So far...

Well, here we are again, enjoying the sunshine, even though my dreams of having a great, clear vision were chushed, we´re having a good time. The doctor said that I wasn´t a good candidate, my cornea is too thin. The funny thing is that just a few months ago I was told in the States that even though my cornea was a little thin they could do it. So what do I do, do I believe the doctor here, who said I had high risk of developing problems down the road or do I let somebody else try...

Besides that, we´ve been busy, went to a big farm where the kids can do just about anything, hold, touch, milk, feed. They loved it. My parents also had a birthday party for Ethan, and me even though I didn´t get anything, not even my picture on the cake!! our birthdays were actually in april but they wanted to do it anyways. At least they put 5 candles on the cake, 3 for Ethan, and 3 and 2 for me.

Then the volcano, we always go there since my parents jungle house is 30 min away, and of course we hit the beautiful hot springs. By the way Costa Rica is competing for 2 spots in the 7 natural wonders of the world you can vote at http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/vote_on_nominees/ one of them is this volcano, is one of the only perfect cones in the world. Any ways, looking forward to the beach, this is an area we´ve never been to, and it was on the forbes list of the top 10 breathtaking beaches. So I´m excited.

no apples in spring

So last week we took a little trip with Mr. Rider to St. Louis, he had a booksale in a little town outside St. Louis so since we were going to be there for a day, I decided to find something fun to do, I googled the place and found an orchard that seemed to have lots of fun things for kids. I left Stephen at the booksale and got on our way, I had told JAke how fun it would be, we could pick our own apples and berries, it was going to be fun and he was excited. As soon as I parked the car I realized, it's april! there's no apples to pick in april!!! (and it wasn't the bare trees that clued me in!) so we stayed for a while and played around. "You'll have to wait till the fall to pick apples" I told JAke. Then we headed to the "best" park in town, a scary experience, twirling gay guys, a hippie coming out of the bushes, and then several black guys with envelopes and beers met at the gazebo.
Anyways, then we went to the City museum, which was awesome, Jake loved it, but Ethan still too little for it. Next day, the zoo and a movie while we waited for Mr. Rider.
On a different note, there are several things I want to do this summer. Every spring I plan to grow my own tomatoes, and peppers and herbs. But somehow it never happens, this year, will be the year. I already got a strawberry pot for my herbs, it's in the garage. But as soon as I get back from CR it will happen, I'll have the best tomatoes too.
Also, I want to learn to play tennis, Mr. Rider doesn't want to teach me, so I need a tennis partner.
And last but not least, I want an organized garage. This will include Mr. Rider too.