Whats with the blogs lately?

I feel like the blogging world has been a little slow since the semster started. It makes me sad 'cause I love evesdropping on other people's lives. Bring back the blogs people!!!!

Today was a pleasent day. After feeding the hubby lunch I came home and took a very nice nap, love doing that! I'm superly excited for tomorrow, Johnny is taking the night off from studying(at least 45 minutes anyway) eventhough he has two big tests this weekend. How sweet! I am not that big on birthdays and anniversaries and that kinda stuff. A dinner out with my best friend is all I need and thats what I'm getting. Life is great!

A New Week

So a new week has started. I can't seem to keep up! I went to Roseau on Saturday. It was just a short trip. I just needed to go and get a couple of things. My little friend Shane and his mom Kelly were on the trip with me so it was way more fun.
Today I went to playgroup. We went to Purple Turtle Beach. It was very relaxing and the water was perfect! It is always so nice to get out of the house and hang out with friends. When we got home I went and had a yummo lunch with Johnny. We just ate at the shacks, but it was a shack I had never been to and it was so nice to have something different. I have just been vegging out and watching Law and Order SVU the rest the day. What a life!

Happy Friday

Yesterday was so great!!!I started by waking up at ten 'til 10am. I went straight to play group. of course that was fun. There were lots of people there and kids were everywhere. They played outside and that meant lots of muddy feet and bums. The whole time I was thinking, "I'm so sorry Jessie, I know I wouldn't want to clean this up." Bless your dear heart Jessie!

I went home and just hung out after lunch. Then around 4 Jessie called and said they were going to the pool, so I headed out. the taylors and a new family were there. We had a great time. It was nice to go to the pool later in the day. It was so much cooler, but the sun was still out, Perfect!

Last night we had a party because a few of us spouses' birthdays were this month. It was so much fun to have a big girls night. I love going out and just talking with the girls. We played games and had jello shots (don't worry they had some that were virgin), and just had fun. I had a deep conversation with my friend Nicole. She was so sweet to sit and talk with me. Thanks Nicole! I love having so many awesome friends here that understand you and are so sweet. We are all different and from all over the world, but we have one thing that binds us together for the rest of our lives, thank you Dominica!

Hide and seek

So I was over at Jessie's house about a week ago and I started hiding from the Matix and Shane. They got such a kick out of it! I hid under a desk and once they found me they thought it would be more fun to hang out there and tickle me.

Lets just say it was a blast.

So now under the desk is Matix's new place for us to hang out. He grabs my hand and leads me over to the desk and crawls in. Jessie told me that he kept saying my name, but it sounded different than usual. She figured it out and he was saying "my Tace". How sweet is that!!! It is always a battle at the Bergs, do I play with Matix or do I talk with Jessie? How to choose? Most of the time Matix ends up deciding for me, but I'm okay with that.

Called it!!!

So my trip did get canceled, but thats okay because I went to play group instead. That is what I am doing most mornings now. I feel kinda lame because I'm the only one there that doesn't have kids, but the kids mom's are my friends. I have a great time with the kids too, of course! Matix, Jessie's little boy, is like by best buddy. I love seeing his face when he sees me coming. He calls me Tace. Way to cute for words. I miss hanging out with Rachel and Matt. I don't get to see them very often it seems. I have always just loved kids. Maybe its because I don't want to grow up or something.

Yesterday I went to yoga for the first time in a week and of course she kicked up the workout so I am SUPERLY soar right now. I didn't want to get out of bed today I hurt so bad. I went to a body tracker today and I am average in everything. My metobolic age is right on target, I'm the correct weight for my height, I burn the right amount of calories, I'm just how I should be. I was hoping I had lost more weight, but Johnny said I probably haven't lost as much as I think I should have because even though I'm losing fat I'm also gaining muscle at the same time. Here is a before and after picture of me.

Big difference right!?! I know I have lost fat. All my clothes are to big for me now. Dominica is a good way to lose some inches!

Shiver me timbers all you scallywags!

Well I'm a total loser this week at writing! I'm telling you, when I keep myself busy all day I come home and don't want to do anything. Just so you know all my busy nothings were just that, NOTHING. So your not missing out on me not telling you about them. I have another busy week planned and some of them are fun things I have never done before. So hopefully (if the trips don't get cancelled) you will have somthing interesting to read about on your next visit. Tata to another week. See you in the next one!

And time can do so much...

So Yesterday was the one year anniversary of starting my blog. Its seems unreal how different my life is from when I started this, and I am such a different person. We were in Salt Lake City, Utah. Johnny was working for the Primary Children's hospital and I was working at Au Naturale. I was not to happy with my life then. I was going through a really hard time, but now I am doing so much better. I know I have grown and matured from all the experiences in my life, good and bad. I am so thankful for all the people that have been in my life. You have all changed me and shaped me. I am so blessed!!! I have a good family, great friends, an amazing husband that does so much for me, and my Father in Heaven that watches over what I do, that knows me completely, the good and the bad, and continues to love me and bless me.

So happy bloggety anniversary everyone. I hope you continue to enjoy reading about my totally awesome life. Don't be jealous!

Friday Fun Day!

See I told you I would tell you all about my wonderful Friday.

So My friend Ronnie invited me to go in this superly awesome day with him and I'm so glad I did. We went and visited Trafalger Falls. It was really a great place. It was so beautiful there. There are two falls there, but it had been really rainy the night before and that morning so there were THREE falls. We had a great time being crazy and jumping on rocks and crossing over logs. It was a blast. We spent two hours there and it only felt like thirty minutes.

Next we hit a little sulfur spring. It of course was smelly, but pretty cool. You could feel the heat coming up from holes in the ground.

Next we were onto Screw's Spa. This is just some hot springs in the jungle. They have it set up very nicely. There are four different pools each a different temperature so you can go from super hot all the way down to cold water. it was very relaxing and made my skin feel really nice.

Then our last stop, Scott's Head. This is the southern "toe" of the island that separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea. We climbed up to the very tip top of the mountain/hill there and took pictures. Then we hiked down and went snorkeling. Let me just say it was the BEST snorkeling. The water was super clear and there were so many fish. The further out you went the bigger the fish got.

All in all it was a great day! I was extremely tired at the end of the day, but it was so worth it! It was the perfect way to spend the day on a Caribbean island!

Fun filled days!

So I have found a problem to my plan of staying busy this semester. It seems I am so busy I run out of time to write in my blog. Last semester I never wrote because I had nothing to say this semester I have so much to talk about, but just can't seem to find the time.

Well I had a super amazing day on Friday and will give you a full account of that tomorrow when I can do it justice. Wednesday and Thursday and all Saturday and today (after I got home from Roseau) I have been cleaning/organizing our apartment. It looks so super amazing. Everything has a proper place and looks so nice. I love the feeling when you walk in the house and everything is clean! Yesterday at church I got my new calling, Nursery Leader! I know this is a calling I will love. It didn't come as much of a shock either, seeing as it was the last calling needing to be filled and I was the last person without a calling. I have always wanted to be a Nursery Leader, but to be one here is doubly awesome because I know and love all the kids here. I have seven kids in the class and I'm all by myself so it will be challenging, but I am so looking forward to it!!!

Today was the RSO free trip to Roseau. It was a great time. I went on the bus with the moms because they like to get home early and I didn't want to spend all day in Roseau. It was really nice because I sat in the back with Jessie Berg and we got to talk and get to know each other better. We have a lot in common. Jessie if you settle in Fort Collins keep a look out for Johhny and I! I got a lot of MUCH needed food. I was getting a little tired of the PB&J. I also found a real treat, Salt and Vinegar Potato Chips, my weakness! Even now just writing about them is making my mouth water. I promise Johnny i tried to resist, but my mouth wouldn't let me. Don't worry I will set them off with the Yoga I just did and the Zumba I am heading out to do now. My figure will remain intact!

A fifty minute walk home?

So there is NO WAY it takes fifty minutes to walk from Fortune Apartments to my house when it only took ten minutes to walk there, but that is what my clocks are telling me. Definatly NO WAY!!!
Today was pretty great! The morning was just normal stuff, but after lunch we had our RSO Meet and Greet. I got to spend some time catching up with Katie Taylor. Yeah, remember her? It has been so long since we have got to hang out, just the two of us (well with the kids, but you know). It was great to get to talk with her. Then some of the girls went to the pool to cool off. Jessie Berg was there so I got to play with my awesome buddy Madix (sp?) and spend time talking with the girls. After I got home I was hanging out on FB and lo and behold one of the girls in my semester, Emily, asked if anyone wanted to come over and watch Project Runway. Do you have to ask? Needless to say I went over there. It was really nice to get to know her better. We really didn't watch much of the show because we ended up talking and eating chocolate cupcakes the whole time. So much fun! All in all it was a pretty good day. I hope it gets better by my brother calling me. Come on Arlo, we need to do this man!

Beginning of the Semester

I love the beginning of the semester. It is always filled with activity. I seemed to be very busy yesterday. In the morning I got my cleaning itch. Everyone in awhile I get this need to clean and organize everything. It took a long time but now the apartment looks super good. I also did yoga and it was wonderful. The SGA club sign up was last night and I signed up for Zumba club and the Photography club. This semester I want to get involved in some more things . Last semester I spent to much time sitting at home and watching tv. So I will be doing: Yoga on M W, Zumba on M W F, I'm going to be in a Bible Study again, I am still on the RSO Board and I am planning on going on more RSO trips, I will be doing to the photography club, I will also be volunteering with a after school group called In Light In, I will be doing SP again, and hopefully be babysitting. So basically just keeping busy.

Two weeks of no internet!

Wow, I really feel behind in the internet world. I have to admit i did check my FB and write a short post on my blog after Johnny's family left, but other than that I didn't go on the internet during the whole break. I didn't even mean to do it , but we were so busy it just happened.

We had such a great time with Johnny's family. I think we killed them while they were here. They were hungry all the time and walking in the humidity was a little much for them , but that is Dominica. We were on the beach the whole time it seemed. We swam at PBH, Red Rock, #1 Beach, and Purple Turtle. We also took a trip to Emerald Pool and to Bense Pool. It was great to just spend some time with them. You get so home sick for family here, so it was a great gift to have family come to visit.

Emerald Pool

#1 Beach

Well I am so glad that Johnny and I saved and scrimped the first month on the island because we got to splurge on our trip to St. Lucia. We had to have a leaving fright from Dominica for our visa requirements, so Johnny bought the cheapest flight anywhere and it was St. Lucia. We figured we would go for a couple nights and then come back, but we saved so much money we decided to stay six nights in an all inclusive resort, The Coconut Bay. We had the best time. We ate as much food as our small shrunken stomachs would allow. They had activities going on all the time and we did most of them. The nightly entertainment was great. They did a Charity Casino night, Country Western night, Karaoke night, Steel Drum Band night, and more! We played and relaxed and just spent some one on one time. It was such a good break from life in medical school! I really didn't want to leave!

But we did and life has resumed here on the island. I have been busy with RSO and all the new semester chores. Life keeps moving forward and I'm loving it!!!