Please...Come on in.

Please join me for a tour of our home. (Try not to be too jealous. )

Our apartment is on the third story of this building. There is no elevator, and the stair railings are large enough for a small adult to fit through, making it a great place for the children to play. (Can you sense my sarcasm?)We have a 24 hours of complete security including our own guard. The guard during the day is nice and friendly. He helps me carry my trash to the dumpster, call a taxi when I am outside and dont want to run back upstairs, and says hello every time he opens the gate. The night guard is grumpy. He tells me to walk upstairs and call my own taxi if I want one and gets bothered any time we need him to open the gate.

Here is our living room. We have leather couches which are actually quite nice and comfortable. Although, I have to admit sometimes I feel like I am watching TV in a hospital waiting room.

Would you like a drink? Follow me into the kitchen. I bet you wish you had a stenciled grape vines painted on your wall like I do.

When we originally rented the apartment the landlord said that it was completely furnished and had everything we could ever need. When we arrived we had 2 bowls, 2 plates, 1 butter knife, 1 fork, 3 spoons, 12 cups, and few pots and pans. What more could a family of 4 need? Needless to say I had to make a few shopping trips to outfit our new abode.

Go ahead. Take a look out our kitchen window. We have a great view. In addition to seeing into all of our neighbors yards behind us, you can see all of the lights from the Capital at night too.

Let me show you our bedrooms. This is Taylor's and my bedroom. Do you like the color scheme? Burgundy curtains with bright colored striped bedsheets and a pink comforter. Apparently fully furnished apartments don't include pillows. We bought those too.
Do you like how I turned our bookshelf into a dresser? Yeah, there wasn't really anywhere to put our clothes either.

This is the kids room. They seem to like it. The bed is nice and stiff, great for jumping on. The kids are lucky enough to be serenaded to sleep every night by the miscellaneous sounds of the city since their windows won't shut. You never know if you are going to hear roosters, sirens, drunken laughter, a blasting TV, or howling dogs. But one thing is sure, some outrageous noise is always there. Ask my parents they will tell you all about it.


Well, thats about it. I hope you enjoyed the tour of our happy Tico home. In all seriousness though, I am actually starting to really like this condo. Overall, it is safe (minus the stairs), clean, and we have some very nice neighbors. I feel blessed to be living in this place while so many homes around us that have much less. I only wish our landlord had warned us a little about what fully-furnished really meant.

P.S. I chipped my front tooth. I have an emergency dentist appointment today. A latin dentist...this should be fun!