I felt the need today to remind myself of the many ways God has blessed me. I know Thanksgiving is still a month away, but this is something we need to do all the time. I’m so blessed yet sometimes I feel myself falling into the trap of wanting more. So here’s my exercise of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘life’
October 30, 2009
Living in Rands
A necessary widget to have on your desktop when you live in a foreign country is a currency converter.
When we first moved to Swaziland – whose currency is tied to the South African Rand, the US dollar to Rand ratio was 1:10. It was nice and easy to understand how much you were paying [...]
October 22, 2009
We are THAT (Furbaby) Family!
Kristen, over at We Are THAT Family blog is celebrating her 2nd blogaversary! She has an awesome blog with hilarious real-life stories that inspire, make you laugh and comfort you at the same time! Love reading her blog. So I thought I’d link up for her celebration.
At first I didn’t think we qualified to be [...]
October 16, 2009
New Friends
So I scrambled and found I could make roasted potatoes and carrot and chicken strips. We had corn and green salad as well. I kept the bread in the kitchen because I didn’t want to tempt them. Oh and apple crisp with oats instead of flour for dessert. Everything turned out great!
It was a [...]
October 12, 2009
Dogs, Meds, and Pee
Cocoa went back to the vet to have his bandage changed – which is really good because he peed on it a couple of times – it’s hard being a boy dog and unable to lift your leg.
They also checked the sutures and said it’s all looking good. He came back with two drugs in [...]
October 9, 2009
Apologies
Forgive me for my neglect of this blog – for the past year we’ve lived in Swaziland and not had internet access at home. When I was at the office, where wireless internet was available, updating the blog did not receive the priority it deserved. We have now moved to Durban, South Africa and our [...]
January 11, 2009
Book Review: The Translator
The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur
By Daoud Hari
ISBN: 978-0670-91765-5
I just finished an incredible book called The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur written by Daoud Hari. This tenacious young man was forced, along with his family, to leave his village in Darfur because of a complex chess game of sorts being played by the [...]
November 14, 2008
What You Can Live Without
We’ve been in Africa for almost 3 months now and we’re learning what is really necessary in life. It’s amazing as Americans what we have come to just expect out of life. No-wait internet, central heating and air, satellite tv, my own car, mail delivery and home phone lines were all just part of my [...]
November 14, 2008
Where I Have Been
So I’ve moved to Swaziland, Africa – a small country about the size of New Jersey that borders South Africa and Mozambique. We only have dial-up speed of internet service so updating the wordpress blog has been challenging. I’m really enjoying living in Africa but would love faster internet service. Right now we [...]
August 12, 2008
Hastitly Make It To Hastings
So we are trying to clean out our house as we prepare to rent it while we are in Swaziland. Thankfully some good friends are staying here and we’ll be leaving some of our stuff that we hope to get to Africa at a later date. Today we sorted – once again – through our [...]
