Winter Warmth 1

The wood stoves have been lit in the office!

I am one happy person!

It also means half of my face is really hot all the time...

Bugs

I have about decided this Southern Gal, former Girl Scout, and one who grew up camping(with lots of scars to prove it) is about done with bugs. I am officially calling myself a whimp when it comes to have big bugs INSIDE my house...

Our recent bugs...

One on our curtain - about the size of two fingertips.

One nasty little things that crawled OUT OF MY COMPUTER. I about lost my breakfast...

The most recent little creature was something that looked like this! Just a little bit bigger. And I about lost it. It was a baby Scorpion. First one I have ever seen in real life. I have heard of them being here and how people have braved their lives against them. Luckily  there were 3 other braver women than me who took this sucker out.  The local lady just kinda chuckled at me, but she knew that it would hurt if it stung me.

I am praying for a brave husband to fight off the bugs for me one day. You can too.

Round-Abouts 1

We have a lot of what I call Round-Abouts in our city here. Here is just the first of many that have some fancy decor in the middle of it.

This one make me think of that song ..." He's got the whole world in His hands. He got the whole world in His hands...."

Yeah, now it is stuck in your head too.

Your welcome.

and have a great Tuesday!

My new favorite drink

PUMPKIN SMOOTHIES!

Mix the following ingredients in a blender or magic bullet: 

1 cup milk, 1/2 cup plain yogurt or vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup of frozen pumpkin puree, 1/2 to 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 to 1 tsp vanilla(if using plain yogurt), 2 splenda packets, and 1 full graham cracker. After mixed, crumble some more graham crackers on top with a little cinnamon. Serving size: 2 person.

It really is quite tasty. K and I have gotten on this pumpkin kick... it is Fall you know, and my favorite time of year. So it is totally justified that I want everything to have Pumpkin in it. 

Ever since moving overseas, I have had to make my own pumpkin puree. Hopefully I will post on how we do that soon. Until then you can see my last post about pumpkins, it contains a link to so you how to puree pumpkins yourself. Don't be intimidated! It's not as hard as it seems.

What do you like to make with pumpkin?

Parking 101

We are starting a new Carpentry and Welding Project this next week. It is a great program to train men here so they can find jobs.

Look like one of our office workers is going to have to find a new place to park his car. This is not were he is suppose to park his car anyways, even on a normal day...

11.11.11

Happy 11.11.11! 


Today is the date that I use to tell people several years ago when they would always ask when I was going to get married. They would be so surprised that they didn't know i was engaged, then ask me who I was going to marry. 


I would respond, 


"I have no clue, but wouldn't that be a great day to get married?" 


Guess it wasn't the Fathers timing, but I am thankful to have had these experiences thus far. 


I sometimes like to think I have chosen the road less traveled.

Baby B 36 weeks

36 weeks!!!!!!!!!! My sister is so cute! I can't wait to meet my future niece!!! 

Weird Weather 1

In the last month we have had 3 hail storms. 2 really big ones, and one mini one mixed in with the rain. Since I have a tin roof over my little apartment, it sounds crazy loud. Reminded me of stories my Mam-maw use to tell me about her tin roof when she was growing up. She use to tell me how loud it was, and how the sound of a really bad thunderstorm would drown out all other noise. 

Some of the hail were as large as golf balls. At the end of the storm some 30 minutes later, it looked like snow had fallen!

The Real Village Kids 1

Cute little kid. Picture taken by K. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Exercising outside... well, outside of a building inside the walls of our yard... requires a different wardrobe. See above. Most of the time I don't wear a head scarf cause I zip my vest all the way up and it is dark outside. But I still wear a head scarf over to the office side of our area and have is handy just in case. The office has a little circle pathway to walk around. The circle isn't very big, but it is enough. something like 20 times around is a mile... 

Fall Football

This is just a shout out to my Alma Mater! Go BULLDAWGS! Awesome job on winning homecoming!

I LOVE fall time, and this is one of the best things about it. Weather cooling off, tailgating with friends, everyone wearing the same colors, shouting and cheering on our team, and loving that America DOES have a culture. Well, at least in the South, it is a HUGE part of the fall time.

I will not get to go to any game this year, but my parents are so great. They sent me a picture from one of their first games!