Dec 9, 2007 | Expat, Festivals & Holidays, Living-In, MORGAN, Teenagers
We have just had the loveliest day and I wanted to write about it before I fall into bed after being up all night. Mo had a birthday party/sleepover last night to celebrate his 16th birthday. There were seven teens here: Mo and Ryan, four girls and another boy. At...
Nov 27, 2007 | Banking, Colones, Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Economy, Living-In, Money, Political Blah-Blah
Must be nice to be a government, able to muck around with the money when the mood strikes. Grab a little here, a little there… I would have said "Stealing 4%" but that might sound a little caustic. Slanderous, even. For instance. Last Thursday –...
Nov 21, 2007 | Festivals & Holidays, Living-In
Thank you, Tica Macha, for the memory. Perfect to cure any holiday blues!
Nov 19, 2007 | Culture Shock, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Expat, Hal, Health & Wellness, Hope, Key West, Living-In, Money, Spiritual Stuff
This morning, I had to admit to Hal that my homesickness has ratcheted up a notch lately. A big notch. So much so that, in my mind, I unconsciously find myself adding "when we go back" to the end of my thoughts. Unconsciously, until this morning when I heard...
Nov 13, 2007 | Citizenship, CR: Working, Living-In, Moving-To, Residency & Visas
Last week, my friend Isabela (her real name) called me and asked if my new maid, Ginger (not her real name), could leave my house to go babysit for guests in one of Isabela’s rental condos. Seems the wife was giving birth RIGHT NOW and someone needed to go watch...
Nov 9, 2007 | Living-In, Moving-To
My presentation went very well at the International Living Conference in Jacó, er Herradura. Los Suenos lives up to its name… oh my, it is severely swanky! Except the coffee served in the conference was pathetic, which is a disgrace in Costa Rica. The...
Nov 1, 2007 | Clubs, Expat, Living-In, Moving-To, Spiritual Stuff
I just need more to do, idle hands and all that. Maybe if I were busier, I wouldn’t have time to sit around examining my navel. I wouldn’t hear the what because maybe there is no what. Maybe I’m just making it all up for Something Important to do....
Oct 30, 2007 | CR: Wildlife, Health & Wellness, Living-In, Pests, Pets
Nothing makes me sick. Nothing grosses me out. I’m a mother. Not only that, I’m a doctor-wannabe. I watch surgery shows. Watching liposuction gets me a little jumpy, but otherwise I’m immune to gross stuff. Or so I thought. Don’t worry: no...
