Hello friends, it has been awhile!
Byron and I have been busy with life down here! At first we were running on island time (before I had a job and everything was just a vacation for us). If you aren’t sure what “island time” is, I have conducted a chart for you to better understand...
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STATES
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ISLAND
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1/2 hour
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1 hour
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One Day
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One Week
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One Week
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One Month
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... And so on
But Ever since I got a job, Byron has been running me from my job to his work then back through traffic to come pick me up nearly every day, things have been moving 700 million miles an hour! (speed of light in other words) Therefore, we haven’t had time to write.
That doesn’t mean that nothing has happened since then and now! Oh no, there has been thanksgiving, my birthday and many many games of monopoly.
Thanksgiving was a hoot! Let me tell you what, it was my first day of work! It was pretty much the basic training kind of day. We filled out all those awesome W2 tax forms and whatnot and then they showed us around two of the stores. Then, by the time I got home, I was stuffed with information, not turkey. With much debate in a short time frame, Byron and I headed to the store to make food for thanksgiving before it was too late! Instead of turkey, we got chicken wings and smothered them in a delicious lemon pineapple pasta sauce mix! Of course there were rolls and corn and other goodies that you would typically have on thanksgiving. (not mashed potatoes though, I never liked that nasty mush starch that humans consider “edible”) Then delicious apple pie for dessert! My favorite! All while watching the dog show that plays every year on thanksgiving!
After thanksgiving I had six days before my birthday! Blah blah blah, went to work, blah blah blah, relaxed at the house. It was like running a marathon when you hit the wall one mile in, it was painful those six days! I would finally no longer be a teenager! Finally, the 28th approached and I woke up to quite a surprise!
Byron got up in the middle of the night to decorate for me! Wow what a way to start off the day! I had an 8 hour shift at the biggest store on a 7 cruise ship day, so I was going to soak up the morning as long as I could! Byron got me monopoly and a deck of cards, along with a birthday pie! (I never liked cake, and I can’t eat ice cream because my stomach is more sensitive than a ginger’s skin in the sun light, so I get pie nearly every year!) We ate it and it was wonderful. I could feel the 20 year old blood pump through my veins as I blew out my candles that read 05, because the candles were facing the opposite direction. I wanted it to look aesthetically pleasing for my audience (Byron), which read the number I have been waiting for for 2 centuries... "20".
I went to work and then Byron surprised me with an awesome hotel room at one of the resorts so I could take a bath, and we could blast the A/C as much as we wanted! Also, not to mention the room service. UM YUM! We hung out, played monopoly and ate to our stomach’s content (and then some). I felt like such a princess!
Well, now that all the important details are out of the way, here are some random things that go on around the house.
FOOD:
As I have mentioned before, food is expensive. Therefore we have made it our goal to only go shopping once a month. This leaves us to become more... creative... by the end of the month.
Byron and I are very different with the food that put together from our minds. I, for one, think of things that are a bit sweet, yet salty, and something everyone can enjoy. Like cooking up some pineapples and shoving them into every day meals. For example, in my pasta...
On the other hand, Byron will put anything together, that might make you a little nauseous, and make something delicious (to himself). Here we have a picture of his “Meaty-Ramon-French-Toast”. If I had the stomach of steal like he did, I would have tried a bite! First he cut the ramen in half, then soaked it in egg yokes and oat meal grains, then put it on the frying pan and there he smeared this liquid meat we purchased, thinking it was like spam, but it was more like if you were to put spam into a blender then add a pound of salt and then soaked that in water for a week. Once Byron fried that up, he covered that in syrup. Can you say delicious? Well he said it was a lot better than he thought it would be. Trial and error, trial and error.
Byron cooking up his wonderful concoction...
The tasty can of "meat"...
Sometimes though, Byron and I put our heads together and think of something so amazing! The other day, while making pancakes from our 10 pound pancake mix
I said something that sparked Byron’s interest. “What if we made muffins from the pancake batter?” Later I headed off to work and then came home to a surprise. Byron made a cake like pancake cake. It had pineapples in it (like nearly everything we make does), and some syrup and Splenda. It was pretty good. I put some jam on it and it was better than muffins!
My next topic of interest is...
CRITTERS:
We find these things all around our house. The main thing are these dang centipedes. They are everywhere and typically aren’t that big. The other day I was showering and up came one out of the drain. I gotta say, it was a bit surprising! My hair was all soapy and I grabbed a towel and then grabbed him and put him outside. I never kill them, I mean they are just poor innocent creatures (expect for spiders who are all little spawns of satan and need die a slow painful death.).
About a week ago, I wake up and walk into the kitchen and see the biggest centipede I’ve ever seen in the house!
The picture doesn’t do justice to its size! But if you poke at them about 3 times, they crawl up into a little ball and you can pick them up and throw them outside.
Then, about two days ago, Byron and I opened our door to the deck and we see this pretty big frog! I tried to take a picture of it, but the damn thing jumped because my flash startled it.
As you can see we are having a wonderful time in paradise. Byron shall be posing something soon as well so keep your eyes open! Have a wonderful day!
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