Archive for 'Useful information'
The Heart of Nature – Belize
Posted on September 2, 2010 in Holy Cross School, Island Life, Useful information
Things are moving right along – Harold [and Gayle Cox] emailed me wanting to donate $100 usd towards a wheelbarrow and possibly a back support belt. He asked if I could find out of Pedro’s Hotel would allow him to run his card there since they know him from a recent visit – Pedro was [...]
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Belize History in the Making
Posted on August 25, 2010 in Go Green, Holy Cross School, Island Life, Useful information
This is a very interesting and important time in the history of Ambergris Caye and Belize - last night Heather Cathy and I literally ’shot the shit’ and had a great brainstorming session. They told me all about their day and by the end of our chat we had filled in a couple of new [...]
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Back it up
Posted on August 21, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
I am behind at backing up my computer due to not being ready to take the time to organize it all. I kept getting the feeling of not letting it sit to long so my perfect solution – chuck it all on my 16 gig flash drive for now and then at least it is [...]
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Fast Moving Clouds
Posted on August 20, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
The clouds to the north east this morning were mountainous – Huge and fluffy. I took a few pictures came in to see what they looked like on my lap top went out to take a few more and it had completely changed to blanket looking clouds within 5 minutes.
The Weather here in Belize can [...]
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Question?
Posted on August 19, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
Question for everyone – Why is it than often when something our way comes that we have been asking for we get all skeptical and start looking for holes when it happens?
Been babysitting Molly and Basil since Sunday. Molly has been staying here but we left Basil at home and just go over there to [...]
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San Pedro Social Club
Posted on August 13, 2010 in Cool stuff, Island Life, Useful information
Tonight was a first for me at one of the well known San Pedro Social Clubs – Wine de Vine on a Friday night. Ann had suggested it would be a good spot to meet up with Susan Carter managing editor of Caribbean Property and Lifestyles Magazine – this is a great site to [...]
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Upcoming Weekend Fun
Posted on August 12, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Come join the Poker pub crawl this Saturday August 14th – kicks off at Roadkill bar at 6pm, 20BZD per person – hitting 5 bars, winner takes all. If you want to see who has already signed up visit the the poker crawl facebook invite.
For those of [...]
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Belize to Guatemala
Posted on August 9, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Island Life, Travel, Useful information, tacogirl Specials
Paul and I are gearing up for a day trip to Tikal sometime soon so I went to back Peter Bragiel from In Transit TV and asked him to share about his experiences on going to Tikal and Flores.
For those of you planning a vacation to Belize and looking for a different kind of adventure [...]
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Smart Business Choice
Posted on August 6, 2010 in Useful information
It’s a hot one today - and looks like it might rain a bit. Waiting to hear back from Mary about a joyride around town and possibly across the bridge. If we do not hook up today the plan is to meet up tonight for dinner. She still has lots of fish left in the [...]
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Pool time
Posted on August 5, 2010 in Guest Contributors, Useful information
Slept in till 8:00am today which is rare – I originally was up at 4:20 thought that is way to early to get up so I decided to turn the air con on and go back to bed. Ended up having a crazy dream where I was on vacation somewhere and in a big book [...]
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Melancholy with a side of Rainbows
Posted on August 2, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
I was going to give you a guest post today from a single mom who took the plunge and moved to in San Ignacio Belize but our BTL connection kept dropping me like a hot potato so I never managed to get the pictures added to it – will likely come tomorrow.
Today is a very [...]
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Dollar Collectors Wanted
Posted on July 28, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Useful information
For those of you who are watching the weather on Ambergris Caye – the sun is doing it’s best to stay out but we still have lots of clouds in the sky. I am hoping it will get a bit bluer so I can go out later and take more pictures – am content working [...]
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Results are in
Posted on July 26, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
As I sat there watching Jaun do Carole’s fitness assessment – taking pics and drinking my iced coffee I could totally see why she is getting such good results with him for a trainer. He payed attention – took time to explain things and helped motivate her to push past her previous times.
One of the [...]
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San Pedro Summer Camp
Posted on July 23, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
San Pedro Summer Camp is in full swing and the kids are loving it. Who wouldn’t – they have done parasailing - enjoyed beach days – practiced archery and baton twirling – gone cave tubing and Belize Zoo – done arts and crafts – dove and learned useful things from Be Kind Belize.
Yesterday I had [...]
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Global Giving Green Open challenge
Posted on July 22, 2010 in Fundraising, Island Life, Useful information
It has been a while since I posted news on Holy Cross so I figured today is the day to catch you all up today on that. One of the most exciting things going on there is a new state of the art bathroom facility - 26 toilets and 2 large trough urinals. Thanks goes [...]
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Just in case
Posted on July 21, 2010 in Island Life, Useful information
I was emailing back and forth with Quicksilver Messenger Service yesterday and Dianne sent me some good information about how and where to get tested for Dengue Fever that I wanted to share with you. [not heard of a recent outbreak or anything - good to have info on hand in case you need it] [...]
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Yummy Belize Breakfast
Posted on July 17, 2010 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Island Life, Travel, Useful information
The rain is doing one of those off again on again things where just when I think the sun is going to come back out it goes away and the rain starts up again for 10 min or so. Hoping we get a clear patch around 9:00am – we are meeting Melissa and Edwin at [...]
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