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  • Christmas Eve Home Run Derby

    Christmas on the island once again! This year, We’re doing things a little differently than usual. For Christmas Eve, we spent the day with Player Development Program. Coach Tom and Lisa planned a reunion home run derby for former players and a cookout for everyone. Ben brought his batting arms and I brought my (less…

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  • Homemade Christmas Wrapping Paper

    Pinching pennies this Christmas? Or maybe you just like putting a little extra love into wrapping your packages. Either way, you’ll have fun creating and using this practially free wrapping paper for your Christmas presents. What You Need:  Paint Paper. Butcher paper is a plus. A potato or a glass A knife (optional) Potato Stamping…

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  • Christmas Cookies!

    Ok, it’s officially Christmas. We made Christmas cookies!  I’ll have you know that these were made 100% from scratch INCLUDING the cookie cutters. Actually, the cookie cutters were a total fail. I’m too cheap to buy actual cookie cutters, so I found directions on Instructables to make them from a soda can. This is a…

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  • Stargazing

    Island-wide power outages, folks. That’s the way we do life here on Sint Maarten. The power to serve, GEBE? How about “the power to not serve.” “The power to darken an entire island all at once.” It’s become trendy to complain about GEBE and the power problems here on the island, but I actually don’t…

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