Welcome

Hi, my name is Victoria Grace Avara (Vickie for short) and welcome to my blog. This blog was written while I was stationed in Barbados for 4 years from 2008-2012. I would just write things down whenever I had the time. I would write about my experiences with living in a new country and a different culture. Please forgive my grammatical errors, but enjoy these posts that I wrote during this time. My husband and I dearly love the Island of Barbados and we hope to someday retire to this little island that we called home for 4 short and wonderful years of our life. I hope that you enjoy reading this blog.

Sincerely, Vickie Avara

Thursday, July 22, 2010

This is a new phase of my life - being a full time housewife!  I have divided my household chores up into categories that I do on different days (yes, that is the very logical, organized person coming out in me).  So, today is clean up the veranda day.  It is a beautiful day to do it.  No more rain as yesterday was - just gorgeous blue skies with puffy white clouds floating by.  Even though cleaning the veranda is a lot of work (fan blades, railings cleaned off, 8 full length glass windows, sweep, and mop) - I can't complain - because look at what I get to watch.  Thank you, dear Lord!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Stormfront



Wow, there was a storm front that just passed through.  I have never felt the wind that strong on the veranda.  The sea was angry as I like to say.  And believe it or not, there was actually a wind surfer out there!  Is he nuts?  (didn't take a picture of him, so I added one of my daughter, Alisha)