Happy New Year

TOP TEN THINGS WE'VE ENJOYED MOST ABOUT BEING BACK IN THE STATES:
1. The Family. All 35 of them.
2. Movies in Movie Theaters. Popcorn. Uncomfortable seats. Surround sound. Noisy whisperers. Endless trailers. All that stuff. Pure bliss.
3. Snow.
4. Whole Foods.
5. Great Steak.
6. Soft sheets and a firm mattress.
7. Fast wireless.
8. New York, New York.
9. No mosquitoes. At least not this time of year.
10. Paved roads.


TOP TEN REASONS WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO COSTA RICA:
1. Warm weather.
2. Sunny beaches.
3. Swimming every day.
4. Our friends (our family away from family)
5. Fajitas at El Castillo.
6. Getting back to work.
7. Riding our bikes.
8. Monkeys howling in the yard.
9. Reading in the hammock.
10. "Nanny time."

Happy New Year.  2008 will be hard to top, but we're gonna do it anyway.