About Us ...

Who are we, you ask?

We are a family of five, from the far reaches of Northern Canada, who decided to move to St Lucia in the West Indies of the Caribbean.  We sold what we could, gave away what we couldn't sell, and threw away what was left.  We moved down with 15 suitcases and shipped down a few rubbermaid totes.

Our specs ...

Danielle and Steve - the adults (at least most of the time)
and our lads
Alex - 16
Sasha - 13
Kieran (Podamus) - 18 months

It has been an amazing year and we really love living in this "wonderful, tropical paradise" ... we use this quote when the boys grumble about something, ie homework, we reply back "Yes, but u get to do homework in this wonderful, tropical paradise!".  As one can expect, u get a "yah, yah" in response.  Having said that, the older lads have done exceptionally well here in St. Lucia.  The private school they attend is fantastic and they have both surpassed our expectations.  Podamus, the not so wee one - as in he is super tall for his age, loves to run around the house and veranda just wearing shorts and isn't quite sure what to make of t-shirts.

For Steve and I, we love the quality of life that we now have.  We were both worked in Safety in the Oil and Gas Industry, and it was a stressful occupation with little quality time at home with the lads.  Now we do a combination of working from home on our laptops, doing some work outside the home on a consulting basis, and renting out 3 rooms of our home as a guesthouse The Boiled Frog Guesthouse .

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