Playing on the Beach

Lance Aux Epine Beach (courtesy of Google)

I took Macy to Lance Aux Epine Beach today to play. I uploaded this picture from google since I didn't bring my camera on our little outing. This is one of the more quieter beaches. There is hardly any people on this beach..especially on a Tuesday. Macy gets so excited when she knows that she's going to the beach. We left Cody at home studying for mid-terms, so it was just the two of us. It was nice to be able to let her off leash to run around and play in the water. We had a blast, and I am loving the fact that we are able to go to the beach anytime that we want!

Is It Already the Middle of February?!

These are pictures of some sailboats on Grand Anse beach that I took the other day. Well, not much has been going on lately, but I noticed that I hadn't posted a blog in a week. Life is just going by like usual. We are still liking our new place..actually we love it! I finally finished the Twilight series last week, and absolutely loved all of the books..Now just waiting for Eclipse to come out in theatres! I'm trying to get back into running and going to the gym regularly..it helps to have Ashley and Erica to keep me motivated. I have gotten so used to sleeping in, and around here if you want to run, then you have to get up super early so it's not too hot..which is hard for me to do because I love my sleep! I have a hair appointment on Thursday to get my blonde hair back!!! I can't wait..It's been 9 months since I went back to my natural, which was long enough for me. I'll post pictures of the new look (or my old look, since most of my pictures have me with blonde hair). Cody has his first round of mid-terms the last week of February, which is next week! Macy is just being her same ole fun-loving self, and she definitly keeps me sane! Mom and Blake are coming to visit in 2 weeks from tomorrow, and I can't wait..We are going to have a blast! Dad may end up coming with them..originally he was not too enthused at the idea of the beach and the sun, but I think he's realizing that he might miss out on lots of fun! Who knows what he'll decide. We have about 2 1/2 months left on this island, which is so hard to believe..it really feels like we just got here! I am trying to get all of my volunteer hours and things in order to redo my resume. I will be a career woman in New York in just a few months..hard to believe! So much is changing around us, and it absolutely blows my mind sometimes :)

Just Another Day

This is a video that I took of Macy taking on the huge hill that we walk every day. Please ignore my unusually high voice in the background as I am encouraging her. The video is a little jumpy due to me trying to walk up the hill myself. This video does not do it justice at all..It is so steep! I really need to video our driveway to show how extremely steep it is..It makes this one look like a mini hill.

Well, not much has been going on around here lately. I have had a migraine since Thursday night, so I have not been my old self the last few days. Today is the first day that I have not had a headache, and I am just keeping my fingers crossed that it won't come back. I must have gone through half a bottle of Excedrin these last few days. I usually take prescription meds that Mom gives me, but I am out of them, so I've been stuck with over the counter stuff that won't hardly touch my migraines. So I have done absolutely nothing the last few days, but lay around with ice packs on my head. We did go to the beach in front of the Aquarium Thursday for a while, and ate dinner there, and then I went to girls' night after that. My head was starting to hurt then, but it got really bad that night. I did watch the superbowl this weekend while laying on the couch trying to get my head better. I must say that even though I am not a huge football fan, that I am glad that the Saints kicked butt for two reasons: 1) Because they are from Louisiana and have never won the superbowl before, and 2) And this is the main reason..because I absolutely can not stand Peyton Manning (aka.."Head" as I call him b/c his head is unnaturally huge!) I also can't stand "Head Jr." if you can guess who that is..of course I'm talking about Eli Manning. So anyways, I'm glad the Saints won! Hopefully I will have a headache free week!

Walking With My Mace and My Mace

My inside joke is, I walk with my Mace and my Mace. The first Mace meaning Macy, my sweet little dog, and the second Mace meaning pepperspray just to be safe. I always have both of them close at my side. I took Macy on one of our daily walks this morning and decided to take my camera along to show how beautiful and peaceful our walks are. Let me remind everyone that we live on top of a mountain..ok, maybe exaggerating just a bit, but it's at least considered a huge hill. So our walks are not exactly "a walk in the park" so to speak. The environment around us is absolutely breathtaking. It is so beautiful, and the breeze is amazing because we are so high up. You can see absolutely everything from the top of the "mountain". You can see Prickley Bay Marina off to the side, which is where all of the sailboats dock, and we go there and listen to the steel drum band and eat pizza on Friday nights. You can also see the campus, which is amazing. Then the city of St. George's is all around us, and you can watch all of the cars go by and see all of the businesses. Of course since we are at the top, then we have to get down to ground level some how, which means we have to walk down super steep hills. I have to think back to my snow skiing days and do the zig zag walk as I go down the hills. Macy on the other hand is pulling me the whole way as I am trying my hardest not to fall and scrap my legs to pieces. We finally get down to the bottom and get to greet some of our "little friends" that we see everyday. I am referring to the goats that are along the road chewing the weeds and grass. There are three goats in particular that we see..a momma goat and her two babies. The momma is white, and she has two beautiful little cream babies with dark accents. At first Macy would bark at them, but now that she realizes that we're not having lamb chops for supper, she is fine around them. I still pick her up when we get close enough to them for her to charge, and we pass by them with a friendly smile. I wanted to get a picture of these little beauties, but of course the day that I have my camera with me, I didn't see them. I'll have to take a picture of them another day. We did see a daddy goat laying in the brush, and I got a picture of him. We do have to be cautious on these little adventures since there are stray dogs that we encounter on some days. It doesn't help that the people of Grenada feel that having a whole in the fence is going to keep a huge dog in. It also doesn't help having an overly confident little white dog who growls and encourages them to fight. After I settle Macy back down and explore everything that there is for her to smell, then we head back up to the top. This is no easy task by any means. Macy takes it like a champ of course and full force goes up the hill. Again she is pulling me, but this time, pulling me up the hill. I have to say that I must be in pretty good shape to get up the hills around here. Macy and I are definitely building some serious calf muscles going on these walks. After we get back up to the top, we arrive back at our house, and go down a slight hill that is one of our driveways and get some much needed water.


Little Miss Priss taking off from the house


Prickley Bay Marina


Campus


Going down one of the hills


Exploring everything


Macy has to go up these steps everytime we go on our walks..not sure why, but I thought I'd take a picture of her on them.


The daddy goat laying in the brush


One of the huge hills that we have to climb..If you think this is steep, then you ought to see our driveway!


Walking back to the house (this is our easy driveway..not the steep one)


My girl as happy as can be after our walk :)

Beach Day

Cody and I love to take Macy to the Lance Aux Epine beach to let her walk around and swim. This is the most appropriate beach for dogs to go to, because there is not as many people around. So Sunday we decided to take Macy to go swim since she hasn't been to the ocean since we got back to the island. When we got there, unfortunately people were having some sort of BBQ..just our luck, so there was more people there than we hoped for. Macy didn't seem to mind..She just ran around and had a blast. She let her feet and legs get wet, but didn't seem to want to get her whole body in the water..must have been too cold. We love watching Macy just be a dog and run around at her favorite place in the world..the beach!!! She wasn't quite as happy when we got her home and had to bathe her to get all of the sand off. We are truly loving life in Grenada!


Cody walking Macy on the beach


Macy exploring on the rocks


Macy's sweet little pawprints on the beach