My sister has always lived near our parents and needed their help raising her family. For over 20 yrs my Mom has provided a rent-free home for my sister next door and I think Mom expected that she would be able to stay in her own home until the end and my sister would care for her. That became impos...

I have no answers, just sympathy for what you are going through. I was going to give you a decription of the last several years taking care of my Mom, but I don't think you need the details. Lets just say it has been difficult. Mom had a fire that destroyed part of her home in 2008, broke her femur ...

Acqua Blu has a lovely view of Rendezvous Bay. We stayed there last June. It was on Boatman's Pt with water frontage. There is a hiking trail down to a small rocky beach. The most unique feature is the grand piano. If you have someone to play it, there is no more lovely or memorable an experience th...

I was thinking of her when we went to Hawksnest beach for the first time last June. How beautiful it was!

We stayed at Acqua Blu last month. Dale, the owner, lives in a separate house below the villa with a separate driveway and steps up to the villa. We had several island wide power outages the first couple of days we were there and he was a great help because we needed to keep the wi-fi up and going f...

We tried the Polar Bear (24 can size) on our way down to STJ this time. My husband tried to get dry ice right before we left Tuesday morning, but they only had a few small chunks left so we packed them in. We went to St Louis, stayed overnight at a hotel and left early the next morning. When we got ...

It sounds like we will be on island about the same time as you. My husband and son have Probation and Parole background, so they are crime conscious also. We will take all precautions as listed above and be sure to set any alarms that may be available. There are 8 of us, all adults except one 15 yr ...

Yes, that is stinger season so only swim within netted areas. If you fly into Cairns then it is a little drive up to Port Douglas where most of the Barrier Reef tours are based. As I recall, Cairns does not have good beaches so we stayed north of there in Palm Cove in November 2000. Also, I was told...

Congratulations on the founding of a brand new family and the beginning of that grand venture called parenting!

We are looking into buying a Polar bear cooler for our trip in June, so this is good info for us. Rick~ We haven't been on island since 2008, and I was wondering how the grocery situation on STJ has changed? Right now we are planning on bringing some non-perishable food, then picking up our cars on ...

It may be a little bigger than you require, but how about Promises Kept in Fish Bay.

http://promiseskeptvilla.com/index.html

Monday at 8PM. This episode on the Ozarks was produced in our town. Exotic food! Gigging! Music by "Ha Ha Tonka" a local band. The show was brought here because Anthony Bourdain is a fan of West Plains resident Daniel Woodrell, author of "Winter's Bone" an Academy Award nominated...

Maybe you could make Lime and Coconut and use coconut vodka instead of coconut rum.

1 oz. Coco Lopez
2 oz. Rose's Lime Juice
1 1/2 oz. coconut rum (or vodka?)
1 glass ice cubes

Run in blender until you have a slush. Garnish with lime slice.

So tragic. My prayers for her family.

On our family trip in 2008 our DIL was stung in the middle of the night. They searched the bed and never found anything. She determinded it must have been a stinging black ant. Also, our 12 yr old grandson found a scorpion in the shower in the guest house, it scared him a little and he called up to ...