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I am up and alive and ready to party! No fear everyone I just needed a good sleep! which unfortunately husband interrupted 12 times with his extra loud snoring or whatever the heck that was!
Had water had a sleep and I am A OKAY!
Remember I have been going to bed at 5am and up with the kids at 7am for 14 days straight.My body was not used to that.
The kids are saying the want to get out a bit today so I have no idea where we may end up for low cost.Maybe we will go fishing at canoe?from the pier and hang there. do not know where we will go yet.
My husband is now nicknamed mr.moaner all he does is grumble and moan but I know that already, as soon as he wakes he finds something to grumble about so I head to the bathroom and the sounds of the water usually drowns him out so cannot comment on what he is grumbling about!
Then there is the kids omg the kids, One wants to do one thing, one wants to do another one wants to stay in one wants to go out blah blah blah
The people that get to come here ALONE OMG enjoy every second of it I hope to be you one day , I can imagine how good it is to have a lie in in the mornings get room service for breakfast in bed , wake when you like get ready when you like go where you like until when you like swim when you like sleep bathe sunbathe when you like.Meet up with friends, go explore.It must be so much fun.You can still do all of those things with a family it just makes things more difficult.I guess if you have a lot of money nothing is difficult as kids are usually happy if they get everything they want so it would be easy to order them all pizzas and icecream and put them in a tour van and head out to explore but that is all bigger dollars than I have but we will explore somehow somewhere I just have to figure out some places to go for a reasonable price.For breakfast this morning guess what song I was greeted with?
Santa claus is coming to town YAY!
Hope he brings me something.
My son collects transformers he is a huge transformers fan he saves all the time he is an excellent saver knows all about money from 4 or 5 years old he was using price comparison sites on the internet to get himself a bargain on transformers.He knows how to save check the prices and save the links to get me to order them.He has quite a few now plus the dvds and the computer games.
So he has been banging on about this big one for 6 mnths, It is quite expensive and not a lot of shops stock it as I think it is an older one , some shops were selling it at 160Us I did not have the spare cash before this trip to afford that and then a week or so before we came away one popped up on ebay for something like 70usd I won it in an auction.It came on time and we have it here secretly stored .We have told him we hope santa brings him something, And he was worried santa would not know his way to Jamaica or what he wanted.So before we left we wrote santa a letter explaining that he has been a really good boy and gave him the address of where we are staying.
So hopefully at least one person in the family will have a big smile on their face on that day!
I am so looking forward to Fantan Mojah coming to the seastar inn on xmas eve .It is the only show planned anywhere so far for the whole time I am here apart from luciano same place NYE.
Really looking forward to Fantan Mojah it is going to be a fantastic night and I know boardie tawnee is coming to play and stay here, Looking forward to seeing her the christmas lights over the palm trees are now up and I am also looking forward to the travellers beach party that I am doing on the 30th december so make sure you are here for that!Do not worry if it rains still come we have it covered they have an inside party room incase of rain emergencies it will not affect the day even the rain did not affect my swimming there the other day!
Have to go and do a soundcheck at some point soon,Oh forgot to say for those that will be attending I wrote on all the adverts for that day say our goodbyes at 5.30pm-6.00pm but turns out that is their karaoke evening which is really very good as I checked it out the other day so for those who have had a good day you are more than welcome to stay behind for karaoke party.It is not like back home with squeaking and squaking the guys are very good singers and a few local singers usually pop in too and have a turn.So we will be staying there for that too!
Looking forward to the waterpark hopefully with PGW and family and also my day out with Joe,Still not been to Doc O's house or helped out in the soup kitchen.Going to call and get that sorted out today
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American pie is located near the roundabout any taxi driver will know itheading from roundabout to canoe on left hand side.
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The kids have eaten almost every single penny I have! Although we chatted about the food situation and costs before we came with the eldest two they just do not get it and I have to accept they will never change.I am fine with free hotel breakfast pattie for lunch or sandwich then a nice meal in the evening but THEY want free breakfast then midday snack then egg and fries for lunch then maybe cake or ice cream or crisps then a full evening meal then moaning again at supper time we are hungry we are hungry how the heck can they be hungry so much?
So then I feel bad so get them it all and just about to go change the rest of my money now! Food food food! They love it at the all inclusives we usually stay at or when we go half board and get 3 course or even 5 course dinners but they just do not seem to get it Jamaica is not the same as all the other countries food aint cheap.Stop with the ramming every single food item down your necks already LOL
I am not coming with the eldest two again unless I get an all inclusive deal they make it hard.Food is high cost and then I cannot cook properly on the hotplate and they are just whining for food constantly so they are eating out at least 4 times a day when it is not at the hotel we will have to walk somewhere or get a delivery.They are food crazy.
Note to all mums on a budget teach your kids from now about 1 dollar patties they are nice cheap and filling .until dinner time my kids just want to eat everything they see!
I am very excited about tomorrow as we have arranged with a lady out here to arrange a soccer match with a large group of children.She is dropping the kits off at the police station where me and the family will head down to first thing in the morning to have some fun with the kids.I arranged for everyone to help out at the soup kitchen this thursdsay which we will all enjoy we like to help out where we can when we come here.It also helps keep the kids from complaining and gives them something useful and constructive to do with their time.It also teaches them to help others and about different cultures and ways of life.So they do not know it yet but they have not gotten out of dishwashing just because we are on holiday.:D
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I bet I know why the kids are always hungry.....it's ALL that fresh air :)
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Hmmmmmm...they might be bored!
I find that my kids don't whine about food and hunger when they are actively involved in doing something, other than sitting around planning their next meal!
SANDWICHES! PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY! Let them make their own when they are hungry! Teach them how to fry eggs on the hotplate. How about cold cereal and milk? Fruits? hard boiled eggs? If they are so hungry, they will eat what's set in front of them!
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TT,
Next time you're here send them out to my yard to spend a few days with Miss Izel and my kids..........They'll come back very changed .......... if they survive .........
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Milk and cereal are my go to as well. I have one eater and one non eater...so when I have fed them and they start asking for more an hour later I tell them get some cereal..if they don't want it I tell them they must not be very hungry then, so take it or leave it. Buy some cheese and a few loafs of bread...those grilled cheese sandwiches will come in handy when all else fails. I imagine it is harder to deal with on vacation rather than at home..the last thing you want to hear are whiney kids..at home you can just send them to their room! lol.
It is nice to have a few days of relaxation without children, but usually by day 2-3 I am missing mine terribly. So by the end of my vacation I can't wait to get home to see them. Look on the bright side...at least you get nights out!
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Just had a funny experience this lady who was inside the shop I was in waiting for food started rambling on saying or actually shouting
White man white man babylon christmas they say jesus was born on the 25th and he was NOT born on the 25th babylonian babylon white man foolishness idiot ting dem
Romans something did not quite hear what she said then she was shouting a why dem a put up light and light and everywhere is lights a white mans world dis?
BABYLON christmas ting around here , this went on for around 15 minutes to every one in the store and when she was done there she continued it next door!
Take it she was not looking for christmas lights then:D
I went to the soup kitchen today as arranged I was supposed to be holding a soccer game with the kids there but when I got the soup kitchen staff said they did not do breakfast today for the children so no children there so we were all dressed in trainers/sneakers and leggings and t shirts and had no beachwear but we were down the beach end so had a stroll on the beach.The water looked perfect today it was really sunny and bright and white and postcard perfect it was truly stunning, well apart from me taking the grumbles with me , one saying i'm tired one saying i'm hungry and the other saying they did not want to walk.That was even before I got to hear what the husband had to groan about LOL
don't know about them but I enjoyed my walk anyway.
I forgot to take my fishing rod we could have fished on the way home but tomorrow!
Last night was the coral seas hiyah grade party and bourbon beach has re-opened it was open lastnight.
I am so glad I got to meet some fantastic boardies this trip as I have met loads of people also that make plans but they smoke and it seriously effects our plans lol
They say one thing-SMOKE then don't see them for days! smoking definately creates party poopers.Well guys my party fund has ran out for now it actually ran out yesterday but I still ran on steam somehow lastnight.So sat here working on a plan!
I still can not get used to the webcast times I have just read on the board fun holiday cast at noon and I was JUST THERE 30 minutes earlier bl@@@@ heck!
I would have stuck around if I knew Rob and lisa were going to be there.
Oh for the people that are staying there soon they had a very attractive sign outside saying
THREE FOR ONE RUM PUNCH
i had no cash and was with the kids so no drinking but sounds a great deal I will have to try it someday!
So you should all have fun there
there were other two for one drinks specials for 5 dollars too
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I have had a great day at the seastar inn hanging here today it has been GIRL POWER day! I have been chatting with another boardie that is staying here and then I came to my room and I hear TICTOC which room are you in! so a lady came to visit me with two of her friends from here and we were chatting and arranged a party get together tomorrow then I hung by the pool with a really nice lady who is staying here and we chatted everything from beauty to politics , It has been an impromptu girlie get together day and it was really nice and husband did not even realise, he was in the kids room chilling out!So it was a real ladies day today GIRL POWER! Tawnee get down here!The pj party is going to be ON!
Alfreds is calling my name and some others here are going out too .I would like to go but maybe it is fate that I can't to give my body a rest!BOOOOOOOO My heart says I do not need to rest ever!
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I will post some new pics shortly
