Feb 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
Over the past 10 days or so, we’ve all been noticing aloud how normal our lives seem these days. Even though every single solitary thing about our lives has changed dramatically since January 28, 2006. Right down to the weather. We lived at sweltering sea level...
Feb 19, 2007 | Cost of Living, Moving-To, Music
In our frenzy of packing to move here, we sold and gave away most of our CD/DVDs, bringing only the essentials, thinking we could replace what we wanted once we were here. Bringing them was just too much: we had hundreds! Sorting through them would have taken too long...
Feb 19, 2007 | Banking, Living-In, Money
Big news in the papers today: your Costa Rican debit card will now work in the U.S. And, the rilly rilly big news, is that internet funds transfer between banks is here!!! As of today in Costa Rica, you can transfer your money between banks inside the country....
Feb 18, 2007 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Movies
…was Babel. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t seen it and you plan to, stop reading now!!! But I couldn’t wait for it to end. We couldn’t walk out until I knew the kids were safe. Not because I cared, but because I couldn’t stand to think a...
Feb 14, 2007 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Movies, XAVIER
Yesterday was Xavier’s 57th birthday so we celebrated the night away. It was a pretty wild night, dinner and a movie, we were out till almost, I don’t know, 8:30? It’s going to be a pretty quiet Valentine’s Day around here while we...
Feb 13, 2007 | Living-In, XAVIER
Thank you for all your emails and sending the white light. It worked: Xavier seems fully recovered. He must have strained something working out. There is simply no other explanation. It’s completely gone now. Still mystifying… I owned an aerobics and strength...
Feb 11, 2007 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Culture Shock, Movies
OK, now I’m pissed. They’ve messed with my movies and I don’t like it. We went to the movies tonight seeking a little comic relief from the past two days of hell. Borat is here and sounds like just the ticket. We drive to Cinemark at the Multiplaza....
