Saturday, October 31, 2009

"It's not so bad in the shade with a breeze."

That's what Scott told me today as I was complaining about the heat. It's still 90+ degrees here. We don't get cold water out of the tap.....it's always hot! I am so tired of brushing my teeth with hot water. Scott is right. It's not so bad in the shade with a breeze. The trick is to find the shade & hope there will be a breeze. Today is Halloween. We don't expect any trick-or-treaters here. I am enjoying my bag of Halloween York Peppermint Patties I've stashed in the freezer. I love eating those frozen. Frozen Snickers are so good, too. Come to think of it so are frozen Twix & Kit-Kat. I love Halloween candy because I don't feel so guilty eating it. They are the perfect size. I guess the problem is when one piece turns into seven! Oh well!


We've had a relatively quiet week. We decided to lease the house in the city. It just makes more sense & we really like the landlord. He owns a restaurant we've been to & love. He said we now get 50% off our food bill there! The restaurant looks like it's just off Melrose or Santa Monica somewhere. Very "hip" and modern & the menu is ecclectic & fresh. The next step in the lease process is passing the security inspection. Once that is done we can sign the lease.....hopefully next Wednesday. Scott has promised to give me swimming lessons now that we have our own pool. I was always embarassed to take swimming lessons as an adult when there were kids taking lessons. I remember ski lessons & golf lessons....those darn kids were always better than me! As many of you know, I am not the most coordinated person.

We went out to a Lebanese restaurant last night. It came highly recommended & was delicious. We are trying to be careful because the food here is soooooo good. Scott burns off food before he even eats it whereas I gain weight just thinking of it. The menu was extensive & it was hard to narrow it down. We settled on meza of kibbe, taboulah olives & yogurt and shared a plate of lamb, chicken & beef kabob & kofta. The next time we eat there we will try several other dishes.









I made friends with our waiter, a nice young guy named Asam. He has aspirations of opening up his own Lebanese restaurant in another location in Bahrain. He is Syrian. He told us his life story. He studied for over a year....cooking & management. Well, I asked him if he wouldn't mind giving me and a few other ladies cooking lessons. He agreed & gave me his number to contact him. I hope he understood what I was asking. Sometimes the meaning gets lost in my conversations with people out here. He is apparently leaving in a couple of months. My household goods shipment (all my kitchen stuff) won't get here for another month or so. The cooking lessons may or may not happen. I hope they do!

Benny and I ran into another wife walking her dog, Lucy. She and Benny were jumping all over eachother. We were complaining how there is no grass anywhere for the dogs to walk on or at least go to the bathroom on. Right away I came up with the idea to petition to use the baseball field on Base as a dog park during the hours it's not being used. There are so many dogs and it would be a great way for us all to socialize. I will be bringing it up next week and hope it will be be received positively.

My big dilemma right now is figuring out where to get my hair done. I think this has been the hardest part for me with my moves.....finding a hairdresser I like & trust. I will be starting my search tomorrow before my gray hairs become too obvious! Talk to you next week!!!

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