Getting Into the Rhythm of Things
We arrived in Costa Rica two weeks ago. It seems like we just got here, but, at the same time, it seems like we have been here forever. ...
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Jul 23, 20231 min read
We Made Butter!
In reading posts from Costa Rica over the last year, every once in a while there is a crisis in finding butter. Butter is also one of...
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Jul 19, 20234 min read
Surfing with a Young Mind Old Body
This Mark again. I have been surfing since I was twelve years old, so in my mind, I have been surfing for forty-three years. I went...
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Jul 18, 20232 min read
I Promised Myself I Wouldn't Buy Any Plants Until We Were Settled, But...
I love plants! I love everything about them. In Costa Rica, gardening will eventually become my full-time job. (The key word being...
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Jul 16, 20232 min read
Our First Trip to the Farmer's Market
In our general area, there is a farmer’s market on just about every day of the week. On Thursday (July 13), we visited the giant indoor...
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Jul 13, 20232 min read
Picking the Perfect Car
This is Mark, Christine’s husband. Christine made fun of me for the last six months as I researched exactly what type of car we should...
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Jul 12, 20234 min read
The Long Journey Home
We have traveled to Costa Rica before, but this time was different because it wasn't just a vacation, it was a move! We were traveling...
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Jul 7, 20232 min read
A Lifetime of Stuff
How did we acquire so much stuff? How did we fill a shed, the garage, coat closets, linen closet, our closet, plus we took over the...
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Jul 4, 20232 min read
Where Are We?
The most frequent questions we have been getting asked is where is the house and how do you get there. I will do my best to put this...
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Jul 2, 20232 min read
The Hardest Part of our Move is Being so Far Away from our Children
I am so used to having regular contact with my adult children that the thought of so much distance is the scariest and hardest part of...
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Jun 25, 20232 min read
We move to Costa Rica in 14 days and things are getting real!
Even though we have a million things to do in the next two weeks, we decided it is the perfect time to start a blog so that I can capture...
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