Rain Rain Rain....

My blog posts have been few and far between for the last couple weeks because we haven't been going out and doing much becasue of all the rain we have been getting, but I wouldn't expect much less since we are in hurricane season right now.

Hurricane season isn't something that Vincentian people really worry alot about, the last hurricane that made land fall here was back in the 70's they are used to seeing a lot of rain during hurrican season and some gusty winds, but St. Vincent is on the very bottom of the hurrican belt so rarly does a major storm get down to us, that doesn't mean that it can't happen at all but it is rare.

Emergency prepardness is something I have been trying to get better at, we try to always keep basic survival  food and water on hand at all times, just in case we ever do need it, they told us to bring flashlights with us and we have used ours a couple of times already,the power has gone out 3 times I think and we have a very uptight 4 year old since we only have 1 flashlight for all of us to use, we have another one coming but of course it is in our barrel that we shipped that has now been sitting in customs for 6 weeks.....sigh....I really want my barrell!

I would say that we have adjusted really well, shopping has become alot easier for me, it is kind of nice becasue it forces me to plan a menu and think ahead to the next week, I am now spending less and getting more, the hadest part of shopping is that there is no such thing as 1 stop shopping here in St.Vincent, I currently go to 5 places every Saturday to get what we need for the  next week, I could possibly eliminate 1 of those stops but it is the only store I have been able to consistantly get Kate's formula at every week the one week I bypassed it and figured I would pick it up at my other stop they of course didn't have it so I had to back track and by it there any way, so believe it or not it actually saves time to go to those 5 places most weeks!

I am loving the fruit market I try to ask about a new fruit every week, and occasionally I will buy it and try it out so far we havn't been too into the never before seen fruit, so I have kind of stopped experiementing with Jacob and the kids. I however am still eating a mango a day and loving them!
Avacados have by far been ur favorite thing to but here, they are huge and cheap I pay the same for 1 extra large avacado that I paid in the states for 1 small avacado. We eat a lot of guacamole!

I am happy to report that my parents have offically booked there flight here! We are so excited to have someone come and visit us they won't be here until August but with as fast as time is going there will be here in no time! We can't wait to show them everything we do here and for them to meet people!

Well as I sit here writing this blog update the sun is actually shining sow we are going to head outside before the evening rain starts in on us!