Helping my Friend in Atlanta with their Home Siding

Hi all, I'm currently in Atlanta,GA visiting a friend who lives in Marietta.  John is one of my oldest travel friend that I met about 6 years ago while I was out visiting Lima, Peru.

He has wanted me to visit him for the past 3 years and last week, I decided to visit him after he told me that he just bought a home that is a fixer upper.

I thought that I would got visit him and help him redecorate the house but boy was I wrong.  Instead, he had me help him with home improvement stuff like help him put up drywall, paint and such things.

The hard stuff was when he needed help to put up the siding to his home which was way over my head as doing siding in Atlanta, GA is not something that I came over to do.

So we headed to Home Depot to buy the siding pieces and he chose this cream colored ones along with a manual on how to do it yourself home siding replacement.

After spending a few hours looking at the manual, I thought that we could do it without any problems because he has vinly sidings on his house so it's just a matter of popping out the old piece and puttiung the new piece in with something called a zip tool and all you need along with that is a flat bar which is basically a crwo bar but flat along with a hammer and some s\nails.

I was wrong.

After the first day, we only had about a quarter of the siding pieces off of the house.  Needless to say, it took us almost two weeks to put up the new sidings on his house.  It's a good thing we are having good weather in Atlanta otherwise, it would have taken us even longer.

Now that his house is done, we are planning our next trip which will involve a long but limited trip around the US!

Finally Bought My First Lot in Monte Cielo Costa Rica

So in my last post I had been looking to buy some property in CostaRica as I have been trying to invest some of my hard earned money.  Well folks, I have finally done it and bought a lot in Tarcoles, Costa Rica in a gated community called, Monte Cielo in Costa Rica!

I first came across this lot from my friend John who I met a year ago when I went to the Shakira concert in Costa Rica.  John happens to be the webdesigner for this company that handles this gated community so he deciced to introduce me to Raymond Cruz Monte Cielo who took me to see the property.

It was love at first site.  Oh my gosh the view was gorgeous.

At first, I didnt think I would be able to afford such a large and luxurious lot but then, Raymond made an exception and allowed me to get owner financing with 20% down.  This is usually reserved for people that are building a house but since I knew John he made the exception!

So today, everything became official when I received the ownership paper of the lots from the bank and the  next step will be to start build a house!

Looking for Some Costa Rica Real Estate

I have done quite a bit of travelling of late and I have decided that I would love to stay a few years in Costa Rica.

With this in mind, I have been looking at several Costa Rica properties to see if I can find a home within my price range.

It hasnt been all easy though as at first, I started looking at classified ads and even some Costa Rica Directory. The online ones and the printed one without any luck.

I am now trying again with this Costa Rica real estate broker who is suppose to show me some houses within my price range next week.

So wish me luck!!!

skiurlaub Tirol Reservations

Hi Everyone,

This winter I have decided to gop on a skiurlaub tirol with my girlfriends. We love to plan ahead because you get the best deals like that.

Dont know much about skiing but the place where we booked our hotel has lessons so it should be great.

Never been to austria though and I have never seen snow before so it will be wuite an experience. 7 more motnhs to go before I am on the slopes of Tirol!!!

The Death of a Celebrity

Michael Jackson continues to be the center of attention in death as he was in life. His sudden death was without doubts a huge loss for the music world. He was a genius, and very talented singer. He actually changed a lot of peoples life. Also he was the best entertainer ever.........

Global Warming

An increasing body of observations gives a strong picture of a warming world and other changes in
the climate system. For example, period of unusually warm water, sea-level rise and coastal flooding, arctic and antarctic warming and more. But worse of all with that problem we also have diseases spreading more then before, earlier spring arrival, Plant and animal range shifts and population change, Coral reef bleaching, downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding. The main question is, with all that happening what are we gonna do to avoid what will certainly come if we do not act right now. Cause when you hear the news, scientists predict such problems will increase if we do not stop the main cause of Global warming which is the emissions of Heat-Trapping Gases .

Travel Fun with Bibianna

I'm a world traveler who likes to go to different countries and get to know there culture. I'm actually studying at FIDM which is a Fashion Institute of Design in California and I work part time at Cryobank, Inc. My latest trip was to St. Johann where I went skiing...So don't go cause there's more to come