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	<title>One Year In Costa Rica</title>
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	<description>The Stulaks Yearlong Adventure In Costa Rica &#38; Beyond</description>
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		<title>To Water The Roads Or Not To Water The Roads – That Is The Question.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh… Shakespeare. Who doesn’t enjoy a good Shakespeare reference? “To be or not to be, that is the question.” This quote from Hamlet is one of the most famous quotations in world literature today. Can you imagine the awe William Shakespeare would feel if he could see the significance of his works in our society after over four (4) centuries? I’d venture to say he would be astonished. I know I would be if people were still reading my blogs after 400 years. LOL  Anyway… as I was driving back home this morning after my workout, I noticed several people along the way watering the roads. Yes, you heard me correctly; they were watering the roads! As often happens for me here in Costa Rica, I smiled and thought “I love this place?”  Now remember… where I live, the roads are dirt; they&#8217;re not paved.  So why would anyone want to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Am I Thankful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better late than never… someone once told me. Do you ever wonder who comes up with these sayings? Wouldn’t it be cool to be THE ONE who made a saying like this fashionable and timeless? I mean come on… if the “where’s the beef” lady can live on forever with a saying like that, I’m sure one of us can think of something clever. Someone had to say it first, right? BTW: If you feel a sudden burst of inspiration, please share… I would love to say I knew the person who coined the phrase “all we are is dust in the wind, dude” or something like that.  Why Am I Thankful? I’m sure this question was on all your minds this past week. For me, I found out something interesting as I traveled back to Atlanta, Georgia to spend Thanksgiving with family and friends. By spending time away from ...]]></description>
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		<title>They Paved Paradise And Put Up A Parking Lot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you knew these words were from a song named Big Yellow Taxi. Or, that it was originally written and performed by Joni Mitchell? Does your memory of this song have Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows singing it featuring Vanessa Carlton? Or maybe you remember the sweet voice of Amy Grant singing her version. Well… the verse that always grabbed my attention was this one.  They took all the trees and put &#8216;em in a tree museum And then they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see &#8216;em Don&#8217;t it always seem to go That you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;ve got till it&#8217;s gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot  One of my favorite aspects of living in Nosara, Costa Rica is all the greenery. After all, this is the jungle and a rainforest region nonetheless.  While I appreciate beautifully designed architecture (especially ...]]></description>
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		<title>Paddle…Wait…Catch A Wave…Wipe Out…Repeat!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least… this is how it works for me when I’m surfing at Playa Guiones in Nosara, Costa Rica. I’ve never had so much fun beating up my body as when I was learning to surf this past weekend. And here’s the rub… my mind and my body still have not yet synchronized their life clocks. My mind says “Yeah baby, take that BIG wave and ride it just for a bit, then wipe out hard in front of that group of girls because the wipe outs look totally awesome and they’re just as much fun as riding the wave.” My body says, “Whoa… wait just one minute!  Take the small wave and ride it all the way into shore so you can jump off in about 2 feet of water and not get hurt. Forget the looking cool thing.” Yeah right… guess who wins!  You know it… my mind, ...]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Inspire Your Children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder what habits, thoughts, and lessons your kids are TRULY picking up from you? I know my wife, Jodi and I think about this a lot. Matter of fact, I can remember vividly when our daughter, Sage, was a toddler and we were &#8220;teaching&#8221; her about right and wrong, do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts, the good, the bad, the ugly&#8230; you know, the typical parenting stuff you read in What To Expect: The Toddler Years.  Well&#8230; let&#8217;s just say if we had more time to think BEFORE we acted we might have handled this particular situation a tad bit differently. After our failed parenting session, I said to Jodi, &#8220;I think we just gave Sage some good stuff for her first therapy session. Forget the college fund; we need to setup a therapy fund.&#8221; Of course we chuckled at each other and committed to improving ourselves so this would not happen again. As Sage has moved ...]]></description>
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		<title>What if there were No Seasons… No Winter, No Spring, No Summer, No Fall?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a Buckeye (to the lay person, this means I grew up in Ohio)… I was no stranger to the four (4) seasons of the year. Winter always gave us a white blankety landscape where we could ride on lunch trays (our version of sleds) down a hill; barrel down bigger hills on skis; ice skate on ponds, build snow forts and snowmen, have outrageous snowball fights, and my favorite – drink hot cocoa with lots of marshmallows! In Spring, the days would become warmer and longer and flowers would brighten the landscape; we would hunt for Easter eggs, play tag in the rain, throw a ball around with some friends, roll down a grassy hill and then just lay there looking at the clouds trying to figure out what they look like. All this fun was Spring’s way of announcing the promise of summer which would drive excitement into ...]]></description>
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		<title>“We’ll Be There Some Time Between Monday and Friday”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the cable and utility companies in the States don’t give that wide of a time frame. Suddenly being told they will arrive at your home between 8am and 5pm on Tuesday doesn’t sound so bad any more, does it?  In my October 2nd post – You&#8217;re Moving Where? Costa Rica? – I wrote the following about living in Costa Rica. “…along the coasts and in the rainforests &#8211; which is where our new home is &#8211; life moves slower; manaña is said to be the national answer to everything. This is one of the most profound things that has attracted us to this country and quite honestly, it&#8217;s a part of Costa Rica’s charm&#8230; the ability to live life at the perfect pace. It is truly Pura Vida.”  Well… this awesome vibe carries over into ALL aspects of living here, including when you need repairs or maintenance on your ...]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs Words&#8230; Use Your hands!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So today, the pool guys were here to maintain our pool. They come once a week and I always go out of my way to say hola (hello) and como estas (how are you) and maybe even esto es un bonita dia (this is a beautiful day). They only speak Spanish and me… well, I’m still learning so I want to try and communicate with them in their language. They began to work on the pool. As I sat in my office, I heard one of them loudly say “hola.” So I walked onto the 3rd floor terrace and said what anyone would say, “hola.” And so, our conversation began. What I heard next was beautifully spoken Spanish with amazing accents and inflection. Immediately I thought, “Wow, they sound awesome. I can’t wait to speak Spanish like that.” By the time I had this thought; they were waiting for a ...]]></description>
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		<title>How long will you stand in lines in your lifetime?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“OH thE wAys And dAys wE will stAnd in A linE, WE will stAnd in A linE TimE AftEr TimE.” Sounds like a Dr. Seuss book, doesn’t it? Take just a moment and think about ALL THE TIMES you have stood in a line… Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! …which IS actually a REAL Dr. Seuss book and one of my favorites because it contains one of Dr. Seuss&#8217;s solid-gold morals, the joy of letting one&#8217;s imagination rip. OK… the cat’s out of the bag (no pun intended), NOW you all know where I get my inspiration… from Dr. Seuss and lots of caffeine. Which reminds me… if you want to have some fun at a party, pull out a Dr. Seuss book and read it aloud as fast as you can. Trust me… belly laughing will ensue.  Let&#8217;s get back to standing in lines. Seriously now, just take a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Out For That Tree… Or Iguana… Or Pothole… Or Motorcycle With 4 People On It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stulak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Dr. Emmett Brown said in Back to the Future, “Roads? Where we&#8217;re going, we don&#8217;t need roads.” Well… we really do have roads here in Nosara, they’re just not paved. It’s actually quite fun looking at our location using Google Maps; the “paved” roads cease to exist once you leave Nicoya and start driving towards Nosara. And I was not kidding about seeing 4 people on one motorcycle – Dad driving, Mom and one child on the back and the youngest child riding what I would call shotgun, directly in front of Dad. It’s quite a sight to behold! While driving around Nosara, you should also keep your eyes open for iguanas, muy grande potholes, snakes (we saw a boa once), horses, cattle, cowboys, dogs, people on bikes, people walking, quads (ATVs), rivers (yes, I mean flowing water), dogs and oh yeah… other cars. Don’t get me wrong now, ...]]></description>
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