Stuck between a delivery time and a tile floor

After we rented the house in Los Algarrobos one of the first things we had to buy was appliances (our place is unfurnished so no stove or fridge). The place we bought our appliances and bed from deliver for a small fee so we decided that we would have them go ahead and do that for us. The problem is that they deliver from anywhere from 9 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, and if you are not there when they try to deliver you have to pay again for them to come back another day.

At the time we lived in Volcan. There are no direct ways from Volcan to Algarrobos, you have to go from Volcan to David to Algarrobos. The bus from Volcan to David often takes over an hour and then from David to Algarrobos it is about 20-30 minutes depending on the number of stops made. The buses start running around 7:30 to 8:00 so this wouldn't give us enough time to get to Algarrobos if they were there at 9.

We didn't want to miss the delivery so we decided the only option was to stay overnight at the house in Nuevo Horizonte (New Horizon [our neighborhood]). The problem was we only had a comforter set we bought for the bed. All the floors here are tile or concrete, not exactly the softest flooring around. So to say the least it was not the most comfortable place I have ever slept.

Here is Michelle getting ready for bed.

Tyler trying to keep the bugs out.

The delivery was made the next morning, so we now have our; bed, stove, fridge, washer and dryer. Now we just have to start getting things arranged.

Our home

Here are several pictures of our place. We have been doing work on the place and buying furniture and appliances and we will send updates as we finish the house.

The house is a 2 bedroom 1 bath house. It is in a cute little neighborhood that is made up of mainly young families with little kids. The house has no hot water or air-conditioning, the AC is no problem because it is very nice here but the no hot water is difficult to get used to. We don't even have an electric shower head in our place so we just take cold showers. Anyway here are some more pictures.

 

  

Living room / front door

 

Dinning room (opposite living room) 

 

Hall leading to kitchen, bathroom, and bedrooms 

 

Kitchen w/cabinets (unusual in this price range) 

 

1st bedroom - lots of work to do here! 

 

  

 

2nd bedroom 

We are going to be painting every room, the paint on the walls is a very cheap flat paint, so it shows every little mark and you can't clean it (we tried to wash a spot and the paint actually came off just from washing). The girls bedroom is painted pink and has "artwork" all over and stickers covering the door. In the bathroom there is no mirror they just have a little cabinet over the sink so we are going to have to change that. The other problem to figure out is what to do about laundry, everyone does their laundry outside and just bring their washer in and out but we don't want to do that so we are going to experiment with some options.

Home Again!!

Well it has been a month and a half since our last post. So, I guess I will update everyone on what has been going on.

No Internet/Moved/Busy/Traveling/District Convention (aka Excuses, Excuses)

So here is a quick run down of what happened and why we have not been blogging. After our last post we were getting ready to move and had a plan to post about that process, however the entire town of Volcan lost Internet access. It was never restored before we moved. Once we were in our home in Los Algorrobos we didn't have Internet for a couple of weeks because we had to go sign up and get it installed. Finally we accomplished that task and had Internet.

After that we had to try and catch up on our pioneering as we were behind from the moving. Then we both started getting sick. Next thing we knew it was time to travel back to the US. Once there everything fell apart and we were not sure we would even be returning to Panama. However, we were able to work things out and return to Panama just in time for the English District Convention.

After the Convention we traveled back home. We still didn't have any furniture other than our bed so it was rather difficult to work on the computer. This week we went shopping for furniture for our place and purchased a desk and chair. We also found a furniture maker who we have making a living room set for us. So now we have somewhere to sit and work, therefore the blog post should start again.

Panama is already home

On our travel back to the United States we really found ourselves longing to get back to Panama. We are so happy to be back here and when we talk about "home" we always are talking about our place in Algorrobos. Sure there are things that drive us crazy here but we still love it and hope to never go back to the States again, other than for visits.

Our new house

Here are a few pictures from our house from when we first moved in.

Front Door

Side Door/ Laundry area