Life has been rolling along as usual since our last blog post with a few things to share. For a change of style, we'll do a "cheers and jeers".
Cheers! We got to do another house tour to look for any issues that needed attention before moving in June. We should be able to do the move before we come back home since the lease starts June 1st which will be so nice to have all that done and out of the way before coming back in August. Our neighbors-to-be are all excited like us to get moved in and start living together in our "compound". We are thinking of calling it "The Hills". I was able to get a few pictures of it for your viewing pleasure:
Jeers... The "heat" has decended in the last week and with the temperature hovering right at 100 F and 50%+ humidity, it feels a bit uncomfortable to be outside too long. Today at the pool, I laid in the sun for a few minutes and it quickly felt like someone was pressing hot planks along my legs, and that was the side facing up, I add! Not the side down on the ground. Our car feels like a sauna each time we open it and we have to be careful where we touch so we don't burn ourselves on a red-hot buckle or surface. We definitely need to get a window shade.
Cheers! Colin and I got out for a date night last night at the MEA (American club) where they were throwing a 70's and 80's party. Some people got pretty decked out in costume and it was fun to see. It was fun to spend time with friends from work and have a night out.
Jeers... Our wonderful nanny will not be continuing on with us next year. As much as she would like to stay with us, our new location makes things a bit harder for her and her daughters also want her to continue working part time jobs so she can be more flexible in her travel, especially with grandchildren and her own aging mother back in the Philippines. We absolutely understand but will miss her. Aberly loves her and she is amazing with all of her skills and abilities. We hope to find someone close to as good as her!
Cheers! While we slept, literally, our house was packed up and moved into storage this past weekend. With time on his hands in the retired life, my dad helped to organize it all and find out all the information we needed. We were blessed by other family members and friends who pitched in to get the job done while we were over here in Oman. Our wonderful tenants, Jon and LaDessa, will be moving in on the 19th of this month, and we are so happy to have them in our home.
Jeers... After getting the sprinkler system pipes open and running after the move, our valves decided to be naughty and stayed open in the back preventing the sprinklers from shutting off when the timer went off, flooding our back neighbor's yard. Oops. Luckily that has all been fixed now.
Cheers! To our smarty pants daughter's ever learning brain and amazing us with all her antics. She is pretty much speaking in full sentences and can count to twenty (most of the time). She likes singing songs and has a new toy microphone to amplify her voice. She also has become a little fish and loves swimming with her water wings and goggles. We were amazed today to watch her put her face under for at least 5 seconds at a time while she picked up toys from the pool floor. We also went under water together and looked at each other through goggles. We have no doubt she'll be close to swimming on her own by the end of the summer.
Jeers... Oman traffic and road construction. A never ending issue and bane of our driving existence. You would think that having four lanes suddenly go down to two lanes, or two lanes turning at an intersection go into a one lane on the other side, would be an obvious thing to try to avoid. Not so much.
Cheers! To Colin's healed eye (pretty much). Since he didn't end up blogging about it despite his promise (tsk, tsk), the summary is that he got something in his eye during Spring Break and in a freak chance, the item got stuck under his contact and lodged into the membrane of the eye slowly getting absorbed in and got infected around it. He got an abscess in his eye. As that happened, his defenses sprung into action to attack the foreign object but in doing so, caused a small scar in his cornea. The side effects of this was terrible sensitivity to light, burning/stinging, and blurred visions (from the infected spot inside his eye). We were lucky to get into a local eye clinic when we did. He was quickly put on over 5 different eye drops, each doing a different thing, to heal the infection. Although he is essentially healed and his vision went back to what it was, he still has a very small spot in his eye where the scar is that causes a tiny spot in his vision. There is the small chance it could be permanent but hopefully it will go away.
Jeers.... Because chronic contact use tends to be the trigger for this type of eye event, freak of an event as it is, wearing contacts daily is not recommended for Colin any longer. With his activities, sports, exercise, and outdoor recreation, Colin can't really wear glasses all the time so he is leaning towards getting lasik done sometime before the end of this year.
Cheers! To the amazing life after Lasik! There are lots of teachers here who have had it done and rave about it.
Jeers... To this cold that has settled in my nose and lungs.
Cheers! 35 days till coming home and seeing everyone! A very big cheer! We sure miss you all and Oregon!
Cheers! We got to do another house tour to look for any issues that needed attention before moving in June. We should be able to do the move before we come back home since the lease starts June 1st which will be so nice to have all that done and out of the way before coming back in August. Our neighbors-to-be are all excited like us to get moved in and start living together in our "compound". We are thinking of calling it "The Hills". I was able to get a few pictures of it for your viewing pleasure:
Entry into living room with lovely chandeliers (one on front end too)
LARGE kitchen with great lighting and view to patio
Don't you wish you had these light fixtures (luckily just in two bedrooms)?
Master bedroom with a view!
Master bath. A bathtub. I am so very happy.
One of six bathrooms in our house (counting master).
View off roof patio towards the mountains
View straight off patio towards city. The view at night will be beautiful!
Jeers... The "heat" has decended in the last week and with the temperature hovering right at 100 F and 50%+ humidity, it feels a bit uncomfortable to be outside too long. Today at the pool, I laid in the sun for a few minutes and it quickly felt like someone was pressing hot planks along my legs, and that was the side facing up, I add! Not the side down on the ground. Our car feels like a sauna each time we open it and we have to be careful where we touch so we don't burn ourselves on a red-hot buckle or surface. We definitely need to get a window shade.
Cheers! Colin and I got out for a date night last night at the MEA (American club) where they were throwing a 70's and 80's party. Some people got pretty decked out in costume and it was fun to see. It was fun to spend time with friends from work and have a night out.
Jeers... Our wonderful nanny will not be continuing on with us next year. As much as she would like to stay with us, our new location makes things a bit harder for her and her daughters also want her to continue working part time jobs so she can be more flexible in her travel, especially with grandchildren and her own aging mother back in the Philippines. We absolutely understand but will miss her. Aberly loves her and she is amazing with all of her skills and abilities. We hope to find someone close to as good as her!
Cheers! While we slept, literally, our house was packed up and moved into storage this past weekend. With time on his hands in the retired life, my dad helped to organize it all and find out all the information we needed. We were blessed by other family members and friends who pitched in to get the job done while we were over here in Oman. Our wonderful tenants, Jon and LaDessa, will be moving in on the 19th of this month, and we are so happy to have them in our home.
Jeers... After getting the sprinkler system pipes open and running after the move, our valves decided to be naughty and stayed open in the back preventing the sprinklers from shutting off when the timer went off, flooding our back neighbor's yard. Oops. Luckily that has all been fixed now.
Cheers! To our smarty pants daughter's ever learning brain and amazing us with all her antics. She is pretty much speaking in full sentences and can count to twenty (most of the time). She likes singing songs and has a new toy microphone to amplify her voice. She also has become a little fish and loves swimming with her water wings and goggles. We were amazed today to watch her put her face under for at least 5 seconds at a time while she picked up toys from the pool floor. We also went under water together and looked at each other through goggles. We have no doubt she'll be close to swimming on her own by the end of the summer.
Jeers... Oman traffic and road construction. A never ending issue and bane of our driving existence. You would think that having four lanes suddenly go down to two lanes, or two lanes turning at an intersection go into a one lane on the other side, would be an obvious thing to try to avoid. Not so much.
Cheers! To Colin's healed eye (pretty much). Since he didn't end up blogging about it despite his promise (tsk, tsk), the summary is that he got something in his eye during Spring Break and in a freak chance, the item got stuck under his contact and lodged into the membrane of the eye slowly getting absorbed in and got infected around it. He got an abscess in his eye. As that happened, his defenses sprung into action to attack the foreign object but in doing so, caused a small scar in his cornea. The side effects of this was terrible sensitivity to light, burning/stinging, and blurred visions (from the infected spot inside his eye). We were lucky to get into a local eye clinic when we did. He was quickly put on over 5 different eye drops, each doing a different thing, to heal the infection. Although he is essentially healed and his vision went back to what it was, he still has a very small spot in his eye where the scar is that causes a tiny spot in his vision. There is the small chance it could be permanent but hopefully it will go away.
Jeers.... Because chronic contact use tends to be the trigger for this type of eye event, freak of an event as it is, wearing contacts daily is not recommended for Colin any longer. With his activities, sports, exercise, and outdoor recreation, Colin can't really wear glasses all the time so he is leaning towards getting lasik done sometime before the end of this year.
Cheers! To the amazing life after Lasik! There are lots of teachers here who have had it done and rave about it.
Jeers... To this cold that has settled in my nose and lungs.
Cheers! 35 days till coming home and seeing everyone! A very big cheer! We sure miss you all and Oregon!
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