Hi everybody, and a special thought to Carmen and Cecil who must probably be as stressed as I am.
I just needed a break :o) , so many things to do and not to forget... I can't find back two Jean Paul's bermudas, he must have forgoten in Australia...
I think my head will brust out.
I am just thinking tomorrow night I will enjoy the nice Bonaire sunset, it helps to feel cooler.
Jake is the Whale shark back ? Must be lurking along Klein Bonaire by now. Tell him we have an appointment next week.
Well, I am going back packing, I am just staying around.

Good Morning Martine!!! I am excited for you and for Carmen and Cecil! Bonaire bound! Just think, soon you will be enjoying Bonaire!

Hi Eileen, still the eastern early bird. Good morning.
Thanks for sharing the stress ! It helps.
I found back JP's bermudas. He "stored" them, he said on the phone. No comment.
Everything is gathered on the bed, then I only have to arrange in the suitcase.
It's already time for lunch here. Have a nice day. Week end is just around the corner. Hang on.

My husband has 'stored' things before too. I know what you are thinking . Weekend is almost here yes!! A group of us are going away for the weekend, a neighbour is getting married in July and we are taking out for a night on the town!

Almost time for sunrises!

You get the first one Martine!

And you the second one Eileen.

I'm off for work. The weekend is near. Martine I hope the final touches to your packing goes 'stress free'. Have a safe flight to Bonaire! See you on the cams.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Thank-you Martine! I wish you a nice Friday!

Here is a special for you.
Thanks for you best wishes. See you next wek on the cam and in two weeks back home with a tremedous PBD, but this is another story I prefer not to think right now.
Have a nice day and enjoy your week end with your friends.
My God, I am boiling but the putter is freezing. This is the third temp to post this message and pic !

Slpaaashhhh !

Re-splaaashhh !

Re-re-splaaashhh !

I give up !

First visit of the day, Bluebeard and little family.

Ok, Ok Grendal, be patient girlie, I promice I bring some cookies for you and Blikjie.

Hey, where are you ? I am talking alone and I suddenly feel ridiculus.

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What in the world is floating on the left hand upper corner ? Turtle ? Angel fishes ? Blue parrots ?

Well, break is over, need to return packing.

I am so excited I can hardly sleep! I almost feel like I'm going!

Good Morning Martine, Eileen. I am up getting started to do last minute things as well. Martine, I haven't started being stressed yet because I really think I have things in order. I should since I started months ago.... lol

Eileen, thank you for the excitement. I am always excited for people too when they get to go to Bonaire.

I didnt' think about it until last night, my dive gear is black and lime green. My fins are green and green on my bc. That may help find us when we are at the cams.....Gotta run too....Talk soon
Carmen

Hi, morning Kerri and Carmen,
I will follow Carmen. Here's some tips to recognize us underwater.
Jean paul and I are dressed in black. Full diving suits. Our fins are grey with black stripes and our BCD in black with yellow stripes along the pockets and labelled BEUCHAT. My mask is all transparent, Jean paul's one is dark grey ( looks like a wolfe...). At last you can't miss my blond pony tail and Jean paul is bald-headed ! He will hold his camera housed in a squared transparent box.

Hi everyone. Just got in from grocery shop. I am so excited for you Martine and Carmen I can hardly type. I feel like I am ready to board the plane with you. LOL. I have made a note of your colours. I just hope I can find the note again when you appear on the cams. Annie B.

Look who's waiting for you

A little gate action. Just think, you will be here soon. Annie B.

ID help for spotting carmen and martine

CARMEN
I didnt' think about it until last night, my dive gear is black and lime green. My fins are green and green on my bc. That may help find us when we are at the cams.....

MARTINE
Here's some tips to recognize us underwater.
Jean paul and I are dressed in black. Full diving suits. Our fins are grey with black stripes and our BCD in black with yellow stripes along the pockets and labelled BEUCHAT. My mask is all transparent, Jean paul's one is dark grey ( looks like a wolfe...). At last you can't miss my blond pony tail and Jean paul is bald-headed ! He will hold his camera housed in a squared transparent box

this Id is posted as a new thread .
A little help for all the almost braindead Bt-ers ;-)))))
including me , i store messages like JP his bermuda's.

BTW , ladies : thinks don't get lost ; you just store them away where we ( men) can't find them !!!!
LOL
sjosssssssss

you see !!!!!!!!

now you stored away the "g" .
things , things, things !!!

Hi Jos, LOL,
Thanks for the special thread.
Well, I am seing the end of the tunnel. Still remaining the first aid box which includes a great quantity of aspirin, nose spray and ears drops, and I am over :o)
I decided to quit smoking tomorrow. I had already quited last year but returned when Jean Paul left to Australia. It's terrible how I need to smoke when I suffer a great stress. You never get rid of it. A coleague of mine returned after 14 years.
Fortunately, all planes are non smoker, it helps, and you can't smoke underwater, it helps too. So go diving if you want to quit smoking :o)
How still on the cams today.

morning all martine, carmen and cecil have safe trips to the island, and have a great time!

charlotte...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH
touchy subject Martine!!!

I quit smoking some odd 8 years ago. Was living in a cloud , you might say. Lighted up about 70 cigarettes a waking day, going out add an extra 40 .
So , here are some tips from an expert:
promise yourself you can smoke wenn you really cant stop , and then don't : not now , later.
do the same thing in the evening , don't smoke today. start tomorrow , and then don't.
Every time you really want a smoke , have a glass of water , not to cold. In a few hours you will spend most of your time on the toilet or going to the toilet .
Consider it an old friend that left, or died.
good memories/ bad memories but gone anyway.

And number one reason for quitting smoking: it will restore over 40% of your ability to smell and taste !!
totally off topic , I know so I will post a randomly chosen pic to bridge it back to the webcams.


(this is jake!!!, so you know who to look for!!!)

trust me , it takes hours of practice and hard training at a bar to lean on anything with this souplesse !!
Ask KElly /aka harleyanna. right?

I rest my case.
quid erad demonstratum, I think?

Yes Jos you are right about that! ha ha

Good Morning all, only 27 more days for me!

Hello, Jos! The person in that last post does lean well, indeed!

WOohoo!! So excited for you, Martine!! Two weeks! Heaven! Where are you staying? I forget.

'puter was speedy yesterday. Today it is back to a snail's pace again. Sheesh. Annie B.

good captures jos! martine, another good reason to quit...your life...a very dear friend of mine quit smoking 15 years ago, and 7 months ago they found a "spot" on his lung...he has been through chemo, radiation...and now on experimental protocals (iressa)...hoping to add a couple of extra months to his life...when talking to him he coughs a LOT, it is now not only in his lungs, but in his bones...lung cancer is one of the deadliest there is, with a very very low survival rate...

Thanks for the tips JOS?
I am not such the hard smoker you were. 20 cigarettes in two days and ultra light, but I have been smoking from age 18 and I am 54.
Ok, I had a first 4 years break, then another two years break, a third one year break...
Jean paul is an EX smoker, so I am not allowed to smoke home !
Anyway, I know I will feel better, recover smell and taste and gain some extra kilos I don't need. This is my worse worry. Well, I'll exercise o lot when on Bonaire and try to eat salads and fish instead of hamburgers and icecreams at Cozzoli's.
I recognize this pic of Jake, it has been a great fun when posted... Anyway, I already met Jake ( without knowing who he was ) last year at Divi during the Dive festival. I became a B.Ter when returning home.
I am finished now, just need to water the plants and relax before Jean Paul is back from work.

Hi, Kelly!!

And did you see that flowery truck? I want a floral truck next time.

I think I shall practice leaning kinda sexy -like for my next street cam appearance.

Hi Cynde, Hi Margarite,
Thanks for the help. I know about this, a good friend of mine died of lung cancer last summer.
Margarite, we'll stay at the Dive Inn this time, as the Divi was full. But we'll kepp diving at the Divi with Serge. Both hotels are very close.
I think we'll have a studio, so we can cook ( salads and fish ugh :o) )

Another benefit of quitting , Martine....YOur tanks will last longer when you become more efficient with your oxygen use. Now that's a happy thought!

Jos, where have you stored the "E" keep, keep, keep !

Well folks, only good reasons to quit smoking.
Thanks Margarite.

Oh, Martine, I hope this trip helps you with the smoking cessation! I won't tell you all the gory stories I've seen but none of them are a pretty site and very sad so I am thinking of NO smoking and a wonderful trip for you!
Here's Chubs
(and I don't think he's Chubby from quitting smoking!)

Martine I know just where that is. I've considered staying there myself. There is a really easy entry for shore diveing. A short staircase to the beach, wall to gear up on, a nice swim platform for relaxing in the sun. Should be absolutely awesome!

martine , ( haven't found a smiley yet that does "evil grinn" ) I've hid the "e" under your "P"
and then gave it to margarite to use it as an extra in her "diveing".
LOL.

Babs, the chubby thing reminds me of a comedy :
a stand up comedian recalls a conversation he overheard;
"I can't stop smoking , I tried everything "
"did you try hypnoses?"
"yes , but then I only forgot that I was smoking so I burned my fingers"
"did you try needles ( acupuncture) ? "
"no , the thought scared me so I had to smoke even more"
" did you try these Nicotine replacing plasters"?
"No , no smoking will just make me fat"

the comedian groant ; turned around to the people talking and shouted:
"THEN WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAPE THE DARN THING OVER YOUR MOUTH"???!!!!

Good one Jos! I hope Ms. Martine won't have to resort to that! I'm prescribing more dive time with a regulator in her mouth instead!

Barbara????

You prescribe ? Please let me be the first one to tell you that you just made a WHOLE lot of new friends on BT !!!
And let me be the first one to tell you that I am your oldest and dearest friend and that I really really really need a perscripiton for dive time !!!!
LOL
( just call me Mr brownnose )

Jos..yes, nurse practitioners in the U.S. can prescribe...I prefer to suggest things like dive time and lollygagging around on vacation than drugs! :-) LOL!

Sailboat coming!

Fish at play

OOps, we missed some visitors...

barbara, that is linnea and her sister! wooohoo! left coasters they look like they are having a good time too (always good to recognize the boss while you are on vacation so they don't forget aboutcha!)

two sailboats from earlier...

Nice I.D. Cynde!
'nother boat

ok folks, i have started a friday afternoon thread...this one's a' gettin' long

Friday Afternoon! Click Here!