Living in Luxery...or at least a little closer to it!

Keep in mind this is what we started with....

Well today had to be bloged because it was a momentous occasion. Trina came through the school at lunch today and informed Amy and I that our apartment had been broken into..or so she thought. All our furniture was missing...which is a VERY good thing so no worries. We quickly figured out that we just may be coming home to NEW furniture...and so as I unlocked our door and swung it open I was pleasantly greeted with a beautiful collection of furniture. As you will see in the pictures (which will be coming very soon but sorry not tonight as its too late for that) that we got a big chair, love seat, big couch 10 pillows and coffee table (which is still under debate..Melodee wants to keep it while Trina, Amy and I want to get our old one back because it is MUCH bigger, and not made of GLASS!) I will let you know who wins later.

Don't be deceived by the pictures because they are not quite as soft as they look. I dropped my bags and dove on the big couch and landed with more of a thud than a squish...however we can't complain because they are 1000 times better than what we had. When Melodee got home her and I took to jumping on all the cushions and pillows to try to soften them up. Apparently all our hilarous looking work paid off because when Amy came home and sat on them for the 2nd time she noticed a huge difference. So there is hope that they will soon become VERY comfortable.
Our hope is to soon make our apartment look much more like a home...then a big room with random stuff in it. We are now thinking about painting some walls and curtains to match our carpet and furniture. We have also been talking about buying a car between Amy, Melodee, Kyle and me. It would make life soo much easier knowing that we don't have to try to get a taxi somewhere. I guess this means that some serious thought needs to be put into action as to what Amy and I are planning for next year. Decisions are still up in the air..because there are pros and cons to staying and going. Any prayers on this subject will be greatly appreciated!

Alrighty...well that is about all I'm going to write for tonight because its been a long day. And I want to go listen to some of the questions my roommates are answering as Amy gives them a brain test. They are finding out if they have a female or male brain...apparently they both came out normal...who knew ;)..
time for bed
I hope dialpad will let me add money to my account soon because I really want to make some phone calls... I miss you all!!!!
love
Heidi 8)

So here are the pictures....I even had to put them in twice...freeaakk'n blogspot sometimes I tell ya!

And this is what we have now....

Amy lounge'n on the love seat.

Melodee working and Kyle making his usual daised and confused monkey look!

Me cozy in the big chair in the best PJ's EVER (VV boutique rocks!!)

Trina working hard and the glass table of contention

RAIN..RAIN..and more rain

So if you hadn't already guessed yes it is raining...actually POURING, and its been nonstop for the afternoon now. It is not so much that it has been raining all afternoon, but the fact of just HOW much rain has come down. We were forecasted to get something like 4-15 inches of rain the other day because of the hurricane/tropical storm but they took that warning away. Well apparently they were WRONG b/c we definately have multiple inches of rain piling up outside. There is a river flowing down the road between Apartment's A and D and our gutter like things on the ground are overflowing.

Thankfully there is nothing we have to do outside today so it is a lazy indoor day of napping and moving watching...and not wanting to get the work we have to do done. Yes I have a pile of tests to grade as I had my girls write oh sorry..TAKE their flag football test this week. Wow some of these have been very dissapointing to mark...oh I mean GRADE. But then again it is ONLY P.E. right....oh don't get me started!
Actually teaching flag football has been good for me too. I watched a football game last sunday and I actually knew what was going on!! and you know what it is fun to watch when you know whats going on lol...who knew !!! It is even more fun to watch when you are in a Fantasey Football league and you are 0-6-0 with the 4th highest amount of points with ZERO wins. Ya I'm ok with that...I'm just playing so someone else doesnt' have to lose..ya thats me the good sport...arrrrggg...this game sucks!!!

Neways I am trying to get more pictures on here but it is sooo frustratingly SLOW to get them downloaded and in some sort of order, so yes pictures are coming.

More to come later
miss you all
love
Heidi 8)

ps if you are interested in coming down plane tickets seem to be going up and down by a lot lately so you should check them out... :D I have Melissa looking into coming down for the American thanksgiving...anyone else want to come?? Going scuba diving and to the beach :)

Some Fun Pics

Ok so here are some fun pics I promised...starting from most recent. This was the Canadian Thanksgiving gathering at the Francks house. Looks so much smaller this year without Miriam and the Wevers :( you were miss all of you!!! But we had a new coming who is half Canadian born in Amy's home town of North Bay - Sarah Ashton.

The 3 beautiful ladies going out for dinner in San Salvador. What a SWEET meal that was...I love Argentinean MEAT!

This was taken while Hiking in La Tigra which is a beautiful national park much farther up the mountain. We were hiking at 6000 ft....it literally takes your breath away at times!

Especially when you get to your destination and it looks like this....God is such an artist!


And then he is also a comedian because on the way out man did we ever get wet!! Check out the river running down the muddy road. What an adventure, because we then had to ride in the back of a truck back down the mountain in the rain and cold wind. But we made the best of it by singing worship songs all the way down...hahaha it was great!

This was taken at the student retreat. On the left is Astrid, one of my senior girls and then Betsy Saunders, english teacher. We were waiting for the buses as the water part.

This is Katie and her new puppy Korina - which means sweetheart - and man is she ever..Oh I miss my doggie.

How funny is it that they sell dogs on the street corners here. Just hang'em in the air and someone will come buy one. That is where Katie bought hers. They are soo cute!!

And yes this is the Cutest Nephew EVER!!

The much needed update

My appolizes...as its been over a month since I last wrote. I was all excited that I posted before we left for our trip..and Amy hadn't hahaha...and then well ya we got back and I just never got my butt in gear to let you all know how it was. So then Amy did a very fine job of summing up most of the major events of the trip and then of the student retreat too. Then I just started to think how am I going to sum up everything that has happened now that I'm this far behind. Well I think I'll not try to do that or you will hate me even more because it would be an overwhelmingly LONG post. And those are not always fun to read, unless they have pictures.

So what has been going on lately here.....well I have been helping Chris and the grade 10's out with making the sets for their play production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. There is a lot of work required for a production like this and I still wonder sometimes if the students really realize just how much time and effort is required. Chris has done an amazing job making the back drops look absolutely awsome!! Right now my job is creating a wishing well out of cardboard and a garbage can and some other random things. I am hoping that it will stay standing on its own and not look too much like well the cardboard that it really is haha. Helping with the play has replaced my coaching track and basketball. I was so fried by the end of last year when I coached all 4 sports that I decided this year that I am only going to coach soccer and Volleyball. Yes I did say soccer. LOL I am co-coaching that with Naomi who coached last year. So between the 2 of us we should be able to do something right.

My classes have been going much better this year. I only have a few ladies who still don't agree with having to actually WORK in PE class, and then also those who would rather talk than listen. They always like to test my patience, but then it keeps life interesting right....So I'm not completely sure why..but I seem to be more succeptable to getting sick down here. I am now sick for the second time this year. I think it has a lot to do with the fact I have been really tired lately...so much to do..not enough sleep. I am starting to feel a little better, now I just feel like I have a bad cold. I am hoping to kick this thing in the butt because we are planning to head to Roatan to go diving in just over a month and I can not be sick if I want to dive. Please pray for my health as I can sure use the extra prayers in this area. It is much appreciated.

Well Thankgiving weekend came and went down here....but it is today that we are finally going to celebrate it with the other Canadians here. We are going to enjoy our "turkey" aka chicken dinner this afternoon. I am sooo ready for a sweet dinner like this. Mashed potatoes bring it on!! Amy and I are making Broccoli and cheese sause...unfortuantely we didn't get Miriam's recepie so we are going to attempt a recepie we found online...hope it works, but prolly won't be as good as Miriam's. We are also making Coleslaw from Chris's Grandma's recepie. I'll let you know how the food turns out, maybe add some pictures when I get home.

So that was definately some ramblings from honduras and I am going to try to put some pictures on tonight, as I am more of a picture person myself. Time to go make some food.

Miss you all so much!! and all the fall colours at home I've been hearing about!
love
Heidi 8)