sunny days on statia

What a HOT weekend! The last three days the sun has just been beating down so I've been taking advantage of the beach!! The water is just perfect on a hot day. Enjoy a few pics from the weekend. perfect skies, perfect water, perfect day! 

first term/welcome back party

Last night was the first term party that the school has at the beginning of each semester to welcome the new students! It was down at a restaurant by the beach where they had live music and yummy food! Here's a few pics...

diagnosis

HELP! I have been trying to shake this horrible sickness that I have been feeling for a while now and thought that moving out of America would help me to feel better, maybe living on a tropical island filled with fun things like going to the beach everyday, picking mangos from a mango tree, hiking up a volcano and basking in 82 degree weather would help my sickness, but to my dismay is seems to be getting worse. I finally sat down with my husband Eric, who is in his second term of medical school, and told him I need him to diagnose me ASAP. After a very thorough examination Eric diagnosed me with a...Reality TV show addiction. Pretty much everything in my life right now revolves around what TV show is on that night, especially when DVR and TiVo are NOT an option for me here. This is a very enjoyable sickness. First let's start with Monday. 


Monday 

Monday night is Dancing With The Stars. I have always enjoyed watching this show, but my addiction began when I was living at home in Iowa with my parents who LOVE it, slowly I caved in and before I knew it I was watching every Monday with them. This season I am loving Hines Ward. He is doing so well! All the other football players that have been on the show in seasons past have just not been up to par, but Hines can do it all! I'm really rooting for him in the finals! 



Tuesday

Tuesday night is The Biggest Loser. What an inspiring show! I usually catch this show about half way through the season and then can't stop watching until the very end! Everyone is working through a tough time in their lives. Olivia is a very strong competitor and won't give up on her ultimate goal of winning! Go Olivia! 


Tuesday night is also the Dancing With The Stars Results Show, results shows are usually not that exciting, unless you enjoy watching some pop singer lip sync a song or dare to sing live and make everyone wonder why they are so great in the first place. So I usually switch it over during commercials and wait till the last five minutes to catch who is in the bottom two and see who is a goner. 


I should probably mention The Voice too. This show just started and I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it. Maybe it will get it's own post in the near future...


Wednesday 

Wednesday is Survivor and is my absolute favorite! I have watched this show since season 1. My dad is a huge fan of the show and it was a special something that we would always share together from when I was in high school and when I moved to Idaho. We would always talk about what was going on with Survivor! This seasons finale was on Sunday and Boston Rob took the tile of Sole Survivor! This is Rob's 4th time on the show and he finally got his victory by playing a near perfect game! 


Wednesday is also the night of American Idol. Since Survivor is my #1 show, I would dedicate the whole hour to this show and then catch the last hour of American Idol, which caused me to usually watch the first hour online the next morning, just to see what i'd missed. 


Thursday

Thursday is dedicated entirely to the results show of American Idol. I have found the show to be a little disappointing this year, just due to the fact that I truly miss Simon and am not at all impressed with Steven OR JLo. Randy is about the same which is fine, but I would not be sad to see any of them gone after this season. 


The judges are BLLaaa but the competition is fierce! I have mostly just enjoyed the show to watch the amazing talent. Each person really does grow more and more each week and my money is on Haley! NOT a fan of Scotty not only because i despise the name, but of the 3 that are left Haley is my favorite! I love her uniqueness and let's face it, she's gorgeous! 


Sunday

Now we skip to Sunday! I have never watched an entire  season of Celebrity Apprentice until now. I got sucked into this season from the beginning, and once you start there is NO stopping! The season is almost over and John Rich is my pick. He has been great the entire show and I hope he can take it all this Sunday in the finale. Donald Trump is well...Donald Trump, but gives these stars a great opportunity to raise money for charity. John's charity is St. Jude Children's Hospital.


Isn't he just the cutest too? No wonder he's such a star, he's got the look AND the talent. Yay for John...we'll see what happens on Sunday! Did I mention I saw him in concert in Nashville? Yep. he's my favorite. 


Well, that's that. How pathetic am I? Hopefully there are others who suffer from this horrible sickness. Maybe one day I will find a cure, but as of now I am completely satisfied with my diagnosis. 

sneak peak...

In case you were dying to see more wedding photos...I'm posting a link to check out a "sneak peak" of our wedding photos! I'm so excited to see them all, but I guess this will do for now. Be sure to catch the photo slideshow and leave a comment at the bottom of the page!You could never tell from the beautiful tulips that the weather was freeeezing, for how cold it was it should have been snowing outside *notice the winter cloak!That day will be unforgettable in many ways :) ENJOY!!

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Welcome to STATIA!

Today is my 6th day on the Island of Statia! We will be living here for the next ummmm 20 some months! I'm so excited to start this blog and be able to show friends and family what island life is like! Hopefully I can keep it fun and interesting so I'm not just writing to myself everyday...so follow me and try keep up with my new, fun and exciting life!

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lott

Eric Lott and I were married on May 3, 2011 in the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple :) I am so excited for our beautiful new life together! Eric took me on a honeymoon to St. Maarten and Anguilla!


Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lott