January: We have fun ringing in the new year with Aunt Tamara and the man in this window got mad at me for taking his picture. Theo also turns one year old.
February: All about birthday's and Grandma visits. We also experience very strange weather, even hail.
March: our bathtub was stolen and we got a much needed vacation at the Red Sea but the dust storms start and cleaning seems to be in vain.
April: Still no bathtub, and to make matters worse our washer stopped working because our pipes were clogged. Dust storms continue on and off. Joe's grandmother passed away and I skipped town for 3 days and attend a woman's retreat.
May: The weather gets really, really hot and glue my eyelashes close
June: Jubilee finishes the 1st grade and we start thinking about how to keep our 3 children and ourselves from going crazy during the long summer before us. Also, Grandpa and Trina come to visit. Yeah!
July: We visit the Wild Animal Park and try to figure out how to take this little guy home with us. We take a trip to Hurghada and found out that all 3 kids get car sick. We also make a bunch of new friends from Hong Kong and develop a love for black sesame paste soup.
August: Ramadan starts and those who didn't skip town change their rhythm and start sleeping during the day and eating at night. We have a wonderful dinner at our landlord's house and forgot our keys in our flat. Joe kicks the door in. It gets even hotter and we all eat orange lolly pops.
September: THE ANTS CARRY OFF ANY SANITY I HAVE LEFT along with anything else that is left around the house.
October: We start suspecting wheat as the cause of Theo's health issues and restrict his diet.
November: It is still hot, hot, hot and Eid Il Adha starts (I will spare you the pictures again). We also host an American Thanksgiving and start saying goodbye to friends who will be leaving Egypt and returning to other parts of the world:(.
December: My husband plays the Swiss Santa Claus at Papa Johns and we pack up and say our goodbye to dear, dear friends. An airplane brings us all the way across the world to our little temporary home to spend Christmas with family and to ring in the new 2011. We feel and taste rain and actually feel cold for the first time in 2010.
Our year wasn't perfect, there were many ups and down, but I feel grateful for the new friends we met and for the stories that I will hold in my heart. I have no idea what the next year holds, but I can't help but think it will somehow be just as adventure packed as 2010. That's life when you try to follow God's leading.
Great review :) Did Theo's health issues resolve when you removed wheat??
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