No mas dolor!
August 8, 2008
I am happy to be writing this update on my recent dental experiences, totally PAIN FREE!
Vamos a la Dentista
July 26, 2008
What is it they say about feeling pain? It lets you know you're alive? Well if that's the case I couldn't feel more un-dead today.
New appreciation for "things"
June 17, 2008
The awareness of other's misfortune (not "bad Karma" as Sharon Stone poorly stated), always stifles my whining about why things can't be improved upon in my small personal space on earth. It makes me grateful for all that I have.
When NOT to do-it-yourself
November 21, 2007
Ken purchased himself a really nice, and really sharp, machete that we keep under the seat of our truck. We noticed most folks here in Costa Rica do the same. It seems similar to how some folks keep a baseball bat in their vehicles in the states. Ticos don't go ...
PMS in the jungle
November 2, 2007
The "issues" with my man. Dealing with PMS is bad enough. Dealing with a man during PMS can be a challenge. Dealing with your beloved, mine calling my symptoms "my issues," is like adding salt to an open, oozing, gaping, wound. Ironic how MOST of those "issues" that I battle ...
Seeking out the silver linings
October 11, 2007
Sometimes in situations it helps to try to find some good in what seems like only bad. I have searched and found silver linings in what seemed to be only dark clouds. Check out the doors that have opened when I thought it was just one closing in my examples ...
Associating Language Problems with Solutions
September 18, 2007
A visiting tico and his wife seemed entertained about the trouble I was having with three little words in Spanish. I explained my difficulties to them by saying, "Muchas palabras en español es muy similar." (Basically, "Many words in Spanish are very similar"). To demonstrate, I pointed to my eye ...
Rumble in the Jungle
September 4, 2007
Isn't it funny how things happen sometimes? A couple of weeks ago I commented to Ken’s 23 year old son who is visiting, “We haven’t an earthquake in awhile”. Well, about six hours later, mother nature fixed that. I really should learn not to speak EVERY thought in my head. ...
Welcome to Rocky Top
August 7, 2007
People often inquire what my house is like here in Costa Rica and how it compares to others in this country as well as in the States. I tell them that Costa Rica is like any country around the world. Here, as everywhere, there are varying degrees of style and ...
Building a Life on Rocky Top
July 20, 2007
Our Costa Rica home was built in December 2003 while Ken and I were here visiting during our winter vacation from Kansas. A friend of Ken's from Lawrence, "Olson," was sharing the time with us and he helped us break ground on our Rocky Top home. Olson has visited us ...
Learning how to make a classic dish ... the hard way
June 15, 2007
Chicken and rice, known here as arroz con pollo, is a very popular dish that I have eaten numerous times. I've tried to make it, tico style, but have not yet mastered the local technique. I had been wanting to be in a position to learn by observation and was ...
Managing the rising waters of stress
June 5, 2007
After four full weeks back home in Kansas, I've returned to my everyday life in Southern Costa Rica. The flight home last week signified the first time Ken and I had traveled alone together since we moved to Central America 2 1/2 years ago. We were really happy that Ken's ...
Statebound blog ...
May 1, 2007
I am anxiously anticipating a return to Kansas this month to visit family and friends. As with every return trip to the states, I compile a list of things I will want to purchase in my homeland to bring back to Costa Rica. The most desired items, that I can't ...
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