seems like forever....

since I last posted - In reality it has only been 5 days but seems like much longer! I am going to visit my Nanna - my dad's mom, who I haven't seen since Rhonda's wedding in May of 2005. Now I was living in Haiti for much of that 18 months but still no excuse! She now lives in Victoria so I will hopefully also get to see my uncle, aunt and cousins. I am catching a ferry at 7am tomorrow to Victoria but am not feeling 100% right now so am NOT looking forward to the boat ride at all. I have been printing out photos to send to Ronel and will be taking most of them with me this weekend to show my family photos from the wedding.

Ronel update:

Tried calling Ronel ALL DAY Monday and couldn't get through - messages saying all lines were busy was all I got! I was so upset that I cried when I realized it was now past midnight in Haiti and I couldn't call at that hour. My whole family was still here and I don't think they quite knew what to say or do. My mom's boyfriend, Jacques offered to call me from his cell and talk to me in French (he is French Canadian) I told him thanks but it wouldn't quite be the same. I did get to talk to Ronel on Boxing day morning and he said that he tried to call me on Christmas too but couldn't reach me either. SO FRUSTRATING!!!!
I called him today when I got home from work cause 3 days seemed so long to not have spoken to him - what a difference from going a week if not two between calls! Oh how I enjoy technology!

Wonderful news - I have in my hand our marriage certificate!!!! I met up with Barb on Tuesday and she gave it to me. I was so thankful to her for bringing it out for me! So much less stress! I can now start working on changing my last name officially!! YEAH!!! That will make the whole "being married" thing so much more real especially with my husband so far away! I have been reading some blogs of people who are adopting from Haiti and the waiting and anticipation of having them home and I realize that it is very similar for me - I am not adopting a child but I am waiting to bring home a part of my family. It is hard to be waiting for something, especially since there isn't much I can do to make the process go any faster - other than to pray and ask God to send our paperwork to the right people!!

anyway - need to go pack and get ready for my early morning - plus I need to take a nap, my head is very congested and it hurts~~~

my new best friend....

Skype is my new best friend! (atleast in the online world of communication) Today I was able to talk to both Ronel in Haiti and my aunt & uncle who are in Puerto Rico. Talking to my aunt & uncle was free cause they are also on Skype and calling Haiti was cheap. I am going to call Ronel again tomorrow for Christmas Day (our first Christmas as a married couple and we're 5000 miles apart - you better believe I'm calling him!) and then my aunt & uncle are going to call me in the afternoon when the whole family is over and we can all chat with each other and we'll even be able to see each other via web cam! Technology is great -especially when family and friends are spread out around the world. My uncle said that he uses Skype to call his brother in Tanzania(Africa) on his phone line and it is the same low price that I pay to call Haiti. Many "popular" countries are even cheaper to call (some as low as 2cents a minute!)

Being apart is hard - I've already had one breakdown and I am sure tonight and tomorrow will only be harder, but that is why technology like Skype and good close friends like the ones I have here in BC are so awesome!

So this will probably be the last post till Boxing Day as I am off to the Christmas Eve service at my church then to a friend's house for some Christmas celebrating and then Christmas Day here with family.

Merry Christmas to all

To everyone......

Merry Christmas !!!












I pray that this holiday season will be filled with family & friends, and that you all take time to remember and celebrate the reason for the season! - the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

May God bless you all,

(photo was taken my last day in Haiti - if you look closely and use your imagination, their heads could resemble the shape of a Christmas tree!)

FYI

I have updated more photos to my online photo albums. Check them out!

glad news mixed with sad news......

The glad news....
I got to call Ronel and talk to him tonight via Skype which is just a great invention! I get to call from my computer to his cell phone and it is fairly cheap (atleast for calling Haiti!) The last time I called Haiti with Telus Long Distance (landline phone) it was almost $3 a minute. Calling card from a payphone in Florida to Haiti got me 1 minute for $10 US. Skype is 0.288 cents Canadian a minute and that is roughly the equivalent of what Ronel pays to call me, except that the connection is WAY clearer! I paid $5.48 Cdn for 21 minutes of talk time.

The sad news...
While I was talking to Ronel, he told me that Jose, my maid of honour, lost her baby. When I left Haiti she had told me that she was 3 months pregnant (end of November) and now sometime in the last week or so from what I understood, she has miscarried the baby. I got to talk to her tonight as well cause she was visiting Ronel's family and so I was able to pass on my condolences. This was an unplanned pregnancy and her and her husband already have 2 children and they thought they were done but still, no one wants to lose a child. Please keep her and her family in your prayers, especially at this time of year when we celebrate a joyous birth and she is grieving the loss of her unborn child.

Merry Christmas!

always a good time for a little change!

Having lots of fun with all the new changes Blogspot has with their new features! Hope you enjoy the new look of the blog - it may not be around for long, change is fun! (atleast on my blog!)

Six Things to Do Every Day

This is a list my Mom gave to me today from a Martha Stewart book.

SIX THINGS TO DO EVERY DAY

1. Make the bed
2. Manage Clutter
3. Sort the mail (could include papers)
4. Clean up as you cook
5. Wipe up spills while they are fresh
6. Sweep Kitchen floor

I think that she thinks some are more applicable than others for me at least! ( Like number 4!)

New Photo Album on the Web

I have just uploaded photos onto my Picasa web albums and you can click below to go to them. I have currently uploaded 63 wedding photos and will upload more later (both wedding and others)

My Web Albums

(the address is http://picasaweb.google.com/the.cledomins - just in case the above link doesn't work for you!)

at home....

I am writing this post from my home computer in my very own bedroom! I now have internet at home and will be able to keep in touch much better with so many of you!! I am especially excited to be able to keep in better touch with Ronel!! Yeah!!

Keep a lookout for more frequent posts!