99 Days and X Marks the Spot

We are under 100 days........YES !  Seems like only yesterday we were walking the beach on Zancudo ,  dreaming of our life in the small southwestern Costa Rican beach town...............NO it does not seem like yesterday , not at all.........the wait for life on Playa Zancudo to start has dragged along , fraught with anxiety , several small bouts with alcoholic drinks........No Not Me and endless hours of conversations , speculating on how life will be , or so we think  it will be .   The one amazing thing is that our friends believe we will survive and make a beautiful home for all to enjoy.

Below is a picture of Playa Zancudo looking south from the northern point where the Rio Coto River meets the Golfo Dulce and the red X marks the location of our home approximately 3 miles from the northern point .

Are we there yet.........who hasn't heard the chant .  I have been keeping track of the weather over the past several weeks ,  as we have mentioned in a previous Blog ,  the "WET SEASON" has started .  Forecast for the next 2 weeks in Zancudo ............ RAIN ,  RAIn ,  RAin , Rain and more rain.  It is somewhat of a fact that about 9 feet or more of rain will fall from the first of September through October .  I have already informed Sherry  there might be a trip back to the farm sometime around the 3rd week in September next year just to dry out........We will wait and see . 

Seems as though we have met our goals , downsizing our belongings , selling our vehicles ,  and saving the money for the repairs to our Zancudo home with a little extra cash left over for some furnishings .   There will be stories to share in Januarys' weekly Blogs and needles to say they should be hilarious .  Don't forget we have the old roof to remove and put back on a new one .   We are just wondering what has been living up under the old roof.............as I forgot to mention that back in February when we had the house treated for termites a 5 inch long scorpion was found dead on the dining room floor the next day.........should have taken a picture but we didn't really want to be reminded........wonder where his family went ?

Enjoy the picture of our feathered inhabitants of Playa Zancudo and forget about those nasty old scorpions.........Hey , don't they eat those in some countries?  Bon Appetit!

Pura Vida !

Costa Rican Time

I have already been informed that we did not post last week and what was going on with that ?

Well, you could say we have eased into living on Costa Rican Time............Oh No, so far from it!

We had our final yard sale on Saturday of the Labor Day weekend and it took 2 days to prep for.......... OMG ..........where did all of the stuff come from since we already had 2 previous yard sales of fine collectables and antiques .    One mans trash is another mans treasure or is that our treasures are another mans trash, anyway...........Our daughter moved back home and that meant she had things to sell ,  and my parents  got caught up in thinning out some things they had overlooked several years earlier when they downsized or as my mother says, "Cleaned Out", so we had extra  "treasures" to unload.   Made some cash, Yea.......that means we can get a washer and dryer for our casa.   Took us 2 days to recuperate, not kidding.........what was left went to Goodwill.......NO MORE YARD SALES.

So, the rest of the week should have been a breeze...........WRONG,  it was time to sell our beloved gas guzzling truck........and as my wife has so graciously pointed out on more then one occasion that I may suffer from OCD or in my case CDO  ( all the letters are then in exact order )...........the truck has got to be CLEAN before I sell it.  Spent 2 days waxing detailing and listing it on the Internet and local sale magazine along with putting a For Sale sign in the window and parking it along the  highway on Thursday morning...........SOLD in one day............what were we thinking.  Here we had suffered days of anxiety over asking price,  is it going to sell,  are there people out there in this tight economy with money..........Yes to all of the above .

Are we happy..........Oh Yeah .  Now we are hitting the home stretch with 106 days left , so you know what the title of next weeks post is going to be,  "Our Last 100 Days".  Our focus now is to refine our packing lists,  see our doctors one more time to make sure we don't really need those straight jackets,  get our licenses renewed and just BREATHE ! 

This picture is Sherry taken on our morning walk on Playa Zancudo this past February .  This morning we had breakfast at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland and walked along looking out over the Atlantic pondering our morning walks along our beach in Zancudo, our journey is within reach .  Pura Vida