Change on the Horizon

Big change is coming to our little nest...... We are uprooting and heading to "the desert", very soon. I am scared, excited, anxious, happy, sad, nervous (did I say that already?) ..... I have had very little activity on my Nest Happenings blog because our life has been moving at light speed. sorry :( I will have probably a few more posts here at Nest Happs and start a new blog soon. Time is going fast (maybe a little too fast) Not enough hours in the day, so to speak.

Our new adventure will begin in August, in a city called Muscat. The country is Oman. It's in the Middle East. Yes - I know....... but it's not as scary as you might thing. It has been spared from all of the terrorist activity you hear about in the Middle East, so I am pretty confident to say it will be an even safer place to live than Bako! The crime rate is very low. Thanks to their Sultan (king), he has provided a lot of stability for his country and very highly respected by his country. And for the desert.... it's pretty - there are lots of mountains in Muscat. It is pretty brown but it will be offset by blue water..... it's located on the coast of the Gulf of Oman that opens to the Indian Ocean. It will be hot, hot, hot for sure but I am thinking it will be a good trade off for the cultural experience we will be gaining. When I tell folks we are moving most people assume I will have to wear the veil that most muslims do. But fortunately, I won't. This country is accepting to Westerners. In Muscat, the population of ex-pats, it actually higher than the population of Omanis.

I will try to post more details about Muscat, soon. Right now, I am off to cultural training!

Ma' Alsalam,

(peace out)

amt

Eat, Pray, Love

No - I'm not really referring to the book, although it is a Good Read and I recommend it :) I'm just talking about my daily life.... I eat, I pray and I love..... :)

(Right now, I am praying that what I eat doesn't love my mid section, too much!!!) ...sorry I couldn't resist that comment

Well after much prayer, this little baby of mine has graduated from PREschool and will venture his way into Kindergarten next year!! Hard to believe, I swear he was just born yesterday?

With school out... we have to keep busy without spending 8 hours a day outdoors in the baking heat or 8 hours a day on the old boob tube.... so - for some fun summer loving - we busted out the cookie dough .... and the alphabet cookie cutters... at first, the 5 year old decided to spell something easy....... CAT

The 7 year old decided on DUDE

their 10 yr old friend, that was over for the afternoon, went with a "phrase".

then.... all bets were off.......

There is never a dull moment over at the old casa.

Hope summer is tweeting you well.

Don't forget to eat, pray and love!

xo,

amt