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“Moving To Costa Rica”

by Hal O'Boyle

Excellent book of essays on moving to Costa Rica for less than $13! Get your copy here. (Hal can be a very funny guy!!!)

We are home again, back at my desk next to my bed wearing my sheets (the bed, not me). So happy to be in my house with my stuff. Overlooking my valley. Through my razor wire. Which seems to have lost its lustre. Sigh.

I have to tell you: I came back a tad confused. That’s how good a time I had in Key West. The bouncer is me: here? There? WHERE? In limbo which is not a happy place.

Like when I first stopped drinking, there was a period of time . . . → Read More About Follow The Bouncing Ball

The Baby Back Door

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 the two year old.

Sure, no problemo! A taxi comes, takes Ginger. I end up doing my own laundry. As horrible as that is, I figure things could be worse.

Later, Isabela and I are chatting. I’m wondering, didn’t this woman know she was having . . . → Read More About The Baby Back Door

“Are You For Real?”

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 "snacks" were equally pathetic. But if looks are everything, this place is the top.

The conference was designed for expat wannabes: people looking to retire outside their country of origin – mostly the U.S. – so real estate developers were well-represented. I must say, some of the developments were breathtaking. Prices . . . → Read More About “Are You For Real?”

Or Maybe…

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.

Speaking of which, there are two more to dos on the list I neglected to mention:

1) Tamara, Margaret, two women I met through Helping Hands Costa Rica (HHCR), and I worked with Gail Nystrom, truly an angel to the poor here in Costa . . . → Read More About Or Maybe…

My Cup Runneth Over

Mostly with things to do, but I’ve been gifted with a few lovelies from the universe as well.

1. The first to do today was to search online for the article starring me in the L.A. Times. I seem to have a knack for drawing attention to myself. For free, but hoping it leads to a paying gig. To read the whole article, you have to close the seductive Halle Berry movie ad about a million times. Small price to pay, n’est-ce pas? Actually, I do not star but rather close. And they mention the . . . → Read More About My Cup Runneth Over

Dennis on Moving To Costa Rica

This is a letter from my friend Dennis to his friend John about moving to Costa Rica. Dennis leaves no stone unturned when investigating ANYTHING. He’s a geek and a dear man. I’ve met a few of his friends who are equally as interesting and dear. Lots of good information here, from a different perspective. If you are moving here, this is for you:

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Hello John,

I am currently in CR and have been here for a little over 7 months.

I did quite a lot of intensive investigation concerning living and earning an income in CR and . . . → Read More About Dennis on Moving To Costa Rica

So Much To Say… So Few Hours in the Day!

My friend Dan wrote me the other day. He said, "Okay girl, step away from the computer… yes, that’s it, take your fingers off the keys and step away…. 6 posts in 24 hours, you trying for a record?"

Not exactly. Just in a race against time to get all the recent experiences out of my head and into the blog. Before it goes out of my head and into the fog.

First of all, the boys are in New Jersey having their stateside adventure. It is SO QUIET around here. Great writing time! Still, I am . . . → Read More About So Much To Say… So Few Hours in the Day!

The Good and The Bad

Mommy’s home. She got in late last night. She is too exhausted to tell me anything except that she thinks sometimes my blog is too negative. Sometimes I think so, too. Especially lately. And it ain’t over yet. There is good to report, too, and I’ll get back to that.

I’m not a trained writer so I have to write whatever is burning to come out at that moment. And the blog is my experience which is colored by my current mood, the heat, my level of stress, how much money I have at the moment, whether my . . . → Read More About The Good and The Bad

“It’s how we do it.”

I am posting this morning via my new hi-speed internet service from Amnet, one of the two cable companies here. YAHOO!!!! We have been using WiMAX, a wireless signal shot from a huge tower on the mountain behind us. The plan is to provide WiMAX to the entire country, which is way better than no internet. Which is what the majority of the country has now. In a country thick with mountains, rainforest and jungle, wireless is the answer. Stringing cable and phone lines is problematic for obvious reasons. What we . . . → Read More About “It’s how we do it.”

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