I took the bus to Grecia this morning because I got a wild hair to get shoes (early) for my birthday. Got some other stuff, too. First I went to Central Pharmacy with my thyroid box and bottle of Warfarin so I could have those refilled. Then I crossed the street to […]
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Sunday March 1st walkies and shopping details. Nothing earth shaking, just my life in Pura VidaLand! Heaven on earth! First thing this morning… I moved my expediente doc from my suitcase to my passport holder since my time here will exceed the 180-days passport stamp in just a few days (March 4th).
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This coming week, I’ll be celebrating two personal anniversaries. On March 4th I will be celebrating six months of living in Costa Rica. On March 5th I will be celebrating my 75th trip around the sun (aka a milestone 75th birthday) Any plans? NADA! Just do what I usually do every day: walk in
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Those of you who have been following this blog (and earlier ones) have a pretty good history of the relationship that my father and I had. To recap for those who haven’t been along for the entire blog journey, my father was a verbally abusive alcoholic with a fourth grade education who could barely
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It’s Friday and I had a frolic with my Costa Rica family this morning and afternoon. Here are the details… I met my neighborhood friend at 7 a.m. sharp at her place …ostentibly to take four laps around the futbol field since we were planning to walk a lot at the feria
Today’s happy talk is about a number of things. That’s because a number of things have been happy-inducing and I feel like a million dollars. I went to sleep at about 6 last night (after taking 10,391 steps during the day) so of course I only slept until about 11, when I popped
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WOO HOO! I made almost $50 in book royalties this month. How cool is that?! That hasn’t happened in quite a while! I wonder if it happened because of my presence at Bloom’s late last month? I mentioned being a retired copy and content writer in addition to being the author of
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I’m feeling better today. Managed to get some sleep last night, which helped, and I walked with my gringa neighbor again this morning, which helped even more. It was pleasantly cool this morning, so we took more laps around the futbol field than usual. We also did a few Spanish lessons. Banco,
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Sorry I haven’t been blogging for a couple days — I’m depressed. Have been sleeping a lot. Lisa — my best friend in the whole world — flew home on Friday. It sucks. It really sucks! I’ve walked twice. That helped for the 90 minutes or so that it went on
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In this Saturday update, I’ll catch you up on the details of the nine days Lisa and I just spent together. You’ve already seen hundreds of images of us enjoying the outings we did, but details have been lacking. Lisa and I “Get” Each Other We’re both ambiverts — people who truly