yes, that shot was the best!, lmao!

and whoa!

I just went down to look at the river, and it's AMAZINGLY high!

there's dozens of vehicles parked on the hill, waiting for the river to subside, so they can get home...

but it might be DAYS.

it's not raining right now, but... there's big ol' gray clouds massing on the horizon.

skips off singing: send lawyers, guns and money, the **** has hit the fan!

Frank, English is the official language of Belize - this place used to be called the British Honduras, and was colonized by England.

that's how I can handle life here so well, all the property deeds, legal papers, tax stuff, monthly utility bills, etc. are in my native language, since mi Espanol isn't very good yet.

most helpful is that all the street signs, restaurant menus, radio shows, and newspapers are in English... makes it so much easier to get along in a foreign country.

the Mennonites speak German, and they're only 1% of the population here... and didn't arrive until 50 years ago, so it can't be because of them, lol!

:hug:

and yes, Weave, I PROMISE to check in... but never fear, we are up on the hill, and our land is flat, so no worry of mudslides either... I looked VERY carefully before I bought land, thinking of every possibility.

:hug:

yep, San, we're on an ISLAND of dry land at the moment, surrounded on all sides by water...

and our cisterns are FULL, FULL, FULL !!

that means, we have stored almost 17,000 gallons of water, wowzers!

:D:cool::D

is it nappytime yet?

Weave, glad you had fun with the kids. :)

Frank, love those smileys. :) Especially the one hugging the candy bar, ROFL. :D

Kay, Thanks for checking in with us.

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Well, it's a wait and see about the remainder of the chores today. Still not really done with the first one, lol.

Step 1: Went to the store, came back, got grocheries into the house.
Step 2: rest
Step 3: get all those perishable things that need to go in fridge and freezer put away.
Step 4: rest
Step 5 (which I haven't gotten to yet :rolleyes:): put everything else away.


So, think my energy level's a little down today. :D But that's ok, got a lot done yesterday and no longer have an empty cupboard (in a manner of speaking, lol)

And my car has to go into the shop tomorrow to get looked at. So glad I got out today.

Hope everyone's having a great day! :grouphug:

okay, kiddies!

we drove, and parked down at the bottom of our hill, and waded through the expanded river to the grocery store...

I bought FOUR pkgs of TP, (Angel Soft, for those of you TP fanatics, lol!)

the store's entrance is three sandbags high, with planks ramped to walk up and back down.

mi esposo started makin' PIRATE jokes, about walkin' the plank.

:D

and we ran into lots of friends, seems half the village is out, lined up at the river, just watching in awe...

here's our main highway, filled with onlookers (photo by my guest, DG):

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...oodcrap010.jpg

this is the EDGE of the flooding, which has cut us off from the world...

Frank's been admitted into the hospital. They are keeping him several days. I'll hear from Deb later and update. Please keep them in your prayers.

Thanks for the info on Frank, Sandy! That's too bad, but sure do hope they can get him feeling better and home soon.

Keeping you in my prayers Frank!

PS: Got gas here for $2.39 WOOHOO~ I feel downright giddy!!!

Thanks for the update, Sandy.

Frank and Deb, you're both in my prayers. :hug:

Get better Frank. :hug:

Get well soon, Frank!! I started a "Get Well Soon" thread for him in the Stumble Inn, too. :)

Glad you got TP, Kay!! Everything else seems secondary as long as there's plenty of TP in the house, doesn't it?! :D