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How Not to Retire in One Easy Step
Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too.“All sorts of things occur to help one that would never… Continue reading
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The Day My Phone Sunk to the Bottom of the Sea
When a diver enters the water backwards off the side of the boat, it is a rather abrupt endeavor so when I did that with my iPhone in my pocket, the phone had an abrupt introduction to the sea and promptly sank to the bottom. I didn’t know any of this in the moment. I… Continue reading
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Best Laid Plans….
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth Mike Tyson I had a plan: There is a beach somewhere under this mess! Now that’s a lot of needs for someone who’s already spent a big chunk of his money! I knew I was going to spend a lot of our available money… Continue reading
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The Old Man and the Sea
Just maybe the best life is a simple life. We call him Bravo. I think I heard his real name once, but I don’t remember it. He is a fixture here on this side of Guanaja. If you can’t find him out on the water, you can find him in one of the local drinking… Continue reading
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The Smiths go to DEMA
DEMA stands for Diving, Equipment, and Marketing Association. Their annual trade show is, if not THE biggest, one of the biggest scuba diving trade shows in the world. They rotate the location between Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Orlando. This year, it was in New Orleans. It always takes place during the week before the… Continue reading
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Soggy Bottoms
Or When Paradise Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be Have you ever found yourself lying in the bottom of a boat containing four or five inches of sloshing water with your head stuck in a small compartment as you try to fix a bilge pump at 2 o’clock in the morning? Probably not. I… Continue reading
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Who Would Put a Carpenter in Charge of Building a Website?
…Me, I guess. I worked my way through college framing houses as a carpenter. I graduated (at least I think I did) and…well…just kept doing it. My degree was in English, and the big joke in my family is that every time a college-bound family member says they’re going to major in English, someone says,… Continue reading
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Our First Guests Have Come and Gone
When we closed on the resort, we thought we had about a month to get our ducks in a row before our first guests would be showing up. Well, that was wrong! Paizley, our neighbor, texted us that she had six guys who wanted a place to stay for six nights. These guys all have… Continue reading
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Now That We Own the Darn Thing—What Now?
There is sooo much to do! Priority #1: Get the website rebuilt (I haven’t a clue how) Priority #1(B) Get an accounting/invoicing system in place (I haven’t a clue how) Priority #1(C) Get a payment system set up (I haven’t a clue how) Priority #1(D) Get the marketing engine revved-up and rolling (What does a… Continue reading
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Close But No Cuban Cigar
I thought it would happen. I hoped it would happen. I pretty much told the world it would happen. It didn’t happen. We did not close on the resort as planned, but we got closer. There were just too many legal loose ends to tie up. In one respect, the trip to Tegucigalpa was a… Continue reading
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Closing Date is Coming!
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once Albert Einstein Often, time moves fast. Often, time moves slow. Time is a very relative thing, you know. Albert Einstein once gave this analogy: Put your hand on a hot stove for an hour and time will move very slow. Talk to… Continue reading
About Me
My name is Tom Smith.
I’m from Kansas City and I’m 64 yrs old, married and have 3 kids. This blog is about the Smith family buying a small Dive Resort on a rather obscure island.
