Ah Summer

Finally the weather in Phoenix has gotten warmer. I love the heat so summer is great for me. Everyone else complains but not me!
I am feeling better after having a week of being out of sorts. Part of the problem of being my age, of well nothing to do but just keep doing.
I had a wonderful three day crop for the cure with my daughter and came home Mother's Day to having all our children over for take out chicken. My husband organized the whole thing and I just sat back and enjoyed the kids. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful expended family.
I hope to organize my craft room a little today. I have two new baskets and want to set them up with thank you card supplies and maybe another with Easter supplies. I unpacked from the three day and repacked for the three day Crop A Roo next week end. I have fallen in love with "the button farm" kits and have joined the kit of the month, waiting for my first kit to arrive. I ordered the "Vintage Beach" kit and will work on that while at the crop this week end. Cropping for three days with only my Creative Memories weekender and two totes (one for glues and one with supplies). I will let you know if I can do a three day with so few supplies. Last weekend I took my big roller back for Creative Memories, four totes, the weekender and three small organizers. I took way too much stuff.
Stop back soon and see what I have done with the craft room.

more about the new toy

To be honest I am addicted to Angry Birds. It is a puzzle game that makes me crazy, but I love it.
We have been catching up with our friends and getting things done around the house. John has been able to get away fishing and catching up with his friends, I have been able to have lunch with my group friends and finding out what they have been doing. Life is pretty sweet right now.
Richard has finally gotten a date to get the back surgery. April 6. Thank God he will be able to get around again. He and I both feel this is going to be the answer for the back problems he has suffered with for over a year.

New Toy

I bought the Motorola xoom when we got back from Costa Rica and is wonderful. I am loving the mobility of email and web sites. It even has a camera! It does everything but phone calls. The on face keyboard is large and easy to use too. Check theme out. Way cool.

Google map of our house in Costa Rica

I am going to try to put the link to our virtual house tour on this link. I hope it works.Just click on the link below or copy and paste into your browser.

http://homepage.mac.com/marketman2/Sites/gecr/coldwell/power/lower/index.html

Okay tried that and you will have to copy and paste. I don't know why but it is a cool virtual tour so give it a try.

No plans for the day. I was thrilled yesterday that John gave me a haircut. For some reason hair grows faster here. Must be all that natural food or something. At any rate my hair cut turned out wonderful. I don't think the hair dresser will have to fine tune it at all.
Have a great day and I will update a little later.

Motmot bird

This morning has been a bird watchers dream. I didn't get the camera out in time to get them all but these pictures of the Motmot bird are wonderful and the pictures don't do it justice. Just beautiful!

What a ship

We had this beautiful ship in our bay for just a day on Wednesday 2/16/11. It was beautiful before they put the sails up but when it left it was quite impressive under full sail. I just had to share it with all of you.

Fires

2/11/11 we had some fires burning south of town in the hills. I wanted to share the pictures so you could see how dry it is here in Playas Del Coco.