I miss my little house. I miss my shed my truck, my shortcuts and my Doctor. I miss my friends my acquaintances and the Inuit and Native influences there(Yellowknife). I miss Hockey I miss Church I miss Extra Foods and 50th street. I miss Sunday school for Alec and Nursery for Eli. I miss all Alis' little friends and I miss proper sidewalks to stroll on. I miss milk and International Coffee creamers.I miss feta cheese, ricotta cheese and bulk sections of the stores. I miss frozen concentrate juices and a normal sized fridge. I miss driving on the right side of the road, I really miss "road rules" and law enforcement of, said, "road rules". There's puh-lenty to miss, I could go on, I will cerebrally, having said all that....
When you coming. We're in Fiji!!!! get over here! Waters warm, weathers better and you get all the fresh tropical fruit you can eat. White sandy beaches, azure waters, beautiful friendly musical people, and fruit, veggie and fishj markets on the side of the road. There are road rules but mostly they don't apply, I will never be a good driver again! I OWN THE ROAD BABY!! You don't even have to wear underwear, if you're so inclined! (this may be more advantageous for the males reading this, than your female counterparts) You are in for an adventure, of a lifetime. A year goes by so fast, once you let go of your roots, you can drift along quite nicely.('specially when the waters warm)


I'll say that again, you can drift along nicely, once you let go of your roots.
Hmmm.
So much for missing everything, Fiji is great and we like it here, I'll just let go of my roots. (This is a daily endeavor and only applies to some of my roots)
peace-out Homey.

I'm so tired. Can anyone second the motion?
Parenting.....that's a cure for sleep.

This day. Has only just started. Elias is calling out "bula" to whoever passes by. Alec is watching some superheroes dvd and I'm blogging with my coffee! Gerry catches up on some sleep and before long it will be too hot out. Right now, is perfect. Weather, kids, coffee, peace and quiet. Thanks God, for this moment.

What a great day at Natadola Beach. Just a day of playing in the sun with the boys. Dragged them around in the shallows on a boogie board. What a blast they were having. Saw a lady catch a baby octopus. Never touched one alive before. Wierd how they actually suction on to you. Well, had a picnic at the beach and a wonderful lazy (in a good way) day at the beach. We are able to show Rye, Gerrys' Dad, some of the nicer spots around here. Today was good for him except for the surf tossing him and Gerry over a few times, Rye came out of the ocean with some fairly painful looking wounds but was up and at it again in no time. The coral can be sharp. Not something I ever thought about before Fiji. Then again, I never thought much about Octopus either. Temps are good, daytime temp around 30c, evening temps cooled off to around 24c. We will be pulling out the blankets soon!

Yesterday, I bought fish out of the back of someones' truck. While this is not at all odd in most places, the fellas drove slowly down our road blowing on a conch shell....announcing their arrival. I wondered if King Triton and Ariel were about to swim up! You can also buy fish at the beach right out of the nets ( but you have to get up REAL early to do that) or you can drive up and down any major roadway and see fish vendors displaying their products in various ways. Mostly just laying them down on a tarp under the hot sun and waving a branch once in a while to scatter the flies. Or, they hold them up as you drive by. I personally enjoy the "fish tree" The fish are attached to a string and then hung on many branches of the tree. That may have caused me to at least slow down and laugh. I even had the urge to go buy one from the "fishtree" Hmmm I wonder how they taste. I wonder what other "trees" I can find in Fiji..Perhaps the ellusive "moneytree" Well, nothing beats the door-to-door salesman bringing fish to your frontgate and announcing his arrival with his really big seashell! 6 Parrot fish for 5 bucks. They were almost too pretty to eat. Almost.