We've spent the last two evenings unpacking our millions of boxes in our new house. Yes! They finally all arrived! Though the moving company was shady in some respects, they actually did a great job of wrapping everything. All of our household goods arrived in great condition (including Tom's upright bass- phew!)
It's nice to have a project to go home to after school. We were just starting to get into the groove of laying on our twin beds while watching cable here at the guesthouse. That lazy lifestyle is old news now!
Okay- we're off to change the lives of children!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Wedding Photos!
To everyone who has been anxiously awaiting the online posting of our wedding photos, the time has come!
Visit:
http://www.camelot-weddings.com/photo/albums.html
Our wedding date is 07-21-07
The password/Event Key to view is: awesome
There are 1898 pictures to view, so feel free to scroll through pages as quickly as you want.
FYI- Lisa V. at Camelot Wedding photography was excellent. We highly recommend her!
Visit:
http://www.camelot-weddings.com/photo/albums.html
Our wedding date is 07-21-07
The password/Event Key to view is: awesome
There are 1898 pictures to view, so feel free to scroll through pages as quickly as you want.
FYI- Lisa V. at Camelot Wedding photography was excellent. We highly recommend her!
Friday, September 7, 2007
Fin de Semana!
Happy Friday everyone!
Tom and I are happy to celebrate yet another week of teaching the children. School is well underway and we already sent home mid-term progress reports. I had my first parent concerns brought to my attention today. ("Why is my son receiving a B in spelling?!!) It's nice to know that parents are concerned with the education - or at least the grades- of their kids. The school environment is a positive place, and we really enjoy it so far. The campus is beautiful, and it amazes me daily that our "hallways" are walkways in a jungle-tropical paradise. Everything is outdoors and green and flowery. It's beautiful.
We've received notice that our household goods are in the process of leaving the port here in Honduras. We had hoped that they would arrive today, but as things work in Honduras, we'll wait until manaña. Here, Mañana could mean tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day, or sometime in the future. We're pretty sure it will be Monday or Tuesday though.
We bought a bunch of cleaning supplies and we're going over to our pink house tonight to do a bit of cleaning before we mess it up with all our stuff. No other big plans for the weekend- but that doesn't mean it will be boring! I'm sure we'll find something exciting to occupy our time and energy.
For those non-Spanish speakers, "fin de semana" is the weekend! We love our weekends. Next weekend is Independence Day and every school in La Ceiba has a marching band that marches the streets to play for their civic duty. The marching band at Mazapan is not functioning currently, so our students will perform their civic duty next Friday afternoon by eating local foods and seeing typical dancing. I don't know how that qualifies as fulfilling a civic duty, but it should be entertaining and yummy!
That's all for now!
Tom and I are happy to celebrate yet another week of teaching the children. School is well underway and we already sent home mid-term progress reports. I had my first parent concerns brought to my attention today. ("Why is my son receiving a B in spelling?!!) It's nice to know that parents are concerned with the education - or at least the grades- of their kids. The school environment is a positive place, and we really enjoy it so far. The campus is beautiful, and it amazes me daily that our "hallways" are walkways in a jungle-tropical paradise. Everything is outdoors and green and flowery. It's beautiful.
We've received notice that our household goods are in the process of leaving the port here in Honduras. We had hoped that they would arrive today, but as things work in Honduras, we'll wait until manaña. Here, Mañana could mean tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day, or sometime in the future. We're pretty sure it will be Monday or Tuesday though.
We bought a bunch of cleaning supplies and we're going over to our pink house tonight to do a bit of cleaning before we mess it up with all our stuff. No other big plans for the weekend- but that doesn't mean it will be boring! I'm sure we'll find something exciting to occupy our time and energy.
For those non-Spanish speakers, "fin de semana" is the weekend! We love our weekends. Next weekend is Independence Day and every school in La Ceiba has a marching band that marches the streets to play for their civic duty. The marching band at Mazapan is not functioning currently, so our students will perform their civic duty next Friday afternoon by eating local foods and seeing typical dancing. I don't know how that qualifies as fulfilling a civic duty, but it should be entertaining and yummy!
That's all for now!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Hurricane Update
Not too scary so far. A lot of rain and a little wind. We went to the La Quinta Real Hotel to find the CNN correspondent we saw on TV. We couldn't find him, so we decided to do our own broadcast.
The Sea
Living on the Carribbean coast can certainly have its perks. On Sunday, we joined 8 friends on a chartered fishing boat out to the Cayos Cochinos. These are a small series of tiny cays and islands just off the coast of Honduras. The islands are considered a natural park reserve, yet people are allowed to buy the lots and live there. Our friend has just purchased a lot on one of these islands. We spent the day lounging in the water, getting a little sunburned, eating fresh fish at a Garifuna village, and snorkeling in the reefs. It was a beautiful day!
As some of you have probably heard, we are in a red alert here in Honduras as Hurricane Felix makes landfall today. While it hit land as a Category 5 off the eastern coast of Honduras and Nicaragua, the storm is expected to lose a lot of its windpower as it passes over the many beautiful mountains here. By the time it reaches La Ceiba, we won't be dealing with the winds as much as the rain. In the past, when La Ceiba has been hit with torrential rains, it floods the rivers and the streets become undrivable. Bridges are washed out and people are not able to get out of their neighborhoods. We are still living at the Dole guesthouse (our stuff is still in the port with customs) and we are actually in one of the safest places in La Ceiba. The campus here may have some standing water outside, but is not expected to experience serious flooding. Dole has also set up several buildings on the campus as a safe haven for any employees living out in the community. Here, we have a generator and backup water, so we shouldn't be without either of those for very long. But, this is Honduras, so I can't guarantee any communication for a few days.
Bottom line- we'll be fine. That sea just likes to change things up once in awhile. It can't always be as picturesque and perfect as a Corona commercial! (Seriously- some of the islands were a tiny sand oasis with two perfect palm trees) If we need to get anywhere, we now know a guy with a boat! Besides we have today off of school, and probably another couple days depending on how the roads are!
PS- Thanks Cousin Mark! We ate at Ricardo's Saturday night, and it was delicious. I had Lobster Thermador and Tom had steak and lobster. It was a yummy treat!
As some of you have probably heard, we are in a red alert here in Honduras as Hurricane Felix makes landfall today. While it hit land as a Category 5 off the eastern coast of Honduras and Nicaragua, the storm is expected to lose a lot of its windpower as it passes over the many beautiful mountains here. By the time it reaches La Ceiba, we won't be dealing with the winds as much as the rain. In the past, when La Ceiba has been hit with torrential rains, it floods the rivers and the streets become undrivable. Bridges are washed out and people are not able to get out of their neighborhoods. We are still living at the Dole guesthouse (our stuff is still in the port with customs) and we are actually in one of the safest places in La Ceiba. The campus here may have some standing water outside, but is not expected to experience serious flooding. Dole has also set up several buildings on the campus as a safe haven for any employees living out in the community. Here, we have a generator and backup water, so we shouldn't be without either of those for very long. But, this is Honduras, so I can't guarantee any communication for a few days.
Bottom line- we'll be fine. That sea just likes to change things up once in awhile. It can't always be as picturesque and perfect as a Corona commercial! (Seriously- some of the islands were a tiny sand oasis with two perfect palm trees) If we need to get anywhere, we now know a guy with a boat! Besides we have today off of school, and probably another couple days depending on how the roads are!
PS- Thanks Cousin Mark! We ate at Ricardo's Saturday night, and it was delicious. I had Lobster Thermador and Tom had steak and lobster. It was a yummy treat!
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Puppies and Football
Last night, we were lucky to meet our future puppy! In about 5-6 weeks, we'll be the proud owners of a little German Shepherd pup. She will be very happy in our home. We're not sure which of the girls we'll end up with, but it was so fun to hold them last night.
Today was exciting because we got the keys to our new house. Once we have a fresh coat of paint and some plants out front, and some furniture inside, we'll be set! Our stuff is expected to arrive sometime this week. Maybe? Possibly? HOPEFULLY? Here is Tom standing on a large rock in our backyard. The grass was recently cut by a man with a machete. He'll be back tomorrow to bag up all the clippings.
Another exciting thing about today is that we're watching the Nebraska Cornhuskers take on Nevada today. When we lived in Minneapolis, we'd be lucky to find a game televised, and even luckier if we found a friend with cable! Here, thanks to Karen's alert, we turned on our tv at 1:30 and the Denver ABC station came through for us. (We get ABC, CBS, and NBC out of Denver for some reason.)
We're going to have dinner tonight at La Ceiba's best restaurant, Ricardo's thanks to cousin Mark, who gave us a "gift certificate" as a wedding present. Gracias Mark! Tomorrow we're going to a small island off the coast of La Ceiba for some snorkeling and sun. Should be a blast!
Today was exciting because we got the keys to our new house. Once we have a fresh coat of paint and some plants out front, and some furniture inside, we'll be set! Our stuff is expected to arrive sometime this week. Maybe? Possibly? HOPEFULLY? Here is Tom standing on a large rock in our backyard. The grass was recently cut by a man with a machete. He'll be back tomorrow to bag up all the clippings.
Another exciting thing about today is that we're watching the Nebraska Cornhuskers take on Nevada today. When we lived in Minneapolis, we'd be lucky to find a game televised, and even luckier if we found a friend with cable! Here, thanks to Karen's alert, we turned on our tv at 1:30 and the Denver ABC station came through for us. (We get ABC, CBS, and NBC out of Denver for some reason.)
We're going to have dinner tonight at La Ceiba's best restaurant, Ricardo's thanks to cousin Mark, who gave us a "gift certificate" as a wedding present. Gracias Mark! Tomorrow we're going to a small island off the coast of La Ceiba for some snorkeling and sun. Should be a blast!
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