Well in case you were all wondering , yes we are still alive ! We just find now that we are living on a compound our life is a little more….well “Boring”. Now I keep wondering if we are getting boring or if our normal standards of living have just been lowered so far that we don’t even notice those things we did before. Ya so the commisary on camp only has milk sometimes , they have been out of chocolate chips for what seems like months now , I have to use a garden hose to fill my washing machine , the water here actually is making my hair change color , the bugs in my house are latterly taking over and the size of small pets , the drive to civilization is about 2 hours anywhere we go and yes my kids get car sick , and I have not been to a restraunt in 3 months no Big deal . We are learning to buy things we wouldn't normally buy and that there is a substitute for everything. Now there have been moments Don’t get me wrong , But we are defiantly settling in to our new life…..
So this happened.....This is on top of a cliff!! we had to use the car to pull it back over lets just say there was a lot of prayers and crossed fingers to get this one back .....Kayden was in it with Brandt when it happened and he was cool as a cucumber and just kept saying all that matters is that everyone was ohka:) they are really growing up
This is one of the kids new after school activity , forget organized sports we don't need them .....Nor does our tiny little camp really have them . So we are embracing the dessert around us we now own 2 quads and the maverick ...which is Brandt's 4 seater Dessert dune buggy. Even Colby and Skylar are now riding the quad , I Have to say it is the single scariest and cutest thing you have ever seen. And the driving is a little sketchy , You have to monomer around spar tires random building parts and pieces of metal on the ground that you just have to wonder " how did it get there" but lower those standards because you can litterly walk to this spot for the kids to let lose and be Old school kids.
This is Our House...Living room , dinning room , pretty simple. Notice the 1970's style carpet which is New....and our super trendy wall color. Which shopping for paint her not quite the same as home , Home you stress and bring him swatches trying to pick just the right tone for u and your family ...here you go to the store say " I need paint" they say " all done" you say "when you have: they say "inshalla next week , this goes on for about a month then they finally have paint , you say" I need grey paint" they say "ohka" Next day you paint and pray it's grey and didn't just get hot pink or something ......and say Ishalla it looks good:)
Jealouse! this is my kitchen ! notice the lush counter tops and wide open spaces ! how about the "retro" Dual oven . I truly think this thing is older than I am , but I actual love it i don't know what they ever did away with this style is' fantastic! I do have to wonder where they get all these appliances from . The middle East runs on 220V 3 Pronge plugs and appliances , But these houses have 110Volt american plug appliances so for the first time being over here we can actually use our appliances from home, with out a converter and adapter. Now only about half of the plugs in the house works and anything that we buy here uses the 220v prong so things are a little creative to say the least but that's what extension cords are for:)
Check this out! this is our den/playroom/hair salon:) Never though i would say that one! notice our flag we made it from and old pallet!Love Pinterest!
Now Winter in Saudi is a little different than it is in Canada , instead of snow men and shovels we have Flowers! And living in a small camp in the middle of no where makes plating said flowers a little tricky so we were able to order the plants and have them delivered to our door with no issue but where do you find planters with out driving 2 hours to get some pots.That is Crazy talk but there is a lot! i mean like a strange amount of tires in the dessert all around us!Every time I see these things int the dessert I have to wonder"How ? Why?"
Speaking of why?? this is what you think , A phone both in the middle of the dessert......Need to make a call
Next adventure! Dessert rose digging! now if you have live in sand land of anytype you have to do this! it was so fun and really cool for all you rock people out there. Here is what we did for our adventure.We asked around as to where you go find said roses , packed the car with 3 shovels , 2 five gallon bottles of water , camping chairs , Food for the day , Sunscreen , hats , 3 kids , 3 iPad and Gps corodinates and let the Fun begin! Now we arrived at the location and you could smell where we were heading ! It was very Clearly the Dump! Now just use your imagination as to what a Saudi dumb might be like and times it by 20 it was nasty and here we are in the car thinking we have to dig for these things , this close to the Dump! I truly thought that the people that told us this was the place to go where playing a joke on us....but we kept driving past it. Then when the road ended we had a dot on a map and an entire dessert around us and off we went. When we arrived at the Spot on the map we knew we had found the place , there was a flat area with small holes and rocks all over it. Now we had been told we were going to have to dig unto 5 feet down to find these gems and with in about 2 mins of being there we found tons ,the ground was littered with them .They are Rose like Crystal structures that are formed under the surface by water evaporation.
Can't forget this gem , at the "Dig " Location there was this man who let you sit on his camel ....Me and the kids were not so incline to do this , but Brandt was all over this one! ick they are kinds dirty animals I am so a city girl!
These are the ones we brought home , the Geek in me thinks these are Super cool! and very Pretty ,
:There is Beauty all around you just have to look and appreciate it
Beautiful!
So Normal , it's weird!Bike ride with the kids in Dec , no big deal:) Long and the short we are finding the Beauty in everything we can and forgetting about the small stuff that we have learned does not matter:) #SaudiAdventure
