No Sun

This morning when I opened the curtains I noticed it looked different. This was why. There were clouds in the sky. In fact it was an overcast day completely. This may seem a strange thing to take a picture of, but when you live in the land of eternal sunshine it was quite an event.

Hard At Work

The house across the street has had these guys over for the last few days painting, I 'm not sure what. Mostly I see them mixing paint and sitting in the shade talking. Today at lunch this is what I saw.

Desert Nights

The nights have gotten cooler here lately. So what do you do when you don't have a blanket to add to your bed. No problem. Just use a curtain. Works great.

Life of an Aramcon Wife

I have been asked if I like it here and what I do all day. A friend here said that a man once told her that if he believed in reincarnation he wanted to come back as an Aramcon Wife. Well here is a sample of what I did this past week, maybe that is why.

Saturday-cleaned house; took nap; sewed; took nap; chorus practice for singing the Messiah

Sunday-Khobar shopping with friends; took nap; Arabic class with Mike

Monday-cleaned house; sewed on quiet books; Quilt Guild Meeting; took nap

Tuesday-sewed Block of the Month for Quilt Guild; went to lunch with friends; took nap; cut out drapes for living room; Arabic class with Mike

Wednesday-went to private (garage/yard) sale with friend; sewed; read; took nap; line dancing with Mike

As you can see I manage to stay busy. The best part is I do what I want when I want. Oh, I did manage to cook dinner a couple of times and clean house a bit and do some laundry. You know the mundane housewife chores.

You tell me what there is not to love about living here.

The above picture is a workshop I took at Quilt Guild. I am really proud of them.

Muffins?

I decided to have blueberry muffins for breakfast today. This is what happens when you don't have a muffin pan to use. They taste just a great though.

Weekend Warrior

This has become Mike's latest hobby. He spent last Thursday (our Saturday) buying plants and planting this cactus garden. Of course his "hobby" is still the yard even though we have a gardener to take care of it on a regular basis for us. For Mike the best part is the planning and planting anyway.

Today he is off to see the row of nurseries along the road north toward Ras Tunura (a sister compound). I elected to stay home so he had "more room for plants".

Home on the Sea

This ship the "Saudi Diriyah" is the cargo vessel carrying our shipment here. Yesterday we discovered the name of the ship and I have been doing some tracking. On Oct 7, 2009 the ship was in the port of Said, Egypt. It is due to dock in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on about 24 Oct. Customs can take up to two weeks.

So we should get out things in about 3 weeks from now. Yea!!!!!!!!!!!