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Writing Wrap Up + Grenada Waterfalls & Forts

Posted on June 14, 2013 // Writing Wrap Up

Hi blog peeps! It’s been another week of working hard and blogging away here in Grenada! I’ve had such a fun week in so many ways from touring the island a little more to hitting some traffic highs on the blog this week.

Welcome to anyone new who is subscribing for the first time! Every Friday, I round up a bunch of awesome articles from the Internet and share a few of my own too! Enjoy!

Grenada/Life Update

I’m not sure if anyone has really noticed or if I’m just being a weirdo, but I’m wearing a blue shirt in every picture this week (and all the ones from last week!) While my fashion sense is surely not as awesome as GMD’s, I promise you that every shirt is clean (despite the fact that washing clothes in Grenada isn’t ideal!) I just have to wear them for work, haha!

I gotta say, work this week was just as difficult as it was last week. ;) Below are pictures from Annandale Falls and Fort George. Enjoy, and you can follow me on Instagram if you want to see more pics this month!

Grenada, West Indies
Fort George
Grenada West Indies

Popular Posts That I Wrote For Others

I feel like I was all over the Internet this week! So fun! A big thanks to those who hire me as a staff writer or welcome me as a guest poster! {virtual hug}

Happily Squished: Learning to Live in 270 Sq. Ft.

The 5 Things I Will Actually Splurge On

Navigating Finances as a Newlywed Couple

My Three Biggest Money Mistakes

How Much Emergency Money Should You Save For a Disaster?

Easy Ways to Save For Summer Vacation

Posts I Enjoyed By Other Bloggers

There were so many great posts that I enjoyed this week!

I read Brian’s post literally the day after the hubs and I had a similar conversation about how to pay for college for our kiddos (once we have them and all that!) :)

Kathleen was debt free for a hot second.

Erin just put in her two week’s notice and is making a big move!

Carrie just posted her complete guide to landing long term freelance clients. Love it!

Shannon shared how to talk to your kids about family debt. She also had some great guest posts all over the Internet this week!

Mrs. PoP & Mr. PoP chat about Target. (Spoiler Alert: Mr. PoP hates it but Mrs. PoP says it has its perks!)

I loved this post by Em about how a job is what you make of it. It really highlights the pros and cons with working for yourself or working for others. I think I’m going to write a post in response to it next week. Such a great topic!

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A big thanks to Anna Greg and Erin for mentioning my lil’ blog this week. If you mentioned me, and I missed, it lemme know! :D

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Writing Wrap Up & Around Grenada in 5 Days

Posted on June 7, 2013 // Writing Wrap Up

Hi Blog Peeps! Welcome to another writing round up. I hope you enjoy the pictures of Grenada below.

Grenada/Life Update

I mentioned last week that I was working on a new project during the month of June at my day job. This project involves going all around the island, so I’ve seen some really cool stuff this week. It’s been really fun (and pretty exhausting!) but I’m glad to have the opportunity. You can follow me on Instagram if you want to see more pics this month as the days go on.

Early this week, I met Kirani James‘ mom, so that was fun. Kirani James is Grenada’s first Olympic gold medalist. They renamed just about every street after him. :)

Grenada, West Indies

It was early, but it’s hard to be sleepy when you can look at such a pretty view. :)

Grenada West Indies

A quick afternoon trip the beach.

Grenada West Indies

I have to say, yesterday afternoon’s schedule was pretty rough at work. See the evidence below.

Grenada, West Indies

I also visited the nutmeg factory in Grenada this week. I wish this picture was scratch n’ sniff, because the smell was absolutely amazing. Also, I wish I could show you how fast these women were working. Seriously hustling. They get paid a wage of $14US per day (and the men get around $16 per day – go figure) Seeing as I spend that going to buy two smoothies, it was quite a humbling experience and a reminder of how lucky we truly are.

Grenada nutmeg factory

Popular Posts That I Wrote For Others

A big thanks to those who hire me as a staff writer or welcome me as a guest poster! {virtual hug}

Savings Strategies for Everyone – There are a ton of different ways to save money. Here are 3 that might work for you.

How To Stay Motivated With Your Side Hustle – Side Hustling is just that – a hustle! If you are getting burned out, here are some ways to combat it.

The Cost of Moving to a Tropical Island – If you’ve always wanted to move to a tropical island, here’s how much it cost us to move to Grenada.

Posts I Enjoyed By Other Bloggers

Andrew had a great post this week about how failure makes you stronger.

I love Jen’s blog, so I’m sending her lots of love as she deals with a really rough past few weeks!

Harry wants to know if there’s such a thing as responsible gambling. I sure hope so, because I’m waiting for my Bond girl moment.

Sicorra wrote an informative post about coconut oil, which Grenadians say is the key to staying healthy and looking young!

Pauline reminds us that it’s not about how much you spend, it’s about the returns.

Jake is killing it in terms of milking his credit card reward points. This time he went to Disney!

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