Mims Seaside Bistro

Mims Seaside Bistro, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Finally decided to get out of the house and get some fresh air. Jay and I have been sick with a bad cough for several days so we haven't done much lately. Which explains the lack of posts. Apparently I picked up a bug and passes it to Jay. We've been running so much lately I guess our defenses are down lol

Our landlord gave us a gift certificate to Mims Seaside Bistro for Christmas which was so nice of them. So since we're feeling a bit better we decided to get out of the house and use it. So thank you guys for the great gift :-)

Contacting us for info

Several people over the last few years have contacted us for more information about making the move and living in STT. We enjoy answering questions and hearing about other people's stories and how they plan to make the move. The hard part about this, we don't have our email address listed on our profile for the blog because we don't want spammers to pick it up. So what people have done in the past is post a comment on one of our posts, with your name, email address and what your questions are. We get an email with the contents of the post before it goes out on the blog. So if we get one with someones personal info, we just don't post that comment but we can then at least contact you. I just received a similar post a few days ago, but there wasn't an email for me to contact them back. So if you're reading this, leave me another comment with your email and I will get back to you. If anyone has another idea on how to communicate better, I'm all ears. But I definitely do not want to list my email address for all the world to see :-)

Jimmy Buffham's Tattoo

If you saw the previous post, then you know that I went Saturday to get my first tattoo. I've wanted one since moving to STT. My very good friend Kirsten is getting ready to leave island, so I wanted it done before she left. So it was now or never. It hurt, but not as bad as I thought. Kirsten said I did really good lol  And Matt did an excellent job walking me through everything I needed to understand being my first time. I will definitely be back for more. :-)

Happy President's Day

Happy President's Day, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Happy President's day and happy day off for most everyone except UVI. We gave up some of the smaller holidays in order to get our two weeks off around Christmas and New Year's. So that's a much better deal, so it's all good.

I had a great weekend. Poor Jay worked, not sure when his next day off will be. Major projects at work have to get done like yesterday so hopefully he'll get a few days when they finish up.

Saturday we had a going away party for Dave and Kirsten who are getting ready to leave de islands after being here for 10 years to do a little sailing. I'm really going to miss Kirsten, she has become one of my really good friends here so it will be a very sad day when they take off. It was a full moon out Saturday during the party and we took some really pretty pics of the moon along with some funny shots at the party, but can't really post them here lol

The other thing I did Saturday was get a tattoo! I've been wanting to get one since I moved here. Dave and Kirsten have several and really like the Jimmy Buffham shop near Havensight. I decided I had to do it before Kirsten left, so it was now or never. It turned out great. Matt did an awesome job. I'll post some pics later. ;-)

Friday Beach Pic

Friday Beach Pic, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Happy Friday! Jay and I went back to work yesterday and boy was that hard! Lol had a great staycation with our friends, sad to see them leave. Today they're coming over to STT to have lunch with us before heading to the airport. We had a great time, but we are wiped out. At least for me, I get the weekend off to catch up on some rest. Poor jay is not off again until next week Thursday. There's a big fiberglass job that he has to get done so he is going to have to work straight thru. Hang in there Jay, you can do it! :-)

This pic is Maho on St. John. That's where we spent our last day with the crew. It was definitely the perfect end to our little staycation :-)

STJ tour day

STJ tour day, originally uploaded by captainjay.

Well it's our last day of staycation so we did a little tour of the island. We have some friends in just for the day off a cruise ship so they came over to STJ to meet up with the rest of the WV crew. We're hanging out at Maho Bay for the day. Love it.

To Carl and Teresa, hope you guys had a great time! :-)

Bones Rum St John

Bones Rum St John, originally uploaded by captainjay.

The new Bones Rum store is open on St John by the Ferry Dock next to St John Spice. Hand crafted rum from St Thomas.