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My 2nd Favorite Topic

Now that the boys are both on heavy doses of antibiotics and prescription medicines – pills, nasal sprays, liquids, all the crap I am trying to cut out of our lives – and couldn’t possibly get sick, I can move on to the other thing that gets me going these days: U.S. politics and the economy. Like you, my friends all send emails with wild rumors, jokes and youtube links extolling the virtues or evils of a particular candidate.

Fun for awhile, but basically ho-hum. Neither of these regulation politicians could effect a bit of change. Nor will we . . . → Read More About My 2nd Favorite Topic

Snot Again

Google images may have saved Morgan’s life. He’s on his way home from the hospital now (it’s Sunday morning). WARNING: graphic photos below.

Let’s just get me out of the way here: I am a basket case. Between Ryan’s mass and surgery, Mango’s being lost and found and my mother’s intense disapproval and blame, and now Morgan’s weekend emergency hospitalization because he developed a heart-stoppingly dangerous infection, the last 30 days have been quite a ride. If anything bad happens to Hal, I might just leave his body on the road in Escazú . . . → Read More About Snot Again

Mango Lost & Found

Two weeks ago, Mango took off – she runs out the garage door as we are leaving. It’s happened four or five times. We used to chase her, but most times couldn’t catch her. She takes off across a field and does not come when she is called. Since she was always back within 24 hours, all muddy and happy as can be, we didn’t worry too much.

Mango was a stray Mom adopted while living in north Florida at Fibonacci Acres. F.A. was our 10-acre patch of dirt and weeds . . . → Read More About Mango Lost & Found

Great News and, um, Interesting News

The great news is that this morning I walked into Ryan’s room at around 5am because there was a funny noise. He was sleeping with his MOUTH SHUT and sorta snoring through his nose.

The tamponas have a tube running down the middle of them to help breathe. THEY WORK!!!!! It was so exciting to see this, I almost cried. Yahoo.

The interesting tidbit is that yesterday, some young tica pretty much proposed to Hal on the phone. Sight unseen. Yeah. If she saw him, . . . → Read More About Great News and, um, Interesting News

Batting A Thousand

It couldn’t have gone better today. Except for the backless gown. That was a surprise to Ryan. While I was answering a few questions, they took him behind a curtain… a couple minutes later, the curtain opens to reveal Ryan laying on a gurney, covered in blankets, wearing a blue paper cap on his head and a look of mock horror.

He motioned me over and when I got close he said, "I don’t have anything on under here."

"Uh huh," I said.

"Nothing," he said, like maybe I didn’t get it.

"Yeah," I said, "that’s how those gowns . . . → Read More About Batting A Thousand

Busy As A Honeybee

Helloooo. It’s been a wild two weeks over here. I haven’t been sitting around on my shrinking butt doing nothing. Mostly I’ve been busy freaking out because Ryan’s surgery is in the morning. Adenoids out, septum straightened, you-know-what vacuumed away. In the big picture, this is so routine, a nothing surgery. But still. I mean, it’s not even like he’s going "under the knife" unless you count the tiny laser razor on the end of the thingie they stick in his nose. No stitches, about 90 minutes out, 2 hours in recovery, then home to sleep and . . . → Read More About Busy As A Honeybee

Choice

This guy is funny. (I’m an old Lenny Bruce fan, too.) Was funny. He’s on another ride now. Wonder how that’s going.

Nicaragua Claims Zero Corruption

"Nicaragua’s Comptroller General has said that no public officials have been punished for corruption during the first 18 months of President Ortega’s term, and this showed an improvement in the conduct of government employees in contrast to previous governments… Continue reading here."

That Nicaragua. Always good for a chuckle.

P.S. Miguel in the comments offered us this. Don’t miss . . . → Read More About Nicaragua Claims Zero Corruption

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