Andrew & Cristina

Alright, so that’s a lie. We’ve BEEN back from our trip to St. Maarten for a few days, but I got a bit lazy.
My parents’ visit to Saba was quite lovely, though I’m sure they found it rather boring. I guess I’ve gotten used to the Caribbean lifestyle a little more than I thought I […]

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I finally finished our taxes this afternoon, after procrastinating for weeks. I had started working on them a while ago, but I’d gotten so frustrated with them that I pushed them out of my mind for as long as I could. I normally don’t have an issue with filing taxes, it’s just that living on […]

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I don’t know why I consistently fail to update my blog on a regular basis. I can probably come up with a myriad of excuses but there isn’t a single reason that stands out. It can’t be because life here on Saba is too boring, because I know people here still manage to write every […]

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Yesterday we were supposed to attend a Halloween costume party but things didn’t quite go our way. Torrential rains almost got the party cancelled, two kinds of cookies I was baking for the party didn’t turn out alright, Andrew had costume difficulties, and we got a sizeable leak in our bedroom. I’d say those are […]

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Happy belated anniversary to us! Yesterday was our six month wedding anniversary and we didn’t even remember it. Sure, it was nicely marked on the calendar and we talked about it over the weekend, but we completely forgot about it when the day came. We’re going to have to do better for our one year […]

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Today I helped with yet another bake sale at the school. This must have been the third one this semester and it may very well be my last one for a while. I love chatting with the ladies there and it’s fun to see so many new faces during the several hours I’m there, but […]

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Our Halloween costumes got here this afternoon and they’re more or less what we expected. I was afraid we didn’t order them early enough but they arrived here on the island with plenty of time to spare. At first I thought we weren’t going to bother to dress up as anything this year, but then […]

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