Sold Our House!

Wow!  That was fast!  Last week we listed our home, Rocky Gardens, so we can move to Costa Rica.  Saturday a showing...Monday morning we got a call that we had two more showings.  Then a call comes in that the family that saw the house on Saturday was making us an offer.  John wouldn't budge on the price, said it was too early.  I agreed.  Wait...phone call...Yes!

When the people heard there were two more showings on Monday they agreed to our listing price.

What can I say...it is beautiful here.  We just needed to find a family that could see the beauty, have the finances and ready to roll up their sleeves to work!  It is a lot of work to keep this place looking nice.

The sun came out just for them on Saturday afternoon when they arrived.  All day it had rained but when they got here it was lovely.  Mom and their two little kids went right to the chickens before even coming inside and after viewing the house, they got to play in the backyard on the play sets.  Perfect!

I am a bit surprised at my reaction to the sale.  I really thought this would be more painful but it is not; I am excited!  See, this is my dream home.  The first time I saw the property I fell in love with it.  But I am ready to go on our new adventure, ready to build a new house.

Lots of great memories, Lots of great people!

It sure has been exciting living here at Rocky Gardens!

 

 

This land is blessed and put out a load of yummy veggies!

And many of you worked very hard to make it happen.

 

If you were part of Rocky Gardens CSA, thank you for all your hard work

 and being part of a truly amazing 11 years. 

Adios!

 

I will continue to post our adventure here. 

 

 

 

Getting Ready for the Big Move

We have been very busy clearing out all those many things we aren’t taking to Costa Rica.  We had accumulated oh soooo much stuff!  The money we earned from our Moving Sales and Barn Sale will help pay for our move to CR.  I can’t tell you how good it feels to have empty closets and a basement without tons of stuff it in.  We need to have one more Barn Sale but right now our efforts are on getting the basement and garages up to snuff for potential buyers. 

 

We listed the house two days ago and are anxious to sell.  The first floor and upstairs are near picture perfect but a corner in the basement and the 2 garages still need attention.  Plus John has to install a new kitchen range!  The oven has not been dependable and can’t be fixed, they can’t get parts.  So we had to buy a new range for the new owners.  Rats!

 

View the following video to know more about where we are moving to in Costa Rica.  It will also help you understand why we would make such a drastic change in where we live. 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7MYN01NuA8&feature=em-uploademail 

 

Our residency applications have been filed and now we have to wait about a year to get our Cedula, our official certificate stating we are Costa Rican residents and not just tourists.  This is not the same as Costa Rican citizens; we will only be official residents.  It was an arduous endeavor, mostly because it was hard to open a bank account which we needed to have to apply.  Since we aren’t collecting either Social Security yet nor have a pension, a bank account was necessary to prove we can take care of ourselves.  It only took from early July to late September to get the bank to take our money and produce a letter for immigration.    

 

Ground has been broken for the community center at Serenity Gardens.   Can’t wait to see it completed, the renderings look so inviting with several pools, community building and gazebos. 

 

Here are some different pictures from our visits to CR.

                                                           Manuel Antonio Park

                                                 Scarlet McCaws Flying Together as Mates
                                    

Sunset on the over the Pacific Ocean

                                                             One Crater at Poas Volcano
                                    

I just love Toucans!  They look so unreal!

 

Manuel Antonio Park