It is Sunday

If it is Sunday Michael had to go to work and I am sure after our shopping trip he is happy to go work. LOL I finally got to see my baby on the computer. Her and Chris went over to Julies and got onto her Skype so I got to see everyone and it was so nice to see them. We are so hoping that Michael goes for his eye test so maybe we will be one step closer to getting that all important Drivers license so he can rent a car. He is going to share a rental with the guy that lives down the block which will save him some money. They will take turns driving. The people over here scare me the way that they drive and I thought Hampton roads drivers were bad. We stayed in all day as it was dusty and just too hot. It was 115 by 1 pm and the dust was so bad could not see the sun this morning. Tried to take a picture and got nothing but dust. The picture is of sunrise and as you can see can not hardly make out the building so it was pretty dusty here in Egalia this morning. So that is all that happened on our exciting Sunday. So love to all until tomorrow and another update.

The Shopping Mall- The Avenues Mall

This is my wonderful husband about to start our wonderful day of shopping in the biggest mall I have ever been in. I put the road sign in to show you we were going to Kuwait City. The next picture is of Liberation Tower and so far that is as close as I have gotten. It is in downtown and we have not ventured that far yet. We are hoping that Michael will get a car so we can go see the sights of Kuwait City but alas it is still next week.










These pics are the ones I took as we were getting close to the entrance of the mall. Inside the mall was a wonderful aquarium with beautiful fish. I got a picture of Ash and Michael looking at the fish.







This picture is of a beautiful 2 story waterfall that is inside the mall. It is really pretty so I had to get Michael and Ash to stand in front of it. All in all it was a great day. We walked the whole mall almost and it is big. Bigger than anything in Hampton Roads by far and they are still adding onto it. So it is going to be huge when complete. This mall had a lot of neat water features and that is what Ash is standing in front of. This one is out front. The sign is Arabic for Chili's which is in the mall. This mall has everything the average American would like to eat. It had a Hardees, KFC, McDonald's, TGI Fridays, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Dunkin Donuts, Aunt Annies, Applebees, Johnny Rockets, and they are putting in a Macaroni Grille so that will be nice. All the foods of home.Love to all my family. Dad I hope you are home and feeling better and I love you and Miss you so much. Hello Barb hope all is well love to you and miss you much. till next time Bye Bye from Kuwait.

Sights on the way home from our Saturday Jaunt

These were just a few of the sights we saw on our way home from Shopping. The building to right was a bit odd looking as it had green trellis looking things on all of the windows plus there was a pink one that looked exactly the same. Well at least you could pick your building out in the dark. The next is of those blue and white striped water towers. They are so neat and come 6 to a cluster. The next picture is of a building that I guess they wanted everyone to know how many floors there were as the numbers are on the outside of the building. It is a very blue building and the numbers really stand out.

The picture of the sailboaty thing is on the side of the highway and just looked interesting.








The picture that looks like barren wasteland is just that. It does look like at one time there were houses and other things there but they bulldozed them all down. We do not know if it was done during the war when Kuwait got bombed or if they just decided to clear out an old neighborhood and start anew. I love the look of the mosques and all are very different. I love the architecture of each one. I have 3 different ones found throughout the city. The next three pics are of Ash and she is modeling one of her many new outfits she got today. Her Dad(opa) is very nice to her or she has him wrapped around her little finger. You decide which. Love to all and miss you all. it is 118 here today at 2.

What to do when it is just 2 HOT

Well we spent the day inside as it was just to hot. I ate my Krispy Kreme Donuts for breakfast and boy were they good. And do I not look cute in my new scarf that I got to protect my hair from the sun and sand. These are just some snippets of our day. Ash played dress up and made a video with her dad(Opa) as her videographer.(sp) Otherwise it was just to hot. Ash helped Michael with 3 loads of laundry which I could have done as one at home. So enjoy the pictures as it was just a lazy day around the villa Bowman. Love to my girls, dad, & Barb. Hope you all are good and talk to ya soon.

snippets of my Life

This is just a few snapshots of what goes on around here at the Villa Bowman. I caught 2 pics of sunrise the first has a flock of birds flying thru and the second one I took looks like the bird is standind on the sun.

This is a pic of Michael on his way to Greg's house to get picked up to go to work. He needed me to get him something and that is why he is pointing. The other pic of him is as he is walking away from me down the road to meet up with Greg and wait for their boss to pick them up. It takes them 45 to 60 minutes to get to the base from Egaila. Long drive lots of desert.

This is the newly built house across the street and the pile of trash keeps getting bigger as he throws stuff away. The front of the house is starting to look rather nice now that a lot of the trash has been taken to the side yard. That is below.









This is a feral cat that stops by across the street to go thru the trash. She must find food as she comes back day after day. Ash wants to adopt her and the answer to that was a resounding NO.
The pictures below and above are of Michaels laundry room and maids room. The laundry room is skinny so the appliances are behind each other. He has a nice front loading washing machine that would not cut it back home at the Bowman House. The dryer is about the same size. Good for a single person so with 3 of us now we are taxing the machine. The next picture is of the

maids bathroom which consists of the pot and a shower sprayer beside the pot. They have crown molding in every room including the bathroom. The white ceiling picture is of the bathrooms crown molding. The next is the space in the room in front of the bathroom and get a load of the view out that window. The next pic is a little alcove with a window that opens to the back of the house. It is a nice little room. The last 2 pictures are views from the rooftop balcony and it is so nice up there. so that is a little bit of what I see on a daily basis and I do hope you enjoy. At 11:40 our time it is already 114.8 on our back patio and that is in the shade. Love to my girls and kisses for my baby who I miss so much.