Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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“Yes I have found me a home
I have found me a home
You can have the rest of everything I own
cause I have found me a home
And the days drift by
They don’t have names
And none of the streets here look the same
There aren’t many reasons I would leave
cause I have found me [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My First Stitches
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We started walking to the waterfall on a gravel road. I was, as usual, carrying Gideon. My foot slipped and I started to fall forward. All I remember was thinking that Gideon absolutely must not fall on the ground. I twisted and took the weight of the fall on [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Costa Rica has two volcanoes, Poas and Arenal. Arenal erupted while we were in Costa Rica. We left our villa and traveled to San Jose the last Saturday. We took a guided tour of Poas.
It was overcast, this being the rainy season and the mountains, so we did not see [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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We saw monkeys almost every day in Costa Rica. There was a family of White Faced Moneys that came by every afternoon. They had two mommas with babies and one little monkey without a tail. These monkeys have prehensile tails.
We also saw a Howler Monkey one afternoon. He was harping on [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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We went on a boat tour of the mangrove forest. It was meh. Gideon had the right idea. He slept through all the boring bits and woke up for the monos (monkeys).
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Here is Ries going down the waterfall.
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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La catarata is waterfall in Spanish.
That picture is little old me repelling down a waterfall. We had to climb up and then repel down. Ries and I did that twice. I have two rope burns to prove my courage.
It was harder going up and down the first time, but the [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
The beaches in Costa Rica are amazing. The jungle comes right up to the beach. I always feel like I am in the middle of nowhere when I swim out and look back. I mean, nowhere is a relative term, as you practically are in the middle of nowhere.
This is Gideon [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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We had a chef, Leo, who was amazing and took wonderful care of us. Every night we sat down to a great dinner. During the week we had ceviche, seafood paella (with whole squid! delicious!), fish, chicken, pizza, mexican food, and the desserts, oh the desserts.
Ries gained 4 pounds. I [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Our first day was spent on the beach, where else?
Daiquiris are serious affairs made with real fruit, none of that mix bs that you get here in the States. Gideon enjoyed eating the pineapple and playing with the flowers. Ries and I enjoyed the beverages.
Gideon absolutely loved the sand, loved the [...]
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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This was the view from the middle level of the Casa de las Brisas where we stayed.
I had almost forgotten how blue the sky is in Costa Rica, how beautiful the water, and the vibrancy of the green of the plants. Almost. It takes my breath away.
I love Costa Rica.
Posted in pictures, travel, tagged Costa Rica on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are in Costa Rica!
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Costa Rica post #1
We left St. Augustine, Florida, where we attended a wedding, at 3 am Sunday the 14th to head for the airport in Jacksonville. We left without incident, got to Houston, and boarded our flight to San Jose, Costa Rica.
Almost 4 hours later, we got [...]
Posted in adventures, travel on June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ries and I have always loved to travel. Indeed, I told him before we married that I expected good (ie far away) vacations every once in awhile. I am a firm believer in vacations. They are good for the soul.
I also think it is good for families to travel together and for kids to learn [...]
Posted in breastfeeding, teething on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am convinced that the only thing those teething rings that you freeze are good for is picking up dog hair off my floor. I have restricted their use to middle of the night only.
This serves two purposes. It keeps the rings free of dog hair, mostly, and gives the poor Milkies a break. [...]
Posted in body functions, health, teething on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ries was gone all weekend, leaving me to be a single mom for the weekend. It went well, but Ries returned from Chicago with a sickness. Perhaps it is Swine Flu. Oink! He has been laying abed with a fever and aches since Sunday evening.
Gideon turned up with a fever yesterday, but I [...]
Posted in boys, silliness on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is important to let the bits air out. Sometimes, Gideon escapes before bath, but after his clothes are off and runs gleefully through the house. After bath time and lotion time, but before diaper time, he has another opportunity to take in the air.
There are few things cuter then a naked toddler streaking through [...]
Posted in food, recipes on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have always loved biscuits. I have frequently consumed more biscuits than is advisable and ended up happy but with a stomach ache. This is the simplest recipe I have found and they have never, ever turned out badly.
Kiss those canned biscuits goodbye. The extra time it takes to make these biscuits is well [...]
Posted in librarians, naps on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of you may or may not know that I was a librarian before I was a chaser of a toddler. In July, I am going back for my first conference in a year and half. That may not seem like a long time to some people, but I was going to a conference every [...]
