Could it be? I think so!
The Boss saw the doctor yesterday and the clear came back normal. It turns out that the process that prepared him for the endoscopy and colonoscopy last week may have fixed the problem. He's been almost pain-free ever since. The few times he's had pain it's been very mild and gone away after a bit. So, he keeps taking the medicine and we see the doctor in a month. Whoohoo!
He's also thrilled that he's going to spend spring break with his dad in q8. They're going to have some guy time without the Peanuts or Mom around. He's so thrilled.
I spent the day with A yesterday making maamoul, delicious, rich, filled cookies. They are either filled with chopped walnuts or dates. Yummy! I'll have to post pics as soon as I can get them into my computer. The recipe too.
The Little Prince is not one to take anyone's word at face value. He has to test it. If he asks if I have any gum he can't accept a simple "no". He has to go look through my purse and see for himself. That can be a wonderful trait to have, but there is a downside.Yesterday when I picked up the kids from school I asked the Little Prince's teacher how he was. She said that he had been sent to the office for hitting another boy in the class. When we got to the playground where we wait for the Boss I asked him what happened. He said, "B told me that nothing hurts him. So I punched him and he cried. He lied."
It's really hard to be serious when you're trying to not to laugh your head off.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Nice!
Having spent the previous 4 days at the hospital (even after coming home, the Boss still had to go back for one more test) the house was kind of pitiful. So today I caught up on laundry and cleaned the heck out of it. OK, not the thorough cleaning it gets when I do certain jobs on certain days, but I did clean it and mop it and it looks and smells good. I still have 2 bottles of DAC from Kuwait (I love Arabian Jasmine) and so the house really smells good.
The Boss woke up with no stomach pain. He does have a small hernia and a small ulcer but they're too small to cause this pain. However, I'm sure they're playing at least a small part somehow. Also, while it could be more stress related (7th grade-need I say more?), I do notice a difference when he's just had a good, um, cleansing, before a procedure. Therefore I'm going to be compulsive about making him take the powder for keeping him regular.
The Peanuts have had a rough few days too. I haven't been around as much and things have been busy. They know that the Boss has been getting lots of attention from me and has gotten to be in the hospital (something they consider a treat, btw). The Little Prince was being very temperamental the other night and fortunately I had the insight to realize it had to do more with wanting more from met rather than just him being in a mood. I gave him a big hug and told him that whenever he wants some loving attention from me to just come up and say so. He doesn't have to act out. I'm hoping that if I keep telling him that he'll start to believe it. LOL
Well, the house is clean and it's time to get the kids. Hopefully I'll have something more profound to write about soon.
The Boss woke up with no stomach pain. He does have a small hernia and a small ulcer but they're too small to cause this pain. However, I'm sure they're playing at least a small part somehow. Also, while it could be more stress related (7th grade-need I say more?), I do notice a difference when he's just had a good, um, cleansing, before a procedure. Therefore I'm going to be compulsive about making him take the powder for keeping him regular.
The Peanuts have had a rough few days too. I haven't been around as much and things have been busy. They know that the Boss has been getting lots of attention from me and has gotten to be in the hospital (something they consider a treat, btw). The Little Prince was being very temperamental the other night and fortunately I had the insight to realize it had to do more with wanting more from met rather than just him being in a mood. I gave him a big hug and told him that whenever he wants some loving attention from me to just come up and say so. He doesn't have to act out. I'm hoping that if I keep telling him that he'll start to believe it. LOL
Well, the house is clean and it's time to get the kids. Hopefully I'll have something more profound to write about soon.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Home at last
Well, he had the procedures yesterday and everything came back negative. They found a couple of little things but both are too small to be the culprit(s). So...he has a CT scan tomorrow. Had a serious glitch in insurance so we're very thankful that medical treatment/tests here are much less than in the States. But the cost still bites though. Great way to spend my birthday but it was at least some time spent alone with the Boss.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
Monday, March 22, 2010
Posted too soon
The Boss has been admitted to the hospital. The pain was back this morning and so the doctor admitted him. He has an endoscopy in the morning. Today he had x-ray and ultrasound and blood test, all of which was normal. So, he's excited to watch a movie with his aunt tonight on TV (unless the nurse tells him to go to sleep) and I'll go back after dropping the Peanuts off at school in the morning.
They miss their big brother and the Little Prince is jealous because when they were 1 year old I spent my birthday in the hospital with the Diva when she was dehydrated and now I'll be spending my birthday tomorrow in the hospital with the Boss. I explained that when he was a tiny baby (6 weeks old) I had to watch them do a chest x-ray and spinal tap on him. He thought that was cool and seemed to get over the jealousy, but then said, "But I want to do it on your birthday!"
They miss their big brother and the Little Prince is jealous because when they were 1 year old I spent my birthday in the hospital with the Diva when she was dehydrated and now I'll be spending my birthday tomorrow in the hospital with the Boss. I explained that when he was a tiny baby (6 weeks old) I had to watch them do a chest x-ray and spinal tap on him. He thought that was cool and seemed to get over the jealousy, but then said, "But I want to do it on your birthday!"
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Happy Mother's Day!
March 21st is Mother's Day over here. Friday the Peanuts had their programs for the moms at school on Friday. The Little Prince's teacher announced that she had tissues handy because the Arabic song always made the mothers cry. Well, some of them did cry, but it was the kids who needed the tissues, not the mothers. The assistant, whose twin daughters are in his class, started crying which made her daughters cry. Then another mother cried and her little boy started crying.
I wore comfortable shoes so I could go back and forth between the two classrooms. Several of us were doing that. There are 4 sets of twins in KG2 this year. LOL Both classes did a great job on their presentations...in Arabic, French, and English.
The Boss had a doctor's appointment and got a prescription. He now has no more stomach pain. He's still taking his regular meds but no stomach pain. We're thrilled! Now if he gets stomach pain it'll be because of something he ate so we'll know what's wrong. With the pain being constant it was too hard to know what was going on.
After school the Peanuts went home with one of the Diva's friends and spent a few hours over there. Then yesterday they went to visit one of the Little Prince's friends and I had a nice chat with his mother. The Boss spent the afternoon with his friend.
Today after church we went to pick up SIL and headed off to buy shoes. We all got a new pair. Then we headed to the mall to see "Avatar". That movie was so good. We weren't able to get 5 seats together, just in the same row. SIL got to have both Peanuts on her lap during the movie. They loved it. Tonight at bedtime they were arguing over whether or not the Diva could be all the girls in the movie herself. The Little Prince thinks she should only be one of them since he's only one of the boys in the movie. They had to have this argument at bedtime. {sigh}
After the movie we all made a beeline for the bathroom (and that's WITH a trip there beforehand) and then SIL bought us dinner at Roadsters. I told her it would be my birthday present since that's on Tuesday. I told her I don't want her showing up Tuesday with something for me...this is IT. Hopefully she'll listen to me for once.
Tomorrow I'm off to Starbucks with friends for church. They'll have coffee. I'll something fit for humans.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Yum!
With the Boss's IBS comes a new way of eating for him. A couple of weeks ago he started having trouble with milk so we've cut milk but kept yogurt and cheese, for now. Yogurt has cultures that help you tolerate lactose. If we were back in q8, it would be easy to buy plenty of liter bottles of yogurt drink, but here I've only been able to find the small, individual-sized ones. Since the twins love to drink yogurt that can get a bit pricey. So I just bought a big jug of yogurt and we make our own.
Take regular yogurt and fill a glass almost to the top. Stir until very smooth and creamy. Add just enough water to make it drinkable. Then, enjoy! The kids love it and it's not much more work than just pouring a glass of water and stirring in Tang...and a LOT healthier.
After cleaning the twins' room (only took me an hour...amazing!) I spent the rest of the time until picking up the kids from school at cousin's house where she colored my hair. I have pretty aggressive gray hairs. Unfortunately they're still a minority and my natural color is a rather mousy dark blond so it's very unattractive. Blech! So, due to my little spa session, there was no lupper waiting for us when we got home from school.
Cousin to the rescue. She makes something the kids love and it's easy to fix and the kids like it. Boil potatoes and eggs. You can start boiling the potatoes and add the eggs later for the last 10 minutes or you can cook them separately. After they're done, peel the eggs (and potatoes, which should have been boiled in the skins if cooking with the eggs) and mash the eggs and potatoes together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Take a loaf of pita bread and separate the rounds. (You can use tortillas if you don' t have access to big enough pitas...about a foot wide.) Using a spoon, spread the potato-egg mixture on the bread and roll up.
So, lupper tonight was pretty healthy and pretty easy. (Oh, and lupper is that meal we have right after school...too late for lunch and too early for supper.)
Tonight we were talking to Baba on the computer and he had friends from the office with him. He wanted me to recount a couple of dishes he'd introduced me to our first trip here.
We were at Aunt's house one night for supper and Baba passed me a plate and asked me to try it. I asked what it was and he asked what it looked like. "Boiled cauliflower?" "Similar." I tried it and it was just about as bland as it looked. What was it? Lamb brain. Whoopee!
Later in the visit we were in the kitchen of his dad and sister's house and Baba had brought us lunch. I'd ordered a chicken sandwich. He handed me mine and I started eating. It tasted like chicken but the texture was different. Normally the chicken sandwiches over here are roasted chicken and this tasted like it had just been boiled, like for chicken salad, but no salad. I asked about it and he said, "Oh, I gave you mine by mistake." "What is it?" "Lamb spinal cord."
Take regular yogurt and fill a glass almost to the top. Stir until very smooth and creamy. Add just enough water to make it drinkable. Then, enjoy! The kids love it and it's not much more work than just pouring a glass of water and stirring in Tang...and a LOT healthier.
After cleaning the twins' room (only took me an hour...amazing!) I spent the rest of the time until picking up the kids from school at cousin's house where she colored my hair. I have pretty aggressive gray hairs. Unfortunately they're still a minority and my natural color is a rather mousy dark blond so it's very unattractive. Blech! So, due to my little spa session, there was no lupper waiting for us when we got home from school.
Cousin to the rescue. She makes something the kids love and it's easy to fix and the kids like it. Boil potatoes and eggs. You can start boiling the potatoes and add the eggs later for the last 10 minutes or you can cook them separately. After they're done, peel the eggs (and potatoes, which should have been boiled in the skins if cooking with the eggs) and mash the eggs and potatoes together. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Take a loaf of pita bread and separate the rounds. (You can use tortillas if you don' t have access to big enough pitas...about a foot wide.) Using a spoon, spread the potato-egg mixture on the bread and roll up.
So, lupper tonight was pretty healthy and pretty easy. (Oh, and lupper is that meal we have right after school...too late for lunch and too early for supper.)
Tonight we were talking to Baba on the computer and he had friends from the office with him. He wanted me to recount a couple of dishes he'd introduced me to our first trip here.
We were at Aunt's house one night for supper and Baba passed me a plate and asked me to try it. I asked what it was and he asked what it looked like. "Boiled cauliflower?" "Similar." I tried it and it was just about as bland as it looked. What was it? Lamb brain. Whoopee!
Later in the visit we were in the kitchen of his dad and sister's house and Baba had brought us lunch. I'd ordered a chicken sandwich. He handed me mine and I started eating. It tasted like chicken but the texture was different. Normally the chicken sandwiches over here are roasted chicken and this tasted like it had just been boiled, like for chicken salad, but no salad. I asked about it and he said, "Oh, I gave you mine by mistake." "What is it?" "Lamb spinal cord."
A Little Luther for Tuesday Lent 4
Faith...is a firm trust that Christ, the Son of god, stands in our place and has taken all our sins upon his shoulders and that he is the eternal satisfaction for our sin and reconciles us with God the Father. He who has this faith...devil nor hell nor sin can harm him. Why? Because God is his protector and defender. And when I have this faith, then I am certain God is fighting for me; I can defy the devil, death, hell, and sin, and all the harm with which they threaten me. This is the great, inestimable treasure given us in Christ, which no man can describe or grasp with words...
[You are holy] if you believe that God steps in for you and stakes all he has and his blood for you, as if he were saying: Fall in behind me without fear or delay, and then let us see what can harm you; come devil, death, sin, and hell, and all creation, I shall go before you, for I will be your rear guard and your vanguard (Isa. 52: 12); trust me and boldly rely on me. He who believes that can not be harmed by devil, hell, sin, or death.
-Martin Luther
[You are holy] if you believe that God steps in for you and stakes all he has and his blood for you, as if he were saying: Fall in behind me without fear or delay, and then let us see what can harm you; come devil, death, sin, and hell, and all creation, I shall go before you, for I will be your rear guard and your vanguard (Isa. 52: 12); trust me and boldly rely on me. He who believes that can not be harmed by devil, hell, sin, or death.
-Martin Luther
Monday, March 15, 2010
Can't believe I forgot!
Remember a few weeks ago when I was heartbroken that The Wittenberg Trail was gone? Guess what?! It's back! Whoohoo! Everything has been restored except the Endless Thread. I guess 10,000 plus posts were just a tad too much.
Please check out this wonderful Christian resource. Besides the good times we're having over there, there are wonderful theological discussions and resources available. Right now I'm trying to catch up on the Lutheran Confessions in the Study Group/The Lutheran Confessions group.
I'm amazed that I had time to read as much as I did today. I made banana cake for the kids' lunches and used leftover roasted chicken for chicken and rice. Yummy!
Oh, and I learned a new expression yesterday. I didn't learn it in Arabic, I learned the translation. When describing Baba and his cousin, the cousin's wife said, "We say that when two people are so much alike, they're two butts wearing the same pair of pants." I'm gonna have to remember that.
Please check out this wonderful Christian resource. Besides the good times we're having over there, there are wonderful theological discussions and resources available. Right now I'm trying to catch up on the Lutheran Confessions in the Study Group/The Lutheran Confessions group.
I'm amazed that I had time to read as much as I did today. I made banana cake for the kids' lunches and used leftover roasted chicken for chicken and rice. Yummy!
Oh, and I learned a new expression yesterday. I didn't learn it in Arabic, I learned the translation. When describing Baba and his cousin, the cousin's wife said, "We say that when two people are so much alike, they're two butts wearing the same pair of pants." I'm gonna have to remember that.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Musings
Today was church. All 3 kids went to Sunday School to see the Easter Bunny (Lent is barely mentioned in our church). The man who usually translates was teaching SS this week so there was no translation until the sermon, when his brother-in-law came in. He did a good job.
After church we went to the cousins' house. Lunch was fantastic, as usual. We had kebab, baked kibbi, yogurt/cucumber salad, and French fries. I ate way too much. The Little Prince said he only wanted to eat a little bit and then saw the yogurt and cucumbers. He said, "I want too much." "I thought you only wanted a little bit." "I changed my mind." So he ate a plate full of yogurt and cucumber and some fries. His cousin got him to eat a few bites of kibbi, which was enough to convince him that I could make some later this week. The Diva ate more...she loves kebabs and ate them with yogurt and cucumbers and kibbi and fries.
The Boss did pretty well with his stomach. He managed to restrict himself to just a few fries...enough to satisfy the taste for them but not enough to risk upsetting his stomach with the fat. He enjoyed the kebabs, kibbi, and yogurt/cucumbers.
I pretty much cleaned up after them after eating my plate and then was urged (wasn't hard to do) to eat more kebabs. I have no problem indulging at Sunday lunches with the cousins. I just have a light snack later instead of supper to make up for it. Just enough to keep from waking up hungry...which either results in lack of sleep from lying there wishing I had eaten something before bed or getting up and stuffing something I really shouldn't into my mouth. Neither of which is particularly appealing.
I managed to get the Peanuts to bed on time. Unfortunately they were still awake more than 2 hours later due to falling asleep in the car. Just long enough for a strong second wind. They'll pay for it in the morning. We all will.
I'm still catching up on The God Whisperers. I'm now on the episode where they enjoy the chocolate bacon bar. Sounds divine, so to speak. So now I'm into Advent with them. Which means I'm missing hearing about Bacon Mondays for Lent until well past Lent. Unless I remember to listen to them during my walks instead of music. Just always forget until after the walk.
My student should come tomorrow. Unless, of course, her allergies are bothering her.
I'd better get to bed. I have to start changing the closets over. I'm sure it'll start raining as soon as I do and get cooler, but it's so warm now that I don't care. I'll pack away the heavy clothes, leave some long sleeves out, and just take my chances. Tonight the windows are open and it's not chilly. I tempted to try leaving them open all night...or at least mine. That way I don't have to get up and close all of them in the middle of the night. Although if I had some chocolate bacon bars stashed somewhere it would give me the right chance to sneak one without the kids catching me.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Castania TV Commercial 2009 " The Wedding"
I've been to one of these weddings...but no one falling in the pool though. Oh, and SIL knows the guy playing the wedding photographer. He's a bartender at a pub in Beirut.
Update
I don't remember just what exactly I've shared here and I'm too lazy to go back and look so I'm going probably repeat a bit of what you already know.
The Boss has suffered with abdominal pain since the beginning of February. When he says that his stomach is OK, it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, just that it isn't bad and isn't really bothering him. But he has horrible pain about once a week or so and has had to miss a few days of school with it.
When it first hit, the doctor ordered urine and stool samples to be taken and tested. They came back negative. Then, last week, after some more severe pain, he ordered an ultrasound. This also came back negative. Thursday he woke up with more severe pain and the doctor referred us to a specialist. Last week the doctor said he believed it was IBS and last night the specialist confirmed it, after ordering an x-ray.
The doctor we saw last night is very good and the Boss liked him a lot. He gave us specific directions on diet and changed his medication a bit. He's taking a milder laxative now. The last one was too strong. This is a powder that you drink with water or juice. We go to see him next week for a follow-up.
The weather here is still beautiful. I walked the last two days and tonight while the Boss does taekwondo I'll probably walk too. The Peanuts will enjoy being outside for a change instead of being quiet inside. They can run around to their little hearts' delight. I'd love to take the dog with us, but I just got the car washed yesterday and don't want the hair in it before church tomorrow. Plus, she'd scare the living daylights out of the people there. Lebanese are notorious for an irrational fear of dogs. Not just the good common sense of being cautious around strange dogs. But absolute fear of them. If someone's been bitten by a dog it makes sense. But most have never been around dogs and are just afraid of them like I'm afraid of spiders. (At least my fear is semi-rational since there are poisonous spiders, but poisonous dogs?!)
Anyway, tonight should be good. Then we'll come home, have grilled cheese sandwiches, take our showers, and get ready for church tomorrow. Then the Boss and I will probably watch a movie after the Peanuts are in bed. I love the weekend.
The Boss has suffered with abdominal pain since the beginning of February. When he says that his stomach is OK, it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, just that it isn't bad and isn't really bothering him. But he has horrible pain about once a week or so and has had to miss a few days of school with it.
When it first hit, the doctor ordered urine and stool samples to be taken and tested. They came back negative. Then, last week, after some more severe pain, he ordered an ultrasound. This also came back negative. Thursday he woke up with more severe pain and the doctor referred us to a specialist. Last week the doctor said he believed it was IBS and last night the specialist confirmed it, after ordering an x-ray.
The doctor we saw last night is very good and the Boss liked him a lot. He gave us specific directions on diet and changed his medication a bit. He's taking a milder laxative now. The last one was too strong. This is a powder that you drink with water or juice. We go to see him next week for a follow-up.
The weather here is still beautiful. I walked the last two days and tonight while the Boss does taekwondo I'll probably walk too. The Peanuts will enjoy being outside for a change instead of being quiet inside. They can run around to their little hearts' delight. I'd love to take the dog with us, but I just got the car washed yesterday and don't want the hair in it before church tomorrow. Plus, she'd scare the living daylights out of the people there. Lebanese are notorious for an irrational fear of dogs. Not just the good common sense of being cautious around strange dogs. But absolute fear of them. If someone's been bitten by a dog it makes sense. But most have never been around dogs and are just afraid of them like I'm afraid of spiders. (At least my fear is semi-rational since there are poisonous spiders, but poisonous dogs?!)
Anyway, tonight should be good. Then we'll come home, have grilled cheese sandwiches, take our showers, and get ready for church tomorrow. Then the Boss and I will probably watch a movie after the Peanuts are in bed. I love the weekend.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Birthday present
One of the cousins who'll be traveling with us to the States this summer has a birthday next month. I showed this pattern to her mom and asked if she'd like it. I bought the yarn yesterday and started last night. I've made one before, for my assistant last year in q8. It's a darling shawl and very versatile. It will be good in the summer when she wants to wear something sleeveless to church (I don't think it has a/c-which wouldn't be working anyway if they were on generator) and needs to cover up a bit inside.
Today was another warm one. We all wore t-shirts and I dug out my sandals. Even after it clouded up and started getting dark it was still warm. I'm not even thinking of switching out the closets yet, but I'm certainly glad that the kids' summer clothes are handy in the boufs in the living room. They're these really cute little round leather bags that you stuff full of old shoes, clothes, whatever, and voila! You have little footstools to sit around on. Very handy. My summer clothes, unfortunately, are in suitcases in the attic. Not so handy.
Tomorrow the kids are back at school and I get to catch up on what didn't get done today. Maybe I'll even get time for some devotions. I'll definitely be listening to TGW or IE while I work on the shawl.
The English Language
Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
Let's face it
English is a hard language to learn.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this observation,
It ends.
{I wish I could take credit for this one...got it in an e-mail this morning.}
Let's face it
English is a hard language to learn.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this observation,
It ends.
{I wish I could take credit for this one...got it in an e-mail this morning.}
Monday, March 8, 2010
Oops! Did it again
I've been bad about blogging. Last week was full and there was little time to be online. Monday went OK, but the Boss was home again on Tuesday and then Baba arrived that night and we had birthday festivities. Thursday evening was the family party for the Peanuts at McD's, Friday was the school party (actually two- one each), followed by a birthday party for relatives (that's a post in its own right), and then getting Baba back to q8 on Saturday.
It looks like the Boss has Irritable Bowel. We're still going to keep an eye on things and run more tests if necessary, but it looks like that's it. So we're watching what he eats and noting if it affects his stomach, and he's taking some medicine for it, which should help as well.
Baba installed a little box in my kitchen that lights up. For those who remember the hassles we've had with water here, you'll understand my excitement. The little box that lights up has a button I push and it tells me how much water is in my tank. The boys are very happy that they don't have to go upstairs and climb into the crawl space just below the roof and look in the tank. Actually just the Boss does that. The Little Prince is there to hold the ladder.
Tomorrow is no school. So I get the kids home with no illness involved. Whoohoo! I'm thinking about taking them to the movies but it's my day to zone clean. If I can get them to leave me alone for the morning and do that cleaning, then we should be able to do a movie guilt-free.
Except...it's beautiful today! The temp is in the 70s! Whoohoo! If it's this nice tomorrow I'm not sure that a movie theater is where I want to spend the afternoon. But I don't know if the park in Bikfaya will be open or not. So I guess we can drive over there and see. If not, then maybe we can go to the club where the Boss does taekwondo and hang out there. Air up the tires, load the bikes in the car, see if we can fit a German Shepherd in too. But I should probably check with the folks there though. If our garden were done we could enjoy it, but it'll be another month before the guy comes to seed the garden and plant some shrubs and flowers for us. Whoohoo!
Oh, and I have a grape vine! Baba bought 3 to take back to q8 with him but only 2 could be squeezed into the suitcase. (Yes, you read that right. But he had to fit in 10 manakish as well, and souvenirs for the guys at the office, so he ran out of room.) So, I have a grape vine. Need to go Google grape vines so I don't kill it by under or over watering.
Spring is on its way!
It looks like the Boss has Irritable Bowel. We're still going to keep an eye on things and run more tests if necessary, but it looks like that's it. So we're watching what he eats and noting if it affects his stomach, and he's taking some medicine for it, which should help as well.
Baba installed a little box in my kitchen that lights up. For those who remember the hassles we've had with water here, you'll understand my excitement. The little box that lights up has a button I push and it tells me how much water is in my tank. The boys are very happy that they don't have to go upstairs and climb into the crawl space just below the roof and look in the tank. Actually just the Boss does that. The Little Prince is there to hold the ladder.
Tomorrow is no school. So I get the kids home with no illness involved. Whoohoo! I'm thinking about taking them to the movies but it's my day to zone clean. If I can get them to leave me alone for the morning and do that cleaning, then we should be able to do a movie guilt-free.
Except...it's beautiful today! The temp is in the 70s! Whoohoo! If it's this nice tomorrow I'm not sure that a movie theater is where I want to spend the afternoon. But I don't know if the park in Bikfaya will be open or not. So I guess we can drive over there and see. If not, then maybe we can go to the club where the Boss does taekwondo and hang out there. Air up the tires, load the bikes in the car, see if we can fit a German Shepherd in too. But I should probably check with the folks there though. If our garden were done we could enjoy it, but it'll be another month before the guy comes to seed the garden and plant some shrubs and flowers for us. Whoohoo!
Oh, and I have a grape vine! Baba bought 3 to take back to q8 with him but only 2 could be squeezed into the suitcase. (Yes, you read that right. But he had to fit in 10 manakish as well, and souvenirs for the guys at the office, so he ran out of room.) So, I have a grape vine. Need to go Google grape vines so I don't kill it by under or over watering.
Spring is on its way!
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