Edward, this was a delightful read and reminded me of my first few weeks on St. Croix. And almost four years later, I haven't lost the initial love f...

Sorry 🙁 If we owned our home, trust me, we would definitely have more dogs... as it is, being renters, our current two dogs and three cats is more t...

Sabrina, lol! I hear you.. I never go to Christiansted unless I have a whole bunch of errands to run. When it's all freeway, I guess it's different......

Actually Phoenix, Arizona... and it's best asset was it's location relative to Mexico, California and the mountains of Nortern AZ.

Thanks for the great info. Darn, I was hoping they had moved more west. 🙂

No, Speedy.. I had a friend with a kitten who looked like a special effect. Until then, I had thought all kittens were cute.

Oh yeah, getting in my car and driving a few hours... in one direction, I can hit snow, in another, rolling hills and creeks, in another the ocean and...

NoOne, I have seen that spider up here before, but the ones we get all of the time are more solid colored, I think. I will have to wait until next tim...

Yeah, I do love the coffee and the coffee cake... plus those spinach wrap things she makes sometimes.

Well, you can come visit us, I'll let you know when our mangos start coming in. Or, we can take a drive through the rain forest and pick them off of t...

They are very large, and kind of scary looking. And they move as fast as centipedes. Ick.

I have to say that I actually like our local avocados WAY more than I liked our stateside avocados. I can't even make guacamole anymore, the avocados ...

For a while here in the rain forest, the ant problem was so bad, we had to stop using our five gallon water jug and crock, because the ants infiltrate...

We have some bats up here in the rain forest, Juantia I am laughing my a** off over the idea of them spitting magno juice on your house... perhaps it ...

Tropical Java is still there, Kendra closes at 2:00PM and I think she is closed on weekends now.. well, at least Satruday, she might be open on Sunday...

Well, I went cold turkey and I am just about at the end of day six, made it through my first work day since the quit (I have a great boss who gave me ...

Oh, and I miss NOT having a thick red band of mosquito bites all around my ankles.

I miss the grocery store Sprouts. And big, warehouse sized used bookstores, like Bookmans.

Speey, I get that comment a lot too.. My response is that I am quitting to clear my lungs, smoking pot doesnt hlp that. Plus, since I used to smoke it...

Speedy, I *just* quit... this is day four, so if you take the plunge and need someone to talk to about how miserable you feel and how much your body h...

Our cats are indoor cats, but one of them slipped out. We live up in the rain forest, and we assumed she had gotten killed by a stray dog, or one of t...

Anita, LOL at your brother, that's fantastic!!! I also believe my phone is there for my own convenience... if you want to pay the bill, I will...

Thanks for all of the great advice guys... i admit I haven't done anything about it yet. I am a procrastinator... I will take note of all of the answe...

I had to be at Sunny Isle on Black Friday to cash a check at banco Popular. I didnt even realize it was "the day!" I was riding in with a friend, was ...