Nov 7, 2006 | Cost of Living, Living-In, Moving-To, Real Estate
Saturday we moved into our new house. It was a pretty simple affair, really, because our previous landlord bought most of the furniture and appliances we’d bought for that house. (You know, the house we rented "furnished"… don’t get me...
Nov 5, 2006 | Cost of Living, Medical Care, Plastic Surgery
It’s official: I’m shallow. Why else would I spend $1900 on a surgical procedure to make me look younger? I am no longer in denial. Admitting this is not as painful as I thought it would be, actually. I guess deep down I always knew it. I could be worse...
Nov 4, 2006 | Communications, Cost of Living
Information Give me long distance Long distance Give me heaven… But I digress. The point of this post is to share my new discovery: there IS information here in Costa Rica: dial 113! Today I got Pizza Hut’s number and ordered pizza. Man, this is living....
Nov 1, 2006 | Cost of Living, Medical Care, Pharmacy, Plastic Surgery
I left the R/L Clinic last night with a baggie of las drogas [DRO-gus, drugs]: Cefadroxilo for inflammation and pain (not that there is any at all… amazing);Flamydol (or Diclofenaco Potasico) for inflammation;Dormicum – 7.5mg to make me sleep; andLorazepam...
Oct 30, 2006 | Cost of Living, Expat, Moving-To, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®, Renting A House
We found a house. A huge house. A huge affordable house. With a fantastic view. Yes, on the gringo side of the valley. Trust me, I suffer appropriate guilt. But I’m close to the theatre and the boys are close to the Multiplaza and movies. And other teens. We are...
Oct 25, 2006 | Cost of Living, Health & Wellness, Medical Care, Plastic Surgery
No, this isn’t my Halloween costume. Although it’s pretty scary. To me, anyway. Whatever happened to that cute aerobics instructor who used to appear in my photographs? I know she’s in here somewhere. Yesterday, I went looking for her at the...
Oct 18, 2006 | Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Food
We love buddah. Not Buddha (although a little awakening did take place.) I’m talkin’ about BUTTER: creamy, light yellow, a little salty. Yum. Butter-loving goes back a long way in my family. Mom says, when she was little, Granny Boo would make her sugar...
Sep 25, 2006 | Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Real Estate, Recovering REALTOR®
Moving to Costa Rica? I just did and, gosh, I already have a couple of opinions. Surprise, surprise. There is tons to consider, of course, but in the great scheme of Things To Know When Moving to Costa Rica, the two most important are Thing 1 and Thing 2. Thing 1...
