Furniture , Internet and 1/2 A ROOF

I have been having a hard time taking time to sit down and write the Blog........and I do miss writing it .  The reason isn ' t that I have been strolling the beach for shells and driftwood or lounging the days away in a hammock under the Palms with one two three or four frio crevezas ( cold beers ).........Oh NO.........it has been work and I mean flat out work until Mucho Mucho Cansado..........Very Very Tired .  I have closed my eyes to sleep as early as 6 pm..........why ,  because every thing you do here you do with your own muscles........no wagons , no tractors , just basic tools along with arms hands , legs and feet .  Am I complaning.........No , just stating a fact and the benefit has been the weight is coming off and I am feeling so much stronger .  Strong enough now that every time I go to town 1  1/2 miles I  peddle my Black Escalade ( bicycle ) and I don't even break a sweat and I have become quite good at hauling multiple items . 

So a quick synopsis of where we are with the house ;  Roof off down to  the rafters ,  all rotten wood removed and replaced , all wooden shutters taken off and have been refinished by Luis ( one of many Luises ) ,  kitchen furniture refinished by same Luis , electric is on , water is on , phone and internet is hooked up , rancho has been rebuilt with zinc ( tin ) on except for the cap , rafters over our bedroom , bath and 2/3 of the porch have been sanded and tinted , electrical wiring to the lights , switches and outlets are inplace but not hooked to the new panel box , furniture has been made and delivered by another Luis . Sherry and I have painted 40 sheets of fibrolit ( cement board for ceiling ) .  Materials ( steel & rebar ) have been purchased and delivered to Douglas in La Virgen for manufacturing of our decorative SECURITY grates for our windows since we have no glass........got to keep the monkeys out or keep us in .  As of today we have a ROOF over our bathroom and bedroom that consists of fibrolit , estereofon ( sterofoam ) and zinc ( tin ) .  A little photo gallery for viewing



Rancho rebuilt



Rojo Zinc going on to cover Rancho



Rojo Zinc covering Bedroom and Bath Fibrolit covering porch

Underside of Porch Tinted Rafters and Supports and White Fibrolit

When we are not working we are shopping for supplies and materials for the house or groceries........and believe me shopping is an ALL DAY adventure .

We have been to Paso Canoas , Panama twice with our friend Sue to shop for groceries , dishes , glasses , flatware BEER and Vodka the first week we got here , so much cheaper to shop there .

The following week we took the taxi ( 4 door truck ) with friends back to Paso Canoas for electrical supplies for the house , groceries and fresh fruits and vegetables and 5 cases of BEER and Vodka , should have gotten 10 cases of BEER .

Several days later we took the water taxi to Golfito to get our Tarjeta ( ticket ) for the purchase of Duty Free items at the Deposito , shop for groceries and go to the pharmacist.......Elvis to see about prescriptions .

Sherry headed back to Paso Canoas with a friend for some girl time shopping and it gave her  a chance to shop without me......... I always need several cervezas after shopping just to calm the nerves .

Next thing you know we are off to Golfito on some friends boat as we need 3 gallons ofTinta (Tint ) for the rafters and supports along with getting screws and MAJOR Insecticide.........kills everything insight and as always buy what you think you may need because you never know when you will shop again.

Taffy Rynert Elena Sherry and I heading to Golfito Shopping

Well a week past and sure enough on Monday of this week we got the courage to hop on the Bus from Zancudo to Laurel for shopping in Paso Canoas with a connecting bus .  The bus leaves Zancudo every morning at around 5:45 am and costs about $1.80 per person to Laurel and I should clarify the bus is a school bus that seats about 45 children.......but here in this southwestern corner of Costa Rica we can cram 85 people along with.......OH Yeah , 1 box of baby chicks , several 50 pound bags of wild rice and a surfboard or 2 for the surfers leaving Pavones heading to other surf distinations further north .  The bus takes about 2 hours as it seems to stop every 15 feet to pick up what ever........and still it was a beautiful morning riding the bus .  So , we shopped and yes for the ride back on the bus we had a bathroom sink , faucets for the bathroom and kitchen sinks , telephone , sheets , small trash can to sit beside the toilet for the used toilet paper........Oh yes we don't flush our used toilet paper as the septic systems cannot handle it.........But we can .  Sherry needed a dish strainer along with several knives and then as always groceries and BEER 2 cases and Vodka 1 bottle and the taxi was loaded for the ride to Laurel to catch the bus .  Time for a beer or 3 as we had about 2 hours before the bus left Laurel at 4 for the return trip to Zancudo .  As we sat pondering the logistics of HOW THE HELL are we going to get this on the bus our Amigo Memo pulls up to the Bank across the street from the bar and now we have 1 less bathroom sink and 2 cases of beer to contend with.........A friend is never to far here in Costa Rica .  Boarded the bus at 4 pm and really not that crowded and as Sherry and I discussed our adventure I looked to the front of the bus and there stood  a Tico with a name on his shirt that just made us laugh...........take a look

DELAWARE

Every day we live an adverture here living a very simple existence , working hard to make a simple home in the jungle on Playa Zancudo and if me esposa were here.............however she is off to Golfito on the water taxi for 2 gallons of Penta ( insectide you mix with diesel to treat wood pre construction for termitos ) along with 100 screws , 10 hinges , the bank  to trade out dollars for small colones , grocery shopping and the butcher with 1 very importanta stop.........Chicken Bros........cause we having fried chicken for dinner tonight , she would tell you the adventures never stops . We are actually taking part in our own lives now without outside distractions .

I have been trying hard to keep the Blog going with problems with power and internet service along with the daily work load of repairing the house as we hope to be in by February 8th .  We have only walked the beach at sunset 5 times since we got here and taken just 2 sunset pictures............we have a  life time once we get in our Casa for many sunset photos to share and some amazing photos of our encounters with the monkeys that visit our Casa..........I am talking about the white faced capuchins or Ti -Tis' not our friends .  But I am going to leave you with a picture of one of my friends I found in our yard

Green Vine Snake and Yes Sherry let me play with it.....Amazingly Beautiful

Pura Vida