in the bathroom so his great grandmother said “why you making so much noise in my house?” so he came walking smoothly past and said sweetly it’s just a likkle tune I had in my head grandma its just my little singing voice you can hear!
he said it so sweetly with a big smile me and his grandma were laughing in the kitchen as it was his great grandmothers house we were in. He is funny.He also said he was going to the park yet when I went to catch up with him he was not there, he is 14 years old and I saw him coming down the lane laughing with food in his mouth LOL he is a funny little lovable character.
Going out for the day shortly some family things to do, some personal things to do and then of course EATING to do LOL maybe go KFC ormothers with the family or to a cook shop.Need to get my sis in law a day off from that kitchen.
They leave here Saturday as my nephew starts school again on Monday and we are having a sleepover at my nieces house.
Our neice now lives with her partner 4 children and her soonto be baby, I hear she has a bigger house now so it should be fun to stay over and finally have our pj party and listen to some music and have some nice food.
I was supposed to have a pj party with a boardie called tawnee at seastar but as she was arriving I was pretty much leaving there so it only left one night we could have done it,I was looking forward to it too but another boardie came and surprised me and wanted me to show her somewhere as it was her first night and she was alone so I had to miss the pj party plans.That is the only time I let anyone down though I never usually cancel on a plan but we had not arranged a definate day and tawnee was fine she had her hubby and all the seastar crew and I really liked her thought she could be a nice daytimepartier for future trips and we seemed to have fun the VERY short time we gottogether but then she later said I was talking through two sides of my mouth! Which I have never done nor never will.Nor do I have two faces.I either smile and mean it or just don’t.I am either a genuine friend or no friend there is no inbetween or running from onepack to another why do females create packs?I am a floater and I float to whatever floats my boat LOL.I am usually found around NICE people and I don’t mix very well with people with more than one face because it is something I do not nor want to understand, with so much real drama going on in the world and in all of our personal lives I will never nor ever want to understand why someone can take the time bother and effort to put on a fake friend face,especially on holiday It is a total waste of energy (and money)and shoot me if you ever hear me being a fake friend which I know will NEVER happen.Jamaicans will usually tell you to your face there and then on the spot about any issues and I like that as that is how I am myself.As long as everything is dealt with nicely and things get resolved that’s great.Makes for an easy life and better understanding ,life is a learning curve and not many people are psychic so if something is not right just say so.
I speak from one side , one hole and I prefer not to use the sometimes overused by some--blowhole LOL.I do actually have two faces though, actually make that three I have this one>:D THIS ONE>;) AND THIS ONE>:p LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO ACTUALLY GIVE A @@@@ about anyone's face who does not fall into the above 3 categories! unless of course they have real stuff like deaths and such going on.One mouth one hole one face ONE LOVE LOL
So I missed that pj party which I really wanted to do so I will get chance tomorrow night to do it with the family.Even washed my pink fluffy dressing gown too just incase it gets too chilly!
I am looking forward to checking out the bass speaker at the home yay! And the musicians from Negril have given me a few cds which I will check out.
Saw one of the neighbours earlier she stopped to say mawning, she was jogging at that time of the morning wow! Things work from EARLY out here.Jogging, visiting, shopping, laundry, praises, animal tending, gardening everything and all before 9am!
I am on animal noise overload, I heard a cockerel , the psycho dog pack choir the cats hanging from my leg making noise , the crickets,tree frogs, birds, cows , goats and then as I am hanging out my laundry WHACK straight into what felt like a tarantulas web LOL it is like arachnophobia!
To some of you my comments may seem extreme but some may know where I am coming from, I am a city girl who does not have any pets or visit anyone with pets! If Misti is still reading this your two cute fashion diva dogs are excused and are allowed lol too cute!.
I live in a quiet house in a quiet street a lot of silence and space, my own space for my own things (I have been trying hard to cope this trip all being cooped up in one room with ten pieces of luggage never being able to find a thing of mine it has been a bit tricky at times with everyone under each others feet and my belongings being touched and moved)
At home NOBODY touches my things and I like my personal time to shower, get dressed put on make up .I do not even think I have blow dried my hair once since being here!
So all of these animal noises although not new to me as we visit here all the time, each time it is a new experience and you forget until you arrive again and are immersed back into it.
I Love zoos and farms and things like that but they have opening hours and you leave when you are done.I keep saying I would like to live in Jamaica but I would have to have some sort of sound insulation I think because the psycho dogs choir is not really my cup of MILO LOL
My husband spoke with an English family who are building abeautiful home here just across the street, it is almost finished it is alovely mansion type building a mansion by my standards anyway compared to backhome.They slept there for the first night lastnight, I wish I was at thatstage.
Oh I forgot to tell you it must have been FATE that saved me2 nights ago when I heard the big bass soundsystem playing in the town..Iusually follow the drum beat and want to go to every party.I do not know why Iwas not nagging to go but something made me not go.I just went with gutinstinct I guess.
Next morning I was told there was a shoot out there think 4people were involved, and I was told that after Christmas and the politicsthings tensions were still running high.Most people were wearing orange inNegril but down here most people wanted to vote green it seems and it seemspeople were wearing green making people think there was a lot of green votersbut then they voted orange.I do not know any facts at all, That is just hearsay, just telling you what I heard.
So I am so glad I did not go to the party.
I cannot believe I missed Roots bamboo on my final night inNegril, before the family went to coral seas I remembered it was Monday rootsbamboo night, the free entry night and we had only made 2 Wednesday night rootsbamboo evenings which used to be free but now you pay in and it was not up tomuch so I thought I must remember to try the Monday night roots bamboo.
So at coral seas someone said they are going to bourbonbeach and although I could hear the soundsystem playing a good tune I was tiredand did not want to go to bourbon beach.Totally forgetting it was ROOTS BAMBOOnight
So next morning somebody tells me roots bamboo was packedand was playing good music and where was I?
Omg my last night and I FORGOT about the party how did thathappen? So I feel like I missed out on that one because I never got to try itand I kept thinking I would perhaps go there before I went out but someonementioning it being bourbon beach night threw me off track and I forgotbooooooo so it looks like I have saved that for next time.Gutted I missed myfinal party booooooo
I want to come back today for popcaan and yellowmanboooooooo hoooooooo.If I had money I would be dangerous lol.I would call for myprivate helicopter to come pick me up and bring my fave party crew!
I am missing Negril already and it is hard being so closeyet being so far. There is no way on this earth I can get any further cashinjections though so if I was to get there I am not sure how. I think I need tohold that thought until next time before hubby strangles me or something! If itwas me I would just have a patty food day and jump in a route cab yes sirrrrrpatty , rum and route taxi.Life is as easy as you make it.When you only haveyourself to worry about.I cannot bear the thought of going home to no music,Werecently set up some bass speakers in the lounge just a week before we arrivedhere so I will have to work on getting some really good music to play because Icannot bear to think about the silence of the English house with nothing to dobut watch the cold rain dropping on the window pane looking up at the planesflying through the sky flying to the land I LOVE WITHOUT ME triple boo hoo
I know it will be quite a bad Jamaica withdrawal this timemade worse by all the cash I will have to pay back but made better by all ofthe fantastic beautiful memories and moments that I will remember forever sowhile the bills pile sky high and the rain hits the window hard at home atleast I will still have my memories to fall back on which is a lot better thanif I had not come at all and had just spent the winter staring out of thatmiserable cold window with only thoughts of what IF I went to Jamaica What ifwhat if??.
I hopped on that plane to see what WILL be , not what if!
And I have enjoyed every second of it, apart from hubbyswhining and complaining but that follows me around the world and always has andprobably always will!