It's like I'm on the farm again...

This is dinner time @ the Slagon residence(the couple we are housesitting for).  The little sheep is named Sugarplum and she is only a few weeks old.  She was rejected by her mother.  The other black and brown one is named Truffles and he is 2 months old.  He was attacked by a dog a couple weeks ago and lost his nuts! And then there is Lambchop, who is 5 months old.  They are all here to be nursed back to health and then they will be returned to their farms to live. 

Sugarplum gets a bottle 4-5 times a day!

Trufffle has his bottle only twice a day.

This is Austin Powers and Buddy.  They are both senior citizens and need extra care.  Austin has a heart condition and takes 4 different medications, twice a day!  Needless to say, I have been keeping myself busy.

Thank-you Everyone

I wanted to thank everyone for the kind birthday wishes! I had an amazing day.  It started off with my husband making my favorite breakfast, french toast, with homemade blackberry syrup!

Then, we spent the afternoon touring the island in a Razor from Funky Monkey Tours(Kris and I are housesitting for the owners, so they let us take it out for free).  Luis and Daniella joined us for the adventure.

And then, we had a few friends over for a BBQ and dessert(Thank-you to Tanya and Daniella for the delicious birthday cakes!).

Where do I start?....

I sometimes find it hard to find the words to describe the inner workings of this island that we live on. 

Before Kris and I arrived here, we had our own ideas of what island life would be like.  Everyday, I am astounded by things that happen to me and around me.  I know that it is hard to comprehend so here are a couple examples.

Yesterday morning I was on my way to work when I came upon a work crew that was repairing the potholes in the road.  The main road around the island is paved, but for some reason unkown to me, the locals insist on filling the potholes with concrete.  Actually I don't think that I can call it concrete because concrete is a mixture of stone and water.  What they really fill the holes with is the concrete powder.  They dump enough stone mix into the hole to fill it and then walk away and hope that it rains!  They don't even pour water on it themselves!!

Then....

This morning at the dental office, we had a patient call with an emergency.  A crown that we had cemented a couple months ago had come loose and fallen off.  We asked her to come right away so we could cement it back on.  Not only did she arrive 45 minutes late but she arrived without the crown!  When Dr.Stuart asked her where it was she replied "in me trans", which would translate into 'in my car', at this point Dr.Stuart raised the patient chair to allow her to go get it, but she did not get out.  Instead she picked up her phone and called her office to instruct a laborer to drive through town, to the dental office, to get her keys, to unlock her car, to get her crown and to bring it to us.  After waiting awkwardly for several minutes she cursed and got up, out of the chair, to go get the crown herself!!  What is that???  Dr.Stuart and I both looked at eachother dumbfounded, wondering if that actually just happened.

No matter how many times Kris has to remind me I still cannot help myself from asking WHY??? 
There is no answer, not one that you want to hear or that you would understand anyways.

While I'm at this maybe you can help me decipher some of these signs that we have come across on the island.

Confused?

Yes, that says what you think it says!

Ideas anyone?