I’ve been getting a number of care packages from my family and friends. Dave and the boys, my in-laws, Paul’s family and Wendy’s family have all sent goodies and they’ve all been awesome. The snacks, books, magazines and drink mixes have been greatly appreciated! This post today is about one particular…unusual…item I received at the … Read more
I got this from Christina of Sugar Sweet Thoughts <http://christinagblogspot.blogspot.com/2009/02/100-life-experiences.html>, who got it from Must Love Tots <http://mustlovetots.blogspot.com/2009/02/lifes-experiences.html> who got this from Scientific Nature of the Whammy <http://www.snotw.com/2009/02/100-life-experiences.html> who got this from Megan <http://newlywednewlybredinne.blogspot.com/> . It looked like fun, so here goes! Hopefully no identity theft issues with this one… Not sure what an identity … Read more
I went out shopping at the “Villagio” mall yesterday with Rose. As expected, I wasn’t able to take that many photos, since we’re advised not to get natives into our photographs. I did a little bit of shopping — H&M had some pretty head scarves that I could wear as non-head scarves (i.e., around my … Read more
The kids (and that means Dave too) were enjoying their first “workable” snow of the season. What does “workable” mean? It means snow angels that didn’t blow away, plus snowmen and snow forts! Enjoy the slideshow!
This is my attempt to share a video I took about 1/2 hour after the first wall of dust and wind hit us here on the 11th. Visibility was about 1/10 of a mile and the winds were from the northwest at 35-40 knots. It takes a REALLY long time to upload a video to … Read more
As many of you might remember from my days in Deidre’s Bookclub, I typically don’t read fast. I was lucky if I could get around to finishing the club’s book of the month!Not so here! I’m able to read 1-2 hours per day and I am absolutely blasting through so many books I’ve wanted to read for … Read more
The dust storm continues. It isn’t as windy as yesterday, only gusting up to about 25 instead of 35 knots. But the chalky goodness is still flooding down from Syria and Iraq.I’m usually the first to admit that I haven’t truly forecast the weather in a really long time and on this trip I tend … Read more
I sorta figured this would happen while I’m here. “What’s that?” A shamal. “What the heck is a shamal?” Well, let’s define it here. It’s a strong northerly wind that picks up dust from Syria and Jordan and carries it all the way down the Arabian peninsula. And it’s shamal-ing right now as I type … Read more
Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn’t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was … Read more
For you South Park fans out there, this image came up while I was Google Image searching something else and thought it was awesome! “What were you searching for?” Well, it’s funny you asked. As a stray blog topic, I was going to discuss the art/science of the military pilot call sign. [Wagging her finger] … Read more