I cannot believe it has been since September since I have written. So much has taken place in the past six months, hopefully I will be able to squeeze it all in! I have tried to keep the recipes updated though not as frequent as I would have like and I am certain there new and exciting recipes for everyone to try in the upcoming weeks.
I hope everyone enjoys the new look of the site. I have updated our collage picture as well. My daughter informed me I needed to take Micah's picture off of it and so the decision to change the style took place as well. Why remove Micah you ask? Well, back in early to mid-October, we decided to go ahead and take Micah back to the States. My residence visa was not done and would not be finalized until December probably (yes as of this writing it is finally complete), which would mean that Micah's visa process would not be completed until around his birthday which is in February. And with him turning 18 and wanting to go back to the States at that time, we decided to go ahead and send him back now (October). And since our tourist visas were at the their max renewal, a surprise trip to the States we took! We talked to his sister who said that he could stay with her until he finished his schooling and could get signed up with the Air Force and shipped off to boot camp. He is doing well and only has one course left to complete and will graduate in the next month.
If you are wondering where Stephen was during this trip back home, he as always was the dutiful husband and stayed here in Bahrain working awaiting my return right before Thanksgiving. I had a wonderful time seeing our children and grandchildren but was definitely ready to get back home. Wow, that is a weird thing to type, ha!
Since then it has been quiet but we have been busy. Dinner with friends, movies, starting a new job at the video store (I get bored a lot during the day and it is something to do and I get to meet new people), starting a new job selling Pampered Chef products - need some new kitchen items? I am your girl!! We can do Facebook parties and you don't even have to clean your house!! We are also in the process of moving. Yes I know this will be third time in less than a year, but if you have known us for very long you know this is not really something new either. Our longest residence was in Azle - an amazing farm house on 74 acres! We decided that the villa is just really too large, 3 bedrooms (two of which stay closed), 3 bathrooms, a maids room that only holds boxes, laundry room and nice size kitchen. So we went looking a few weeks ago and found a nice flat with an AMERICAN size washer and dryer (very uncommon here), with housekeeping included and internet and cheaper! We move on the 15th. I will miss not being able to walk on base whenever I want and just walking over to the Hughes, our wonderful cookouts and hanging out around the fire-pit, however, life changes and this too we shall embrace!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday and I promise I will keep up my posting and not slack too much in the future!
I will also post pictures of the new place.
Love and blessings,
Deandra & Stephen