Category Archives: Dominican Republic

It’s time for another Happy and Crappy post! That went fast, didn’t it? Time flies when you’re floating in the pool every day having fun. We were only here for about 10 weeks but here is a summary of our

We’ve coined a new formula in our household. M3+E = 🙂 . I’ll unpack that math for you. I’m a homeschool mom, I’ve got this. M3 stands for two things: Margaret M. May, aka Teragram Yam (hint: read Margaret May

This is a real-life, moment-by moment post about getting sh!t done on an island in the Caribbean. First, here is a picture of our view from our deck. Boooteeeful, right? It gives you the impression that all day, every day,

Road trip? Did someone say road trip? Nah. This is not a blog post about a road trip in the DR. I’ve decided that my stress level cannot handle that much driving in this country. But it is a blog

If you thought this blog post is about Santa Claus, you will be very disappointed. It is, however, about another major holiday, namely Easter. Only it’s not really Easter here in the way we are used to in the USA.

Finally! We did it! We went diving! It took a little while to get into the groove here in the DR but after about a month, we finally started the process of SCUBA diving. If you’re here on vacation, they

One of the things we missed a lot while living in Medellin was the opportunity for road trips. That, and the ocean. The DR does not disappoint on either of those! After barely a week in our comfy apartment, we

If you hoped this post would be about some bird species we are going to educate you about, like we did in South Africa, you would be wrong. The nesting of which I speak is our family. House Hunters International

We have arrived in the Dominican Republic. We’re “beachy people” again! Yay!!! We’ve been taking the last week to settle in and get a lay of the land but we’re finally ready to share some first impressions with you. But