Life in Costa Rica: Could it really be two and a half weeks since my last post!

I have been very busy. Doing what you might ask. Well, I could tell you I have been having a mad passionate affair but you would just laugh so I will tell you what else has been keeping me busy. I am still working to finish the monkey face hat for Lexi, I made a purse for my friend Kathy's two year old granddaughter. I have to sew the strap and flowers on it before I take it to Fargo. I am crocheting a purse for me so I don't take my big purse with all the scarves on it with me on the trip. I like how it is looking and once it is done I will line it. Then, last Thursday I found out there is a baby shower this Thursday for Anita's granddaughter so I got busy making a baby blanket. It is coming along well and I am pretty sure I will get it done. I am going to ask that the next baby they give me more than a week.

I went with Katherine's family to Don Fernando's meat market and PriceSmart. The meat market is one of the few places with real bacon and ham and they rave about the beef. I only bought some cooked ham and a few slices of roast beef. I loved the ham. Not so much the beef but I am sure it was just the cooking, not the quality of the meat. They didn't have any bacon but Katherine had bought me a package so I got to try that. Cooked up crispy and was good. Now the kicker - it was all very expensive. Not something I would splurge on often. Especially since so far Heather and Kaye have brought me all my bacon and ham. That is a really good price for me. Courtney was in my cart at PriceSmart and everything she liked she would say "I don't have that at my house."

I made a trip to the hospital on a Tuesday so I have hit everyday they are open for chemo. This time I had hats and chocolate so I was very popular with patients, staff and security.

Yesterday I spent the day with Ziomaro and her family. She and María José are living at her parents while her house is under construction. They are adding a second floor with a bedroom for María José and a tv room. It will be about 3 more weeks before they get back in. We had a great lunch similar to tostadas and I brought a Hummingbird Cake. Douglas's oldest daughter wants to go with me to the hospital the next time I go. She is going to university to be a social worker.

Emilio plans to start a business called Thrift Nation and I had given Ziomara a bunch of clothes from Heather. She is so busy right now so once she gets back in her house she will give them to him to see if he can use them.

It has been raining a lot. My one planter with the big, tall weed doesn't have any drainage so I am managing to kill it. The bugs were all gone but today they were back. I sprayed again but with all the rain it washes it away pretty fast. I noticed today a bunch of little tomatoes so they will probably be ripe just as I leave. I added a bunch of orchids to the trunk of the avocado tree so it will be quite beautiful when they bloom.

That's about it. Life goes on as usual. Craft ladies are coming here July 6th to go thru everything I bring back and crochet ladies are anxious for more yarn and to get started on items Kaye ordered.

My sore tailbone is improving and Otto will be here again right before I leave for the US.